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SC Code § 14-1-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-150. Contempt of court; offenders to be heard.

 In case any person shall commit any misbehavior or contempt in any court of judicature in this State, by word or gesture, the judges of such court may set a fine on such offender in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, for the use of this State, and may commit the offender till payment. But if any person shall in the presence and during the sitting of the court strike or use any violence therein, such person shall be fined at the discretion of the court and shall be committed till payment; provided, that no citizen of this State shall be sent to jail for any contempt of court or supposed contempt of court, committed during the sitting of the court and in disturbance of the court, until he be brought before the court and there be heard by himself or counsel or shall stand mute.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-12; 1952 Code Section 15-12; 1942 Code Section 339; 1932 Code Section 339; Civ. P. '22 Section 295; Civ. C. '12 Section 3928; Civ. C. '02 Section 2825; G. S. 2172; R. S. 2301; 1731 (3) 283; 1811 (5) 642.
SC Code § 14-1-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-160. Breach of peace within hearing of court.

 When any affray shall happen during the sitting of any court within this State and within the hearing or to the disturbance of the court, the court shall order the sheriff or other lawful officer to take the affrayers or other disturbers of the peace or those guilty of contempt and bring the offenders before the court and the court shall make such order thereon as may be consistent with law, justice and good order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-13; 1952 Code Section 15-13; 1942 Code Section 340; 1932 Code Section 340; Civ. P. '22 Section 296; Civ. C. '12 Section 3929; Civ. C. '02 Section 2826; G. S. 2173; R. S. 2302; 1811 (5) 642.
SC Code § 14-1-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-170. Filing of undertakings.

 The various undertakings required to be given by this Title must be filed with the clerk of the court, unless the court expressly provides for a different disposition thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-14; 1952 Code Section 15-14; 1942 Code Section 824; 1932 Code Section 824; Civ. P. '22 Section 772; Civ. P. '12 Section 458; Civ. P. '02 Section 420; 1870 (14) 438.
SC Code § 14-1-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-180. Jurors for inferior courts in counties containing a city of more than 70,000.

 In each county containing a city having more than seventy thousand population, according to the official United States census, all jurors for courts inferior to the circuit court and having both civil and criminal jurisdiction shall be drawn from the jury box and tales box provided for such counties under Sections 14-7-170 and 14-7-210.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-15; 1952 Code Section 15-15; 1942 Code Section 609; 1932 Code Section 609; Civ. P. '22 Section 549; Civ. C. '12 Section 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1943 (43) 263.
SC Code § 14-1-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-190. Monies received by jurors constitute expense allowance.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any monies received by a person for service as a juror in any court of this State shall be considered an expense allowance for such service.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 320, eff March 4, 1980.
SC Code § 14-1-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-200. Establishment of salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and Family Court judges.

 The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule:  (1) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;  (2) Judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and circuit court judges shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;  (3) Judges of the family court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-two and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 31, eff June 20, 1985; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 25A, eff July 1, 1996.  Editor's Note  1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 25B, eff July 1, 1996, provides as follows:  "One-half of the increase in the salaries of justices and judges provided for in the amendment to Section 14-1-200 of the 1976 Code in subsection A of this section takes effect on July 1, 1997, and one-half of such increase takes effect on July 1, 1998."
SC Code § 14-1-201 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-201. Distribution of additional assessment charged to persons convicted of driving under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs.

 The revenue from the twelve dollar additional assessments imposed pursuant to Section 56-5-2995 must be distributed as follows:  (1) eighty-four percent to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs for the Head and Spinal Cord Injuries Family Support Program; and  (2) sixteen percent to the Department of Health and Environmental Control for Emergency Medical Services - Aid to Counties, restricted.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 37B, eff July 1, 1997.
SC Code § 14-1-202 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-202. Authority to collect or compromise a court-ordered delinquent debt.

 (A) The clerk of the appropriate court, or county treasurer or municipal treasurer, as appropriate, is authorized to collect any fine, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, surcharge, service charge, restitution, or other amount imposed by a court or as a direct consequence of a court order.  (B) The clerk of the appropriate court, or county treasurer or municipal treasurer, as appropriate, may compromise any fine, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, surcharge, service charge, restitution, or other amount imposed by a court or as a direct consequence of a court order to the extent necessary to collect these items. If a clerk or treasurer compromises an amount pursuant to this subsection, the proceeds representing the collected amount must be distributed pro rata to the entities that otherwise would have received the original amount.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 89, Section 60B, eff July 20, 2001.
SC Code § 14-1-203 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-203. Revenues from spousal and dependent children support actions.

 The revenue from the fee set in Section 63-3-370(C) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted. Forty-four percent of the revenues must be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer on forms in a manner prescribed by him. When payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the county treasurer on a monthly basis. The forty-four percent remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:  (1) 43.76 percent to the general fund;  (2) 10.04 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;  (3) 6.20 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund; and  (4) 40.00 percent to the South Carolina Judicial Department.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 329, Section 3B, eff July 1, 2002; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. II, Section 4.A, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 4.A, in (3), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund".
SC Code § 14-1-205 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-205. Disposition of costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues; restitution charge to Victim Compensation Fund.

 Except as provided in Sections 17-15-260, 34-11-90, and 56-5-4160, on January 1, 1995, fifty-six percent of all costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues generated by the circuit courts and the family courts, except the one-hundred-dollar-filing fee prescribed in Section 8-21-310(C)(1) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted and forty-four percent of the revenues must be delivered to the county treasurer to be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer on forms and in a manner prescribed by him. When a payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the county treasurer on a monthly basis. The forty-four percent remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:  (1) 72.93 percent to the general fund;  (2) 16.73 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;  (3) 10.34 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.  In any court, when sentencing a person convicted of an offense which has proximately caused physical injury or death to the victim, the court may order the defendant to pay a restitution charge commensurate with the offense committed, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36A, eff January 1, 1995; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 36C, eff July 1, 1997; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. II, Section 4.C, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 4.C, in the first undesignated paragraph, deleted "50-1-150, 50-1-170," following "34-11-90", substituted "one-hundred-dollar-filing" for "seventy dollar filing" and "county treasurer" for "County Treasurer"; in (3), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund"; and in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund".
SC Code § 14-1-209 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-209. Payment of fine and assessment in installments.

 (A) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the circuit court is made in installments, the clerk of court must treat sixty-two percent of each installment as payment for a fine and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-205 and thirty-eight percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-206.  (B) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the magistrate's court is made in installments, the magistrate must treat 47 percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-207.  (C) If a payment for a fine and assessment levied in the municipal court is made in installments, the municipal court judge must treat 40 percent of each installment as payment for an assessment and distribute it pursuant to Section 14-1-208.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36E, eff January 1, 1995; 1996 Act No. 292, Section 2, eff May 6, 1996.
SC Code § 14-1-211.5. Training and technical assistance (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-211.5. Training and technical assistance.

 The Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants shall offer training and technical assistance to each municipality and county annually on the acceptable use of both priority one and priority two funds and funds available for competitive bid.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Pt. IV, Section 13.A, eff July 1, 2017.
SC Code § 14-1-213 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-213. Surcharge on monetary penalties imposed for drug offenses; apportionment and use of funds; examination of financial records by State Auditor.

 (A) In addition to all other assessments and surcharges required to be imposed by law, a one hundred fifty dollar surcharge is also levied on all fines, forfeitures, escheatments, or other monetary penalties imposed in general sessions court or in magistrates or municipal court for misdemeanor or felony drug offenses. No portion of the surcharge may be waived, reduced, or suspended.  (B) The revenue collected pursuant to subsection (A) must be retained by the jurisdiction that heard or processed the case and paid to the State Treasurer within thirty days of receipt. The State Treasurer shall transmit these funds to the Prosecution Coordination Commission which shall then apportion these funds among the sixteen judicial circuits on a per capita basis equal to the population in that circuit compared to the population of the State as a whole based on the most recent official United States census. The funds must be used for drug treatment court programs only.  (C) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the amounts generated by this section are in addition to any amounts presently being provided for drug treatment court programs and may not be used to supplant funding already allocated for these services.  (D) The State Treasurer may request the State Auditor to examine the financial records of a jurisdiction which he believes is not timely transmitting the funds required to be paid to the State Treasurer pursuant to subsection (B). The State Auditor is further authorized to conduct these examinations and the local jurisdiction is required to participate in and cooperate fully with the examination.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 11C.1, eff July 1, 2008; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 35, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 14-1-214 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-214. Payment of fines, fees, court costs by credit or debit card.

 (A) Clerks of court, registers of deeds, magistrates, and municipal court judges may:  (1) accept payment by credit card or debit card of a fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge; and  (2) impose a fee for processing payment by credit card. Notwithstanding fees imposed by other provisions of law, the clerk of court, register of deeds, magistrate, and municipal court judge must impose a separate fee on the person making a payment by credit card that wholly offsets the amount of administrative fees charged to the court.  (B) If a payment by credit card is not honored by the credit card company on which the funds are drawn, the:  (1) court or register of deeds, may collect a service charge from the person who owes the fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge. The service charge is an addition to the original fine, fee, assessment, court cost, or other surcharge and is for the collection of that original amount. The amount of the service charge must be the same amount as the fee charged for the collection of a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds; and  (2) underlying obligation survives and the state or local government retains all remedies for enforcement which would have applied if the credit card transaction had not occurred.  (C) The court or register of deeds, collecting a fee or service charge pursuant to this section must deposit the credit card fee or service charge in the general fund of the court's respective governmental unit.  (D) The clerk of court, register of deeds, magistrate, or municipal court judge who accepts payment by credit card or debit card pursuant to this section may refuse acceptance of credit or debit cards of an individual if, the:  (1) individual has been convicted of a violation of Chapter 14, Title 16;  (2) individual has previously tendered to the court a credit or debit card or credit or debit card information which did not ultimately result in payment by the credit or debit card issuer;  (3) bank or credit card issuer does not authorize payment; or  (4) validity of the credit or debit card is not verifiable.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 295, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002; 2010 Act No. 229, Section 1, eff June 7, 2010.  Editor's Note  2002 Act No. 295, Section 3, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect July 1, 2002, and applies to the payment of fines, fees, assessments, court costs, and surcharges made on or after that date."
SC Code § 14-1-215 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-215. Retired judges or justices may preside in certain courts.

 A retired judge or justice from the Supreme Court, court of appeals, or circuit court of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to preside over any official proceeding in any circuit court of this State. A retired judge or justice from the Supreme Court or court of appeals of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to act as an associate justice or judge in any proceeding before the Supreme Court or court of appeals. A retired judge from the family court of this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to preside over any official proceeding in any family court of this State.  In order to be eligible to be appointed by the Chief Justice to serve, any retired justice or judge of this State must have been reviewed in the manner provided in Section 2-19-10 et seq. and found by the commission to be qualified to serve in these situations within two years of the date of his appointment to serve, except that if a justice or judge retired before the expiration of his then current term, no further review of that justice or judge is required until that term would have expired.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 610, Part II Section 2; 1992 Act No. 355, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff April 22, 1993; 1995 Act No. 89, Section 1, eff June 7, 1995; 1996 Act No. 391, Part IV, Section 4, eff June 4, 1996.
SC Code § 14-1-216 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-216. Prohibition against assignment of family court judge to circuit court; exceptions.

 No active family court judge may be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in the circuit court except that the Chief Justice may appoint an active family court judge as a special circuit court judge to accept grand jury presentments and to accept and impose sentences for pleas of guilty and nolo contendere.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 610, Part III, Section 4, eff July 1, 1991; 1992 Act No. 355, Section 2, eff May 4, 1992.
SC Code § 14-1-217 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-217. Exemption from filing fees in actions brought pursuant to Sexually Violent Predator Act.

 The State, or a person or entity acting on behalf of the State, is not required to pay filing fees as provided in this chapter or as otherwise provided by law in proceedings brought pursuant to Chapter 48 of Title 44, the Sexually Violent Predator Act.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 10D, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 14-1-218 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-218. Allocation of deposits pursuant to Sections 14-1-206(C)(6), 14-1-207(C)(5) and 14-1-208(C)(5).

 From the deposits made pursuant to Section 14-1-206(C)(6), Section 14-1-207(C)(5), and Section 14-1-208(C)(5), three million two hundred thousand dollars shall be allocated to the following agencies for support of the programs specified:  (1) five hundred thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the Juvenile Arbitration Program;  (2) four hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the Marine Institutes;  (3) five hundred thousand dollars to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the regional status offender programs; and  (4) one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Office of Indigent Defense.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 23G, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 14-1-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 14 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 14-1-220. Transmittal of monies received from cost of court assessments; deposit of funds collected from offenders in restitution centers.

 Each city recorder, mayor, or municipal clerk of court or other person who receives monies from the cost of court assessments in criminal or traffic cases in the municipal courts shall transmit all these monies to the Office of State Treasurer. Each county clerk of court, magistrate, or other person who receives monies from the cost of court assessments in general sessions or magistrates courts shall transmit all these monies to the county treasurer of the county. These transmittals must be made no less frequently than once each month, and must be completed on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the month being reported. The municipal clerk of court or county treasurer shall then forward the total sum collected to the State Treasurer on or before the twenty-fifth day of the month. Any municipality in this State may enter into a mutual agreement with the county in which it is located to provide for joint collections and transmittals under those terms and conditions as the respective bodies may agree. In these cases, receipts and transmittals required by this section shall reflect, in the report of transmittal to the State Treasurer, the collection and forwarding of all monies from the named sources.  The Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services shall deposit with the State Treasurer funds collected from offenders in restitution centers for credit to the same account as funds collected under Section 14-1-210.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 52B, eff July 1, 1985; 1986 Act No. 462, Section 40(A), eff July 1, 1985.