--- title: "Dakota Star Credit Union Rates & Who Can Join - South Dakota" description: "Dakota Star Credit Union is a credit union in South Dakota. Rate data is being verified. See who can join Dakota Star Credit Union — verified membership eligibility with the requirements and cost to join." canonical: "https://rateapi.dev/credit-unions/south-dakota/dakota-star" last-updated: "2026-11-13" source: "https://rateapi.dev/llms.txt" --- # Dakota Star Credit Union Rates & Who Can Join - South Dakota No currently verified rates are available for this institution. We hide rates that fall outside the serving freshness window instead of presenting old figures as current. Dakota Star Credit Union is a credit union in South Dakota. Rate data is being verified. > Source: [RateAPI.dev](https://rateapi.dev/credit-unions/south-dakota/dakota-star) , verified from [Dakota Star Credit Union's official website](https://www.dakotastar.org/) Loading branch locator… ## About Dakota Star Credit Union Institution facts reported to the National Credit Union Administration for Invalid Date. Members 3K Assets $46.5M Founded 1952 Locations reported 2 NCUA charter 8039 Charter type Federal credit union ### Services and member support - Online membership application - Online loan application - Electronic statements - Mobile check deposit Source: [NCUA quarterly call report](https://ncua.gov/analysis/credit-union-corporate-call-report-data/quarterly-data) . Services are institution-reported; confirm availability with the credit union. ### Other credit unions with branches nearby Compare membership, services, and rates from other institutions with an NCUA-reported branch nearby. 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Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distance. ## Who Can Join Dakota Star Credit Union Membership eligibility from Dakota Star Credit Union's own published criteria. [How we verify this](https://rateapi.dev/eligibility-methodology) . Membership criteria are published on Dakota Star Credit Union's website. Check the membership page below to confirm whether you qualify. - Location fall river, lawrence, meade, pennington — SD Verified from [Dakota Star Credit Union's membership page](https://www.dakotastar.org/membership) . Final membership determination is always made by the credit union. ## Membership rules for Dakota Star Credit Union Geography 4 counties · Family 26 published paths to membership, last verified September 13, 2026, quoted from Dakota Star Credit Union’s own published criteria. ### Geography 4 Auto-verified against the source page from the credit union’s published criteria and NCUA charter records · last verified September 13, 2026 - Fall River County, SD - Lawrence County, SD - Meade County, SD - Pennington County, SD “NCUA call report 2026-03-31: TOM_CODE=00 (community charter); branch footprint: Pennington County, SD” > [source ↗](https://ncua.gov/analysis/credit-union-corporate-call-report-data/quarterly-data) ### Family 1 Auto-verified against the source page quoted from the credit union’s own published criteria · last verified September 13, 2026 - Family of a member immediate family, households “Members of their immediate families or households” > [source ↗](https://www.dakotastar.org/membership) - Family member (immediate family, households) of a member Every rule cites the exact sentence it came from; absence of evidence means unknown, never no. [How we verify membership rules](https://rateapi.dev/eligibility-methodology) . Final membership determination is always made by the credit union. Is this right for Dakota Star Credit Union? Yes No ## Work at Dakota Star Credit Union? This page is seen by prospective members comparing rates — and by the AI assistants they ask. Claim this profile to correct or update rates, add missing products, and get your free rate scorecard showing where Dakota Star Credit Union ranks against South Dakota peers. - See which AI assistants fetched Dakota Star Credit Union’s rates, and how often - See which of your products the RateAPI API returned, and where you rank in South Dakota - Correct anything we publish about you that is wrong [Claim this credit union](https://rateapi.dev/for-credit-unions/claim?cu=dakota-star&state=south-dakota&code=SD&name=Dakota%20Star%20Credit%20Union) [How scorecards work](https://rateapi.dev/for-credit-unions) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What rates does Dakota Star Credit Union offer? Dakota Star Credit Union is a credit union in South Dakota. Rate data is currently being verified. ### How often are Dakota Star Credit Union rates updated? RateAPI verifies Dakota Star Credit Union's rates daily by scraping its official website, then normalizing the data. The figures on this page were last verified November 13, 2026. ### Where does RateAPI get Dakota Star Credit Union's rate data? Rate data is collected directly from Dakota Star Credit Union's official website. RateAPI has no pay-to-rank incentives; see the methodology page for how rates are collected and normalized. ### Who can join Dakota Star Credit Union? Dakota Star Credit Union publishes its membership criteria on its own website. RateAPI tracks 26 published membership paths covering 4 counties for Dakota Star Credit Union, each quoted from Dakota Star Credit Union's own published membership criteria. Immediate family of an existing member also qualify. ## Related Rate Data Compare Dakota Star Credit Union's rates against national credit-union benchmarks. [More South Dakota credit unions](https://rateapi.dev/credit-unions/south-dakota) [How we verify rates](https://rateapi.dev/methodology) ### Source Information Rate data is scraped directly from the credit union's official website and verified daily by our automated systems. [View Original Source](https://www.dakotastar.org/) ### Methodology Learn how we collect, normalize, and verify rate data with full transparency and no pay-to-rank incentives. [View Methodology](https://rateapi.dev/methodology) ## Track Dakota Star Credit Union rates Get a free API key to query these rates programmatically, or get the daily email when South Dakota credit union rates move. Get a free API key [Daily rate email](https://rateapi.dev/daily-rate-emails) ## Use it via API Access this data programmatically with our REST API terminal ``` # Get rates for Dakota Star Credit Union curl "https://api.rateapi.dev/credit-unions/south-dakota /dakota-star " \ -H "Authorization : Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" ``` [Explore API Documentation](https://api.rateapi.dev/) [Use with Claude](https://rateapi.dev/#mcp) Branch locator ## Dakota Star Credit Union locations Search, filter, and browse all 2 NCUA-reported locations. Use my location Search branches Apply Sort near a ZIP **Loading branches…** Branch services ATM Drive-through Member services Shared branch Skip to main content --- Source: https://rateapi.dev/credit-unions/south-dakota/dakota-star Rate data API: https://api.rateapi.dev · OpenAPI: https://api.rateapi.dev/openapi.json · MCP: https://mcp.rateapi.dev/mcp