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Fall River County, South Dakota

Fall River County is assigned to the Pierre Division of the District of South Dakota under the court's own assignment rule. Which court a case may be filed in is decided separately, by 28 U.S.C. § 1408.

The court Fall River County is assigned to

Pierre Division, District of South Dakota (sdb)

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.

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 Pierre Clerk's office: the NORTHERN division (court site Aberdeen, Clerk's office Pierre) — Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Grant, Hamlin, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, Spink, Walworth; the CENTRAL division (court site Pierre, Clerk's office Pierre) — Buffalo, Dewey, Faulk, Gregory, Haakon, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jerauld, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Ziebach; and the WESTERN division (court site Rapid City, Clerk's office Pierre) — Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins.

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South Dakota median income

Median annual income, household of one
$69,190

USTP Median Family Income (2026-07-15 period)

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