The South Dakota Unified Judicial System's Odyssey Case Management System

Odyssey, the South Dakota Unified Judicial System's new case management system, will allow statewide online filing of documents, online payments, and online access to court records. On September 10th, the South Dakota Supreme Court adopted Supreme Court Rule 13-12 relating to Circuit Court Electronic Filing Rules.  Pursuant to this Rule, "[e]ffective July 1, 2014 ... all filings, notices, petitions, pleadings, motions, briefs or documents, with the exception of small claims, shall be filed electronically for all civil case types.  For criminal case types all documents, except the initiating pleading or documents specifically exempted by these rules or court order, shall be filed electronically."  On the same date, the South Dakota Supreme Court adopted Supreme Court Rule 13-11 related to Supreme Court Electronic Filing Rules.  According to the State Court Administrator's office, an e-filing training pilot program took place this month in Rapid City and will be held at other locations in the state during the next few months and into 2014.

At the present time, the public may access and print online case information, including the Register of Actions and documents filed in the case, using the public access computers at county courthouses.  Instructions and the log in credentials for the public access computers are found on the Unified Judicial System website.  To conduct a search for case information, users must have the case number or request the case number from the Clerk of Courts and pay any applicable search fee. 

(This entry was originally written and posted by Marsha Stacey)