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SC Code § 14-23-1100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1100. Duties of clerk.

 The clerk shall keep a true and fair record of each order, sentence, decree and license issued by the court, and of all other things proper to be recorded. He shall also give true and attested copies of instruments, documents and records of the court. He may execute and issue in the name of the judge of probate the following: certificates of the appointment and qualification of administrators, executors, guardians, committees and testamentary trustees; certifications pertaining to, and certified copies of wills, all probate court records, and statements or stipulations pertaining thereto; warrants of appraisements in decedents' estates including appointment of appraisers; and marriage licenses. He shall provide for the publication of the citation required by law prior to the appointment of an administrator, and for the issuance and filing in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas or of the register of mesne conveyance and the office of the county auditor the index forms required by law pertaining to the devise or descent of real property. He shall prepare and execute all forms necessary to obtain payment of insurance benefits in connection with intestate estate being administered by the probate court as provided by law. He may examine, vouch, and approve uncontested accountings, and may execute and submit requisitions and claim warrants for supplies and material needed for the operation of the court. He may take acknowledgments and administer oaths, and, subject to the control of the judge, may issue notices and make all necessary orders for the hearing of any matter to be heard in the court. If a matter is not contested, he may hear and determine it and make all orders, judgments and decrees in connection therewith which the judge could make, subject to the same being set aside or modified by the judge at any time within thirty days thereafter; and if not so set aside or modified such orders, judgments and decrees made by the clerk shall have the same effect as if made by the judge. No person shall practice as an attorney or counselor at law in the court of which he is clerk.  Nothing in this section may be construed to preclude use of a computer system or related equipment by a clerk of court in performance of the duties prescribed in this section.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 10; 1994 Act No. 412, Section 2, eff May 25, 1994.
SC Code § 14-23-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1110. Practice of law by judges or associate judges.

 No judge or associate judge of probate shall act as attorney or counsel or receive fees as such in any matter pending or originating in his court.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 11.
SC Code § 14-23-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1120. Court of record; seal.

 The court of probate shall be a court of record and shall have a seal bearing the name of such court, which seal shall be impressed upon all orders, decrees and licenses issued by such court. Except as otherwise provided by law, the records of the court of probate shall at all times be subject to inspection by any person interested therein.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 12.
SC Code § 14-23-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1130. Books, office equipment, office space, support personnel; index books.

 The governing body of each county shall provide and the judge of probate shall keep the seal of the probate court, the necessary office equipment of the probate court, and those books as are necessary for keeping the records of the probate court and for reference to these records, including index books, appropriately labeled, referring to the records of the probate court pertaining to:  1. wills;  2. intestate estates;  3. estates of minors and incompetents;  4. bonds;  5. inventories and appraisements;  6. returns or accountings;  7. liens;  8. admissions and commitments to facilities for the care and treatment of mentally ill, persons with intellectual disability, alcoholics, and drug addicts;  9. marriage licenses and marriages;  10. decrees;  11. general or miscellaneous matters.  In addition, the governing body of each county shall provide office space and additional support personnel necessary for the orderly conduct of the business of the probate court.  If the probate court maintains the original of a document in the master file of a matter and a copy of that document on microfilm, a computer system, or on another similar system, it is not necessary for the probate court to maintain a second separate record with copies of those types of documents, provided a general index or an index for those types of documents is maintained.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 13; 1987 Act No. 157 Section 1, eff June 8, 1987; 1994 Act No. 412, Section 3, eff May 25, 1994.
SC Code § 14-23-1140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1140. Rules and regulations governing practice, procedure, and conduct of business.

 The Supreme Court shall have the power by rule to regulate the practice, procedure, and conduct of business in the courts of probate. Provided, however, that the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Disabilities and Special Needs may by rule and regulation prescribe the form of admission documents to their facilities.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 14; 1993 Act No.181, Section 257, eff July 1, 1993.
SC Code § 14-23-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1150. Jurisdiction of judges.

 Every judge of probate, in his county, shall have jurisdiction:  (a) as provided in Sections 62-1-301 and 62-1-302, and other applicable sections of the South Carolina Probate Code;  (b) to issue marriage licenses, in form as provided by the bureau of vital statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control; to record, index, and dispose of copies of marriage certificates; and to issue certified copies of such licenses and certificates;  (c) to perform the duties of the clerk of the court of common pleas in proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition of rights-of-way by railway or canal companies when such clerk is disqualified by reason of ownership of or interest in any lands over which it is sought to obtain such right-of-way;  (d) to inquire into and adjudge, in such proceedings as may be authorized by law, the involuntary commitment of persons suffering from mental illness, intellectual disability, alcoholism, drug addiction, and active pulmonary tuberculosis.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 15; 1986 Act No. 539, Section 3(1)(B), eff July 1, 1987.
SC Code § 14-25-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-5. Establishment of municipal courts by ordinance; facilities for courts; use of magistrates court by municipality.

 (a) The council of each municipality in this State may, by ordinance, establish a municipal court, which shall be a part of the unified judicial system of this State, for the trial and determination of all cases within its jurisdiction. The ordinance shall provide for the appointment of one or more full-time or part-time judges and the appointment of a clerk.  (b) Any municipality establishing a municipal court pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall provide facilities for the use of judicial officers in conducting trials and hearings and shall provide sufficient clerical and nonjudicial support personnel to assist the municipal judge.  (c) Any municipality may prosecute any of its cases in any magistrate court in the county in which such municipality is situate upon approval by the governing body of the county.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-910.
SC Code § 14-25-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-25. Eligibility for judgeship; vacancy in office and temporary absence.

 A municipal judge shall not be required to be a resident of the municipality by whom he is employed. A municipality may contract with any other municipality in the county or with the county governing body to employ the municipal judge of the other municipality or a magistrate to preside over its court.  In case of a vacancy in the office of municipal judge, a successor shall be appointed in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term. In case of the temporary absence, sickness, or disability of a municipal judge, the court shall be held by a judge of another municipality or by a practicing attorney or some other person who has received training or experience in municipal court procedure, who shall be designated by the mayor and take the prescribed oath of office before entering upon his duties.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-930 and 14-25-940.
SC Code § 14-25-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-35. Appointment and duties of clerk of court.

 The municipal clerk or other municipal employee may be appointed to serve as clerk of the court. The clerk of the court shall keep such records and make such reports as may be determined by the State Court Administrator.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.
SC Code § 14-25-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-45. Powers, duties, and jurisdiction of municipal courts.

 Each municipal court shall have jurisdiction to try all cases arising under the ordinances of the municipality for which established. The court shall also have all such powers, duties and jurisdiction in criminal cases made under state law and conferred upon magistrates. The court shall have the power to punish for contempt of court by imposition of sentences up to the limits imposed on municipal courts. The court shall have no jurisdiction in civil matters.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-970.
SC Code § 14-25-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-55. Powers and duties of chief of police and police officers.

 The chief of police of the municipality for which a court is established, or someone designated by him, shall attend upon the sessions of the court. The chief of police and the police officers of such municipality shall be subject to the orders of the court and shall execute the orders, writs, and mandates thereof and perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be prescribed by the ordinances of the municipality. The chief of police and police officers shall also be invested with the same powers and duties as are provided for magistrates' constables.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-950.
SC Code § 14-25-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-65. Maximum penalties that court may impose; restitution; contempt.

 (A) If a municipal judge finds a party guilty of violating a municipal ordinance or a state law within the jurisdiction of the court, he may impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, or both. In addition, a municipal judge may order restitution in an amount not to exceed the civil jurisdictional amount of magistrates court provided in Section 22-3-10(2). In determining the amount of restitution, the judge shall determine and itemize the actual amount of damage or loss in the order. In addition, the judge may set an appropriate payment schedule.  (B) A municipal judge may hold a party in contempt for failure to pay the restitution ordered if the judge finds the party has the ability to pay. In addition, a municipal judge may convert any unpaid restitution, fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and assessments to a civil judgment as provided in Section 17-25-323(C).  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 1993 Act No. 171, Section 2, eff July 1, 1993, and applicable to all offenses occurring after this date; 1999 Act No. 78, Section 1, eff June 11, 1999; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 23, eff June 2, 2010; 2013 Act No. 82, Section 5, eff June 13, 2013.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-50.
SC Code § 14-25-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-75. Judge may suspend sentences.

 Any municipal judge may suspend sentences imposed by him upon such terms and conditions as he deems proper including, without limitation, restitution or public service employment.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-810, 14-25-980 and 14-25-990.
SC Code § 14-25-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-85. Disposition of fines and penalties.

 All fines and penalties collected by the municipal court shall be forthwith turned over by the clerk to the treasurer of the municipality for which such court is held.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1980.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-70.
SC Code § 14-25-95 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-95. Appeals to Court of Common Pleas; procedures and time limits.

 Any party shall have the right to appeal from the sentence or judgment of the municipal court to the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the trial is held. Notice of intention to appeal, setting forth the grounds for appeal, must be given in writing and served on the municipal judge or the clerk of the municipal court within ten days after sentence is passed or judgment rendered, or the appeal is considered waived. The party appealing shall enter into a bond, payable to the municipality, to appear and defend the appeal at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas or shall pay the fine assessed.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 1994 Act No. 520, Section 2, eff September 23, 1994.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-150 and 14-25-1000.
SC Code § 14-25-105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-105. Municipal judge to make return to Court of Common Pleas in event of appeal; no appeal de novo.

 In the event of an appeal, the municipal judge shall make a return to the Court of Common Pleas, and the appeal must be heard by the presiding judge upon the return. The return of the municipal judge shall consist of a written report of the charges preferred, the testimony, the proceedings, and the sentence or judgment. When the testimony has been taken by a reporter as provided herein, the return shall include the reporter's transcript of the testimony. The return must be filed with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the trial was held and the cause must be placed on the motion calendar for the Court of Common Pleas. There shall be no trial de novo on any appeal from a municipal court.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 1994 Act No. 520, Section 3, eff September 23, 1994.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-1010.
SC Code § 14-25-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-115. Appointment of ministerial recorder; powers and duties.

 The council of a municipality may establish the office of ministerial recorder and appoint one or more full-time or part-time ministerial recorders, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office of ministerial recorder, the person appointed shall take and subscribe the prescribed oath of office and shall be certified by the municipal judge as having been instructed in the proper method of issuing warrants and setting and accepting bonds and recognizances. Ministerial recorders shall have the power to set and accept bonds and recognizances and to issue summonses, subpoenas, arrest warrants, and search warrants in all cases arising under the ordinances of the municipality, and in criminal cases as are now conferred by law upon magistrates. Ministerial recorders shall have no other judicial authority.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 2000 Act No. 394, Section 3, eff August 4, 2000.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-310 and 14-25-320.
SC Code § 14-25-125 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-125. Demand for jury trial; composition of jury.

 A person to be tried in a municipal court, prior to trial, may demand a jury trial, and the jury, when demanded, must be composed of six persons drawn from the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners from the latest official list furnished to the municipality by the State Election Commission each year in the manner prescribed in Section 14-25-130. The right to a jury trial shall be deemed to have been waived unless demand is made prior to trial.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 2008 Act No. 270, Section 2, eff June 4, 2008.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-410.
SC Code § 14-25-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-130. Preparation of jury list from electronic file of persons holding valid South Carolina driver's license or identification card.

 In September of each year, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish the State Election Commission an electronic file of the name, address, date of birth, social security number, sex, and race of persons who are over the age of eighteen years and citizens of the United States residing in each municipality who hold a valid South Carolina driver's license or an identification card issued pursuant to state law. The electronic file also must include persons who have obtained a valid South Carolina driver's license or identification card during the previous year and exclude persons whose driver's license or identification card has not been renewed or has been invalidated by judicial or administrative action. In October of each year, the State Election Commission shall furnish a jury list to municipal jury commissioners consisting of a file or list derived by merging the list of registered voters in the municipality with municipal residents appearing on the file furnished by the department, but only those licensed drivers and identification cardholders who are eligible to register to vote may be included in the list. Before furnishing the list, the commission must make every effort to eliminate duplicate names and names of persons disqualified from registering to vote or voting pursuant to the laws and Constitution of this State. As furnished to the jury commissioners by the State Election Commission, the list or file constitutes the roll of eligible jurors in the municipality. Expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Election Commission in implementing this section must be borne by these agencies.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 270, Section 1, eff June 4, 2008.  Editor's Note  Former Section 14-25-130, entitled "Procedure on trial of appeal", was repealed by 1980 Act No. 480, Section 1.
SC Code § 14-25-135 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-135. Jury commissioners.

 The council shall appoint not less than three nor more than five persons to serve as jury commissioners for the municipal court; provided, however, that the council may act as jury commissioners in lieu of appointing such commissioners.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-510 and 14-25-620.
SC Code § 14-25-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-145. Commissioners to prepare jury box.

 The jury commissioners shall, within the first thirty days of each year, prepare a box to be known as the jury box. Such box shall contain two compartments, designated as "A" and "B", respectively.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1980.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-510 and 14-25-630.
SC Code § 14-25-155 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-155. Composition of jury list.

 (A) The jury list of the municipality must be composed of all names on the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners from the latest official list furnished to the municipality by the State Election Commission each year in the manner prescribed in Section 14-25-130.  (B) Compartment "A" of the jury box shall contain a separate ballot or number for each name on the jury list.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1980; 2008 Act No. 270, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.
SC Code § 14-25-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-170. Drawing and summoning jurors by computer.

 In lieu of the manner required by this chapter, jurors for municipal courts, at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, may be drawn and summoned by computer in the manner the Supreme Court by order directs.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 495, Section 1, eff May 29, 1990.
SC Code § 14-25-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-175. Disposition of names drawn.

 Upon the adjournment of the court, the clerk having the custody of the names drawn under any method in this chapter shall take the names or numbers of the jurors who appeared and shall return these ballots or numbers to Compartment "B" of the jury box, and the ballots or numbers corresponding to the names of the jurors who were unable to appear or who were excused by the municipal judge shall be returned to Compartment "A" of the jury box. When all names or numbers in Compartment "A" have been exhausted, the names or numbers from Compartment "B" shall be returned to Compartment "A" and thereafter juries shall continue to be drawn therefrom in the manner provided herein.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981.  Editor's Note  This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Sections 14-25-540 and 14-25-670.
SC Code § 14-25-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 25 - Municipal Courts|Section 14-25-180. Essential service to business excuse.

 Upon furnishing an affidavit to the clerk of court requesting to be excused from jury duty, a person either may be excused or transferred to another term of court by the municipal judge if the person performs services for a business, commercial, or agricultural enterprise, and the person's services are so essential to the operations of the business, commercial, or agricultural enterprise that the enterprise must close or cease to function if the person is required to perform jury duty.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 394, Section 4, eff August 4, 2000.