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The Unified Judicial System says eCourts shows a summary of public cases by party name or case number and that registration is free. The cases page says record tools are for adult matters and that juvenile cases are confidential. The eCourts page says the public-access solution provides summary information and then says that public-access solution does not include viewing or purchasing document images. It points the public to courthouse workstations for documents. A fee schedule on the same page is not labeled with a user role. The search form is behind registration and was not opened. Seven judicial circuits exist; county-to-circuit membership was not stored.

• Juvenile cases are confidential and are not in these public record tools.
• Not Public Access Record Search. PARS is a separate paid criminal and protection-order summary.
• Not a criminal-history rap sheet.
• The public-access solution, as that page describes it, does not include viewing or purchasing document images.

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PARS is a separate paid tool from eCourts. The UJS records page says it summarizes criminal cases, domestic protection orders, stalking protection orders, and foreign protection orders, and that criminal cases are available unless sealed from 1989 to present. Earlier criminal cases go to the clerk of the county where the case was filed. The PARS page says to enter a person's name and date of birth. Guest credit-card payment and a drawdown account are both described. The criteria form after the disclaimer was not opened. The page also calls this a background check. This package treats it as a court-docket summary, not as a separate investigation-division rap sheet.

• Not eCourts.
• Not established as civil case search. Civil requests use a form or the judgment query.
• Cases before 1989 are not claimed to be in PARS.
• Sealed criminal cases are excluded by the records page.

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The locator is for felony offenders sentenced to the Department of Corrections and sentenced to prison. The same disclaimer excludes county jail, probation, and any other supervision. The browser showed DOC number, last name, and first name fields. A reCAPTCHA Enterprise widget reported that the site is exceeding its free quota. No search was submitted.

• County jail is excluded by the disclaimer.
• Probation and other supervision are excluded.
• The captcha quota blocked use of the form.
• A missing or unusable result is not a finding that the person is not in prison or jail.

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The DOC family page says visitors, and people who want to send funds, must complete a visitation application. A background check is required at age 18 or older, and an approved visitor renews each year. The page lists DOC adult facilities. It is not a county-jail visit rule. A non-browser fetch of this URL returned 403; the browser loaded the page.

• Not a county-jail visit rule.
• Not a roster of who is in prison.
• No application was submitted.

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On the same family page, approved visitors may mail a money order or cashier's check payable to the offender with the DOC ID, or use the JailATM link the page names. The page says JailATM deposits are denied if the account name and date of birth do not match the approved visitor list. JailATM was not opened. This is not a county-jail rule.

• Not a county-jail deposit rule.
• Cash and personal checks are not accepted by mail.
• No deposit was sent.

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The DOC victim page says the Attorney General operates SAVIN and that a person must register even if they registered for an older notification service. It points to notification procedures for DOC offenders. The Attorney General page says SAVIN can register for a change in offender status, such as release, and that it is not available for juvenile proceedings. County jail coverage is not stated. No one was registered.

• Not available for juvenile proceedings.
• Not established for county jail.
• Registration is not automatic.
• No account was created.

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Dakota at Home, a state site, returned the sheriff taxonomy page. The page mentions sheriff offices and county jail contacts in entry text. The result count was not used as a jail census. Regional service areas were not mapped. This is a contact directory when the DOC locator does not apply. It does not show who is in custody.

• Not an inmate roster.
• Not one verified jail per county.
• Not the DOC prison locator.
• A missing DOC result is not a finding that the person is not in a county facility.

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The UJS site says seven circuits serve all counties and links a court finder plus a page for each circuit. Circuit pages were fetched. County names appeared mixed with news and navigation, so a county-to-circuit crosswalk was not stored. The finder is the contact path when the circuit is unknown. An address is not used to assign the circuit.

• Not a case search.
• County membership in each circuit is not established in this package.
• Not a tribal or federal court finder.

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The legislature codified-law text for 23A-43-2 starts release at personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond, with stated exceptions for an offense punishable by death and for a defendant already on personal recognizance. Section 23A-43-3 lists further conditions, including a deposit not to exceed ten percent of the bond and a bail bond or cash. Section 23A-43-4 lists factors, including financial resources. Sources on the pages include 1978 through 2017 session laws. This is not a bond schedule and not a prediction.

• Does not set a dollar amount.
• Death-penalty cases are sent to 23A-43-3 and may be detained under 23A-43-2.1. That section was read only far enough to see the detention clause.
• Does not copy another state's timelines.
• Local jail practice for posting money was not verified.

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The UJS cases page says the listed record tools are for adult matters, juvenile cases are confidential, and access is governed by SDCL Chapter 15-15A. Public terminals at courthouses are also described. This explains scope. It does not operate a search.

• Juvenile cases are not searched through these tools.
• SDCL 15-15A was not separately opened.

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DOJ index of state courts, laws and agencies. Individual linked statutes and legal rules were not substantively reviewed here; check the current primary text before explaining a rule.

• Batch 50 research did not grant independent approval or Production publication.
• A readable guide is not a verified search transaction.
• Official legal-reference entry point only. Not legal advice and not a certification of current law.
• Individual statutes and rules linked from this page were not substantively verified here.

Checked 2026-10-28