CODINGTON COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA

Connie Hartley, Clerk
Billie Jo Meyer, Deputy
Michelle Day, Deputy
Carol Denman, Deputy
Barbara Zeller, Deputy
Sandra Reichling, Deputy
Phone: 605-882-5095
Fax: 605-882-5384

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

Hon. Ronald K. Roehr
Connie Stoebner, reporter
Phone: 605-882-5020
Fax: 605-882-5106

Lynn Langerock, CSO
Gail Ramynke, CSO
Brian DeJong, CSO JIPP
Jan Lawrence, Secretary
Christina Althoff, Secretary
Phone: 605-882-5110
Fax: 605-882-5106

Address:
14 1st Avenue S.E.
Watertown, SD 57201

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Hon. LeeAnn Pierce, Magistrate
Phone: 605-688-4200
Fax: 605-688-4952

Mailing Address:
314 6th Avenue, Ste 6
Brookings, SD 57006-2085
 
Codington 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. Judges Roehr and Timm are chambered in Codington County. The other counties in the circuit are Beadle, Brookings, Clark, 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 cases213
Class I misdemeanors746
Class II misdemeanors3464

Civil cases
Domestic relations620
Civil cases654
Appeals9
Probate cases213
Juvenile cases203
Small claims cases1290
Child support receipts230
Record search requests226

Jury Trials
5

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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