South Dakota has a statewide
criminal record search program including records back to 1989 from every county in the State. All records that are not juvenile-related and are not sealed by a Judge are accessible through this program.
Civil case information is now also available statewide unless the case is confidential or sealed by a Judge. Civil court data from 2003 to present, active money judgments for the past twenty years and all inactive money judgments since April 19, 2004 are included.
You may complete a
civil money judgment only search for a fee on-line at
https://ujsjudgmentquery.sd.gov/login.aspx. You must set up an account and deposit credits from a debit or credit card for this search. When establishing an account you should use the same address for your account as you do for your credit card statement.
For all other statewide searches, there is a fee of $15 (check or money order) per name searched which may be obtained by any of the following four methods:
1) The following clerk of court office conducts statewide record searches. You
may mail the
Form along with a check or money order for $15 to the following Clerk of Court Office. Also indicate where you would like the results mailed back to:
Union County Clerk of Court
209 East Main, Suite 230, Elk Point, SD 57025-2327
(605) 356-2132 phone or (605) 356-3687 fax
Email: Melissa.Larsen@ujs.state.sd.us
2) You may contact the above clerk of court to pay using a credit or debit card. Please call the above clerk of court to provide payment information and then fax the above form to the fax number listed above.
3) You may visit any clerk of court office in the State
4) You may request a charge account for multiple searches be established for your company by faxing a written request to the following:
Jill Gusso
Director, Public Information
State Court Administrator's Office
500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773-4874 phone or (605) 773-8437 fax
Jill.Gusso@ujs.state.sd.us
If you have questions regarding statewide criminal or civil records or establishing a charge account for multiple searches you may contact the State Court Administrator’s Office at the above phone number. number.
You should contact specific clerk of court offices for any other court record needs. Those phone numbers can be found within the “Contact” section on this website.