South Dakota Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.
For present day court records online, please visit South Dakota Public Records online for links.
TIP – Login with your free FamilySearch account to unlock some collections — see other tips for opening FS resources.
KEY to collections
- FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
- Anc$=Ancestry – fee site
- MH=MyHeritage – fee site
- GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
- IA – Internet Archive
- RW – RootsWeb
- SCRD – Shelby County, Tennessee Register of Deeds
South Dakota Court Records Online at the federal and state level
US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS
US – United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index & images, at FS
US – United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955, at FS
US – United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, at FS
US – United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932, at FS
US – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS
US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$
US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH
US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$
US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$
US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$
US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$
US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$
South Dakota – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935, at FS
South Dakota – South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937, at FS
South Dakota Court Records Online by County
Minnehaha County – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935, at FS
Pennington County – South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937, at FS
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