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McPherson County
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Welcome to the
McPherson County Clerk of Court’s Office.
Our contact information is: |
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McPherson County Clerk of
Courts
PO Box 248
706 Main Street
Leola, SD 57456-0248 |
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Phone Number: 605-439-3361
Fax Number: 605-439-3297
Email:
5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us |
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For more
information and directions to the courthouse, click on
SDJurors.com. |
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Then select Your E-Courthouse and McPherson
County.
The basic functions of the clerk’s office are:
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Assisting with
requests for information on court procedures, fees, court dates,
forms
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Processing passports, assessing & receipting fees thereon
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Opening,
maintaining, storing and retrieving court files as needed in
different types of cases
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Processing traffic
tickets and other criminal complaints, receipting and disbursing
fines, fees, costs, bond and restitution associated with same
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Working closely with
the public, law enforcement and attorneys in maintaining judges’
calendars of court dates and assisting judges in the courtroom
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Summoning and
qualifying jurors, assist judge in juror selection process, and
authorize payment of jurors
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Performing
magistrate functions such as setting bond, handling initial
appearances, issuing warrants, entering default judgments in small
claims cases and performing marriages
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INFORMATION ON THE
COURT SYSTEM IN MCPHERSON COUNTY |
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Office hours for the Clerks’ Office are 8 am –Noon, Monday through
Friday.
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Clerk of Courts office is located on second floor of the Courthouse.
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The Courtroom, jury room and offices for the Court are located on third
floor.
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Court is scheduled by calling the Clerk’s office and is held every other
Tuesday afternoon, or you can view the motion day calendar by clicking
on Calendars.
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McPherson
County Clerks’ office is a statewide search center for criminal
background checks (fees may apply)
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view the McPherson County courtroom and obtain a list of courtroom
details, please click on
Courtrooms.
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(One of three murals
in the McPherson Co. Courthouse) |
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MCPHERSON
COUNTY CLERKS, 1889- PRESENT |
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1889–1896 |
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Orvin J. Roe |
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1897-1898 |
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Theo J. P. Giedt |
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1899-1900 |
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Fred Arndt |
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1901-1922 |
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Ulrich Reue |
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1923-1928 |
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Gustave Hilgemann |
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1929-1956 |
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L.
E. Balliet |
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1957-1984 |
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Peter Schmidt |
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1985-1988 |
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Devee Dietz |
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1989-present |
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Ronda Geffre |
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MCPHERSON COUNTY
JUDGES, 1889-PRESENT |
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1889-1896 |
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Howard
G. Fuller |
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1897-1902 |
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Loring E. Gaffy |
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1903-1904 |
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Unknown |
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1905-1910 |
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Lyman T. Boucher |
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1911-1942 |
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Joseph
H. Bottum |
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1943-1966 |
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H.
E. Mundt |
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1967-1970 |
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H. E.
Mundt & Fred R. Winans |
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1971-1974 |
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H.
E. Mundt & Robert A. Miller |
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1975-1984 |
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Philo
Hall, Eugene Dobberpuhl, Mildred Ramynke & Leland Berndt |
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1985-1986 |
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Eugene Dobberpuhl, Mildred Ramynke, Leland Berndt & Vernon Evans |
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1987-1990 |
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Eugene
Dobberpuhl, Leland Berndt, Vernon Evans & David Gilbertson |
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1991-1993 |
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Eugene Dobberpuhl, Leland Berndt, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien |
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1994-1995 |
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Eugene
Dobberpuhl, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald |
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1996-1998 |
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Eugene Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Myles DeVine |
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1999-2003 |
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Eugene
Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer |
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2004-2006 |
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Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren |
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2006-present |
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Jack
Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren, Tony Portra |
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McPherson County does not
have an official website, but here are some contact numbers for the
county departments: |
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Assessor: |
605-439-3663 |
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Auditor: |
605-439-3314 |
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Highway Dept: |
605-439-3667 |
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Register of Deeds: |
605-439-3151 |
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Sheriff: |
605-439-3400 |
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State’s Attorney: |
605-284-5121 |
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Treasurer: |
605-439-3544 |
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