Within fifteen days after the close of each month, each clerk of court shall forward to the county auditor of the clerk’s county information on any individual called for jury duty who is excused from jury duty because the individual has moved, has been convicted of a felony, has been declared mentally incompetent, is deceased, or is not a citizen of the United States. Upon receipt of the information, the county auditor shall investigate to determine if the reported individual is listed in the county’s master registration file and whether the individual is eligible to be registered as a voter.

The county auditor shall remove from the master registration list:

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 12-4-57

  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.

(1) The names of persons identified as mentally incompetent in accordance with the information provided pursuant to this section or § 12-4-18;

(2) The names of those sentenced to imprisonment in the federal penitentiary system;

(3) The names of deceased voters published in an obituary, reported by a county coroner, or recorded in the death records maintained as vital statistics records by the Department of Health; and

(4) The names of those who are not citizens of the United States.

Source: SL 2023, ch 44, § 18.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 4 Contents