Attorneys, justice partners and the public can now request court calendars from the South Dakota Unified Judicial System (UJS) website. Previously, people had to request court calendars from a clerk of courts office.
The Public Access Calendar, available by CLICKING HERE, allows people to generate a court calendar for a specified county, date and case type. Court calendars can be accessed up to 10 working days in advance. A calendar can be requested for one date at a time using the current date or one of the next nine business days.
The requester will receive the court calendar via email as a pdf or csv file. The file will include case number, case name, location, court date, court time, hearing type, lead attorneys, plaintiff’s lead attorney, defendant’s lead attorney, defendant’s first and last name, and court session time frame.
The search feature is for criminal, civil and family type court records open to the public. Certain records may not be available in accordance with federal and state statutes and the rules governing the UJS or by court order.
People can also use the Find a Court Date feature to find when they need to appear in court for criminal, civil and family cases by party name or by case number. Find a Court Date also provides all future court dates on a particular case.
Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of court calendar information, there may be circumstances preventing the timely entry of information into the system. If a search does not show any results, it does not necessarily mean a case date is not scheduled.
For additional questions regarding any of the hearings provided on the calendar, contact the clerk of courts office in the county where the case is being heard. For a list of clerk of courts offices, CLICK HERE.