Spink County

Welcome to the Spink County Clerk of Court’s Office.
 

Welcome to the Spink County Clerk of Court’s Office.
Our contact information is:
 

Spink County Clerk of Courts
210 East 7th Avenue
Redfield, SD 57469
 

Phone Number: 605-472-4535
Fax Number: 605-472-4352
Email: 5thcircuit@ujs.state.sd.us
 
For more information and directions to the courthouse, click on ujsjurors.sd.gov. 
Then select Your E-Courthouse and Spink County.
 

The basic functions of the clerk’s office are:

  • Assisting with requests for information on court procedures, fees, court dates, forms
  • Processing passports, assessing & receipting fees thereon
  • Opening, maintaining, storing and retrieving court files as needed in different types of cases
  • Processing traffic tickets and other criminal complaints, receipting and disbursing fines, fees, costs, bond and restitution associated with same
  • Working closely with the public, law enforcement and attorneys in maintaining judges’ calendars of court dates and assisting judges in the courtroom
  • Summoning and qualifying jurors, assist judge in juror selection process, and authorize payment of jurors
  • 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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    Spink County Courthouse.
     

    INFORMATION ON THE COURT SYSTEM IN SPINK COUNTY
     

    ·         Office hours for the Clerk of Courts Office are 8 am-Noon and 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     

    ·         The Clerks’ Office, courtroom and other court offices are located on the third floor of the courthouse.
     

    ·         To view the Spink County Courtroom and obtain a list of courtroom details, please click on Courtrooms. 
     

    ·         The Courthouse has elevator access to all three floors.
     

    ·         Court is scheduled by calling the Clerk’s office and is held every Tuesday, or you can view the motion day calendar by clicking on Calendars.

    ·         The Conference Room/Library on third floor of the Spink County Courthouse is also one of seven interactive video (ITV) sites in the Fifth Circuit, where conferences, hearings and meetings take place through video technology. The other six sites include the Brown County Courthouse in Aberdeen, Day County Courthouse in Webster, Faulk County Courthouse in Faulkton, Roberts County Courthouse in Sisseton, and the Walworth County Courthouse in Selby.  Scheduling for ITV is done through the Court Administrator’s Office in Aberdeen, phone nos. 605-626-2450, or toll-free in-state 1-877-999-5613.

     
     

    Floor pattern on first floor – view from 3rd floor.

    (Floor pattern on first floor – view from 3rd floor)
     

    SPINK COUNTY CLERKS, 1889- PRESENT
     
    1889-1894 A. T. Labrie
    1895-1900 O. C. Berge
    1901-1904 Maurice Moriarity
    1905-1906 A. Kalder
    1907-1908 C. J. Mariner
    1909-1914 A. F. Senechal
    1915-1916 F. A. Reineke
    1917-1918 F. E. Reineke
    1919-1920 A. S. Gillette
    1921-1926 A. F. Schleher
    1927-1930 R. H. Schalkle
    1931-1954 Lewis J. Howard
    1955-1956 Helene Engstrom
    1957-1960 Kirk Hinman
    1961-1962 Tom L. Fitzgerald
    1963-1976 Curtis C. Buss
    1977-1980 Leo Kimlicka
    1981-1984 Elmer Duane Ellis
    1985-1988 Karla Spear
    1988-2010 Donna Fredrickson
    2010-present Alice Hare
     

    SPINK COUNTY JUDGES, 1889-PRESENT
     
    1889-1899 A. W. Campbell
    1900-1901 Unknown
    1902 James H. McCoy
    1903-1904 Unknown
    1905-1908 Charles S. Whiting
    1909-1924 Alva E. Taylor
    1925-1938 Alva E. Taylor & F. R. Fisher
    1939-1944 F. R. Fisher & B. M. Benson
    1945-1948 B. M. Benson & W.  H. Warren
    1949-1956 B. B. McClaskey & Charles S. Hanson
    1957-1960 B. B. McClaskey & Kermit Norbeck
    1961-1970 Kermit Norbeck & Jon Fosheim
    1971-1074 Jon Fosheim & Vernon Evans
    1975-1976 Jon Fosheim, Vernon Evans & Irvin Hoyt
    1977-1978 Jon Fosheim, Vernon Evans, Irvin Hoyt, Gordon Mydland & Thomas Ries
    1979-1980 Vernon Evans, Irvin Hoyt, Gordon Mydland, Thomas Ries, Dale Bradshaw & Eugene Martin
    1981-1983 Vernon Evans, Irvin Hoyt, Gordon Mydland, Thomas Ries, Dale Bradshaw & Eugene Martin
    1984-1986 Vernon Evans, Mildred Ramynke, Leland Berndt & Eugene Dobberpuhl
    1987-1993 Eugene Dobberpuhl, Leland Berndt, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien
    1994-1995 Eugene Dobberpuhl, David Gilbertson, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald
    1996-1998 Eugene Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Myles DeVine
    1999-2003 Eugene Dobberpuhl, Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer
    2004-2006 Larry Lovrien, Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren
    2006-present Jack Von Wald, Jon Flemmer, Scott Myren, Tony Portra
     

    Spink County does have an official website, which can be accessed at: http://spinkcounty-sd.org/