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HB1014 • 2026

modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.

modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1267/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Chief Justice
Last action
2026-03-03
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.

modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.

What This Bill Does

  • modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.
  • Official keyword topics: Courts and Judiciary Executive/Judiciary Request Fees Judicial Remedies Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1267/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Chief Justice

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-03 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-25 House of Representatives

    Delivered to the Governor

  3. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Signed by the President

  4. 2026-02-23 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Speaker

  5. 2026-02-20 Senate

    Do Pass

  6. 2026-02-19 Senate Judiciary

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  7. 2026-02-19 Senate Judiciary

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  8. 2026-02-19 Senate Judiciary

    Do Pass

  9. 2026-02-19 Senate Judiciary

    Scheduled for hearing

  10. 2026-01-23 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary

  11. 2026-01-22 House of Representatives

    Do Pass

  12. 2026-01-21 House Judiciary

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  13. 2026-01-21 House Judiciary

    Do Pass

  14. 2026-01-21 House Judiciary

    Scheduled for hearing

  15. 2026-01-13 House of Representatives

    First read in House and referred to House Judiciary

Official Summary Text

modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.
Official keyword topics:
Courts and Judiciary
Executive/Judiciary Request
Fees
Judicial Remedies
Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1267/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Chief Justice

Current Bill Text

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26.290.10 101st Legislative Session 1014

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1014
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry
and detainer action.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 16-2-58.2 be AMENDED:
16-2-58.2. For the answer or initial responsive pleading in a circuit court
proceeding not subject to § 16-2-58.1, the clerk of courts shall collect the sum of twenty-
five dollars as a commission on equal access to our courts surcharge. The clerk shall collect
the surcharge in the manner in which other fees are collected. The surcharge may not be
collected in any civil action or proceeding:
(1) For forcible entry and detainer;
(2) Wherein the responding party is the state, county, a municipality, or a school
district; or
(3) If the responding party is receiving assistance benefits under title 28.
The responsive surcharge may be waived pursuant to the provisions of §§ 16-2-
29.2 and 16-2-29.3.
26.290.10 2 1014
HB1014 ENROLLED
An Act to modify the surcharge for a responding party in a forcible entry and detainer action.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

House as Bill No. 1014

Chief Clerk of the House

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1014
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State