South Dakota Codified Laws is the official statute set of South Dakota and comprises a comprehensive research tool for anyone desiring instant access to the South Dakota statutes, court rules, and constitution.

This multivolume set is extensively annotated with references to enacting and amending laws. Thomson Reuters editors invest thousands of hours in every annotated code to ensure that the text, index, and features are accurate and up to date.

Comprehensive case annotations and notes of state and federal judicial decisions provide interpretation and application of the law, expanding your research beyond the statutes. Additional annotative features that point to other relevant law, scholarly works, and crucial material to clarify legislative intent are also provided. These research aids make every volume reliable and easy to use.

Detailed general indexes and an exclusive popular name table help you locate statutes with pinpoint accuracy. Experienced attorney-editors curate indexes utilizing a controlled vocabulary, organizing references around legal concepts, and reflecting statutory language faithfully. Indexers make sure to include colloquial and jurisdiction-specific terms. Together with accurate and consistent internal cross-references, you can easily locate the relevant statutes, court rules, and constitutional provisions.

This product comes with prompt updates to keep you informed of the most recent changes in the law and the latest judicial interpretations. Cumulative annual pocket part inserts and supplementary pamphlets are shipped three times a year keep the volumes up to date. Recompiled editions are typically shipped once a year at the direction of the South Dakota Code Commission.