CLARK COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
CLARK, SOUTH DAKOTA

Connie Hartley, Clerk
Tracy Aguayo, Deputy
Phone: 605-532-5851
Fax: 605-532-4257

Mailing Address:
P O Box 294
Clark, SD 57225

Street Address:
200 Commercial Street
Clark, SD 57225

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Hon. Robert L. Timm
Dawn Russell, reporter
Phone: 605-882-5092
Fax: 605-882-5106

Court Service Officer
Lynn Langerock
Phone: 605-882-5110
Fax: 605-882-5106

Address:
14 1st Street S.E.
Watertown, SD 57201
Clark County is one of 14 counties in the 3rd Judicial Circuit of the Unified Judicial System of South Dakota. The circuit court is a general trial court with 6 circuit court judges and 1 magistrate judge. Judge Timm serves in Clark County. The other counties in the circuit are Beadle, Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Moody, and Sanborn. Compliance with court orders is monitored by a Court Services unit. Administrative direction for the Circuit is provided by a presiding judge and circuit court administrator with offices in Brookings. All staff, including law clerk, court reporters, clerks of court, and court services officers are employees of the State of South Dakota. The State Court Administrator's office is in Pierre.


The FY 2010 work of the court is summarized below:

Criminal cases
Felony cases1
Class I misdemeanors23
Class II misdemeanors390

Civil cases
Domestic relations51
Civil cases51
Appeals2
Probate cases30
Juvenile cases16
Small claims cases97
Child support receipts1
Record search requests26

Jury Trials
0

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF CLERK’S OFFICE

  • Assist with requests for information on court processes, fees, court dates, forms, options
  • Open new files: assign case numbers, prepare folder, create a Register of Action, collect fees
  • Receipt fines, fees, costs, bail, restitution, child support
  • Maintain a calendar of court dates and action taken in court
  • Support judges in the courtroom
  • Maintain files: update Registers of Action, file papers, store and retrieve records
  • Case management: file status review, issue subpoenas, warrants, writs
  • Summons and qualify jurors, assist judge in juror selection process, authorize payment
  • Lay magistrate functions: perform marriages, set bond, process uncontested matters
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