S.D. Codified Laws § 33-10-141
Oral and written depositions
At any time after charges have been signed as provided in § 33-10-95 , any party may take oral or written depositions unless the military judge or summary court-martial officer hearing the case or, if the case is not being heard, an authority competent to convene a court-martial for the trial of those charges forbids it for good cause.
Source: SL 2012, ch 175, § 122.