South Dakota § 15-15-7 - Fee for transcript--Exception for indigents.
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§ 15-15-7. Fee for transcript--Exception for indigents.
Unless ordered by the court to be supplied to an indigent or an indigent's counsel and paid out of the county treasury where court was held, a fee shall be charged to the person ordering a typewritten transcript by filing of an order for transcript on appeal of a proceeding taken by an officer of the court, which shall be certified to be a correct transcript of the reporter's notes of the evidence.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 32.0503, 32.0504; SL 1957, ch 173; SDCL, §§ 16-7-12, 16-7-13; SL 1970, ch 136, §§ 1, 2; SL 1974, ch 152, § 1; SL 1976, ch 148; SL 1980, ch 164; SL 1984, ch 146; SL 1986, ch 27, § 5; SL 1988, ch 177; SL 2003, ch 116, § 1; SL 2022, ch 52, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2023.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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