Brown County


Brown County Clerk of Courts staff.

Welcome to the Brown County Clerk of Court’s Office. Our contact information is:

 

Brown County Clerk of Courts
101 SE 1st Avenue
P. O. Box 1087
Aberdeen, SD 57402-1087

 

Phone Number: 605-626-2451
Fax Number: 605-626-2280
Email:  5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

 
For more information and directions to the courthouse, click on ujsjurors.sd.gov.  Then select Your E-Courthouse and choose Brown County.
 
 

The basic functions of the clerk’s office are:

  • Assisting with requests for information on court procedures, fees, court dates, forms
  • Opening, maintaining, storing and retrieving court files as needed in different types of cases
  • Processing traffic tickets and other criminal complaints, receipting and disbursing fines, fees, costs, bond and restitution associated with same*
  • Working closely with the public, law enforcement and attorneys in maintaining judges’ calendars of court dates and assisting judges in the courtroom
  • Summoning and qualifying jurors, assist judge in juror selection process, and authorize payment of jurors
  • Performing magistrate functions such as setting bond, handling initial appearances, issuing warrants, entering default judgments in small claims cases and performing marriages
  • * An ATM machine is located in the Brown County Annex Building adjoined to the west of the main courthouse.

     

    Brown County Court House

     

     

    INFORMATION ON THE COURT SYSTEM IN BROWN COUNTY  

    ·         Clerk of Courts’ office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and office remains open over the lunch hour.
     

    ·         Other UJS offices in the courthouse include:

    Court Services – Probation – first floor
    Law Library and Law Clerk office – second floor
    Court Administration Office – second floor
    Court Reporter offices – second and third floors
    Magistrate Judge and Circuit Judges’ offices – second and third floors

    ·         Law Library, which mainly consists of a computer with Westlaw access, is available to the public, 8 am to Noon and 1 to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
     

    ·         The Brown County Courthouse has three courtrooms. To view courtrooms and obtain a list of courtroom details, please click on Courtrooms.
     

    ·         Elevator access to all three floors.
     

    ·         Information on scheduling court hearings in Brown County can be found by clicking on Calendars.

    ·         Magistrate Court is held every Monday afternoon, and Wednesday and Friday mornings at the Municipal Courtroom on third floor of the Municipal Building, 123 S. Lincoln Street, one block south of the courthouse.

    ·         Third Floor West Courtroom of the Brown County Courthouse is also one of seven interactive video (ITV) sites in the Fifth Circuit, where conferences, hearings and meetings take place through video technology. The other six sites include the Day County Courthouse in Webster, Faulk County Courthouse in Faulk, Marshall County Courthouse in Britton, Roberts County Courthouse in Sisseton, Spink County Courthouse in Redfield, and the Walworth County Courthouse in Selby. Scheduling for ITV is done through the Court Administrator’s Office in Aberdeen, phone nos. 605-626-2450, or toll-free in-state 1-877-999-5613.

     

    Mural, 3rd Floor East Courtroom

    SD State Seal - ceiling of 3rd Floor East Courtroom

    (Mural, 3rd Floor East Courtroom)

    (SD State Seal - ceiling of 3rd Floor East Courtroom, Brown Co. Courthouse)

       

    BROWN COUNTY CLERKS, 1889- PRESENT  

    1889 - 1902  

    Unknown

    1903 - 1906   P. E. Bunsness
    1907 - 1910   W. J. Rawson
    1911 - 1926   N. E. Nelson
    1927 - 1932   C. Dean Carmine
    1933 - 1960   Wm. E. Young
    1961 - 1974   C. Harland Leighty
    1975 - 2004  

     M. L. Kuhfeld

    2004 - Present   Marla R. Zastrow
     

    BROWN COUNTY JUDGES, 1889-PRESENT  
     

    1889 - 1893   Unknown
    1894 - 1898  

    A. W. Campbell

    1899 - 1901  

    Unknown

    1902 - 1908   James H. McCoy
    1909 - 1914   Frank McNulty
    1915 - 1918   Thomas L. Bouck
    1919 - 1922   Frank Anderson
    1923 - 1924   B. A. Walton
    1925 - 1928   R. D. Gardner & J. J. Batterton
    1929 - 1930   R. D. Gardner & C. H. Babcock
    1931 - 1944   C. H. Babcock & Van Buren Perry
    1945 - 1954   Van Buren Perry & H. W. King
    1955 - 1956   H. W. King & E. S. Farley
    1957 - 1966   F. S. Tait & Philo Hall
    1967 - 1974   Philo Hall & Sigurd Anderson
    1975 - 1984   Philo Hall, Eugene Dobberpuhl, Mildred Ramynke & Leland Berndt
    1985 - 1986   Eugene Dobberpuhl, Mildred Ramynke, Leland Berndt & Vernon Evans
    1987 - 1990   Eugene Dobberpuhl, Leland Berndt, Vernon Evans & David Gilbertson
    1991 - 1993   Eugene Dobberpuhl, Leland Berndt, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien
    1994 - 1995   Eugene Dobberpuhl, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald
    1996 - 1998   Eugene Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Myles DeVine
    1999 - 2003   Eugene Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer
    2004 - 2006   Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren
    2006 - present Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren, Tony Portra

    Brown County does have an official website, which can be accessed at www.brown.sd.us