DEUEL COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Karna Lindner, Clerk
Sandy Reichling, Deputy
Phone: 605-874-2120
Fax: 605-874-3305

Address:
P O Box 308
Clear Lake, SD 57226

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

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

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Court Service Officer
Dawn Weelborg, CSO
Phone: 605-688-4208
Fax: 605-688-6737

Address:
314 6th Avenue, Suite 6
Brookings, SD 57006-2085
Deuel 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 Roehr serves in Deuel County. The other counties in the circuit are Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Codington, 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 cases20
Class I misdemeanors64
Class II misdemeanors722

Civil cases
Domestic relations42
Civil cases71
Appeals4
Probate cases15
Juvenile cases15
Small claims cases93
Child support receipts0
Record search requests14

Jury Trials
2

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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