Stanley County Sheriff's Office Inmate Bail & Bonds

Stanley belongs to the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and bond reaches a Stanley prisoner in one of three ways. A clerk magistrate may pull it from the circuit's printed bond chart. A judge may have written it on the warrant ahead of time. Or a judge sets it face to face at a hearing. A judge must personally handle every domestic abuse arrest, as well as murder, kidnapping and first-degree manslaughter.

By statute, officers take the prisoner to the nearest committing magistrate "without unnecessary delay" (SDCL 23A-4-1), and video from the jail counts. At that first appearance the judge names the charge, mentions the right to counsel and to keep quiet, and rules on release (SDCL 23A-4-3). South Dakota sets no clock in hours, so ask jail staff when court is scheduled.

Hearings happen at 8 E. 2nd Ave., Fort Pierre, SD 57532. Reach the Clerk of Courts at 605-223-7735. On the Sixth Circuit's bond findings sheet, the judge records whether a bare promise to return would do and whether the prisoner poses a danger.

Release on a signed promise comes first in South Dakota. A judge moves past it only if that promise won't bring the person back (SDCL 23A-43-2). From there the judge climbs a ladder and must stop at the first rung that works (SDCL 23A-43-3):

• Signature only. Personal recognizance costs nothing up front. With an unsecured bond, money comes due only after a skipped court date.
• A supervisor. The judge places the person in the care of a responsible adult or a program.
• Movement rules. Limits on trips, on where to sleep, or on company.
• Treatment terms. Conditions built around a mental health assessment.
• A small cash deposit. A deposit capped at 10 percent sits with the court, and it is refunded when the person follows every rule.
• The whole amount. Either a licensed bondsperson guarantees it, or someone puts up all of it in cash.
• Extra rules. Anything else needed, such as twice-daily breath tests.

Under SDCL 23A-43-4 the judge looks at the crime and how strong the proof is. A mental health report counts too. So do the odds of running off or hurting others. Boxes on the Sixth Circuit form cover recognizance, release to another adult, a cash-or-surety bond, a cash-only bond, and no bond at all.

Since July 1, 2026, Stanley County bonds are drawn from a chart: Sixth Circuit FY2027 Fine and Bond Schedule. Charges get a low and a high figure, and the clerk or judge lands somewhere between. Sample ranges:

• Pot possession, two ounces or under (misdemeanor): released on signature
• First-offense DUI: $225 to $1,000
• Other Class 1 misdemeanors, in general: $95 to $1,000
• Class 2 misdemeanors left off the ticket chart: straight to a judge
• Felony DUI (third or more): $1,000 to $5,000
• Burglary and grand theft: $1,000 to $10,000
• Robbery and rape: $1,000 to $25,000
• Murder, first-degree manslaughter, kidnapping: no chart figure, judge decides
• Domestic abuse: judge-set bond plus conditions

A statewide clerk magistrate version sits behind every circuit's copy. The Stanley clerk can quote a real number for a real case at 605-223-7735. Fort Pierre readers can see what else goes into setting bail under South Dakota law, beyond the chart.

Stanley deputies hand most prisoners to the Hughes County Jail, 3100 E Hwy 34, Pierre, SD 57501. Anybody 18 or over with identification may post a bond there. Here's the drill:

1. Phone 605-773-7475. Share the name and birthday, then ask the charge and dollar figure.
2. Check whether bond can be paid now or a judge still owes a ruling.
3. Find out the hours bonds are taken that day.
4. Show up with ID. Bring cash, or a bank check or postal money order to "Hughes County Jail." Or let a licensed bondsperson do it.
5. File the jail's receipt somewhere safe; you need it to claim a refund.

Someone lodged at the Winner City Jail, 217 E 3rd St., Winner, SD 57580, is a different story. Call Winner at 605-842-3328 for its steps on a Stanley case.

The Clerk of Courts for Stanley works at 8 E. 2nd Ave., Fort Pierre, SD 57532. Its posted schedule is Monday to Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central. Phone 605-223-7735 if you plan to come on a Friday.

1. Have the case number ready. If you lack it, spell the legal name.
2. Ask whether the clerk will take the bond on this case, and in what form.
3. Ask how the Pierre or Winner jail learns that the money is in.

Cash bond, once in, sits with the clerk until a judge lets it go. Deputies work out of 08 E 2nd Ave, Fort Pierre, SD 57532, weekdays at 605-223-7792. They can say where your person went and who collects bond.

For bonds, the Hughes County Jail names four payment routes:

• Cash
• A cashier's check made out to "Hughes County Jail" (a postal money order to that name works too)
• A bond from a licensed bail bond company
• A credit card, online through CourtMoney, the service the jail's own site sends people to

Something outside that list, like a personal check? Clear it with the jail at 605-773-7475 before you drive over. Cash never goes in the mail.

Once a case is decided, fines, costs and restitution can be paid by card on UJS ePayments. That site is not for bond.

A bondsperson backs the entire bond in exchange for a fee. The UJS bail bond agent list is the official roster to check first. Know these rules:

• No license, no business. Bonding without one is a Class 6 felony (SDCL 58-22-4).
• Nobody who runs a jail, polices or serves as sheriff may profit from a bail bond (SDCL 58-22-3).
• Soliciting clients inside a jail is off limits (SDCL 58-22-32).
• Put the price and any pledged property on paper, and take a receipt for whatever you hand over.
• Before signing as surety, a relative signs a sworn list of land, savings and debts. Lawyers in practice can't stand surety (SDCL 23A-43-20).

License checks and complaints go to the South Dakota Division of Insurance, 124 South Euclid Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-773-3563.

Paying covers just the one charge. Other things may keep the doors locked:

• Someone else's warrant. Another county or state needs its own release.
• Supervision. A probation or parole agent can ask for a hold.
• Federal or ICE papers. State bond leaves both of those standing.
• Domestic abuse. Officers must first alert a judge, and the judge fixes the bond and the rules (SDCL 25-10-40).
• Setup steps. A bond tied to 24/7 testing or a monitor starts once that is in place.

A domestic arrest also means silence. Before the first court date, calls, texts, letters and relayed messages to the alleged victim or that person's housemates are all forbidden. Breaking that is its own Class 1 misdemeanor (SDCL 25-10-43), so family should refuse to carry messages.

Ask jail staff for a full list of holds before money changes hands.

A judge can attach the Attorney General's 24/7 Sobriety Program to bond in DUI, alcohol and drug cases (SDCL 1-11-20). Depending on the order, the person blows into a breath tester morning and night, wears an ankle alcohol monitor, pees in a cup for drug screens, or wears a drug patch. The law limits what each costs:

• Each breath check: $3 at most
• Each urine screen: $10 at most
• Each patch: $70 at most
• Bracelet: $10 a day at most, plus up to $50 to fit and $50 to remove

Hughes County runs breath testing at its jail, 3100 E Hwy 34, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-773-7475. Ask Stanley deputies at 605-223-7792 which site a Stanley participant uses. A missed or dirty test can send the person back behind bars, with no bond, until a judge looks at it. The statewide program line is 605-505-1003.

S.D. Const. art. VI, § 8 allows a no-bail hold only on a capital charge where guilt is plain. So nearly everyone booked in Pierre on a Stanley case can expect some path out.

Still, the circuit's bond sheet includes a "no bond" box for a judge who finds the flight or danger risk too high under SDCL 23A-43-4. Thanks to Marsy's Law, an alleged victim can speak up before the release decision (S.D. Const. art. VI, § 29).

The State's Attorney argues bond for the prosecution. One office covers both Stanley and Jones counties, at 204 N. Euclid Ave., Pierre, SD 57501, 605-224-0491.

Release terms can be changed whenever a judge sees fit (SDCL 23A-43-7). A prisoner still held 24 hours after bond was set, for lack of money or a missing condition, may ask for a second look (SDCL 23A-43-8). Terms a magistrate set can be revised by the circuit court (SDCL 23A-43-14).

1. Let the defense lawyer know you want a bond review filed.
2. Pull together pay stubs, proof of a local address, support letters and a realistic number the family can pay.
3. Suggest safeguards the judge may like, for example 24/7 testing or staying at a parent's place.
4. Ask the clerk at 605-223-7735 for the hearing date.

Someone too broke to hire counsel may ask the judge to appoint one, most often at the first hearing (SDCL 23A-40-6). The request form is the UJS-224R court-appointed attorney application. Stanley County foots the bill for its own cases (SDCL 23A-40-8).

• Even after a not-guilty verdict, a judge can make the person pay the county back (SDCL 23A-40-10).
• That debt can become a lien on property, but the county may never take the home over it (SDCL 23A-40-11, 23A-40-15).
• Petty offenses and Class 2 misdemeanors carry no right to appointed counsel when the person is free and the charge can't bring jail time (SDCL 23A-40-6.1).

Appeals belong to the state Office of Indigent Legal Services, 605-362-2759, which does not handle trials.

• Stanley County Courthouse (magistrate and circuit court), 8 E. 2nd Ave., Fort Pierre, SD 57532. Clerk of Courts: 605-223-7735.
• Sixth Circuit Drug & DUI Court, 8 E. Second Ave., Fort Pierre, SD 57532, 605-220-3850. Entry is by referral to this treatment program.
• U.S. District Court, Central Division (federal crimes), 225 South Pierre Street, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-945-4600.
• Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (court contact for reservation land in the county), 187 Oyate Circle, Lower Brule, SD 57548, 605-473-5561.

Magistrate court keeps misdemeanors and city ordinance cases to the end. Felonies start there and finish in circuit court.

Under the Sixth Circuit third-party bond and release policy, bond cash counts as the defendant's money no matter who supplied it. The clerk holds it until a judge orders release. Fines, costs, restitution and attorney fees may come off the top. Whatever is left is paid out to the defendant, or to the defense attorney if the defendant signs off.

• Bail is released once its conditions are met (SDCL 23A-43-26).
• A serious bond violation can cost the bond and bring a warrant (SDCL 23A-43-21).
• A skipped hearing is charged as a fresh offense (SDCL 23A-43-31). Out on a felony or DUI, it's a Class 6 felony. When the release was on a misdemeanor, the no-show counts as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
• The court has power to undo a forfeiture when fairness calls for it (SDCL 23A-43-22).

Ask the clerk at 605-223-7735 when a refund will issue.

Personal items and any balance on the jail account are handled by whichever jail did the holding. For Pierre, call the Hughes County Jail, 3100 E Hwy 34, Pierre, SD 57501, at 605-773-7475 to learn how leftover money is returned and when to come for items. Winner's number is 605-842-3328.

Carry photo ID. A friend picking up items should ask if a signed note from the prisoner is required. Under SDCL 24-11-45 a prisoner may be billed for jail costs. Our jail money page explains account balances.

A federal case from Stanley lands in the Central Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 225 South Pierre Street, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-945-4600.

• The federal magistrate decides custody when the person first appears (18 U.S.C. 3142). The hearing may slip five days on a defense motion or three on the prosecutor's.
• Federal detainees awaiting trial are held for the Marshals. Contact the U.S. Marshals Service, Pierre office, 225 South Pierre Street, Suite 425, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-224-8396. Federal prisoners are housed at the Hughes County Jail by contract with the Marshals.
• Major Crimes Act cases from reservation land go federal (18 U.S.C. 1153).
• Post-sentence, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

No. A state bond can't lift an immigration hold. It usually unfolds like this:

1. ICE faxes or files a Form I-247A detainer with whichever jail, Pierre or Winner, holds the person.
2. That paper lets jail staff keep the prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, so agents can come (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Every South Dakota case is run by the ICE field office in Minnesota, 1 Federal Drive, Suite 1601, Fort Snelling, MN 55111, 612-843-8600. ICE names the Pennington County Jail, 307 Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, 605-394-6116, as one of its holding sites in the state.
4. Look for the person on the ICE Online Detainee Locator using name and birth country.

State law also matters here. SB 7 (SL 2025, ch 100) strikes down any local rule that stops county or city workers from giving immigration status to federal agents.

Jail time on a misdemeanor is county time, which for Stanley means Pierre or Winner. Felony prison sentences go to the South Dakota Department of Corrections. For the two lowest felony classes, Class 5 and 6, probation is the default (SDCL 22-6-11). For those two classes, a judge may also choose local jail, capped at one year, over prison (SDCL 22-6-1.1).

• Track state prisoners on the DOC offender locator.
• See our South Dakota state prisons list for each facility.
• DOC main office: 3200 East Highway 34, c/o 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501, 605-773-3478.

Circuit court handles delinquency cases against children who are 10 or older (SDCL 26-8C-2). Usually police release the child to a parent. Detention needs an intake officer's finding that fits one of the law's listed reasons, and the least restrictive setting wins (SDCL 26-8C-3). Before a Stanley teen can be tried as a grown-up, a judge holds a transfer hearing and rules (SDCL 26-11-4).

Hughes County operates a youth detention center in Pierre, the Hughes County Juvenile Service Center, 605-773-2290. Stanley deputies at 605-223-7792 can tell parents where their child was placed. For a youth's appointed lawyer, file the UJS-224A form.