RESEARCH GUIDES

• South Dakota Legal Research Guide (Dolores A. Jorgensen) KFS3075 .J67 1999

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Lexis: SD - LexisNexis South Dakota Constitution Annotated
• Internet: South Dakota Constitution (South Dakota Legislature)

Statutes/Code

• Print: South Dakota Codified Laws KFS3030 1967 .A23 (1968 - 2003), KFS3030 2004 .A24 (2004 - ).  Subscription Cancelled in 2012.
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: SD-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: SD - South Dakota Codified Laws, Constitution, Curt rules & ALS, Combined
  • HeinOnline: Superceded South Dakota Statutes, 1883
• Internet:
  • South Dakota Codified Laws

Legislative History

• How to Compile Legislative History Using the Legislative Research Council Web Site, South Dakota Legislature
• Session Laws:
  • Electronic:
    • LLMC Digital (1890 - 1987)
    • HeinOnline (1890-2011)
  • Internet: Legislative Research Council (Includes full text of bills, bill histories and session laws; 1997 - Current)

Legislature

• South Dakota Legislature (same as the Legislative Research Council above)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Administrative Rules of South Dakota, KFS3035 1978 .A25 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2008.)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: SD-ADC
  • Lexis: SD - South Dakota Administrative Code
• Internet:
  • Administrative Rules of South Dakota (Includes South Dakota Register; 1998 - current)

Agencies

• Office of the Governor
• State Departments and Agencies
• Office of the Attorney General
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1894 - 1968)
  • Lexis: SD Attorney General Opinions (1972 - )
  • Internet: Official Opinions (1968 - )

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Northwestern Reporter (1st series, 1879 - 1942) KF135 .N7, North Western Reporter. Second Series (1942 - 1988) KF135 .N712, West's North Western Reporter. Second Series (1988 - ) KF135 .N712, West's Dakota Digest KFN8657 .D3 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2004.)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: SD-CS (state cases) & SD-CS-ALL (state & federal cases)
  • Lexis: SD Supreme Court Cases from 1867 (state cases) & SD Federal & State Cases, Combined (state & federal cases)
• Internet: Supreme Court Opinions (1996 - )

Courts

• Unified Judicial System
• Supreme Court Rules

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• South Dakota Municipalities
• South Dakota Counties
• Municipal codes (select): Municode: South Dakota

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNAL

• South Dakota Law Review
• • Print: K23 .O735 (1956 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1956 - )
• Newsletter, State Bar of South Dakota
  • Microform: K23 .O7352 Micro (1997 - )
    

ETHICS

• State Bar of South Dakota
• Ethics Opinions (selected opinions from 1980-2010)
• Rules of Professional Conduct

GENERAL

• Internet:
  • South Dakota State Library
  • University of South Dakota McKusick Law Library
  • South Dakota Tax Forms
  • FindLaw: South Dakota
  • Internet Law Library: South Dakota
  • Law Library of Congress: South Dakota
  • Legal Information Institute: South Dakota

Updated 08/09 (RR)
Updated 08/10 (ET)
Updated 07/11 (ET)
Updated 05/13 (BRM)