FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
increase the jurisdictional amount in certain civil actions
and small claims proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1.
That
§
16-12B-13
be amended to read as follows:
16-12B-13.
A magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding has concurrent jurisdiction
with the circuit courts to try and determine all civil actions, if the debt, damage, claim, or value
of the property involved does not exceed
ten
twelve
thousand dollars. Any magistrate court with
a magistrate judge presiding has jurisdiction in small claims proceedings, if the debt, damage,
claim, or value of the property involved does not exceed
eight
twelve
thousand dollars.
Section 2.
That
§
16-12C-13
be amended to read as follows:
16-12C-13.
A magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding has concurrent jurisdiction
with the circuit courts, in noncontested civil actions or noncontested small claims proceedings
where the amount of money or damage does not exceed
eight
twelve
thousand dollars, to take
the necessary evidence and to enter a judgment.