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SC Code § 14-23-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-330. Taking and use of deposition.

 When a witness whose testimony is necessary to be used before any probate court shall reside out of this State or out of the county where the court is held or more than thirty miles from the county seat, or when by reason of age or bodily infirmity any such witness shall be unable to attend in person, the court may issue a commission to one or more competent persons to take the testimony of such witness. Depositions taken according to the provisions of the law for taking depositions to be used on the trial of civil causes may be used on the trial of any question before the probate court when such testimony may be proper.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-453; 1952 Code Section 15-453; 1942 Code Section 219; 1932 Code Section 219; Civ. P. '22 Section 177; Civ. P. '12 Section 53; Civ. P. '02 Section 47; 1870 (14) Section 47.
SC Code § 14-23-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-340. Guardianship proceedings to be held in court of county where guardian was appointed.

 All proceedings in relation to the property or estate of any person under guardianship shall be had in the court of probate of the county in which the guardian was appointed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-455; 1952 Code Section 15-455; 1942 Code Section 214; 1932 Code Section 214; Civ. P. '22 Section 172; Civ. P. '12 Section 48; Civ. P. '02 Section 42; 1870 (14) Section 42.
SC Code § 14-23-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-360. Enrollment of order or decree for payment of money.

 Any party in whose favor an order or decree for the payment of money may be made by a court of probate may cause such order or decree to be enrolled at any time within one year after the making of the same and for that purpose shall prepare and deliver to the judge of probate a brief or abstract, setting forth the title of the proceedings wherein such order or decree was made, the parties thereto, the date when the same was made and the names of the parties bound thereby, together with such other particulars as may be necessary to identify the order with the proceedings and to exhibit the grounds for making the same and the operation and effect thereof. The judge of probate shall annex thereto the order or decree or an exact copy thereof, certified by him, together with the time when the same was made and entered, shall endorse on the record the day of the month and year when the brief or abstract was lodged in his office and shall deposit the same in a case in his office with the records pertaining to the cause.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-462; 1952 Code Section 15-462; 1942 Code Section 240; 1932 Code Section 240; Civ. P. '22 Section 197; Civ. P. '12 Section 73; Civ. P. '02 Section 67; 1878 (16) 710.
SC Code § 14-23-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-370. Order or decree as a lien or a judgment.

 No order or decree of any court of probate for the payment of money shall, as to third persons, without express notice, have any effect as a lien on the real estate of the person intended to be bound thereby but from the day when such a brief or abstract shall have been delivered to or lodged with the judge of probate as aforesaid and a transcript of the docket thereof in the index of money decrees as herein prescribed has been filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas for the same county and duly entered by the clerk on the calendar of judgments kept in his office. Nor shall such order or decree rank as a judgment against the estate of any person deceased unless such abstract was duly filed and indexed and a transcript of the entry in the index filed with the clerk of the circuit court for the same county and duly docketed by the clerk on the calendar of judgments of the court of common pleas before the death of such deceased person. After the transcript of the docket in the index of money decrees has been duly entered upon the calendar of judgments kept in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas such order or decree shall have like force and effect as judgments of the courts of common pleas.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-463; 1952 Code Section 15-463; 1942 Code Section 240; 1932 Code Section 240; Civ. P. '22 Section 197; Civ. P. '12 Section 73; Civ. P. '02 Section 67; 1878 (16) 710.
SC Code § 14-23-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-380. Effect of enrollment on appeal; execution of order or decree after notice of appeal; when enrollment must be amended or vacated.

 Such enrollment of any order or decree for the payment of money shall not deprive any party thereto of the right to appeal therefrom, and when notice of such appeal shall be duly given, execution upon the order or decree, issued as herein provided, shall be lodged to bind only and shall not be enforced until such appeal shall have been dismissed. If such order or decree shall be reversed, set aside or modified on appeal, the enrollment thereof shall be amended or wholly vacated accordingly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-464; 1952 Code Section 15-464; 1942 Code Section 240; 1932 Code Section 240; Civ. P. '22 Section 197; Civ. P. '12 Section 73; Civ. P. '02 Section 67; 1878 (16) 710.
SC Code § 14-23-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-390. Index of enrolled money decrees.

 Every judge of probate shall provide and keep in his office an index of money decrees, in which every enrolled order or decree for the payment of money shall be entered, with the names of every party or estate bound thereby, alphabetically arranged, together with the names of the parties plaintiff, and which, beside the title of the package in which the order or decree is contained and the number in the package, shall exhibit the amount ordered to be paid, the costs (if any), date of enrollment, date of execution and date of satisfaction when satisfaction has been entered. Such book shall be of convenient size, of durable paper and well bound, and the expense of providing the same shall be defrayed by the governing bodies of the respective counties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-465; 1952 Code Section 15-465; 1942 Code Section 241; 1932 Code Section 241; Civ. P. '22 Section 198; Civ. P. '12 Section 74; Civ. P. '02 Section 68; 1878 (16) 711.
SC Code § 14-23-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-400. Judges may issue executions.

 Judges of the probate court may issue executions against property, when such process is necessary to carry into effect any order, sentence or decree of such court or for costs accruing therein. And they may issue executions against property in their respective counties to enforce decrees from the probate courts of other counties upon a transcript of such decree and certificate of enrollment of the same being filed in the office of the probate court from which such execution is to issue and also in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county in which it is to issue.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-466; 1952 Code Section 15-466; 1942 Code Section 242; 1932 Code Section 242; Civ. P. '22 Section 199; Civ. P. '12 Section 75; Civ. P. '02 Section 69; 1870 (14) Section 71; 1872 (15) 23; 1878 (16) 458.
SC Code § 14-23-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-410. Prerequisites to issuance of executions.

 No execution shall be issued by any judge of probate to enforce the collection of money under any order or decree of a court of probate until an abstract or brief has been prepared and filed according to the direction of Sections 14-23-360 and 14-23-370, the proper minute thereof has been entered in the index of money decrees and the proper transcript of such minute has been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for such county and entered upon the calendar of judgments of the court of common pleas kept in his office.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-467; 1952 Code Section 15-467; 1942 Code Section 242; 1932 Code Section 242; Civ. P. '22 Section 199; Civ. P. '12 Section 75; Civ. P. '02 Section 69; 1870 (14) Section 71; 1872 (15) 23; 1878 (16) 458.
SC Code § 14-23-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-420. Recording satisfaction of execution.

 When any such execution has been duly returned satisfied to the office of the judge of probate from whence it issued, the judge of such court of probate shall have such satisfaction recorded upon the proper transcript in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and entered upon the docket thereof on the calendar of judgments of the court of common pleas kept in said clerk's office.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-468; 1952 Code Section 15-468; 1942 Code Section 242; 1932 Code Section 242; Civ. P. '22 Section 199; Civ. P. '12 Section 75; Civ. P. '02 Section 69; 1870 (14) Section 71; 1872 (15) 23; 1878 (16) 458.
SC Code § 14-23-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-430. Form of warrant or process.

 When no form of warrant or process is prescribed by statute or rules of court the probate judge shall frame one in conformity to the rules of law and the usual course of proceedings in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-469; 1952 Code Section 15-469; 1942 Code Section 242; 1932 Code Section 242; Civ. P. '22 Section 199; Civ. P. '12 Section 75; Civ. P. '02 Section 69; 1870 (14) Section 71; 1872 (15) 23; 1878 (16) 458.
SC Code § 14-23-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-440. Sheriff or constable shall execute orders or process.

 Any sheriff or constable in this State shall execute the orders or process of such court in the same manner as the orders or process of the circuit or Supreme Courts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-470; 1952 Code Section 15-470; 1942 Code Section 242; 1932 Code Section 242; Civ. P. '22 Section 199; Civ. P. '12 Section 75; Civ. P. '02 Section 69; 1870 (14) Section 71; 1872 (15) 23; 1878 (16) 458.
SC Code § 14-23-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-620. Judge shall make search and furnish copies of records; certification; fees.

 The judge of probate, when applied to, shall search for and examine any book, record or paper belonging to his office, shall furnish any person wanting the same with a copy or copies of any part thereof or of the whole or any part of any proceedings touching any estate in his care or custody as judge of probate aforesaid and shall certify the same. For such services he shall be allowed a fee at the rate of nine cents for each copy sheet of ninety words the copy furnished may contain and fifty cents for every certificate he shall so give.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-482; 1952 Code Section 15-482; 1942 Code Section 3646; 1932 Code Section 3646; Civ. C. '22 Section 2189; Civ. C. '12 Section 1365; Civ. C. '02 Section 958; G. S. 774; R. S. 828; 1839 (11) 63 Section 23; 1931 (37) 14.
SC Code § 14-23-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-660. Manner of filing papers; index.

 In filing papers in the judge of probate's office the case shall be divided into convenient apartments, which shall be numbered from one forward. The papers relating to the same estate shall be wrapped in an envelope as a package, shall bear a number and shall be endorsed in the name of the estate. A convenient number of packages shall be embraced in a strong envelope and constitute a bundle, bearing the number of the apartment of the case containing it. A complete alphabetical index shall be constructed with reference to the surname of the deceased person to whose estate the papers relate and of the executors and administrators. Opposite each name in such index shall be two columns, the one expressing the number of the apartment where the bundle is to be found and the other expressing the number of the package in such bundle which contains the papers relating to the estate named in the index.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-488; 1952 Code Section 15-488; 1942 Code Section 3650; 1932 Code Section 3650; Civ. C. '22 Section 2192; Civ. C. '12 Section 1368; Civ. C. '02 Section 961; G. S. 777; R. S. 831; 1839 (11) 69 Section 36.
SC Code § 14-23-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-670. Clerk shall file account of money remaining in court.

 At each stated session of the probate court the clerk thereof shall present an account to the court of all moneys remaining therein or subject to the order thereof, stating particularly on account of what cause or causes such moneys are deposited. Such account and the vouchers thereof shall be filed in court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-489; 1952 Code Section 15-489; 1942 Code Section 3654; 1932 Code Section 3654; Civ. C. '22 Section 2196; Civ. C. '12 Section 1369; Civ. C. '02 Section 962; G. S. 778; R. S. 832; 1868 (14) 17 Section 13.
SC Code § 14-23-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-680. Judge responsible for books, papers, and property of office; transfer to successor; violations.

 Every judge of probate shall be responsible for the books and papers and also for the furniture in his office. Upon his retiring from office or upon his death, he or his representatives shall be bound to transfer the same to his successor immediately after such successor shall have entered upon the duties of the office, under a penalty of one thousand dollars, to be recovered by indictment, and of imprisonment not exceeding one year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-490; 1952 Code Section 15-490; 1942 Code Sections 1524, 3656; 1932 Code Sections 1524, 3656; Civ. C. '22 Section 2198; Cr. C. '22 Section 471; Civ. C. '12 Section 1371; Cr. C. '12 Section 544; Civ. C. '02 Section 964; Cr. C. '02 Section 387; G. S. 457, 779; R. S. 304, 834; 1839 (11) 70 Section 37; 1874 (15) 674; 1885 (19) 158.
SC Code § 14-23-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-690. Successor to issue receipt for books, papers, and property of retiring judge.

 Before surrendering such books, papers and furniture the retiring judge of probate, or his representatives, shall be entitled to require a receipt therefor from such successor. Such receipt shall specify the number and title of every book and the number and description of every article of furniture, together with the order and condition of the books, papers and furniture. A duplicate of such receipt shall also be given, and shall by the retiring judge of probate or his representatives, be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-491; 1952 Code Section 15-491; 1942 Code Section 3656; 1932 Code Section 3656; Civ. C. '22 Section 2198; Civ. C. '12 Section 1371; Civ. C. '02 Section 964; G. S. 779; R. S. 834; 1839 (11) 70 Section 37.
SC Code § 14-23-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-700. Liability of retiring judge or representative for failure to account; appropriation of damages.

 Every judge of probate retiring from office, or his representatives, shall be liable to an action, in the name of his successor, for damages for any books, papers or furniture proved to have been in his possession but not appearing by such receipt to have been transferred to his successor. Such damages, when recovered, shall be appropriated to the replacing of such books, papers or furniture or to the benefit of the parties who may have been injured by the loss thereof and an order for appropriating such damages shall be made by the court before which such action may be tried.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-492; 1952 Code Section 15-492; 1942 Code Section 3656; 1932 Code Section 3656; Civ. C. '22 Section 2198; Civ. C. '12 Section 1371; Civ. C. '02 Section 964; G. S. 779; R. S. 834; 1839 (11) 70 Section 37.
SC Code § 14-23-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-710. Authority to make investments and loans; interest notes.

 Any judge of probate may invest in, or lend money on the security of: Federal farm loan bonds issued by Federal land banks pursuant to the Federal Farm Loan Act as amended; bonds issued by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation pursuant to the provisions of an act of Congress known as the "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act"; Federal Intermediate Credit Bank debentures issued pursuant to the Federal Farm Loan Act as amended; and debentures issued by Central Bank for Cooperatives and regional banks for cooperatives, organized under the Farm Credit Act of 1933, and any notes, bonds, debentures, or other similar obligations, consolidated or otherwise, issued by farm credit institutions pursuant to authorities contained in the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-181) or by any of such banks. A judge of probate making an investment or loan authorized by this section shall not be chargeable in his account for a greater rate of interest than the amount actually received on the investment or loan.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-493; 1952 Code Sections 8-237, 37-149.1; 1942 Code Section 9049; 1932 Code Section 9049; Civ. C. '22 Section 5461; 1918 (30) 763; 1919 (31) 133; 1934 (38) 1493; 1952 (47) 1893; 1955 (49) 152; 1973 (58) 335.
SC Code § 14-23-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1010. Establishment.

 There is established in each of the counties of this State a probate court, which must be located at the county seat and must be open for the transaction of its business at all reasonable hours. The probate court of each county is part of the unified judicial system of this State.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 1; 1986 Act No. 539, Section 3(1)(H), eff July 1, 1987.
SC Code § 14-23-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1020. Election and term of judges; filling of vacancies.

 There shall be a judge of probate for each probate court. The probate judge of each county holding office on June 30, 1976, shall continue to be such judge of probate until the expiration of his term of office at which time his successor shall be selected as provided by law for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualifies. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any vacancy in the office of probate judge shall be filled as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 2.
SC Code § 14-23-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1030. Associate judges.

 In addition to the judge of probate, there shall be one or more associate judges of probate in any county whose governing body appropriates the funds therefor. Associate judges of probate shall be appointed by the judge of probate to serve at his pleasure for a term coterminous with his term. The associate judges have jurisdiction to hear and decide all matters assigned to them by the judge which are within the jurisdiction of the court. The judge is accountable and responsible for all acts of his associates within the scope of their duties.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 3; 1983 Act No. 98, eff June 9, 1983.
SC Code § 14-23-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1040. Only qualified county electors eligible to office of judge or associate judge.

 No person is eligible to hold the office of judge of probate who is not at the time of his election a citizen of the United States and of this State, has not attained the age of twenty-one years upon his election, has not become a qualified elector of the county in which he is to be a judge, and has not received a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution or if he has received no degree he must have four years' experience as an employee in a probate judge's office in this State.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 4; 1988 Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 3, eff January 1, 1989.  Editor's Note  NOTE: The provision of Section 14-23-1040 requiring a four-year college degree or four years' experience as an employee in a probate judge's office in the State in order to serve as a probate judge has not been precleared by the U.S. Department of Justice and cannot be put into effect. See Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.  1988 Act No. 678, Part II, Section 4, provides as follows:  Section 14-23-1040 of the 1976 Code does not apply to probate judges presently holding office upon January 1, 1989.
SC Code § 14-23-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1050. Bond.

 Each judge of probate and associate probate judge shall, before assuming the duties of that office, enter into bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such office, which bond shall be executed and filed as prescribed in Chapter 3 of Title 8 of the 1976 Code.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 5; 1995 Act No. 15, Section 2, eff April 4, 1995.
SC Code § 14-23-1070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1070. Appointment of deputies; powers.

 Each judge of probate may from time to time appoint a deputy to act in his stead during his temporary absence, and in evidence of such appointment shall issue an order which shall be filed and recorded as herein provided. Each deputy so appointed shall have power, during the temporary absence of the judge of probate, to perform all the duties of his office; and all such acts, judgments, decrees, orders and licenses shall be done and issued in the name of the judge of probate by his deputy and when so done and issued shall have the same force and effect in law as if done and issued by the judge of probate. The judge of probate shall be accountable and responsible for all acts of his deputy within the scope of his duties, and may, at his pleasure, by order, remove any such deputy. All orders appointing or removing such deputy shall be recorded and indexed in the office of the judge of probate in a book to be kept for that purpose, available for public inspection.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 7.
SC Code § 14-23-1080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1080. Judges shall not sit in certain cases.

 No judge or associate judge shall sit in any case in which he has a vested interest, or in which he is biased or prejudiced in favor of or against any interested party, or in which he has been counsel or a material witness, or in the determination of any cause or proceeding in the administration or settlement of any estate under a will that he has prepared, or of any estate of any person in which he is interested as heir, legatee, executor, administrator, guardian or trustee. In every such case the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint a special judge to sit in the matter.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 8.
SC Code § 14-23-1090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 23 - Probate Courts|Section 14-23-1090. Appointment and removal of clerk.

 The judge of probate may appoint a clerk and may remove him at his pleasure.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 9.