City Ordinances and Charter

Sioux Falls Charter and Code

The American Legal Publishing Website is a searchable, browsable index of the Sioux Falls Charter and Municipal Code. Once you enter the American Legal Publishing site, you can search or browse to the particular section or chapter you are interested in.

The original City Charter and amendments thereto are filed with the Secretary of State’s Office pursuant to SDCL 6-12-11. To access these documents, use the Secretary of State’s Business Information Search and enter DM009413 as the “Business ID”.

Previous versions of ordinances cited in the Code linked above can be found in the City Clerk’s Records Online portal.

Note: There can be a delay from the time an ordinance is adopted to the time it is codified into the electronic version. In case of discrepancy, the official version of the code is on file at the City Clerk's office.