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Courthouse Locations

Updated: 
December 20, 2020

Below is a list of courthouses where you can file for a protection order. (If you want to file for custody, divorce, or anything else, you may want to call the courthouse to make sure that the court we have listed is the proper courthouse.) At the courthouse, the clerk will provide you with the forms that you need to file. If you need assistance filling out the forms, the clerk may be able to give basic instructions, but the clerk usually cannot help you decide what information to write or give you any sort of advice. You will also find links to online forms at our SD Download Court Forms page. For further help, you may want to reach out to a local domestic violence program or a legal services organization. You can find links to both types of organizations on our SD Places that Help page.

Organized by County:

Aurora

Aurora County - First Judicial Circuit Court

404 North Main Street
Plankinton, SD 57368
Phone: (605) 942-7165
Fax: (605) 942-7170

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Beadle

Beadle County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

450 Third Street SW
Huron, SD 57350
Phone: (605) 353-7165
Phone 2: (605) 353-7161
Fax: (605) 353-0118
Email: marilyn.mchenry@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Bennett

Bennett County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

202 Main Street
Martin, SD 57551
Phone: (605) 685-6969
Fax: (605) 685-1075

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Bon Homme

Bon Homme County - First Judicial Circuit Court

300 West 18th Avenue
Tyndall, SD 57066
Phone: (605) 589-4215
Fax: (605) 589-4245

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM

Brookings

Brookings County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

314 6th Avenue
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 688-4200
Phone 2: (605) 688-4208
Fax: (605) 688-4952
Email: anette.beasley@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Brown

Brown County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

101 SE First Avenue
Aberdeen, SD 57402
Phone: (605) 626-2451
Fax: (605) 626-2280
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Brule

Brule County - First Judicial Circuit Court

300 South Courtland Street
Suite 111
Chamberlain, SD 57325
Phone: (605) 734-4580
Fax: (605) 734-4582

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Buffalo

Buffalo County - First Judicial Circuit Court

300 South Courtland Street
Chamberlain, SD 57325
Phone: (605) 734-4580
Fax: (605) 734-4582

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Butte

Butte County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

839 Fifth Avenue
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
Phone: (605) 892-2516
Fax: (605) 892-2836

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Campbell

Campbell County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

111 Second Street NE
Mound City, SD 57646
Phone: (605) 955-3536
Fax: (605) 955-3580
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Tues - Thu 8:30 AM to 12 PM

Charles mix

Charles Mix County - First Judicial Circuit Court

400 Main Street
Lake Andes, SD 57356
Phone: (605) 487-7511
Fax: (605) 487-7547

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM

Clark

Clark County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

200 Commercial Street
Clark, SD 57225
Phone: (605) 532-5851
Phone 2: (605) 882-5110
Fax: (605) 532-4257
Email: tracy.aguayo@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Clay

Clay County - First Judicial Circuit Court

211 West Main Street
Suite 300
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-6756
Fax: (605) 677-8885

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Codington

Codington County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

14 First Avenue SE
Watertown, SD 57201
Phone: (605) 882-5095
Phone 2: (605) 882-5110
Fax: (605) 882-5384
Email: connie.hartley@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Corson

Corson County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

212 First Avenue East
McIntosh, SD 57641
Phone: (605) 273-4201
Fax: (605) 273-4591

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu 9:30 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 4 PM; Fri 9:30 AM to 1 PM

Custer

Custer County - Seventh Judicial Circuit

420 Mt. Rushmore Road
Custer, SD 57730
Phone: (605) 673-4816

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 4:45 PM

Davison

Davison County - First Judicial Circuit Court

200 East Fourth Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301
Phone: (605) 995-8105
Fax: (605) 995-8112
Email: davisoncoclerk@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Day

Day County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

711 W First Street
Webster, SD 57274
Phone: (605) 345-3771
Fax: (605) 345-3818
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Deuel

Deuel County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

408 Fourth Street W
Clear Lake, SD 57226
Phone: (605) 874-2120
Phone 2: (605) 688-4208
Fax: (605) 874-3305
Email: sandra.reichling@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Dewey

Dewey County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

710 C Street
Timber Lake, SD 57656
Phone: (605) 865-3566
Fax: (605) 865-3641

Hours: Mon & Wed 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 AM to 5 PM; Fri 8 AM to 12 PM

Douglas

Douglas County - First Judicial Circuit Court

706 Braddock Street
Armour, SD 57313
Phone: (605) 724-2585
Fax: (605) 724-2508

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 12:30 PM to 4 PM

Edmunds

Edmunds County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

210 Second Avenue
Ipswich, SD 57451
Phone: (605) 426-6671
Fax: (605) 426-6323
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Fall River

Fall River County - Seventh Judicial Circuit Court

906 North River Street
Hot Springs, SD 57747
Phone: (605) 745-5131

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Oglala Lakota County - Seventh Judicial Circuit Court

906 North River Street
Hot Springs, SD 57747
Phone: (605) 745-5131

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Faulk

Faulk County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

110 Ninth Avenue South
Faulkton, SD 57438
Phone: (605) 598-6223
Fax: (605) 598-6252
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 1 PM to 5 PM

Grant

Grant County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

210 East Fifth Avenue
Milbank, SD 57252
Phone: (605) 432-5482
Phone 2: (605) 688-4208
Fax: (605) 432-5328
Email: julie.anderson@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Gregory

Gregory County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

221 East Eighth Street
Burke, SD 57523
Phone: (605) 775-2665
Fax: (605) 775-2965

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Haakon

Haakon County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

140 South Howard
Philip, SD 57567
Phone: (605) 859-2627
Fax: (605) 859-2267

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM

Hamlin

Hamlin County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

350 Fourth Street
Hayti, SD 57241
Phone: (605) 783-3751
Phone 2: (605) 882-5110
Fax: (605) 783-2157
Email: amy.keimig@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Thu 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM; Fri 9:30 AM to 4 PM

Hand

Hand County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

415 West First Avenue
Miller, SD 57362
Phone: (605) 853-3337
Fax: (605) 853-3779
Email: marla.bertsch@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Hanson

Hanson County - First Judicial Circuit Court

720 Fifth Street
Alexandria, SD 57311
Phone: (605) 239-4446
Fax: (605) 239-9446

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Harding

Hardin County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

410 Ramsland Street
Buffalo, SD 57720
Phone: (605) 375-3351
Fax: (605) 375-3432

Hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 4 PM

Hughes

Hughes County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

104 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3713
Fax: (605) 773-3875

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Hutchinson

Hutchinson County - First Judicial Circuit Court

201 West Mentor Street
Olivet, SD 57052
Phone: (605) 387-4215
Fax: (605) 387-5035

Hours: Mon - Thu 8 AM to 4:30 PM

Hyde

Hyde County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

412 Commercial SE
Highmore, SD 57345
Phone: (605) 852-2512
Fax: (605) 852-2767

:Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Jackson

Jackson County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

700 Main Street
Kadoka, SD 57543
Phone: (605) 837-2122
Fax: (605) 837-2120

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Jerauld

Jerauld County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

205 South Wallace
Wessington Springs, SD 57382
Phone: (605) 593-1202
Fax: (605) 539-1203
Email: lynnette.neely@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 3:30 PM

Jones

Jones County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

310 Main Street
Murdo, SD 57559
Phone: (605) 669-2361
Fax: (605) 669-2341

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Kingsbury

Kingsbury County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

202 Second Street SE
De Smet, SD 57231
Phone: (605) 854-3811
Fax: (605) 854-9080
Email: jennifer.malone@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Lake

Lake County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

200 East Center Street
Madison, SD 57042
Phone: (605) 256-5644
Fax: (605) 256-5080
Email: linda.klosterman@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Lawrence

Lawrence County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

78 Sherman Street
Deadwood, SD 57732
Phone: (605) 578-2040
Fax: (605) 578-1571

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Lincoln

Lincoln County - Second Judicial Circuit Court

104 North Main Street
Canton, SD 57013
Phone: (605) 987-5891
Fax: (605) 987-9088
Email: ujsweb2nd@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Lyman

Lyman County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

300 South Maine Street
Kennebec, SD 57544
Phone: (605) 669-2277
Fax: (605) 669-2177

Hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 4 PM

Marshall

Marshall County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

911 Vander Horck
Britton, SD 57430
Phone: (605) 448-5213
Fax: (605) 448-5201
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Thu 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

McCook

McCook County - First Judicial Circuit Court

130 West Essex Avenue
Salem, SD 57058
Phone: (605) 425-2781
Fax: (605) 425-3144

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12:30 PM & 1 PM to 4:30 PM

McPherson

McPherson County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

706 Main Street
Leola, SD 57456
Phone: (605) 439-3361
Fax: (605) 439-3297
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM

Meade

Meade County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

1425 Sherman Street
Sturgis, SD 57785
Phone: (605) 347-4411
Fax: (605) 347-3526

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Mellette

Mellette County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

First Street
White River, SD 57579
Phone: (605) 259-3230
Fax: (605) 259-3030

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM

Miner

Miner County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

North Main Street & Park Avenue
Howard, SD 57349
Phone: (605) 772-4612
Fax: (605) 772-4412
Email: melissa.lock@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM to 1 PM

Minnehaha

Minnehaha County - Second Judicial Circuit Court

425 North Dakota Avenue
Siouz Falls, SD 57104
Phone: (605) 367-5930
Phone 2: (605) 367-5900
Fax: (605) 367-5916

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Moody

Moody County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

101 East Pipestone Avenue
Flandreau, SD 57028
Phone: (605) 997-3181
Fax: (605) 997-3861
Email: lisa.johnson@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Pennington

Pennington County - Seventh Judicial Circuit Court

315 St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57709
Phone: (605) 394-2570

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 4:55 PM

Perkins

Perkins County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

101 Main Street
Bison, SD 57620
Phone: (605) 244-5626
Fax: (605) 244-7110

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 4 PM

Potter

Potter County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

201 South Exene
Gettsburg, SD 57442
Phone: (605) 765-9472
Fax: (605) 765-9670

Hours: Mon - Thu 7:30 AM to 12 PM & 12:30 PM to 5 PM; Fri 7:30 AM to 12 PM

Roberts

Roberts County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

411 Second Avenue East
Sisseton, SD 57262
Phone: (605) 698-3395
Fax: (605) 698-7894
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Sanborn

Sanborn County - Third Judicial Circuit Court

604 West Sixth Street
Woonsocket, SD 57385
Phone: (605) 796-4515
Fax: (605) 796-4502
Email: jillian.mckenzie@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 430 PM

Spink

Spink County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

210 E Seventh Avenue
Redfield, SD 57469
Phone: (605) 472-4535
Fax: (605) 472-4352
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Stanley

Stanley County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

8 East Second Avenue
Fort Pierre, SD 57532
Phone: (605) 223-7735
Fax: (605) 223-7738

Hours: Mon - Fri 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Sully

Sully County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

700 Ash Avenue
Onida, SD 57564
Phone: (605) 258-2535
Fax: (605) 258-2270

Hours: Mon - Fri 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Todd

Todd County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

200 East Third Street
Winner, SD 57580
Phone: (605) 842-2266
Fax: (605) 842-2267

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Tripp County - Sixth Judicial Circuit Court

200 East Third Street
Winner, SD 57580
Phone: (605) 842-2266
Fax: (605) 842-2267

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Turner

Turner County - First Judicial Circuit Court

400 South Main Avenue
Parker, SD 57053
Phone: (605) 297-3115
Fax: (605) 297-2115

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 4:30 PM

Union

Union County - First Judicial Circuit Court

209 East Main Street
Elk Point, SD 57025
Phone: (605) 356-2132
Fax: (605) 356-3687

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Walworth

Walworth County - Fifth Judicial Circuit Court

4304 Fourth Avenue
Selby, SD 57472
Phone: (605) 649-7311
Fax: (605) 649-7624
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM

Yankton

Yankton County - First Judicial Circuit Court

410 Walnut Street
Yankton, SD 57078
Phone: (605) 668-3080
Fax: (605) 668-5411
Email: yanktoncoclerk@ujs.state.sd.us

Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM

Ziebach

Ziebach County - Fourth Judicial Circuit Court

601 Main Street
Dupree, SD 57623
Phone: (605) 365-5159
Fax: (605) 365-5652

Hours: Tue - Thu 8 AM to 12 PM & 1 PM to 5 PM; Fri 12 PM to 5 PM

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