Section 16-12C-11 - Jurisdiction--Acceptance of defaults and trial of certain petty offenses--Acceptanceof pleas--Sentencing. - South Dakota Statutes

16-12C-11. Jurisdiction--Acceptance of defaults and trial of certain petty offenses--Acceptance of pleas--Sentencing. A magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts:
(1) To accept defaults for petty offenses;
(2) To try contested cases involving a petty offense;
(3) To take pleas of guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere for any criminal offense; or
(4) To take pleas of guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere for violation of any ordinance, bylaw, or other police regulation of a political subdivision;
if the punishment is a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment and to impose sentence upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, which sentence shall be in accordance with § 23-1A-22 or schedules adopted pursuant to subdivision 16-2-21(8). However, if the offense or violation is not covered by said schedules, the magistrate court may impose a sentence of a fine as authorized by statute, ordinance, bylaw, or police regulation or five hundred dollars, whichever is less. Acceptance of not guilty or nolo contendere pleas shall be in accordance with §§ 23A-7-2 and 23A-7-8, as applicable.

Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 38; SL 2005, ch 120, § 174.