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Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗
The certificate of election for circuit court judge shall be in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION THIS IS TO CERTIFY that on the _____ day of November, 20____, at a general election held throughout the State, ________________________________________________________ was duly elected by the qualified voters of the _______ Judicial Circuit of the State of South Dakota to the office of Circuit Court Judge for the term of eight years, beginning on the _____ day of January, 20____. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and caused the Seal of the State to be affixed at Pierre, the Capital, this _____ day of __________, 20____. ____________________________ Governor Attested by: (Seal) ____________________________ Secretary of State
Source: 3 SDR 69, effective April 10, 1977; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979.
General Authority
- SDCL 12-1-9 ↗Amended by HB1324 (2026) — abolish the State Board of Elections.Amended by HB1199 (2023) — require postelection audits.Amended by HB1329 (2022) — require a forensic audit of election results after each presidential general ele