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SC Code § 8-21-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-15. No fee for performing duty, responsibility, or function of agency unless authorized by statute and regulation; exceptions.

 (A) No state agency, department, board, committee, commission, or authority initially may set a fee for performing any duty, responsibility, or function unless the fee for performing the particular duty, responsibility, or function is authorized by statutory law and set by regulation except as provided in this section.  (B) This section does not apply to:  (1) state-supported governmental health care facilities;  (2) state-supported schools, colleges, and universities;  (3) educational, entertainment, recreational, cultural, and training programs;  (4) the State Board of Financial Institutions;  (5) sales by state agencies of goods or tangible products produced for or by these agencies;  (6) charges by state agencies for room and board provided on state-owned property;  (7) application fees for recreational activities sponsored by state agencies and conducted on a draw or lottery basis;  (8) court fees or fines levied in a judicial or adjudicatory proceeding.  (C) This section does not prohibit a state agency, department, board, committee, or commission from charging fees for services provided to other state agencies, departments, boards, committees, commissions, or political subdivisions regardless of whether the fee is set by statute.  (D) Statutory law for purposes of this section does not include regulations promulgated pursuant to the State Administrative Procedures Act.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 178 Section 1, eff June 30, 1987.
SC Code § 8-21-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-20. Mileage computed by shortest practical route.

 Whenever provision is made by law for the payment of mileage of jurors, witnesses or other persons required to attend court or to travel to perform any legal duty, such mileage shall be computed and paid for by the shortest practical route to be traveled over any regularly established highway.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-2; 1952 Code Section 27-2; 1942 Code Sections 632, 3712-1; 1932 Code Sections 632, 932; Civ. P. '22 Section 572; Cr. P. '22 Sections 28, 572; Civ. C. '12 Section 4040; Civ. C. '02 Sections 2738, 2938; G. S. 2269; R. S. 2384; 1874 (15) 608; 1878 (16) 630; 1907 (25) 518; 1911 (27) 86; 1917 (30) 161; 1920 (31) 735; 1925 (34) 233; 1933 (38) 8, 14, 76, 111; 1934 (38) 1598; 1935 (39) 220; 1936 (39) 1304, 1315, 1321, 1472, 1544; 1937 (40) 36, 45, 177, 190, 209, 385; 1938 (40) 1563, 1590, 1602, 1698; 1939 (41) 415; 1940 (41) 1938; 1949 (46) 110.
SC Code § 8-21-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-30. Liability for ten times fee illegally charged.

 If any officer herein named shall charge any other fee or fees for any services herein mentioned, such officer shall be liable to forfeit ten times the amount so improperly charged, to be recovered by suit in the court of common pleas, by attachment or by sale when the penalty does not exceed twenty dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-3; 1952 Code Section 27-3; 1942 Code Section 4921; 1932 Code Section 4962; Civ. C. '22 Section 5764; Civ. C. '12 Section 4239; Civ. C. '02 Section 3129; G. S. 2446; R. S. 2570; 1878 (16) 631.
SC Code § 8-21-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-40. Bills of costs attached to executions.

 In any case in which the clerk of court or a magistrate shall issue an execution, he shall attach thereto a bill of each item of costs therein charged and also shall tax all costs which accrue to the sheriff for services on such execution.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-4; 1952 Code Section 27-4; 1942 Code Sections 3619, 4921; 1932 Code Sections 3619, 4962; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2163, 5764; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1339, 4239; Civ. C. '02 Sections 941, 3129; G. S. 763, 2446; R. S. 813, 2570; 1827 (6) 336 Section 5; 1878 (16) 631; 1972 (57) 2584.
SC Code § 8-21-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-50. Rules of construction.

 The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation of that law are to be strictly construed has no application to this chapter, Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 14, Article 7 of Chapter 23 of Title 14, Chapter 19 of Title 19, Chapter 7 of Title 22, Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22, and Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 23.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-6; 1960 (51) 1744.
SC Code § 8-21-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-110. Fees of Secretary of State.

 The Secretary of State may charge the following fees:  (1) For every search, fourteen cents;  (2) For entering satisfaction on a mortgage, twenty-one cents;  (3) For recording a mark or brand, twenty-one cents;  (4) For recording any writing, nine cents for every copy sheet containing ninety words;  (5) For making out a grant of lands, recording and fixing the great seal, two dollars and fourteen cents;  (6) For a testimonial with the great seal, one dollar and seven cents;  (7) For registering the certificate of (a) a person becoming a citizen, twenty-five cents, (b) for a family not exceeding three, fifty cents and (c) for a family exceeding three, one dollar;  (8) For commissioning a commissioner of deeds, three dollars and twenty-five cents;  (9) For filing a limited partnership agreement, five dollars;  (10) For furnishing a certificate under seal, one dollar;  (11) For making a certified copy of a charter, two dollars;  (12) For making a certified copy of a land grant, one dollar and sixty cents;  (13) For making a certified copy of a plat, (a) tracing, first four corners, one dollar, and five cents per additional corner, plus one dollar for certifying, and (b) copying, per page, thirty-five cents; and  (14) For certified copy of any record, one dollar and sixty cents.  Fees received for these services shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-501; 1952 Code Section 27-501; 1942 Code Section 4922; 1932 Code Section 4922; Civ. C. '22 Section 5727; Civ. C. '12 Section 4210; Civ. C. '02 Section 3101; G. S. 2430; R. S. 2454; 1790 (5) 153; 1799 (5) 355; 1901 (23) 754; 1954 (48) 1566; 1961 (52) 621.
SC Code § 8-21-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-120. Fees of appraisers of homestead and commissioners in dower or partition.

 The fees:  (1) Of appraisers to set out the homestead shall be two dollars per day; and  (2) Of commissioners in dower or in partition shall be each one dollar and a half per day and five cents per mile for necessary travel.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-502; 1952 Code Section 27-502; 1942 Code Section 4961; 1932 Code Section 4961; Civ. C. '22 Section 5763; Civ. C. '12 Section 4238; Civ. C. '02 Section 3128; G. S. 2445; R. S. 2568; 1788 (4) 724; 1839 (11) 61; 1868 (14) 21; 1918 (30) 717.
SC Code § 8-21-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-130. Fee of county auditors.

 For every entry and endorsement on any deed of conveyance of real property recorded in his office, each county auditor shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-503; 1952 Code Section 27-503; 1942 Code Section 4960; 1932 Code Section 4960; Civ. C. '22 Section 5762; Civ. C. '12 Section 4237; Civ. C. '02 Section 3127; G. S. 2444; R. S. 2567; 1871 (15) 621; 1935 (39) 304.
SC Code § 8-21-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-140. Fees of notaries public.

 The fees of notaries public shall be as follows:  (1) For taking a deposition and swearing witnesses, twenty-five cents per copy sheet;  (2) For a duplicate of a deposition, protest and certificate, ten cents per copy sheet of one hundred words;  (3) For each attendance upon any person for proving a matter or thing and certifying the same, fifty cents;  (4) For every notarial certificate, with seal, fifty cents;  (5) For administering an oath for an affidavit, twenty-five cents;  (6) For taking a renunciation of dower or inheritance, one dollar; and  (7) For every protest, fifty cents, together with the cost of postage for transmitting notice thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-506; 1952 Code Section 27-506; 1942 Code Section 4957; 1932 Code Section 4957; Civ. C. '22 Section 5759; Civ. C. '12 Section 4234; Civ. C. '02 Section 3123; G. S. 2440; R. S. 2564; 1898 (22) 699.
SC Code § 8-21-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-150. Fees of deputy surveyors.

 The fees of deputy surveyors shall be as follows:  (1) For surveying every acre of land, one cent;  (2) For making out a fair plat, certifying, signing and returning the same, two dollars and fourteen cents; and  (3) For running old lines for any person or between parties, or by order of court, while they are on the survey, three dollars per day.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-508; 1952 Code Section 27-508; 1942 Code Section 4959; 1932 Code Section 4959; Civ. C. '22 Section 5761; Civ. C. '12 Section 4236; Civ. C. '02 Section 3126; G. S. 2443; R. S. 2566; 1791 (5) 158.
SC Code § 8-21-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-300. Salaries of clerks of court and registers of deeds; disposition of fees and costs received.

 The clerks of court and registers of deeds of the several counties shall receive such salaries for performance of their duties as may be fixed by the governing body of the county, which shall not be diminished during their terms of office, and such compensation shall not be measured or affected by the fees and costs received by such officers under the provisions of this article. All such fees and costs received under the provisions of this article by such officials of any county shall be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body thereof.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 1; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, eff January 1, 1998.
SC Code § 8-21-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-320. Motion fees.

 There is assessed for every motion made in the court of common pleas and family court, not including motions made in family court juvenile delinquency proceedings, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The fee must accompany each motion filed. The Supreme Court has authority to issue administrative rules to exempt from the motion fee certain family court matters involving rules to show cause in child and spousal support matters. The Supreme Court may waive the filing fees imposed by this section upon a proper showing of indigency. The revenue from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court in each court and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to a separate judicial department support fund for the exclusive use of the judicial department.  The revenue collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the State Treasurer in the following manner:  (1) The first four hundred fifty thousand dollars of these funds must be transferred to the Prosecution Coordination Commission. The funds shall be distributed equally to the third, fourth, and eleventh judicial circuits to fund drug courts.  (2) Any remaining funds must be transferred to the Judicial Department for operating purposes.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 329, Section 3G, eff June 18, 2002; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 20G, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 8-21-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-760. Salaries of probate judges; disposition of costs and fees received.

 The probate judges must receive salaries for performance of their duties pursuant to Section 8-21-765.  A probate judge who is receiving a salary greater than provided for his position under the provisions of this chapter must not be reduced in salary during his tenure in office. Tenure in office continues at the expiration of a term if that judge is reelected.  The governing body of the county shall provide the salary, equipment, facilities, and supplies of the support personnel and staff of the probate judge, together with all other costs necessary for the efficient operation of the court, including but not limited to, court reporters, secretaries, clerks, per diem, travel, educational, and other benefits for the judge and his staff. A probate judge is not prohibited from acting as special referee with the agreement of the county governing body, but no probate judge is eligible to serve as a standing master-in-equity.  The probate judge in each county must serve full time and shall carry out all duties assigned by law.  Fees and costs received under the provisions of this article by the officials of a county must be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body of that county. Any remuneration received by a probate judge for performing duties assigned by the Department of Mental Health must be remitted by the probate judge to the county treasurer for deposit into the general fund of the county.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 1988 Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002.
SC Code § 8-21-765 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-765. Salary schedules.

 (A) The salary of the office of probate judge is based on a salary schedule which uses base salaries determined by population categories according to the latest official United States Decennial Census. The governing body of each county shall pay the probate judge of the county a base salary as follows:  (1) for those counties with a population of two hundred thousand and above, the base salary is fifty-nine thousand dollars;  (2) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand but not more than one hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is forty-nine thousand dollars;  (3) for those counties with a population of at least one hundred thousand but not more than one hundred forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-eight thousand dollars;  (4) for those counties with a population of at least fifty thousand but not more than ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-three thousand dollars;  (5) for those counties with a population of at least thirty-five thousand but not more than forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is thirty-one thousand, five hundred dollars;  (6) for those counties with a population of at least twenty thousand but not more than thirty-four thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, the base salary is twenty-five thousand dollars;  (7) for those counties with a population less than twenty thousand, the base salary is twenty-two thousand, five hundred dollars.  (B) The South Carolina Court Administration is charged with monitoring compliance with this section. Nothing contained in this section may be construed as prohibiting a county from paying in excess of the minimum base salaries provided for in this section.  A probate judge is entitled to the same perquisites as those employees of the county of similar position and salary.  A cost of living increase must be paid by the county in the amount provided classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year. The base salaries provided for in this Part must be adjusted annually based on the percentage amount of the cost of living increase paid to classified state employees in the annual state general appropriations act of the previous fiscal year.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 2, eff January 1, 1989.
SC Code § 8-21-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-790. Fees for settlement of estates; disposition of fees by Department of Revenue.

 The office of the probate court must also be paid fees according to the following schedule for each estate settled:  On the first $100.00 of tax collected 5% Above $100.00 and up to $1,000.00 2% Above $1,000.00 and up to $10,000.00 1 1/2% Above $10,000.00 and up to $50,000.00 1% Above $50,000.00 and up to $100,000.00 3/4 of 1% Above $100,000.00 and up to $300,000.00 1/2 of 1% Above $300,000.00 1/4 of 1%   If the probate judge fails or neglects to perform a duty required under Chapter 16 of Title 12, the Department of Revenue may withhold any or all of the fees provided for in the schedule and shall credit the withheld fees to the general fund of the State Treasury. All fees allowed under this schedule must be paid out of the taxes collected by the Department of Revenue no less than monthly upon receipt of them and the receipt of the County Treasurer is sufficient voucher for paying same.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 77, eff July 1, 1993; 1994 Act No. 470, Section 4, eff 30 days after July 14, 1994; 1997 Act No. 114, Section 4, eff June 13, 1997.
SC Code § 8-21-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-800. Relief from filing fees, court costs, and other probate costs.

 The Probate Judge may relieve any party to a proceeding in the Probate Court from court costs in the manner provided in Section 8-21-140, but relief from filing fees and other probate costs is prohibited, except as provided in Section 8-21-810.  (1) The Probate Judge pursuant to Rule 3(b), SCRCP and Section 62-1-112, shall grant waivers of filing fees for indigent persons in the same manner as other civil cases.  (2) The Probate Judge may relieve any party to a proceeding in the Probate Court from court costs related to fees of a notary public as provided in Section 8-21-140.  (3) The Probate Judge is prohibited from waiving fees or court costs associated with the value of an estate or conservatorship as provided in Section 8-21-770(B), except as provided in Section 8-21-810.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 2, eff January 1, 2019.  Editor's Note  2017 Act No. 87, Section 6, provides as follows:  "(A) This act takes effect on January 1, 2019.  "(B) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on the effective date of this act:  "(1) this act applies to any conservatorships, guardianships, or protective orders for minors or persons under a disability created before, on, or after its effective date;  "(2) this act applies to all judicial proceedings concerning conservatorships, guardianships, or protective orders for minors or persons under a disability commenced on or after its effective date;  "(3) this act applies to judicial proceedings concerning conservatorships, guardianships, and protective orders for minors or persons under a disability commenced before its effective date unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this act would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case that particular provision of this act does not apply and the superseded law applies;  "(4) subject to item (B)(5) and subsection (C) of this SECTION, any rule of construction or presumption provided in this act applies to governing instruments executed before the effective date of this act unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the governing instrument; and  "(5) an act done and any right acquired or accrued before the effective date of the act is not affected by this act.  "(C) If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute before the effective date of the act, that statute continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or suspended."
SC Code § 8-21-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-810. No costs or fees for items requested by county officers or United States Veterans Administration.

 No cost or fee shall be payable to probate courts for any item or copy requested by a county officer or the United States Veterans Administration.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 2A.
SC Code § 8-21-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-1000. Magistrates to receive salaries; accounting for fees and costs received.

 All magistrates shall receive salaries in lieu of all fees and costs in civil or criminal actions or proceedings, and all such fees and costs received and recovered under the provisions of this article by any magistrate of any county shall be accounted for and paid into the general fund of the county as directed by the governing body thereof.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3.
SC Code § 8-21-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally|Section 8-21-1010. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrates.

 (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrates and deposited in the general fund of the county:  (1) for taking civil recognizance, with or without sureties, five dollars;  (2) for granting an order for civil special bail, with or without sureties, five dollars;  (3) for receiving and filing bond in claim and delivery, attachment, five dollars; if justification of sureties required, an additional five dollars;  (4) for administering and certifying oaths or documents in writing, two dollars;  (5) for issuing any prerogative writ, five dollars;  (6) in all civil actions, for issuing a summons and a copy for defendant, and for giving judgment with or without a hearing, forty-five dollars;  (7) for issuing execution and renewal thereof, ten dollars;  (8) for making up, certifying, and forwarding a transcript of record and judgment in a case for purpose of appeal, ten dollars;  (9) for proceedings by a landlord or lessor against a tenant or lessee, including notices to quit, eviction orders, or recovery of rents, twenty dollars;  (10) for proceedings on a coroner's inquest, as prescribed by law, ten dollars, if inquest is demanded by a party other than the State or county or authorized officer of either;  (11) for proceeding on estrays, including judgment for possession, sale, or damages, ten dollars;  (12) for qualifying appraisers to set off homestead or qualifying sureties on a bond posted in a case, including bail bonds, five dollars;  (13) for each tax execution collected, five dollars; and  (14) for filing or issuing any other paper not provided for in this section, five dollars.  (B) Fees or costs may not be assessed against a party for summoning jurors or expense of jury service in a criminal case in which a trial by jury is had.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3; 1988 Act No. 678, Part I, Section 1, eff July 25, 1988; 2000 Act No. 226, Section 2, eff April 1, 2000.  Editor's Note  2000 Act No. 226 Section 1, effective July 1, 2000, reads as follows:  "This act is known and may be cited as the 'Magistrates Court Reform Act of 2000'."