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South Dakota Judgment and Lien Records: Dockets, Recording Offices and Release Evidence

A filed judgment, a docket entry and a recorded land instrument

South Dakota treats entry as a defined court event. The judgment must be written in a separate document, signed by the judge, attested by the clerk and filed in the clerk's office. Filing completes entry and makes the judgment effective; the clerk then dockets it. Taxing costs need not postpone entry. The current subsection was renumbered from section 15-6-58 effective April 1, 2025, so an older citation to the unsuffixed rule should be reconciled with the current text. For a record request, identify the signed judgment and its filing date before relying on a search result's abbreviated status. SDCL 15-6-58(a), entry of judgment.

The circuit clerk maintains the judgment docket. Section 15-16-5 permits docketing in another county on a certified transcript of the original docket, while section 15-16-6 prescribes an alphabetical record containing the debtors, creditors, amount, judgment date, court and attorney, together with filing and docketing times. Under section 15-16-7, docketing creates a lien on the debtor's nonhomestead real property in that county, including property acquired during the lien's life. The judgment does not acquire a statewide land lien merely because a statewide search displays it. Each relevant county docket must be checked. SDCL 15-16-5 through 15-16-9.

Magistrate judgments have a transcript route into the circuit court docket. After the qualifying certified transcript is filed, the judgment receives the circuit-docket lien effect described in section 15-16-9 and can be transcribed to another county. Sections 15-16-28 through 15-16-31 separately address authenticated judgments of United States courts in South Dakota and the filing of assignments or discharges affecting them. Ask the clerk which original court produced the obligation and which transcript supports the local docket. A federal case number alone does not establish the contents of a county judgment entry. SDCL 15-16-9 and 15-16-28 through 15-16-31.

The Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act supplies a separate filing route for a United States or sister-state judgment entitled to full faith and credit. An authenticated copy can be filed with any South Dakota circuit clerk and then receives the stated treatment of a local circuit judgment, including defenses and proceedings to reopen, vacate or stay it. The creditor or lawyer files an affidavit giving both creditor and debtor names and last-known postal addresses. The clerk mails the notice and records that mailing in the docket; the creditor may also mail notice and file proof. An authenticated foreign judgment and its notice evidence are different from an informal copy supplied by a collection agency. SDCL 15-16A-1 through 15-16A-5, foreign judgments.

The Act applies the section 16-2-29 filing fee and the ordinary local docketing, transcription and enforcement charges. An appeal or stay in the rendering jurisdiction can support a South Dakota enforcement stay upon the required showing and security. The Act also allows the identified local grounds for a stay and preserves the creditor's option to bring an action instead of using this filing procedure. A researcher should keep the originating judgment, authentication, local affidavit, mailing entry and any stay together. The word foreign here includes qualifying federal and sister-state courts; it should not be assumed to resolve every judgment from another country. SDCL 15-16A-3 and 15-16A-6 through 15-16A-8.

A sheriff's levy can create an additional land-record trail. Section 15-18-22 requires the notice of a real-property levy to be recorded with the register of deeds where the land is located, with the parties, judgment amount and property description; it is indexed in the manner specified for a lis pendens. The next section addresses recording notice when personal property cannot be moved immediately. These instruments belong to the enforcement stage. The court judgment, county judgment docket, execution writ and register's levy notice may therefore carry separate reference numbers and dates for the same collection effort. SDCL 15-18-22 and 15-18-23.

Choose the search product before paying for a name

UJS supplies distinct public services. eCourts offers case summaries by party name or case number after free registration. The Civil Money Judgment tool searches the civil judgment database, while the records-search service accepts requests for criminal or civil court information. Public access terminals provide another route to open court records at courthouses. These services do not grant access to juvenile or otherwise restricted material. A search for a money judgment should begin with the judgment product, then use the originating case file to resolve what the court ordered. UJS cases and records access.

The eCourts entrance contains conflicting image instructions. It describes purchasable document images and prints a $0.10-per-page price with a $3 document ceiling, but the same fee paragraph says the public-access service cannot view or purchase documents because identifying information lacks a redaction solution. It directs the public to courthouse workstations. Treat the advertised price as a published portal statement rather than proof that a public account can complete an image purchase. The portal also says docket updates may trail the clerk's newest orders and directs inaccurate or missing entries to the appropriate clerk. Current eCourts portal reached through the UJS access page.

The judgment service's linked instructions cover all active judgments and inactive judgments from April 19, 2004 forward. They describe updates in real time apart from maintenance, but direct requests for the original judgment to its county of origin. An address in the docket reflects the address when judgment was entered, whereas a search result may use the clerk's latest address. Filing times are local; docket times are Central Time. The displayed amount may omit interest. Those differences can explain apparent inconsistencies without establishing that two results concern different obligations. Civil Judgment Query public information document. Official Civil Judgment Query portal and document parent.

The judgment-search tariff is $4 for each name or date search and $1 for each docket retrieved. Monthly and annual bulk access are priced at $250 and $2,500 respectively. The portal's public-information instructions say a search returning no match still uses a search credit and identify clerk-assisted searching as another route. Prepare the debtor's legal name, relevant aliases, likely county and approximate date before spending a separate name-search charge. A negative search within the product's published scope is not a certificate that no mortgage, mechanics lien or tax notice exists in a recorder's index. SDCL 16-2-29.6, judgment search fees. Portal instructions on searches and charges.

The general records-search service publishes civil coverage from January 2006 to the present and criminal coverage from January 1989 to the present. Those dates concern that service and must not replace the Civil Judgment Query's separate active and inactive coverage. Parties seeking their own case information, their legal representatives and qualifying agencies have specified no-fee routes. For an older civil file, identify the court and ask about the retained file or docket instead of assigning the service's January 2006 boundary to every record the judiciary holds. UJS court-records search coverage.

The current paid-search form requires prepayment and asks for information precise enough to match the court records. Each alias is a separate name search. Its charge is $20 for a civil search or $20 for a criminal search; a qualifying search for a certified pending state or federal cause, including bankruptcy, is $5. Email delivery is preferred. A mailed request should include the required self-addressed stamped envelope, with a check payable to the South Dakota Unified Judicial System and the request directed to Clerk Support, 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501. The form lists ujsparssupport@ujs.state.sd.us for submissions and questions. Statewide records-search form, revised May 2026. Official records-search form parent.

Ten-year liens, twenty-year execution and the renewal affidavit

The ordinary real-property judgment lien lasts ten years measured from docketing in the county where the judgment was rendered. Recording a transcript in another county does not turn that original ten-year period into a new period measured from the later transcript. Section 15-16-33 permits renewal of a money judgment by affidavit at any time before ten years have elapsed from its first docketing. A file should therefore preserve the original docketing date, every transcript date and the renewal filing, rather than collapsing all three into one event called recording. SDCL 15-16-7 and 15-16-33.

The renewal affidavit is a factual accounting. Its required information includes the parties, court, original date and amount, ownership and assignments, prior transcripts and other counties, outstanding executions, payments, credits, offsets and exact remaining balance. For a South Dakota judgment, the affidavit belongs with the court in which the judgment was first docketed. A renewed transcript can then be sent to other counties. The renewed lien extends for ten years from docketing the affidavit and applies to the remaining balance, still excluding the homestead. A document titled motion to renew should not be treated as the statutory affidavit without examining what was actually filed. SDCL 15-16-33 through 15-16-35.

A separate limitation governs an action founded on a judgment. Section 15-2-6 provides a twenty-year period for an action on a judgment of a South Dakota court of record; section 15-2-8 gives the stated ten-year period for an action on a United States or out-of-state court judgment. These are action periods, with the chapter's applicable qualifications. They do not make an expired county real-property lien continue for twenty years. Record the rendering court and the remedy being considered before choosing the section and its starting event. SDCL 15-2-6 and 15-2-8.

Execution is governed by chapter 15-18. Section 15-18-1 permits issuance within twenty years after entry of judgment. The writ identifies the court, parties, balance and relevant docketing information. The entry date used for execution is therefore distinct from the docket date used for the ordinary land lien. A case can require review of both periods even where the original judgment and docketing happened on the same day. Neither an old docket image nor an unexpired execution period alone establishes the present priority of a claim against a parcel. SDCL 15-18-1 and 15-18-6.

An execution issues from the rendering county and is directed to an officer in a county where the judgment is docketed; the statute permits executions to different counties at the same time. A real-estate sale follows the county where the land is situated. The officer records the day and hour of receipt and must explain an unsuccessful or partial execution in the return. The ordinary return period is sixty days after receipt, with the stated extension to sixty days after the last levy when a levy has been made. The verified return's costs, receipts and credited amount help reconcile the remaining judgment balance. SDCL 15-18-13, 15-18-15, 15-18-41 and 15-18-42.

Interest must be matched to the kind of obligation. Section 54-3-5.1 assigns Category B interest to judgments and statutory liens from the specified judgment or lien-filing event, while excluding real-estate mortgages, UCC security agreements and the identified support provision. Section 54-3-16 currently defines Category B as ten percent a year. Its twelve-percent Category C and four-and-one-half-percent Category A are different categories. A recorded principal amount is not a current payoff: payments, costs, the applicable interest basis and the proposed payment date all affect that calculation. SDCL 54-3-5.1. SDCL 54-3-16, statutory interest categories.

Satisfaction, parcel releases and contested judgments

The docket can record an acknowledged assignment and a full or partial satisfaction. A proper satisfaction may come from the creditor, attorney or qualifying representative or assignee, and the clerk also acts on an execution showing full payment or the required court order. A partial satisfaction reduces only the amount established. Section 15-16-17 separately allows a release of the lien against particular property while leaving the remaining lien in place. Read the instrument's scope before describing a released parcel as proof that the entire judgment has been paid. SDCL 15-16-11 and 15-16-14 through 15-16-19.

Payment recorded in the original county does not remove the need to examine other county dockets. The statute provides a certified-copy route for canceling a transcribed judgment lien elsewhere. List each county to which the judgment was transcribed and obtain the corresponding cancellation entry or supporting certified instrument. A historical docket should remain intelligible after payment: the original judgment, subsequent credits and satisfaction explain the sequence. Deleting the original entry would conceal that history rather than supply the missing release evidence. SDCL 15-16-19, cancellation of transcribed liens.

A bankruptcy discharge has a particular South Dakota docket procedure. The application concerning a discharged general judgment is supported by the required sworn material and certified bankruptcy records, with notice to the creditor. The objection period is ten days measured from the specified mailing or service event. Without a timely objection, the clerk may make the statutory satisfaction; an objection brings the issue before the court. The provisions distinguish the general judgment lien from a valid specific lien on particular property. A discharge order should therefore be read with the lien documents instead of being treated as automatic cancellation of every recorded security interest. SDCL 15-16-37 through 15-16-43.

An appeal affects the judgment lien through specified steps. Section 15-16-10 concerns a perfected appeal, the required undertaking and a court direction that the docket identify the judgment as secured on appeal. The resulting protection for qualifying good-faith purchasers or mortgagees depends on that statutory setting. A notice of appeal by itself is not a reliable substitute for the bond, stay order or docket notation. When evaluating a transaction during an appeal, request those records with the judgment and identify the date on which each became effective. SDCL 15-16-10.

For appeals governed by section 15-26A-6, the ordinary thirty-day period runs after the judgment or order is signed, attested and filed and written notice of entry is given to the adverse party. Timely qualifying posttrial motions change the calculation as the rule specifies. The record should include the written notice and its service evidence, not merely the date printed on the order. Small claims have their own procedure, so this ordinary appellate timetable should not be applied to every money judgment without identifying the court process. SDCL 15-26A-6, time for an ordinary appeal.

Relief from judgment is another distinct route. Mistake, newly discovered evidence and fraud are among the grounds governed by both a reasonable-time requirement and the rule's one-year outside limit. Other listed grounds, including a void judgment or an obligation already satisfied or discharged, follow the applicable reasonable-time rule. Filing a Rule 60(b) motion does not itself suspend the judgment's operation. A docket notation that a motion is pending therefore does not establish that enforcement has stopped or that the judgment has been vacated. SDCL 15-6-60(b), relief from a judgment.

What the homestead and personal-property provisions actually protect

South Dakota's homestead provisions describe the protected home and land, rather than supplying a single dollar number for every enforcement question. Chapter 43-31 addresses the resident family homestead, including qualifying property listed for sale, and generally limits land area to 160 acres outside a town or one acre within a town, with one dwelling house and the chapter's conditions. It also addresses contiguous parcels and qualifying mobile homes. Boundary changes cannot be used to prejudice an existing lien. The legal character and use of the property must be established before treating a mailing address as an exempt homestead. SDCL chapter 43-31, homestead.

The current sale-proceeds figure is $100,000 for one year after receipt, following the 2025 amendment. That proceeds rule should not be restated as a universal $100,000 equity cap on every occupied homestead. Section 43-45-3 separately refers to the chapter 43-31 homestead and addresses a judicial lien arising from a divorce decree on a nonoccupying party's homestead interest for the stated year. Its final sentence contains the $170,000 protection for a person age seventy or older or the qualifying unremarried surviving spouse. Chapter 43-31 also uses that age-related figure in its tax-sale provision. Apply the correct clause to the particular property and debt. SDCL 43-45-3, current homestead and proceeds provision.

Other personal property can be selected and appraised under section 43-45-4 up to $7,000 for the head of a family or $5,000 for another debtor. Section 43-45-2 separately identifies absolutely exempt categories, including specified clothing, prescribed health aids and provisions for family support. The chapter also has restrictions involving nonresidents, departure from the state, support obligations and particular assistance claims. Purchase-price obligations and original building labor or materials receive their own treatment. The general $7,000 or $5,000 selection allowance is not a substitute for checking whether a more specific protection or exception controls. SDCL 43-45-2, 43-45-4 and 43-45-7 through 43-45-8.

South Dakota opts out of the federal bankruptcy exemptions described in 11 U.S.C. 522(d), but bankruptcy and ordinary collection still require attention to the applicable statutory scheme. The state chapter directs earnings exemptions in garnishment to sections 21-18-51 through 21-18-53. Its qualified retirement protection uses a $1 million amount plus the specified income and distributions, with stated exceptions and authority to reduce an excessive exemption. A retirement label on an account does not answer every question about qualification, domestic-relations orders or governmental claims. Obtain the relevant account and order details through a lawful procedure when an exemption is disputed. SDCL 43-45-13, 43-45-14 and 43-45-16 through 43-45-18.

Supplementary proceedings leave records beyond the original judgment

After the qualifying execution on a judgment of at least $25, excluding costs and disbursements, is returned unsatisfied, section 15-20-1 permits an order requiring the debtor to appear and answer about property. The statute ties the proceeding to the county and sheriff described in the section. Section 15-20-2 separately permits an examination after execution issues where the required proof shows an unjustified refusal to apply property to the judgment. Magistrate judgments whose transcripts have been filed in circuit court are included. Look for the examination order, service and resulting judicial directions when a docket suggests collection continued after an unsuccessful levy. SDCL 15-20-1 through 15-20-4.

A supplementary examination may proceed before a referee, with testimony under oath. The court may direct nonexempt property toward payment, restrict transfers or appoint a receiver. Section 15-20-12 specifically protects the identified recent earnings when shown necessary for family support. A receiver's appointment is filed with the court, and certified copies must also be recorded in the counties specified for affected personal or real property before the receiver takes possession. Thus a receivership can produce both court-file and recorder evidence. An order concerning one asset should not be generalized to unrelated property without reading its terms. SDCL 15-20-6 through 15-20-18.

Garnishment notices, continuing liens and protected earnings

South Dakota prohibits garnishment before final judgment in the principal action. The garnishment affidavit, summons, disclosure form and proof of service form a separate record sequence after judgment. Section 21-18-9 requires $15 to reimburse the garnishee for preparing the disclosure, says the proceeding is void if that payment is omitted, and requires the service return to show payment. The defendant must also receive the summons and affidavit within the statutory service sequence. When the state is the garnishee, service is directed to the state auditor or deputy. A docket that shows a garnishment filing does not establish that the necessary service and reimbursement occurred. SDCL 21-18-3 through 21-18-11.

The continuing wage lien lasts up to 120 days under section 21-18-14.1. The summons must identify the continuing lien, and withholding ends at the applicable final payroll period, when the required amount has been held, or when employment ends, whichever comes first. An additional disclosure is requested at the anticipated termination, with ten days for the garnishee's further response. Section 21-18-23 separately allows the defendant to seek a court order releasing part of the funds. The 120-day wage period is not the ten-year land-lien life or the twenty-year execution period. SDCL 21-18-14.1 and 21-18-23.

The garnishee's disclosure is generally due within thirty days of service, unless the alternative affidavit denying liability applies. It identifies debts, property, competing claims, offsets and known exemptions. The statutory form defines disposable earnings by subtracting amounts required by law to be withheld and treats ordinary earnings separately from the described benefit payments. It also limits the amount retained through its calculation, including the 105-percent-of-the-garnishment-affidavit step and the instruction concerning a resulting amount below $25. Read the completed disclosure and its calculation, not only the creditor's asserted total. SDCL 21-18-27 and 21-18-27.1.

A creditor who takes issue with the garnishee's answer has the thirty-day written-notice procedure in section 21-18-30, subject to the state's different treatment. A motion seeking payment states accrued interest, additional costs, payment credits and the net balance, with any surplus returned to the defendant. The retention route under section 21-18-33 uses 180 days from service unless a levy, authorized release or court order supplies the relevant next step. An adverse claimant can be brought into the proceeding and has the specified answer period. These later records can explain why money initially held was released rather than credited against the judgment. SDCL 21-18-30 through 21-18-37.

For an ordinary covered wage garnishment, the maximum is the smaller of twenty percent of disposable weekly earnings or the amount above forty times the applicable minimum hourly wage, with the stated $25-per-week adjustment for each qualifying dependent living with the debtor. The statutory disclosure form shows the dependent allowance added to the protected threshold. Support orders and bankruptcy orders are excluded from this ordinary limit. A percentage alone therefore does not establish the amount collectible from every paycheck. SDCL 21-18-51, ordinary earnings limit. Statutory disclosure calculation.

The current state non-tipped minimum wage is $11.85 an hour, effective January 1, 2026. Where that rate supplies the garnishment calculation, forty times the rate is a calculated $474 weekly starting threshold before the dependent adjustment. DLR has separately announced $12.30 effective January 1, 2027, which would make that multiplication $492 for the affected later period. The future wage is not the November 2026 rate. The earnings date, applicable wage and number of qualifying dependents must accompany any calculated withholding figure. Department of Labor and Regulation minimum-wage notice. Statutory forty-times-wage calculation.

Support enforcement uses separate percentages. Section 21-18-52 sets fifty percent when the person supports the specified other spouse or dependent child, and sixty percent where that condition is absent. For the identified arrears older than twelve weeks, the limits become fifty-five and sixty-five percent. The relevant family and arrears facts therefore matter to the calculation. These support percentages should not be described as the ordinary judgment-creditor wage limit, just as the $7,000 or $5,000 personal-property selection is not the earnings formula. SDCL 21-18-52 and 21-18-53, support earnings limits.

Court and recorder charges use different units

The circuit-court statute charges $5 each for issuing a judgment transcript, docketing a transcript, issuing an execution or special execution, and renewing a judgment by affidavit. Authentication, exemplification or double certification of copies costs $15 under the current subdivision amended by 2026 chapter 92. Those products differ from an ordinary page copy and from the register of deeds' certified land instrument. Identify the requested certification before calculating the order. An older court schedule's $2 certification line should not displace the current statute's $15 authentication product. SDCL 16-2-29, amended in 2026.

The schedule linked by UJS has a filename containing 2027, but its printed revision and effective date are July 1, 2026. It totals an ordinary civil commencement at $72, made up of $25, a $40 automation component and a $7 law-library component. It also shows a $25 answer fee, $2 subpoena and the $5 judgment and execution products. The printed effective date supplies the operative context; a year embedded in a download name is not an instruction to postpone all listed prices until January. The office's fees-and-costs page is the official link parent for the document. UJS court-cost schedule, effective July 1, 2026. UJS fees and costs, official schedule parent.

The Supreme Court clerk has a separately stated reproduction tariff: fifty cents per page, with a $2 minimum for an active file and a $5 minimum for an inactive file. Fax or email copies are $1 per page with a $5 minimum. Those figures describe that clerk's product. They should not be presented as a proven uniform ordinary-copy tariff for every circuit clerk, because the source expressly addresses the Supreme Court office. Request the trial clerk's actual copy quotation when ordering a lengthy local judgment file. SDCL 16-2-29.1, Supreme Court clerk copies.

For a register of deeds, the ordinary recording charge is $30 for the first fifty pages and $2 for each additional page or fraction beyond fifty, subject to document-specific provisions. An ordinary recorded-copy page is $1. A certified instrument costs $5 for its first page and $1 for each additional page, including the certificate and official seal. The copy provision covers hard copy, microfilm, electronic and fax reproductions. A three-page certified land instrument therefore follows a different calculation from three ordinary pages or a court-authenticated judgment. SDCL 7-9-15, recording and land-copy fees.

The statute includes exceptions that a generic recording quote can miss. Specified water-related easements and Department of Transportation documents use $20 for the first three pages plus $2 thereafter. Licensed abstracters and persons meeting the stated examination condition have a county-resolution route for ordinary-copy prices limited by actual county cost. The register cannot charge for discharging or canceling a personal-property lien. Format noncompliance under section 43-28-23 does not alone authorize rejection unless the instrument is insufficiently legible or cannot be reproduced readably with the register's current method. Ask the office to identify the actual document class or reproduction problem. SDCL 7-9-15, exceptions and format condition.

The current small-claims sheet totals filing and the listed certified-mail service at $24.84 for a claim up to $100, $30.84 for $100.01 through $1,000, $40.84 for $1,000.01 through $3,999.99, and $42.84 for $4,000 through $12,000. An additional defendant using that service adds $11.84. Transfer to the formal docket is $35. These totals include a specific mailing product; sheriff service or another required expense is separate. The effective July 12, 2026 sheet should be distinguished from an older dated notice still visible on the small-claims parent. Small-claims fee sheet, effective July 12, 2026. UJS small-claims forms and fee-document parent.

UJS limits small claims to $12,000 and explains that the claimant must take collection steps after winning. Its guide describes the ordinary thirty-day pause before execution, with the stated default-judgment or court-order exceptions, and says the small-claims decision cannot be appealed to a higher court. Payment should be reported through a satisfaction. If a creditor fails to acknowledge payment, the guide describes a show-cause process that can lead to cancellation by the clerk. The dated guide should be used alongside the current statutes rather than assuming that every general civil appeal or enforcement rule transfers unchanged to small claims. UJS small-claims guide, revised July 13, 2026. Official small-claims guide parent.

The current small-claims satisfaction form identifies the county, case, creditor, debtor and amount satisfied. It uses a declaration under penalty of perjury with date, place and signature rather than a printed notary block. Obtain the filed version to confirm the case's recorded status; a blank downloaded form does not show that the judgment was paid. The same official small-claims collection links this form, the guide and the fee sheet. UJS-019 satisfaction of judgment, revised June 2026. UJS form parent.

A person unable to pay court filing fees can use the civil waiver process and its supporting affidavit. UJS directs the applicant to inquire if no answer arrives within five business days. If a judge has not signed the waiver within thirty days, the instructions require payment or face dismissal. The application concerns the court charges within its scope; it is not a statewide waiver of land-recording fees, vendor subscriptions or every requested copy. Preserve the waiver order and its terms when explaining why a case advanced without an ordinary filing payment. UJS civil fee-waiver procedure.

Mechanics liens require the work history and the notice history

Chapter 44-9 identifies qualifying labor, services, materials and equipment furnished for an improvement and addresses work supplied through an owner's authorized participants. The claim may be based on the contract price or reasonable value under the stated conditions. Priority can relate to the first item furnished, while protection of good-faith purchasers and mortgagees turns on the statutory notice and visible-work rules. An early notice of a contract is a separate recorded instrument. The later date on a lien statement does not by itself settle the claimant's relative priority against a mortgage or conveyance. SDCL 44-9-1 through 44-9-8.

The lien statement must be filed within 120 days after the claimant's last work or materials, with the register of deeds for the county containing the improved land; the statute directs the identified public-utility claims to the Secretary of State. The statement is sworn and contains the amount, land description, parties, addresses, first and last furnishing dates and itemization required by section 44-9-16. Before filing, the claimant must mail a copy to the owner by registered or certified mail and attach the receipt. A county index entry proves that a document was accepted into the records, but the statement and mailing evidence are needed to examine those statutory requirements. SDCL 44-9-14 through 44-9-17.

An owner's request for the itemized account creates a further step. Section 44-9-14 lets the owner serve a written request within fifteen days after completion of the contract, requiring an itemized and verified claim account. Enforcement cannot begin until ten days after that requested statement is furnished. When reviewing a disputed claim, retain the request, account and delivery evidence with the work dates. Those documents answer a different question from whether the lien statement reached the register within 120 days. The fifteen-day period belongs to the owner's request, not a stated deadline for the claimant to furnish the account. SDCL 44-9-14, itemized account after completion.

South Dakota also permits a notice of project commencement within thirty days after work begins, with the section 7-9-15(3) charge of $30 for fifty pages and $2 for each excess page. Its purpose is not to create a lien or cloud title, and section 44-9-52 says it does not change lien priority. Where the commencement procedure applies, section 44-9-53 imposes a separate sixty-day notice after the last furnishing by a sub-subcontractor or supplier to a subcontractor, directed to the named contractor with an owner copy. The registered-or-certified-mail and receipt requirements matter. The section excepts claims of individual laborers below $2,000. Retrieve the commencement instrument before treating the ordinary 120-day lien-statement period as the only notice deadline. SDCL 44-9-50 through 44-9-53. Referenced recording fee.

A mechanics-lien foreclosure belongs in circuit court in the county where the land lies. Section 44-9-24 requires assertion of the lien by complaint or answer within six years after the last item stated in the lien claim; a person is not bound unless made a party within that period. If no enforcement action was brought, the specified affidavit starts the register's thirty-day cancellation duty. A statutory demand can shorten the timetable: section 44-9-26 requires suit within thirty days after service, and the cancellation packet cannot be filed before the fortieth day. That packet includes the affidavit, demand and service proof. The action and the required recorded lis pendens are separate parts of the enforcement trail. SDCL 44-9-23 through 44-9-28.

The mechanics filing charge follows the referenced recording provision, while filing its satisfaction is free. A release must identify the lien and meet the execution requirements in section 44-9-21. After satisfaction and the prescribed ten-day demand, improper failure to release can carry costs, damages and the stated $100 amount. The chapter's $5 allowance for preparing a lien statement is a potential cost item, not the register's filing price. Attorney fees under section 44-9-42 depend on the court's authority and decision; a claimant cannot establish an awarded fee merely by inserting an amount in a recording. SDCL 44-9-19 through 44-9-22, 44-9-41 and 44-9-42.

The owner's involvement and the character of the property can also matter. Section 44-9-4 describes a five-day disavowal procedure after knowledge of the improvement, and section 44-9-5 addresses liens involving a homestead. Those provisions require facts beyond the register's index. The chapter further distinguishes failure of the lien remedy from a remaining contract claim. A canceled or unenforceable lien should therefore be described according to the cancellation or decision, without assuming that it resolves every possible debt between the parties. SDCL 44-9-4, 44-9-5 and 44-9-49.

UCC records: the proper office, exact debtor name and filing chain

Most Article 9 financing statements go to the Secretary of State, but fixture filings, as-extracted collateral and timber-to-be-cut records have a real-property filing route through the register of deeds. The transmitting-utility provision has its own Secretary of State rule. A county filing may need the property's legal description and the record owner's name where the debtor has no recorded interest. A mortgage meeting the specified contents can also function as a financing statement for the relevant property. The word UCC in a document title is therefore insufficient to identify which office must be searched. SDCL 57A-9-501 and 57A-9-502.

For a registered organization, the required debtor name comes from the operative public organic record, not merely a storefront name. For an individual holding an unexpired South Dakota driver license, the statute uses the name on that license; where more than one qualifying license was issued, the most recently issued one controls. Other individuals follow the alternative naming rule in subsection (a)(5). Trusts and property administered by a decedent's personal representative have their own naming instructions. A financing statement containing only a trade name does not satisfy the debtor-name requirement. Name research should preserve the legal entity or individual identity used at filing. SDCL 57A-9-503, debtor names.

The legal significance of a spelling difference depends partly on the filing office's standard search logic. Section 57A-9-506 addresses a misleading debtor name and the circumstance in which a correct-name search still discloses the statement. When a debtor's changed name becomes seriously misleading, section 57A-9-507 distinguishes collateral acquired before or within four months of the change from later-acquired collateral unless a timely amendment is filed. A search should therefore retain the original name, changed name and amendment chain. One present-name result cannot establish that an earlier filing was ineffective against all collateral. SDCL 57A-9-506 through 57A-9-508.

An ordinary financing statement generally remains effective for five years. The continuation can be filed only within the six months before lapse, and a timely continuation supplies the following statutory period. The section provides different treatment for a manufactured-home transaction, a transmitting utility and a record of mortgage, among its specified cases. A mortgage serving the described filing function may continue until release under its separate rule. Search results labeled active or lapsed should be reconciled with the original filing type, continuation timing and any termination rather than applying five years indiscriminately. SDCL 57A-9-515, duration and continuation.

Termination duties differ between consumer-goods transactions and other qualifying transactions. For the consumer-goods situation, the secured party must cause termination within one month after the conditions ending the obligation are met or within twenty days after the debtor's signed demand, if that is earlier. The other specified situations use the twenty-day demand procedure for sending a termination to the debtor or filing it. The section also addresses filings made without authorization. Obtain the actual termination and its filing reference; an assertion that the loan is paid does not show that a termination reached the public filing record. SDCL 57A-9-513, termination.

Acceptance by the filing office is not an adjudication of the debt. The refusal provisions concern listed defects and conditions, and the filing officer's indexing error does not itself defeat the filing's effectiveness. A person can file the information statement described in section 57A-9-518 to explain an inaccurate or wrongfully filed record, but that statement does not cancel the financing statement. Section 57A-9-520 governs notice of refusal, including its two-business-day requirement, while section 57A-9-522 provides retention for at least a year after lapse. Keep refusal notices, information statements, amendments and terminations with the original record when reporting its status. SDCL 57A-9-516 through 57A-9-522.

The current UCC entrance reports that, as of the November 6, 2026 check, processing had reached filings received November 5 at 4:30 p.m. That is a published processing cut-off, not a guarantee that a document sent later has already entered search results. The portal offers preparation of a printed filing for mailing with payment and subscriber services for online filing and searching. The state fee page links the portal. A public viewing of its entrance does not constitute an authenticated search or confirmation that a specific debtor has no filed financing statement. Secretary of State UCC filing and search portal. Secretary of State filing-fee page and portal parent.

The Secretary of State's currently published schedule labels these UCC prices effective July 1, 2016. A paper initial statement or amendment is $25 for one debtor and one page, with $3 for each additional debtor and the listed $5 attachment component. A paper debtor search is $20 per name with copies at $2 per page. The online initial filing price is $20 plus $3 for each additional debtor, and an online search is $10. Annual subscriber prices are $450 for the full service and $300 for search-only access. The same table separates termination without charge from the county real-estate recording component on a fixture filing. Secretary of State UCC fees, effective July 1, 2016.

The linked information-request form asks for one exact debtor name and lets the requester identify the desired filing and copy products, including whether lapsed material is wanted. Its printed mailing address is 500 East Capitol Avenue in Pierre. The form's old revision date is retained as document context; the current office fee schedule supplies the quoted prices. A request for certified search results, individual images and a list of active filings should be specified separately where the form offers those choices, because they answer different evidentiary questions. Official UCC information-request form, revision shown July 19, 2012. Official UCC portal, request-form parent.

State tax liens and their release trail

A Department of Revenue assessment precedes the lien inquiry in a contested state-tax matter. The chapter gives the stated sixty-day period to pay, arrange payment or seek a hearing. A written hearing request must meet the sixty-day rule measured from the certified-mail notice date, state its grounds and satisfy the filing requirements; the postmark provision and the deadline's jurisdictional consequence matter. The grounds can be amended within the section's fourteen-day-before-hearing limit. A tax-account screen should not be treated as the complete administrative record when the assessment or appeal is disputed. SDCL 10-59-8 and 10-59-9.

The state lien covers the tax, penalty and interest against the taxpayer's property as provided by chapter 10-59. Its recording priority depends on receipt and indexing by the register of deeds. The register keeps the taxpayer's name, amount, date and time, and the satisfaction or release entry, without the filing charge described for ordinary private documents. Because the public notice is indexed in county records, identify every county in which a notice was filed. An account payment posted by Revenue and a county release entry are related evidence, but they are not the same record. SDCL 10-59-11 and 10-59-12.

The Department must release the lien within thirty days after full payment under section 10-59-30. The section also addresses an erroneous notice and directs the appropriate notice to the register, with the state's responsibility for the stated expense. If a search still displays a lien after payment, obtain the original notice, payment confirmation and the release or correction sent to that county. The continued presence of the historical notice does not by itself prove an unpaid balance, while a statement that the account is clear does not supply the missing recorded release. SDCL 10-59-30, release and erroneous filing.

Federal notices use different filing and search fees

Federal tax liens and other federal notices within chapter 44-7 have a specific filing allocation. Notices affecting real property go to the register of deeds in the county where that property lies. For personal property, the Secretary of State is the filing office for the specified corporation or partnership whose principal place of business is in South Dakota. Other personal-property notices go to the register in the county where the person resided when the notice was filed. Search both the appropriate debtor name and the proper jurisdiction; a statewide UCC search alone does not replace every county federal-lien search. SDCL 44-7-1.1 through 44-7-4.1.

The written federal-lien filing or affected-lien certificate charge is $20; the charge is $15 when communicated by another method authorized by the filing office. The information-request provision separately uses $20 for a written request and $15 for the other authorized method. These figures are not an ordinary per-page copy tariff. At the Secretary of State, releases, nonattachment certificates and withdrawals are handled through the specified termination-style indexing, while discharges and subordinations use the release-of-collateral treatment. The original notice remains in the files, so its continued visibility should be read with the later certificate. SDCL 44-7-5.1 and 44-7-8.1 through 44-7-8.2.

The IRS distinguishes release of the lien from other remedies. Full payment leads to release within thirty days under its published explanation. A discharge removes the lien from identified property; subordination changes priority; withdrawal removes the public notice under the applicable conditions without forgiving the tax debt. Those distinctions matter when a later document is recorded against a prior federal notice. The IRS lists 800-913-6050 for lien questions. Obtain the certificate or notice itself and match its taxpayer, filing reference and property scope before describing the consequence of a payment or agreement. IRS explanation of federal tax liens.

Public access, protected financial material and correction requests

Court-record access is governed by chapter 15-15A rather than the executive-branch request timetable. Public access is the general rule subject to applicable federal or state law, court rules and orders. The chapter distinguishes a public indication that a sealed record exists from access to its contents. Under section 15-15A-6, a court can restrict the manner of access to a court facility for good cause using the least restrictive means. An unavailable internet image may therefore reflect an access-channel restriction rather than an entirely closed court file. SDCL 15-15A-4 through 15-15A-7.

Protected categories include juvenile and adoption records, civil case filing statements, and the other materials identified by law. Discovery not admitted into evidence has its own treatment. More specifically, financial records such as tax returns, wage stubs, credit-card statements, bank statements and check registers are confidential under sections 15-15A-8 and 15-15A-9. The latter provision keeps confidential financial documents nonpublic even when admitted as a trial or hearing exhibit unless the court grants access under section 15-15A-10. The July 1, 2026 amendments also address protected child-identification information. A public divorce judgment does not make every financial attachment public. SDCL 15-15A-7 through 15-15A-9, including the July 1, 2026 amendments.

A request for confidential financial material requires the motion-and-affidavit procedure showing good cause, with written notice. When a party cannot be located, the requester can document reasonable good-faith efforts and ask the court to waive notice under the rule. The court balances the stated public or personal interest against privacy interests and may allow relevant portions subject to conditions. Identify the particular document and the reason access is sought. That procedure is different from asking the clerk to correct a misspelled public docket entry and different again from moving to change the judgment itself. SDCL 15-15A-10, requesting confidential financial documents.

Bulk court information is not available on the same terms as an individual public file. The chapter restricts redistribution for resale and requires the specified authorization for other bulk dissemination. Compiled information requests are considered by the State Court Administrator under the court's criteria and available resources. A request to limit or deny access follows the notice and objection provisions in section 15-15A-13. Ordinary requests are handled within a reasonable time under section 15-15A-14, with fees governed by the applicable law and rules. Do not promise a ten-business-day judicial production deadline by importing the nonjudicial records statute. SDCL 15-15A-11 through 15-15A-15.

For county administrative records and other covered public bodies, chapter 1-27 supplies the public-records framework. It permits inspection and copying during ordinary office hours subject to the statutory restrictions. The Unified Judicial System is expressly excluded from this chapter's application, so court requests remain on their judicial route. A recording-office inquiry should identify the recorded instrument, index or administrative record being requested; a request for the underlying court file belongs with the court clerk even if the recorder has a related lien notice. SDCL 1-27-1, 1-27-1.12 and 1-27-34.

The nonjudicial custodian may charge the authorized actual cost or the applicable statutory fee, with staff-time charges addressed when the request requires more than an hour. A cost estimate exceeding $50 requires the specified written acceptance before proceeding. The public-interest fee waiver is discretionary under the section rather than automatic. Ask whether the price is the statutory land-copy fee, a federal-lien information request, an electronic vendor product or staff time for a different records task. Keeping the charge's unit and authority visible makes a disputed estimate more precise. SDCL 1-27-35 and 1-27-36, costs and estimates.

After an informal request is denied, a written request to the public-record officer starts the formal response procedure. Within ten business days the officer must supply the record, deny with reasons, or acknowledge the request and provide the required estimate of when a response will follow. A clarification request has its own ten-business-day response condition; failure to respond can result in withdrawal. Failure to act by the applicable deadline or revised estimate is treated as a denial under the section. The deadline concerns the prescribed response, not guaranteed completion of every large production within ten days. SDCL 1-27-37, formal written request after denial.

A denied requester has ninety days to pursue the specified civil action or written review by the Office of Hearing Examiners. The administrative request is sent by registered or certified mail and includes the request, response, officer and other required identifying material. The public entity's response is due within ten business days, subject to the examiner's permitted extension. The examiner decides the matter through findings and conclusions, with a hearing where justified. The chapter provides circuit-court review and the agency's thirty-day compliance-or-appeal period. For a county, section 1-27-42 identifies the auditor as public-record officer except for the stated law-enforcement custody; that designation does not transfer the court clerk's judicial files to the auditor. SDCL 1-27-38 through 1-27-43, review and county officer.

Court-clerk travel and mailing details across the state

The current court directory still organizes the county offices into seven judicial circuits. A proposal dated October 2, 2026 would combine the Fourth and Seventh for administrative purposes, with a public hearing scheduled for November 9, 2026 at 10 a.m. Central Time in the Supreme Court courtroom in Pierre. At the November 6 check this remained a proposal, not an approved replacement of the seven-circuit directory. The notice says the proposal would not change local clerk hours. Use the existing county clerk route until an operative change is actually announced. UJS proposed circuit merger, current November 2026 notice.

Some county court files are served through another county's office. Buffalo's listing directs clerk requests to the Brule County clerk at 300 South Courtland Street, Suite 111, Chamberlain, telephone 605-734-4580. Its posted day is 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. This differs from Buffalo's recording office, which is presented with the Finance Officer. Address a judgment or certified transcript request to the court clerk and identify Buffalo County so a shared office does not obscure the intended court record. UJS Buffalo County clerk listing.

Oglala Lakota's court-clerk route runs through the Fall River clerk at 906 North River Street, Hot Springs, telephone 605-745-5131. The office is listed 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the fine window closing at 4:30. Todd and Tripp likewise share a clerk contact in Winner, although their county identity remains separate. A shared address is an administrative arrangement, not proof that all cases or land indexes from both counties are interchangeable. UJS Oglala Lakota County clerk listing. UJS Todd County clerk. UJS Tripp County clerk.

Pennington illustrates why the judicial clerk and recorder addresses must be kept apart. The civil clerk remains at 315 St. Joseph Street, number 5, Rapid City, with PO Box 230 for mail, civil telephone 605-394-2575 and a separate small-claims/accounting number of 605-394-2688. Its listed hours end at 4:55 p.m. The register of deeds now gives 900 Concourse Drive, Suite 110, and a 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. day. A request for the court's judgment should not be sent to the new recording counter solely because a related lien concerns land. UJS Pennington County court clerk. Pennington Register of Deeds location.

Minnehaha's clerk is at 425 North Dakota Avenue in Sioux Falls, telephone 605-367-5900, while the register's address is 415 North Dakota Avenue. The clerk's listing publishes 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. service. A ten-number street difference can route a document to the wrong custodian even within the same government complex. Lawrence has another distinction: its clerk is at 78 Sherman Street in Deadwood, while the directory identifies a separate magistrate-hearing location at 50 Tatanka Drive. A hearing venue should not be substituted for the clerk's document-request address. UJS Minnehaha County clerk. UJS Lawrence County court locations.

Several clerk counters operate on fewer days than the recorder or courthouse. Aurora's clerk is open Monday through Thursday and closed Friday. Jones also closes Friday after a Monday-through-Thursday schedule. Miner's clerk lists Monday, Wednesday and Friday service, and Douglas lists Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Before traveling for a certified transcript or an older judgment file, use the court clerk's own schedule. General county-building hours do not establish that the judicial counter is staffed. UJS Aurora County clerk hours. UJS Jones County clerk. UJS Miner County clerk. UJS Douglas County clerk.

The western and north-central schedules require particular attention. Corson's clerk closes Wednesday and lists a short Friday morning; Dewey lists Monday and Wednesday service with a Friday morning interval, while Ziebach lists Tuesday and Thursday service plus a Friday afternoon interval. Campbell's clerk lists Tuesday and Thursday mornings. These are office-specific access windows. A land-record office in the same county may follow a different weekday pattern, so a combined court-and-recording visit should be planned from both published schedules. UJS Corson County clerk schedule. UJS Dewey County clerk. UJS Ziebach County clerk. UJS Campbell County clerk.

Recording-office evidence for all 66 counties

The state register directory supplies a county-by-county recording contact, while local departmental bodies give the more detailed request rules and fee products below. Where a state listing prints an assurance date, that date describes the listing's own verification and is separate from the November 2026 source check. Historical holdings, an electronic-submission service, a notification registration and an online image collection are different products. The county entries retain their documented distinctions, including a shared recorder, a stated offline collection or an unresolved address conflict. South Dakota Department of Health register-of-deeds directory.

Aurora County recording records

Aurora's state directory entry gives a walk-in route at 401 North Main Street in Plankinton, with a midday closure from noon to 12:30 p.m. The listed counter hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time on weekdays, and 605-942-7161 reaches the office. The entry, last assured July 8, 2026, confirms recording of deeds, mortgages and affidavits but directs fee questions to staff. It does not establish a remote image date range. Aurora official recording authority.

Beadle County recording records

Beadle requires original recording instruments and rejects photocopies and documents containing whiteout. The local office identifies Suite 206 at 450 Third Street SW in Huron, telephone 605-353-8412, with weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Its retained September 14-16, 2026 notice concerned temporary interruption of vital-record issuance; that dated message does not say land recording remains suspended. The recording instructions provide a preparation rule, while no separate online lien-image starting date appears in the returned body. Beadle official recording authority.

Bennett County recording records

Bennett's current state service listing places the register at 202 Main Street in Martin and gives 605-685-6054 for inquiries. Its 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekday schedule is expressly Mountain Time. The listing describes land records extending from the late 1800s to the present, a statement about holdings rather than a verified digital-image interval. Fees and the application process require an office inquiry. The entry's last-assured date is July 9, 2026. Bennett official recording authority.

Bon Homme County recording records

Bon Homme separates its public counter from its electronic recording window. The state listing, last assured October 13, 2026, gives 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time for the courthouse but 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for eRecordings. Lunch access depends on staffing. Most land recordings or lien filings cost $30 for one to fifty pages; the same listing separately prices plats at $60, surveys at $30 and corner records at $10. Mail and email requests are listed alongside office service. The register records fixture filings and county, state, federal, mechanics, hospital, ambulance and child-support liens at 300 West 18th Avenue in Tyndall; 605-589-4217 is the contact. Bon Homme official recording authority.

Brookings County recording records

Brookings places deeds, satisfactions, mechanics liens, state and federal liens and UCC records in the register's holdings, with real-estate records beginning in the mid-1870s. It expressly offers deed copies at $1 per page at 520 Third Street, Suite 120. Counter hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and the telephone is 605-696-8240. Its document-preparation notice distinguishes ordinary personal-information restrictions from exceptions for tax liens, UCC filings and governmental certified copies. The posted July vital-record interruption is not a statement that its land records are inaccessible. Brookings official recording authority.

Brown County recording records

Brown's register identifies mechanics liens, county, state and federal tax liens, UCC filings and satisfactions among its recorded material. The office describes holdings dating to the 1870s or earlier without assigning that span to an online image service. Its address is 25 Market Street, Suite 3, Aberdeen, with telephone 605-626-7140. The courthouse publishes an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekday schedule. A historical search should therefore specify the instrument and year wanted instead of treating an unconfirmed remote search as the whole collection. Brown official recording authority.

Brule County recording records

Brule's recorder is at 300 South Courtland Street, Suite 110, Chamberlain, with PO Box 784 for mail and telephone 605-234-4434. County UCC intake is limited to fixture filings attached to land. In-person credit or debit payment adds $2.50, or 3% when the transaction exceeds $83. Electronic packages are processed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time through Simplifile, with vendor ACH payment rather than a direct customer payment to the county. The department adds no county electronic-submission surcharge, but the vendor does. Its accepted-document list and separate fee brochure should be checked for the particular lien or release being submitted. Brule official recording authority.

Buffalo County recording records

Buffalo puts the Register of Deeds within its Finance Officer presentation. The same official body identifies the auditor's property-tax and county-business responsibilities separately from the register's land-document holdings, which matters when requesting a lien image rather than a tax calculation. It gives 605-293-3217 and courthouse hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The displayed highway-department schedule is different and does not describe the recording counter. The register's section links the Department of Revenue's recording guidance. Buffalo official recording authority.

Butte County recording records

Butte supplies a specific online boundary: both computer indexing and images on its linked iDocMarket service begin in June 1996. Earlier land records reach into the late 1800s and require the office route. Copies are $1 per page; recording is generally $30, with document-specific exceptions. Since April 6, 2026, trust-related instruments need a legal description of Butte County land for acceptance. Its free land-notification registration is separate from the subscription required to view or print images. The register is on the first floor at 839 Fifth Avenue in Belle Fourche, telephone 605-892-2912, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Butte official recording authority.

Campbell County recording records

Campbell's state service entry, last assured July 13, 2026, identifies the recording office at 111 Second Street NE in Mound City. It confirms land-record and real-estate-document custody but directs hours, application and fee questions to 605-955-3505. The entry supplies no online index or image coverage dates. Campbell official recording authority.

Charles Mix County recording records

Charles Mix expressly lists federal and state tax liens, unemployment-tax liens and county welfare liens within the register's custody. It accepts electronic recording through the Simplifile link published by the county. Mail is directed to PO Box 70, Lake Andes, and the register's telephone is 605-487-7141. The same office links a land-information database but tells users to contact the county for current valuation and tax status. That mapping route should not be substituted for the recorded lien and its release. Charles Mix official recording authority.

Clark County recording records

Clark's own register listing directs visitors to the courthouse's second floor and mail to PO Box 294. It gives 605-532-5363 for the register. The short official body does not publish a local fee table, search subscription or digitized-record starting year, so those products remain office inquiries rather than assumed online features. Clark official recording authority.

Clay County recording records

Clay's ordinary weekday office hours run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but its actual research and recording cutoffs are earlier. Instruments brought after 3:30 p.m. are recorded the next business day, and public computer and vault access ends at 4 p.m. The office holds computerized, filmed and scanned records, including indigent liens, sheriff's levies, personal-property liens and state and federal tax liens. It is at 211 West Main, Suite 202, Vermillion, telephone 605-677-7130. The county links a land-notification service and the Brookings-hosted statewide fee brochure. Clay official recording authority.

Codington County recording records

Codington confirms $1 per page for an ordinary deed copy and $5 for the first certified page plus $1 for each additional page. Those are document-copy products, separate from recording charges. The register is at 14 First Avenue SE in Watertown and answers 605-882-6278; listed hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Its description emphasizes that property instruments carry the date, hour and minute of recording. A same-day sequence therefore calls for the instrument's recording detail, not just the calendar date. Codington official recording authority.

Corson County recording records

Corson explicitly says its records are not online and directs searches to 605-273-4395. Its land holdings run from 1864 onward. Ordinary copies cost $1 per page, while faxed or emailed documents add $5 to the page charge; certified copies cost $5 for the first page and $1 thereafter. The published recording rate is $30 for fifty pages plus $2 per additional page. Its September 30, 2024 schedule gives Monday-Thursday hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time, with a noon half-hour closure, and Friday 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Electronic filing vendors do not change the separate statement that public research is offline. Corson official recording authority.

Custer County recording records

Custer's state entry confirms research of state, federal, mechanics and hospital liens, alongside land and mining records. It locates the register at 420 Mount Rushmore Road and gives 605-673-8171. The published weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time, with fees and request details left to the office. The listing was last assured September 8, 2026; no exact digitization start is supplied there. Custer official recording authority.

Davison County recording records

Davison explains why a land search needs more than one index: some liens are indexed against real estate, others only under a person's name. The register permits in-office research and can explain how its records are arranged. Judgments belong with the court clerk, taxes and existing special assessments with the treasurer, new municipal assessments with the city finance officer, and payments of county liens with the auditor. Its fee table charges $30 for the first fifty pages of a mechanics lien, lis pendens or mortgage satisfaction, plus $2 for each page beyond fifty. Mechanics-lien satisfactions and affidavits of satisfaction have no fee. Ordinary copies are $1 per page, including electronic and fax copies; certification is $5 for the first page plus $1 thereafter. Special search charges require a separate inquiry. The main filing-liens link returned 404, while the fee and encumbrance instructions remained readable. The office is at 200 East Fourth Avenue, Mitchell, 605-995-8616. Davison official recording authority. Davison linked fee, request or directory authority. Davison linked fee, request or directory authority.

Day County recording records

Day lists unemployment-tax and county welfare liens in addition to federal and state tax liens among the register's duties. Its local body gives 711 West First Street, Suite 202, Webster, telephone 605-345-9506, and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cash-only price displayed lower down concerns a marriage license, so it does not establish how a lien-copy or recording payment must be made. Day official recording authority.

Deuel County recording records

Deuel says many recorded documents can be obtained by telephone, email or an office visit, and expressly includes mechanics liens, state, federal and county liens and UCC documents. The register occupies the courthouse's second floor at 408 Fourth Street West in Clear Lake, with PO Box 307 for mail and 605-874-2268 for calls. It publishes 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekday service. Computerized and scanned holdings are described, but the body gives no date interval for an external public-search portal. Deuel official recording authority.

Dewey County recording records

Dewey's state directory lists land holdings from the late 1800s forward and directs request and fee questions to 605-865-3661. The office is at 710 C Street in Timber Lake. Its listed Mountain Time weekday hours run 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The entry remains marked last assured November 14, 2025; that displayed verification date is retained separately from the November 2026 retrieval. Dewey official recording authority.

Douglas County recording records

Douglas directs recording correspondence to PO Box 267, Armour, SD 57313, and gives 605-724-2204 for the register. Its brief office body links a statewide fee schedule rather than publishing a searchable index. The driver's-license schedule displayed below the register's contact is a separate service and does not establish land-record counter hours. Douglas official recording authority.

Edmunds County recording records

Edmunds identifies the register as the office that records and cancels liens, including state and federal tax and county welfare liens. The local address is 210 Second Avenue, Suite 205, Ipswich, with PO Box 386 for mail and telephone 605-426-6431. Electronic-recording procedures and a GIS service have separate links. Neither link is described in the office body as a complete public lien-image database. The linked procedures receive e-recordings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time, require vendor ACH payment and original scans at 300 dpi or better, and exclude plats and filed documents. The county adds no electronic-recording fee, but the vendor charges separately. Edmunds official recording authority. Edmunds linked fee, request or directory authority.

Fall River County recording records

Fall River expressly reports no searchable records online and asks users to request information by phone or email. Federal, state, county and mechanics liens fall within its recording service, and a land-notification program appears separately. The register is at 906 North River Street, Hot Springs, telephone 605-745-5139. The property-tax lookup linked farther down is a tax-account route, while a lien image or recorded satisfaction still follows the register's contact procedure. Its linked fee table distinguishes a $30 mechanics-lien filing for the first fifty pages from a no-fee mechanics-lien satisfaction, and lists $20 for a federal tax or U.S. Justice lien or release. Fall River official recording authority. Fall River linked fee, request or directory authority.

Faulk County recording records

Faulk's state listing gives 110 Ninth Avenue South in Faulkton and 605-598-6228 for land-record requests. Weekday service is split into 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Central Time. The entry was last assured August 11, 2026 and leaves fees and the application process to an office inquiry; no online image interval is stated. Faulk official recording authority.

Grant County recording records

Grant welcomes public property research during regular hours and offers instructions for its index books. It requires a self-addressed postage-paid return envelope for recorded documents. The register is at 210 East Fifth Avenue in Milbank, telephone 605-432-4752, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays including noon. Its body cites SDCL 7-9-15(2) for copies but does not present an online land-image range. A GIS link and a property-tax portal appear in county navigation as separate services. Grant official recording authority.

Gregory County recording records

Gregory's current register route confirms custody of real-estate documents and public access, but its contacts and resource panels returned script placeholders. The county footer gives 221 East Eighth Street in Burke; it does not identify a recording-specific fee or online lien-search service. Use the state register directory for the office contact rather than interpreting the unrendered resource panel as a confirmed public database. The Department of Health's recorder directory supplies PO Box 437, Burke, and telephone 605-775-2624 for the recording office. Gregory official recording authority. Gregory linked fee, request or directory authority.

Haakon County recording records

Haakon's state listing includes liens, UCC records, homestead material and dam or dugout notices. Its register is on the second floor at 140 South Howard Avenue in Philip, reached at 605-859-2785. The published weekday Mountain Time schedule is 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The entry was last assured September 4, 2026, while fee and submission details remain an office inquiry. Haakon official recording authority.

Hamlin County recording records

Hamlin's state entry describes computerized, filmed and scanned records that include county indigent liens and federal and state tax liens. It lists the register at 300 Fourth Street in Hayti, telephone 605-783-3206, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time. Its September 22, 2026 assurance date accompanies a link to the county's own recording office. The appointment statement applies specifically to driver and marriage licenses, not every land-record request. Hamlin official recording authority.

Hand County recording records

Hand accepts neither electronic recording nor photocopied recording instruments. It rejects whiteout and requires cash or check, with no card payments. The published charge is $30 for a document and $60 for a plat. Recorded real-estate copies are unavailable online, but an identified legal description or book and page can support a telephone request for delivery by mail or email at $1 per page. The register is at 415 West First Avenue in Miller, 605-853-3512. Published hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the noon lunch interval subject to variation. Hand official recording authority.

Hanson County recording records

Hanson's recorder lists hospital and mechanics liens, county, state and federal tax liens, UCC filings, assignments and satisfactions. It describes holdings reaching into the early 1870s and electronic recording through Simplifile and CSC. Its weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a noon-to-12:30 closure. The register receives mail at PO Box 500, Alexandria, and calls at 605-239-4512. The historical holdings description does not give a remote-image starting date. Hanson official recording authority.

Harding County recording records

Harding's listing gives a shorter Friday schedule: 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time, compared with 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The office is in the courthouse at 410 Ramsland Street in Buffalo, reached at 605-375-3321. The state entry, last assured September 1, 2026, describes land holdings from the late 1800s and cautions that some records cannot be viewed without identifying the classes affected. A request should name the specific land instrument so its availability can be resolved. Harding official recording authority.

Hughes County recording records

Hughes says most of its records begin around 1880 and identifies mortgages, satisfactions, easements, plats, leases and property liens among the recorder's documents. Its office body explains the importance of the recorded hour and minute. The county location is 104 East Capitol Avenue in Pierre. The recording-resource and individual-contact panels returned scripts rather than usable fee tables. The $15 certified-copy figure elsewhere in the body is expressly for vital records and is not a land-document certification price. For recorder inquiries, the state office directory gives 605-773-7495; its land-holdings note starts in 1885, differing from the county's broader statement about records from 1880. Hughes official recording authority. Hughes linked fee, request or directory authority.

Hutchinson County recording records

Hutchinson's register expressly files court-appointed-attorney liens, county-aid liens and unemployment-compensation liens as well as mechanics, hospital and federal tax liens. Its recording work also includes subordination agreements and restrictions. The office provides separate contact, fee, homestead and personal-information branches; a request should identify which recorded instrument is wanted rather than using a broad description such as a debt search. The statewide recorder directory identifies Room 169 at 201 West Mentor Street, Olivet, telephone 605-387-4217. Hutchinson official recording authority. Hutchinson linked fee, request or directory authority.

Hyde County recording records

Hyde's state listing places land-record service at 412 Commercial Avenue SE in Highmore, telephone 605-852-2517. It gives Monday-Thursday Central Time hours of 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 5 p.m.; Friday service ends at noon. Holdings are described as reaching the late 1800s. The body still displays a November 18, 2025 assurance date and refers pricing to staff. Hyde official recording authority.

Jackson County recording records

Jackson's recorder is listed at 700 Main Street in Kadoka, telephone 605-837-2420, with 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekday Mountain Time hours. Its September 3, 2026 state entry describes historical land records from the late 1800s, but leaves the retrieval method and charges to an inquiry. The Spanish-language service description concerns driver-license materials and does not promise translated land-record instruments. Jackson official recording authority.

Jerauld County recording records

Jerauld requires original recording documents and returns papers containing whiteout. Its register explains that instruments affecting land are recorded with the date, hour and minute received. The contact is 605-539-1221, with mail to Box 452, Wessington Springs, SD 57382, and the county address at 205 Wallace Avenue South. Listed weekday service runs 8 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. The $10 business-name filing described elsewhere is a separate product, not a mechanics-lien recording charge. Jerauld official recording authority.

Jones County recording records

Jones identifies its recorder at 310 Main Street, Murdo, telephone 605-669-7104. The October 23, 2026 state listing gives 8 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Central Time on weekdays. It describes land holdings from the late 1800s but provides neither a priced remote search nor a digital-image coverage date. Jones official recording authority.

Kingsbury County recording records

Kingsbury receives electronic packages only from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Central time schedule it publishes, although submissions can arrive outside that window. It requires original black-and-white scans of at least 300 dpi in TIFF format, excludes plats and permits no more than one satisfaction or assignment in the same package. Vendor ACH pays recording charges; the county takes no separate electronic-recording surcharge, while the vendor does. Ordinary office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays with a noon closure. Contact 605-854-3591 or PO Box 146, De Smet, for local retrieval. Its current table prices a mechanics lien at $30 and its satisfaction at no charge. A federal tax lien or release is $20; the table also lists a levy release without charge, differing from the combined notice-and-release line in the older statewide brochure. Confirm the actual instrument with the county when these labels matter. Kingsbury official recording authority. Kingsbury linked fee, request or directory authority.

Lake County recording records

Lake's state directory identifies the register at 200 East Center Street in Madison, reached at 605-256-7614. It publishes 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time weekday hours and, in its October 8, 2026 listing, sends fee inquiries to the linked county website. That listed location is an office route, not proof that every recorded lien has a public online image. Lake official recording authority.

Lawrence County recording records

Lawrence maintains land records from 1879, including satisfactions, and lists mechanics, hospital, state and federal tax liens and UCC records. Its land-notification system sends email or text alerts when the registered personal or business name is used in a recording. The office is at 90 Sherman Street, Deadwood, with mail to PO Box 565 and telephone 605-578-3930. Published weekday hours run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The beginning of the historical holdings is separate from any coverage established by the county's copy and research instructions. The office-linked fee brochure bears a July 1, 2012 effective date. It distinguishes $20 written federal-lien searches from $15 requests communicated by another method, and prices certified land copies at $5 for the first page plus $1 thereafter. Lawrence official recording authority. Lawrence linked fee, request or directory authority.

Lincoln County recording records

Lincoln publishes separate forms for a federal tax-lien request and for liens and UCC filings. Its recording department is Suite 130 at 104 North Main Street in Canton, telephone 605-764-5661, with 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekday hours. CSC, Simplifile and Indecomm are identified as electronic-delivery agents. Those submission channels do not establish a public remote-image service or historical search coverage; the office's linked request instructions determine the available search product. Its federal tax-lien request form charges $20 per name for a written search or $15 for a verbal search, with $1 copy pages. The separate recording-fee body lists $30 for a levy notice and no charge for its release, plus $5 for a first certified land-record page and $1 for each additional page. A blank notice-of-commencement price cell does not establish a free filing. Lincoln official recording authority. Lincoln linked fee, request or directory authority. Lincoln linked fee, request or directory authority.

Lyman County recording records

Lyman's current state listing gives 300 South Main Street, Kennebec, and telephone 605-869-2297 for the register. It describes land records from the late 1800s and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekday Central Time service. The website link in that entry points to equalization, so it should not be mistaken for the recording office's lien-search interface. The listing was last assured September 3, 2026. Lyman official recording authority.

Marshall County recording records

Marshall's register keeps county poor liens, mechanics liens, tax liens and UCC filings, alongside land transfers and satisfactions. It lists 911 Vander Horck in Britton, 605-448-2352, and weekday service from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A separate fee brochure is the local pricing reference. The body's cash, check and credit-card statement specifically accompanies marriage licenses, so payment methods for land-record products need separate confirmation. The linked brochure, marked effective July 1, 2012, lists $1 ordinary pages and $5 for the first certified page plus $1 per additional page. It prices mechanics liens at $30 for fifty pages, with $2 for excess pages, and satisfaction without a fee. Marshall official recording authority. Marshall linked fee, request or directory authority.

McCook County recording records

McCook accepts cash and check and publishes shorter daytime service, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Its recorder is at 130 West Essex Avenue in Salem, with PO Box 338 for mail and telephone 605-425-2701. The office lists hospital and mechanics liens, county, state and federal tax liens and UCC filings among its holdings, many of which reach the early 1870s. The $1 per-document figure in its burial-permit discussion is not a certified land-copy fee. McCook official recording authority.

McPherson County recording records

McPherson places its register on the courthouse's second floor at 706 Main Street in Leola, with PO Box 129 for mail and telephone 605-439-3151. Electronic-recording procedures are available by contacting the office. Its general courthouse schedule is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; the Monday-Thursday and end-of-month restrictions shown above it apply to driver's licensing. No online lien-image period or recording-fee figure appears in the returned register body. McPherson official recording authority.

Meade County recording records

Meade lists a $30 recording charge for the first fifty pages and $2 for each additional page, with a $60 plat charge. Certified recorded copies cost $5 for the first page and $1 for subsequent pages. It treats UCC, personal-property liens, sheriff's levies and tax liens as filed products whose particular charges should be identified with the office. The register is at 1300 Sherman Street, Suite 138, Sturgis, telephone 605-347-2356, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Its separate 1905 record dates describe vital records, not land-image coverage. Meade official recording authority.

Mellette County recording records

Mellette's state service entry lists the register at 321 East Fourth Street in White River. Its telephone is 605-259-3050, extension 3, and its published weekday hours end at 4 p.m. Central Time. The entry was last assured October 1, 2026 and links the county's recording department for further particulars; it does not state a land-search price or image range. The Department of Health directory separately prints 605-259-3371 for the recorder, so the two published telephone routes should be distinguished. Mellette official recording authority. Mellette linked fee, request or directory authority.

Miner County recording records

Miner identifies county, state, federal and mechanics liens among its filings. The register is on the first floor of the courthouse at 401 North Main Street in Howard, with PO Box 546 for mail and telephone 605-772-5621. Its weekday hours begin at 7:30 a.m., pause from noon to 12:30 p.m., and end at 4 p.m. The birth, death and marriage starting years printed in the same body do not establish the age of the land-record index. Miner official recording authority.

Minnehaha County recording records

Minnehaha's register holds county-aid liens along with mechanics, county, state and federal tax liens and UCC filings. It describes many holdings from the 1870s or earlier, which is a collection statement rather than an electronic-search start. The county supplies distinct branches for document-copy requests, recording fees, recording requirements and UCC filing. Its linked copy-request process should be used for a specific instrument instead of the county's separate assessed-value or property-tax applications. The recorder is on the first floor at 415 North Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, telephone 605-367-4223. Its fee table lists mechanics filings at $30 and satisfactions at no charge, while federal tax-lien notices, releases and partial releases cost $20. A levy release is listed at no charge. The linked copy-request application timed out during verification. Minnehaha official recording authority. Minnehaha linked fee, request or directory authority.

Moody County recording records

Moody places the register at 101 East Pipestone Avenue, Suite C, Flandreau, with telephone 605-997-3151. Its office provides dedicated instructions for county-level UCC filings and federal tax-lien searches, plus a recording checklist, fee schedule and electronic-recording procedures. The $15 prices displayed in the main body are birth, death and marriage certificates; land-document copy and search products must be taken from their own instructions. The office-linked county UCC sheet requires a full property legal description and a preparer's name, address and telephone number. Its fee brochure, effective July 1, 2012, distinguishes a $20 written federal tax-lien search per name from $15 when communicated by another method; ordinary copies cost $1 per page. Moody official recording authority. Moody linked fee, request or directory authority. Moody linked fee, request or directory authority.

Oglala Lakota County recording records

Oglala Lakota sends register requests to 906 North River Street in Hot Springs, telephone 605-745-5139, the same recording location listed by Fall River. Its own body expressly says there are no searchable records online and gives phone or email as the information-request route. It lists federal, state, county and mechanics liens and links a notice about the county name change, which is pertinent when older instruments use an earlier county name. The linked name-change notice makes May 1, 2015 the dividing date: instruments dated earlier may use Shannon County, while later-dated instruments must use Oglala Lakota. Its current fee body lists $30 for a levy notice or release, differing from counties whose current tables list levy releases without a charge. Oglala Lakota official recording authority. Oglala Lakota linked fee, request or directory authority. Oglala Lakota linked fee, request or directory authority.

Pennington County recording records

Pennington now gives its recorder address as 900 Concourse Drive, Suite 110, Rapid City, with telephone 605-394-2177. The department's own hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each weekday. Its instruments include sheriff's levies, personal-property liens and county indigent liens, in addition to tax liens and UCC records. Electronic submissions have been accepted since September 25, 2017 through the three named delivery agents. The office links a Documents on Demand destination under both electronic-recording procedures and the recording-fee summary; the labels alone do not establish two independently readable documents. Pennington official recording authority.

Perkins County recording records

Perkins receives recorder correspondence at PO Box 127 in Bison and lists 605-244-5620 for the office. Its recording instructions distinguish the checklist, document-format standards and fee schedule as separate resources. State and federal tax liens, county welfare liens and unemployment liens appear in its description of the collection. A requester can identify the instrument type before asking the office which index and copy route apply. Its linked brochure, expressly effective July 1, 2012, prices a written UCC search at $20 per name plus $1 per copied page, and certified recorded documents at $5 for the first page plus $1 thereafter. The brochure's levy-release line groups that instrument with a $30 levy notice; obtain the applicable release classification before paying. Perkins official recording authority. Perkins linked fee, request or directory authority.

Potter County recording records

Potter's register is at 201 South Exene Street in Gettysburg, telephone 605-765-9467. The state directory gives weekday hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and a noon Friday closing, in Central Time. That entry was last assured October 27, 2025. It describes land holdings from the late 1800s but supplies no online image range or local search tariff. Potter official recording authority.

Roberts County recording records

The Roberts recording office gives 411 Second Avenue East, Suite 5, Sisseton, and telephone 605-698-7152. Its public body supplies a named register and deputy plus a fax number, but it does not state a fee for searching or reproducing a lien. The nearby reference to Resolution 2024-09 has no readable rate table in that office body, so it cannot establish a charge without the resolution itself. Roberts official recording authority.

Sanborn County recording records

Sanborn's state-listed recording office is at 604 West Sixth Street in Woonsocket, telephone 605-796-4516. Its entry was last assured August 26, 2026 and directs callers to obtain the office's hours and fee particulars. It identifies land records among the services without specifying an electronic start date. An instrument number or a description of the lien is useful when asking which portion of the collection the office can search. Sanborn official recording authority.

Spink County recording records

Spink places the register on the courthouse's second floor at 210 East Seventh Avenue, Suite 8, Redfield. Telephone 605-472-4588 reaches the office, whose listed weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The department identifies mechanics, state, federal and county poor liens and links its document-fee and standards sheet separately from the Secretary of State's UCC information. Its clerk-of-courts link goes to the judicial branch, keeping court judgments distinct from recorded lien instruments. Spink official recording authority.

Stanley County recording records

Stanley's land holdings begin in 1891 according to the county's recording office. The register is at 8 East Second Avenue in Fort Pierre, with PO Box 596 for mail and telephone 605-223-7786. Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. A federal tax-lien search form is available by calling or emailing the register. The county footer instead gives the auditor's PO Box 595, which should not replace the recorder's mailing address. Stanley official recording authority.

Sully County recording records

Sully lists the register at PO Box 265, Onida, telephone 605-258-2331. Its current body prices ordinary recording at $30 for the first 50 pages and $2 for each page beyond that, with ordinary copies at $1 per page and certified copies at $5 for the first page plus $1 thereafter. The same body describes federal and state tax liens with the qualification 'until 2009.' That collection wording should be resolved with the office before assuming that a search covers later tax filings. Sully official recording authority.

Todd County recording records

Todd's recording services are administered jointly with Tripp at 200 East Third Street, Suite 202, Winner. The shared office lists telephone 605-842-2208 and weekday hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its stated real-estate recording fee is $30, without a page-count explanation in that body. Identify Todd County explicitly in correspondence and on the document request because a common counter does not combine the two counties' land indexes. Todd official recording authority.

Tripp County recording records

Tripp shares its register and staff with Todd, at the Winner office in Suite 202 of 200 East Third Street. The department announces land-notification alerts and links a flyer for that service. Such registration is separate from asking for a lien instrument or a certified copy. The office's $30 real-estate recording line gives no additional-page terms; the statewide recording statute supplies that separate detail. Tripp official recording authority.

Turner County recording records

Turner expressly says its documents are not available through an online search. Requests go by telephone at 605-297-3443 or by the office's email route; its counter is Suite 113 at 400 South Main Avenue in Parker, with PO Box 485 for mail. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The current table charges $30 to record a mechanics lien and no fee for its satisfaction, and it likewise lists a levy release at no charge. Ordinary copies cost $1 per page; certified instruments cost $5 for the first page and $1 for each additional page. A project-commencement row displays the word 'Value' instead of an amount, so that row cannot supply a price. Electronic delivery is offered through Simplifile and CSC. Turner official recording authority.

Union County recording records

Union has an address discrepancy worth resolving before a visit: the state service entry, assured August 25, 2026, lists 122 West Main Street, Elk Point, while the county's recording body still prints 209 East Main Street, Suite 210. Both give 605-356-2191. The recorder says its records are not online. Ordinary copies, including emailed copies, cost $1 per page; certification is $5 for the first page and $1 thereafter. Its electronic recording window is 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Time, shorter than the office's 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours. Submitted packages wait outside that window. Simplifile and CSC accept vendor ACH payment, and the county adds no electronic surcharge, although the vendor charges separately. Union official recording authority. Union linked fee, request or directory authority.

Walworth County recording records

Walworth's current recording-office body is dated November 5, 2026. It supplies PO Box 159 in Selby and telephone 605-649-7057, together with the register's email and a deputy's name. No local fee, counter hours or online lien coverage appears in the retrieved body. Use the recorder contact for a particular instrument rather than interpreting this short directory entry as evidence that a class of lien is absent. Walworth official recording authority.

Yankton County recording records

Yankton's state service directory places the register at 321 West Third Street, Suite 205, with telephone 605-260-4400, option 5. The entry was last assured October 5, 2026 and gives 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time weekday hours. It names mechanics, federal tax, hospital and county poor liens among the records. Prices and request particulars are by inquiry; the linked county website is a further office route, not a stated online lien index. Yankton official recording authority.

Ziebach County recording records

Ziebach lists the register at 605-365-5165 and publishes a direct county email. Its office-hours notice, effective June 5, 2023, sets Monday through Thursday hours at 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., with Friday service ending at 11:30 a.m. The same body has narrower treasurer and licensing hours, which should not be substituted for the recording office's schedule. The home body's remote-services section does not identify a land-record search portal. Ziebach official recording authority.

Federal district and bankruptcy records in South Dakota

Federal district-court records follow the federal court's own clerk and electronic systems. Its official locations include Sioux Falls at 400 South Phillips Avenue, Rapid City at 515 Ninth Street and Pierre at 225 South Pierre Street. Aberdeen's physical court location is 102 Fourth Avenue SE, room 408, but its listed mailing route is through Pierre. The court's homepage links the national case locator and its CM/ECF system. Keep the federal case number and division with any authenticated judgment later presented to a South Dakota circuit clerk. United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

The district says newly filed cases enter CM/ECF and that registered users can view public records, subject to sealed and restricted material. It does not supply a universal historical starting year for every digitized case. An older file or missing image requires an inquiry to the federal clerk about its actual storage and copy route. Registration, a search-result listing and receipt of the complete entered judgment are separate stages. The district's fee page links its PACER guidance as the office's access explanation. District of South Dakota PACER guidance. District clerk fee page, PACER-guidance parent.

The bankruptcy clerk identifies two principal office counters: 225 South Pierre Street, room 203, Pierre, telephone 605-945-4460, and 400 South Phillips Avenue, room 104, Sioux Falls, telephone 605-357-2400. Listed hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. Rapid City and Aberdeen are also hearing locations, but that does not make every hearing location a clerk counter offering the same file service. A bankruptcy discharge, schedules, avoidance order and recorded lien release should be requested by their actual document names; their effects differ. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota.

As checked November 6, 2026, PACER prices ordinary access at ten cents per page. Its $3 document cap has stated exclusions for searches, non-case-specific reports and transcripts, and the quarterly waiver applies when the account's charges do not exceed $30. An audio file is $2.40. The same current notice schedules maintenance for November 8, 2026 from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. A service interruption at that announced time should be separated from a conclusion that the underlying federal case does not exist. PACER current pricing and operational notice.

The district clerk's posted fees distinguish certification at $12 from exemplification at $24, both with the applicable copying component. A records search is $34. Paper copying is fifty cents per page and public-terminal printing ten cents per page. Registration of a foreign judgment appears as a $52 miscellaneous filing. These are the current November prices in the district schedule. A federal court-certified document should not be budgeted using the South Dakota register's $5-first-page certification tariff or the state circuit clerk's $15 authentication product. District of South Dakota clerk fee schedule, November 2026 prices.

A later effective date is already announced. The Judicial Conference changes published by the Middle District of Pennsylvania apply to federal miscellaneous fee schedules on December 1, 2026. The linked district-court comparison changes the miscellaneous filing from $52 to $58, a records search from $34 to $38, certification from $12 to $13 and exemplification from $24 to $27. These future figures should remain dated; they do not replace the November 6 prices. The notice and its linked table provide the effective-date evidence rather than a prediction of a fee increase. National district-court miscellaneous-fee changes effective December 1, 2026. Official federal-court notice and comparison-document parent.