Constitution · South Dakota

S.D. Const. art. VI, § 6

Constitution
Constitution of South Dakota
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

Jury trial--Reduced jury--Three-fourths vote. The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate and shall extend to all cases at law without regard to the amount in controversy, but the Legislature may provide for a jury of less than twelve in any court not a court of record and for the decision of civil cases by three-fourths of the jury in any court.

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