Some changes enacted by the 2001 General Assembly may take immediate effect. The State of South Carolina and the South Carolina Legislative Council make no warranty as to the accuracy of the data, and users rely on the data entirely at their own risk. The Legislative Council by law is charged with compiling and publishing the 1976 Code and it is maintained in a database which may be accessed for commercial purposes by contacting the Legislative Council or the office of Legislative Printing and Information Technology Resources. Claims shall be itemized and verified. No account shall be audited and ordered to be paid by the governing body of any county for any labor performed, fees, services, disbursements or any other matter unless it shall be made out in items and accompanied by an affidavit attached thereto and made by the person or officer presenting or claiming the same that the items are correct and that the labor, fees, disbursements, services or other matters charged therein have been in fact done, made, rendered or are due and that no part of the same has been paid or satisfied.
Claims filed by court clerk, sheriff or magistrate require additional oath.
In every case the magistrate shall exhibit the original papers in which costs have accrued. Claims of certain county officers and physicians for post mortems. The accounts of the coroners, sheriffs and supervisors and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post mortems shall be approved by the governing body of the county, and the supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of such accounts, countersigned by the secretary of the governing body. The clerk shall number such claims in the order in which they are filed, audited and allowed from number one upwards. Memorandum of time of presentment and name of claimant must appear in minutes.