South Dakota bankruptcy courts and county map

Which court hears a case from each county

Each county below is assigned to a federal district, and larger districts divide further by division. Every assignment comes from the court’s own published order or local rule.

Bankruptcy venue is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1408, not by county alone. It can rest on domicile, residence, a principal place of business, or principal assets in the United States, measured over the 180 days before filing — so a recent move can change which district is available. Confirm venue before filing.

All 66 counties in South Dakota are mapped to a court.

District of South Dakota

66 counties

Pierre Division Division

Sioux Falls Division Division

Appendix 1L (Counties within a Division, District of South Dakota), Local Bankruptcy Rules for the District of South Dakota (as amended June 14, 2024) — REFERENCE: Practice Pointers of Bankr. D.S.D. R. 1014-2. Counties served by the Sioux Falls Clerk's office: the SOUTHERN division (court site Sioux Falls, Clerk's office Sioux Falls) — Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn, Turner, Union, Yankton.

South Dakota in detail

South Dakota means test median income
The published median annual income by household size, and what the comparison does and does not decide.
South Dakota bankruptcy exemptions
What state law protects, quoted from the statute that states it.

What we publish for South Dakota

State exemption system (opt-out vs federal election)
This state has opted out of the federal exemption list for debtors whose applicable exemption law is this state's law. Which state's law applies is set by 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(A) from where the filer was domiciled before filing, not from where they live today — and § 522(b)(3) still allows the federal list where that domicile rule would otherwise leave a debtor with no exemptions at all.
Means test median income
Published medians for 10 household sizes. A comparison, not a decision.
Which federal court hears your case
All 66 mapped to a district and division, each with the court's own order or rule cited.
Local court practice (341 format, plan form, no-look fee)
Verified for 1 of 1 district.
Tools using South Dakota data
10 calculators run on this state's published figures.

Not yet published for South Dakota

These are sections this page does not cover for South Dakota. Rather than show a summary we cannot source, it says what is missing.

Exemptions — what state law listsNot yet published
Wage garnishment limitsNot yet published
Participating firmsNot yet published