South Dakota Rules of Evidence

Title 19 - EVIDENCE

Chapter

01.     Competency Of Witnesses

02.     Privileged Matters

03.     Methods Of Taking Testimony

04.     Affidavits And Certificates

05.     Subpoena And Attendance Of Witnesses

06.     Expert Witnesses And Reports [Repealed]

07.     Documents, Records And Judicial Proceedings

08.     Proof Of Foreign Law

09.     Rules Of Evidence--General Provisions

10.     Judicial Notice

11.     Presumptions

12.     Relevancy

13.     Privileges

13A.     Uniform Mediation Act

14.     Witnesses

15.     Opinions And Expert Testimony

• 19-15-1     (Rule 701) Opinion testimony by lay witnesses.
• 19-15-2     (Rule 702) Testimony by experts.
• 19-15-3      (Rule 703) Bases of opinion testimony by experts.
• 19-15-4      (Rule 704) Opinion on ultimate issue.
• 19-15-5      (Rule 705) Disclosure of facts or data underlying expert opinion.
• 19-15-5.1    to 19-15-8. Repealed.
• 19-15-9       (Rule 706(a)) Court appointment of expert witnesses.
• 19-15-10      (Rule 706(b)) Notice to parties of court appointment of experts.
• 19-15-11      (Rule 706(c)) Agreement by parties as to experts appointed by court.
• 19-15-12      (Rule 706(d)) Inspection and examination by court-appointed experts.
• 19-15-13      (Rule 706(e)) Reports by court-appointed experts--Filing and use at trial.
• 19-15-14      (Rule 706(f)) Pretrial conference of experts.
• 19-15-15      (Rule 706(g)) Testimony at trial by court-appointed expert.
• 19-15-16      (Rule 706(h)) Compensation of court-appointed experts.
• 19-15-17      (Rule 706(i)) Extra compensation to court-appointed experts unlawful.
• 19-15-18      (Rule 707(a)) Expert witnesses called by parties--Limitations on number called.
• 19-15-19      (Rule 707(b)) Compensation of experts called by parties--Disclosure on cross-examination.

16.     Hearsay

17.     Authentication And Identification

18.     Contents Of Writings, Recordings And Photographs