§ 122. — South Dakota.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC122]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 122. South Dakota
South Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four
divisions.
(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Brown,
Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Edmonds,
Grant, Hamlin, McPherson, Marshall, Roberts, Spink, and
Walworth.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Aberdeen.
(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Aurora,
Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay,
Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lake,
Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn,
Turner, Union, and Yankton.
Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Sioux Falls.
(3) The central division comprises the counties of Buffalo,
Dewey, Faulk, Gregory, Haakon, Hand, Hughes, Hyde,
Jerauld, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Potter, Stanley, Sully,
Todd, Tripp, and Ziebach.
Court for the Central Division shall be held at Pierre.
(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Bennett,
Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence,
Meade, Pennington, Perkins, and Shannon.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Deadwood and
Rapid City.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 889; Pub. L. 89-638, Oct. 10, 1966, 80
Stat. 883; Pub. L. 92-376, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 101-650,
title III, Sec. 324(b), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5120.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 187 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 106, 36 Stat. 1123; June 11, 1932, ch. 242, 47 Stat. 300).
A provision relating to maintenance of offices by the clerk was
omitted as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
Provisions that the Northern Division included Lake Traverse Indian
Reservation and that part of Standing Rock Indian Reservation lying in
South Dakota; that the Southern Division included the Yorkton Indian
Reservation; that the Central Division included the Cheyenne River,
Lower Brule, and Crow Creek Indian Reservations; and that the Western
Division included Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations, were all
omitted as surplusage. (See Reviser's Note under section 114 of this
title.)
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1990--Par. (3). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 324(b)(1), struck out
``Jackson,'' after ``Hyde,''.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 324(b)(2), inserted ``Jackson,''
after ``Harding,'' and substituted ``and Shannon'' for ``Shannon,
Washabaugh, and Washington''.
1972--Par. (2). Pub. L. 92-376, Sec. 1(a), removed Gregory County
from the Southern Division.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 92-376, Sec. 1(b), added Gregory, Mellette, Todd,
and Tripp counties to the Central Division and removed Armstrong county
from the Central Division.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 92-376, Sec. 1(c), removed Mellette, Todd, and
Tripp counties from the Western Division.
1966--Pub. L. 89-638 provided for holding court at Rapid City.
