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South Dakotans for Open Government

(A member of NFOIC)
527 Main Avenue, Suite 202
Brookings, SD 57006
Contact: Chuck Baldwin, President
Phone (605) 692-4300
Fax (605) 692-6388
http://www.sdog.org/

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law S.D.C.L. 1-25-1 et seq.
Closed: Legal matters; employee or student performance; labor negotiations; and pricing strategies by publicly-owned competitive businesses.

Open Records Law S.D.C.L. 1-27-1 et seq.
Exempt: Savings and loan association reports; school records; juvenile court records; adoption records; hospital licensing and inspection information; and medical research information.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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CONTACTS

  • Office of the Attorney General
  • 1302 E Hwy 14
  • Suite 1
  • Pierre SD 57501-8501
  • Phone (605) 773-3215
  • TTY (605) 773-6585
  • Fax (605) 773-4106
  • http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/
  • State Bar of South Dakota
  • 222 East Capitol Avenue
  • Pierre, SD 57501
  • Phone (605) 224-7554 or (800) 952-2333
  • http://www.sdbar.org/

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FORM LETTERS

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PUBLICATIONS

Law and the Media in the Midwest: A Seven State Handbook Covering Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin by John R. Finnegan, Sr. and Patricia A. Hirl.
St. Paul, MN: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1984. 352 p.
Order from: Amazon.com

Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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