South Carolina Code — 17
Browse 405 sections in division 17 of the South Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 17-1-10. Manner of prosecuting criminal action.
- § 17-1-20. Prosecuting officer shall not accept fees or rewards, nor act in a civil case as counsel for either party.
- § 17-1-30. Rule of strict construction is inapplicable to this title.
- § 17-1-40. Expungement; retention of certain information by law enforcement or prosecution agencies.
- § 17-1-45. Expungement notice requirement.
- § 17-1-50. Interpreters in criminal proceedings.
- § 17-1-60. Publication of arrest and booking records, unlawful under certain circumstances, procedures for removal of such information; penalties; civil cause of action.
- § 17-1-65. Expungement of conviction for unlawful possession of a handgun.
- § 17-3-5. Definitions.
- § 17-3-10. Persons entitled to counsel shall be so advised; when counsel shall be provided.
- § 17-3-20. Appointment of counsel for indigents charged with murder; compensation.
- § 17-3-30. Affidavit of inability to employ counsel; payment of indigent's assets to state; application fee; waiver or reduction of fee; disposition of fee revenues; fund for screening applicants.
- § 17-3-40. Creation of claim against assets and estate of person for whom counsel is provided.
- § 17-3-45. Affidavit of assets of persons seeking appointed counsel; application fee; claim against assets and estate of person provided counsel.
- § 17-3-50. Determination of fees for appointed counsel and public defenders; maximum amounts; authorization to exceed maximum; payment for certain services.
- § 17-3-55. Carry-forward of unpaid obligations.
- § 17-3-80. Appropriation for expenses of appointed private counsel and public defenders; restrictions and limitations.
- § 17-3-85. Fiscal year-end disposition of unexpended appropriations for payment of private appointed counsel for counties without public defender corporations.
- § 17-3-90. Vouchers for payment for services by private appointed counsel and for reimbursement of expenses; approval and submission for payment.
- § 17-3-100. Discretionary authority of judge to appoint counsel is not limited; remuneration and reimbursement.
- § 17-3-110. Power of Supreme Court to establish rules and regulations.
- § 17-3-310. Commission created; appointment of members; terms; powers and duties.
- § 17-3-320. Office of Indigent Defense; executive director; appointment; duties.
- § 17-3-330. Duties of Office of Indigent Defense.
- § 17-3-340. Duties of commission.
- § 17-3-350. Immunity.
- § 17-3-360. Division of Appellate Defense created; administration and staffing; duties and responsibilities.
- § 17-3-370. Appointment of counsel by court.
- § 17-3-380. Funding.
- § 17-3-510. Circuit Public Defender Selection Panel; county representation; nomination of Circuit Public Defender; election by the Commission on Indigent Defense.
- § 17-3-520. Circuit public defender; qualifications; responsibilities.
- § 17-3-530. Chief county public defenders; responsibilities and duties.
- § 17-3-540. Maintenance and staffing of county public defender offices.
- § 17-3-550. Funding.
- § 17-3-560. Administration of funds.
- § 17-3-570. Administration of personnel.
- § 17-3-580. Public defenders; requirements as to employment.
- § 17-3-590. Office space and equipment.
- § 17-3-600. Existing contracts for providing indigent defense services.
- § 17-5-5. Definitions.
- § 17-5-10. Election of coroner.
- § 17-5-20. Bond.
- § 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission.
- § 17-5-40. Term.
- § 17-5-50. Vacancy.
- § 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions.
- § 17-5-70. Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties.
- § 17-5-90. Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff.
- § 17-5-100. Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs.
- § 17-5-110. Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun.
- § 17-5-115. Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status.
- § 17-5-120. Availability of medical records to coroner of another state.
- § 17-5-130. Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses.
- § 17-5-135. Opioid antidote administration by coroners.
- § 17-5-140. Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds.
- § 17-5-150. Coroners and deputy coroners considered public safety officers.
- § 17-5-220. Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties.
- § 17-5-230. Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.
- § 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.
- § 17-5-280. Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence.
- § 17-5-330. Salaries and fees; annual budget.
- § 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner.
- § 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.
- § 17-5-530. Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions.
- § 17-5-535. Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty.
- § 17-5-540. Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.
- § 17-5-541. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications.
- § 17-5-542. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports.
- § 17-5-543. Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties.
- § 17-5-544. Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties.
- § 17-5-550. Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere.
- § 17-5-555. Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults.
- § 17-5-560. Certification of cause of death on death certificate.
- § 17-5-570. Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies.
- § 17-5-580. Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury.
- § 17-5-590. Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies.
- § 17-5-600. Permit required for cremation.
- § 17-5-610. Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation.
- § 17-7-10. Coroners or solicitors shall order autopsies; autopsy to be ordered upon death of persons in penal institutions.
- § 17-7-15. Return of body after autopsy or medical examination.
- § 17-7-20. Requirement of preliminary examination before formal inquest; issuance of burial permit, conclusion of inquiry or formal inquest.
- § 17-7-25. Autopsy on unidentified body; preservation of DNA samples.
- § 17-7-30. Findings on preliminary examination and filing of evidence.
- § 17-7-40. Fees for preliminary examination.
- § 17-7-70. Jurisdiction of coroners to take inquests.
- § 17-7-80. Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths.
- § 17-7-90. Persons subject to jury duty are liable to serve on an inquest.
- § 17-7-100. Mode of summoning a jury.
- § 17-7-110. Procedures to be followed by person directed to summon jury; compensation.
- § 17-7-120. Form of warrant to summon jury.
- § 17-7-130. Execution and return of warrant; officer or juror subject to penalty for failure to perform.
- § 17-7-140. Number of jurors and oath.
- § 17-7-150. Coroner shall charge jury.
- § 17-7-160. Inquiry in case of suicide.
- § 17-7-170. Coroner's power to issue warrants and to summon and examine witnesses.
- § 17-7-175. Coroner's power to issue subpoena duces tecum.
- § 17-7-180. Disregard of summons or refusal to testify.
- § 17-7-190. Coroner may punish for contempt.
- § 17-7-200. Coroner's power to adjourn the jury and bind jurors.
- § 17-7-210. Supplying places of absent jurors.
- § 17-7-220. Oath of witnesses.
- § 17-7-230. Coroner shall take testimony in writing and bind over or commit witnesses.
- § 17-7-240. Duty to render verdict; form.
- § 17-7-250. Form of conclusion of inquisition where deceased was wilfully killed.
- § 17-7-260. Form of conclusion of inquisition where death was not wilful but by the hands of another.
- § 17-7-270. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by self-murder.
- § 17-7-280. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by means unknown.
- § 17-7-290. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by mischance.
- § 17-7-300. Form of attestation clause; signature to inquisition.
- § 17-7-310. Return of inquisition and evidence to clerk.
- § 17-7-320. Endorsement on return of inquisition and evidence.
- § 17-7-330. Coroner's Book of Inquisitions.
- § 17-7-340. Compensation and mileage allowed coroner's jurors.
- § 17-7-510. Penalty for burying body without notice or inquiry.
- § 17-7-520. Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination.
- § 17-7-530. Record of body long dead and buried or improperly kept.
- § 17-7-610. Warrant in case of wilful killing.
- § 17-7-620. Form of warrant in case of wilful killing.
- § 17-7-630. Commitment of person named in warrant in case of wilful killing.
- § 17-7-640. Sheriff and jailers are required to keep persons committed.
- § 17-7-650. Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.
- § 17-7-660. Report by county coroner to Governor in certain homicide cases.
- § 17-7-670. Report by coroners and magistrates to Public Service Commission in case of railroad accident.
- § 17-9-10. Warrant for fugitive charged with crime in another state; temporary confinement; right to bail.
- § 17-9-15. Extradition of person charged in requesting state with committing act in South Carolina or third state which intentionally resulted in committing an offense in requesting state.
- § 17-9-20. Record of proceedings; transmission of copy to Governor.
- § 17-9-30. Governor shall inform governor of foreign state.
- § 17-9-40. Sheriff and jailer shall surrender fugitive under order of Governor.
- § 17-9-50. Taking testimony in hearings on extradition; report and recommendations to Governor.
- § 17-9-60. Compensation and expenses of agents appointed to bring fugitives to this State.
- § 17-9-70. Governor shall approve accounts; payment.
- § 17-11-10. Agreement on detainers enacted into law; terms.
- § 17-11-20. "Appropriate court" defined.
- § 17-11-30. State courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees shall enforce and cooperate in enforcement of agreement.
- § 17-11-40. Escape of prisoner in temporary custody.
- § 17-11-50. Application of Habitual Offenders Law not required.
- § 17-11-60. Official in charge of penal or correctional institution shall give over inmate when required under agreement.
- § 17-11-70. Central Administrator and Information Agent.
- § 17-11-80. Copies of chapter shall be transmitted to Governors and certain other officials.
- § 17-13-10. Circumstances when any person may arrest a felon or thief.
- § 17-13-20. Additional circumstances when citizens may arrest; means to be used.
- § 17-13-30. Officers may arrest without warrant for offenses committed in view.
- § 17-13-40. Law enforcement officer jurisdiction when in pursuit of offender; authority, rights, privileges and immunities extended.
- § 17-13-45. Response to distress calls or requests for assistance in adjacent jurisdictions; extension of rights, privileges and immunities.
- § 17-13-47. Arrest in State by officer from Georgia or North Carolina; procedure for determining lawfulness of arrest; extradition.
- § 17-13-50. Right to be informed of ground of arrest; consequences of refusal to answer or false answer.
- § 17-13-60. Circumstances when persons are not to be arrested but may be served process.
- § 17-13-70. Warrant authorizing breaking open gambling rooms.
- § 17-13-80. Service of process on domestic and foreign corporations.
- § 17-13-90. Service of criminal process on Sunday.
- § 17-13-100. Escaped prisoners may be retaken on Sunday.
- § 17-13-110. Confinement in industrial communities.
- § 17-13-120. Persons shall not be removed from one prison to another without cause.
- § 17-13-130. Penalty for signing warrant for illegal removal of prisoner.
- § 17-13-140. Issuance, execution and return of search warrants for property connected with the commission of crime; inventory of property seized.
- § 17-13-141. Records to be kept by judiciary officers authorized to issue search warrants; penalty.
- § 17-13-142. Electronic communications; warrants, orders, and subpoenas.
- § 17-13-150. Person served search warrant shall be furnished copy of warrant and supporting affidavit.
- § 17-13-160. Form of arrest warrants and search warrants shall be prescribed by Attorney General.
- § 17-13-170. Law enforcement authorization to determine immigration status; reasonable suspicion; procedures; data collection on motor vehicle stops.
- § 17-15-10. Person charged with noncapital offense may be released on his own recognizance; conditions of release; bond hearing for burglary charges.
- § 17-15-15. Deposit of cash percentage in lieu of bond; assignment of deposit; restitution to victim.
- § 17-15-20. Conditions of appearance recognizance or appearance bond; discharge, validity, relief of surety.
- § 17-15-30. Matters to be considered in determining conditions of release; contempt.
- § 17-15-35. Definitions; electronic monitoring as condition of bond.
- § 17-15-37. Regulations regarding electronic monitoring by SLED; electronic monitoring agency requirements.
- § 17-15-40. Order of court shall state conditions imposed and other matters; acknowledgment by person released.
- § 17-15-50. Amendment of order.
- § 17-15-55. Reconsideration by circuit court of bond set by summary court; subsequent violent offenders.
- § 17-15-60. Rules of evidence are inapplicable.
- § 17-15-90. Wilful failure to appear; penalties.
- § 17-15-100. Power to punish for contempt not affected.
- § 17-15-140. Discharge of prosecutor or witness on own recognizance in cases not capital; costs.
- § 17-15-160. Recognizances shall be in name of State; signing.
- § 17-15-170. Proceedings in case of forfeiture of recognizances.
- § 17-15-180. Court may remit forfeiture in certain cases.
- § 17-15-190. Money may be deposited with officer of court in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
- § 17-15-200. Persons to whom a deposit in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking must be paid.
- § 17-15-210. Receipt for deposit given in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
- § 17-15-220. Return of deposit given in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking.
- § 17-15-230. Requirement that surety company file undertaking with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued by automobile clubs; acceptance, forfeiture, and enforcement of certificates.
- § 17-15-240. Interest on bail bond money.
- § 17-15-260. Disposition of funds collected pursuant to chapter.
- § 17-15-270. Additional offense for persons violating bond; violent crimes.
- § 17-15-500. Pretrial Reform Commission created.
- § 17-17-10. Persons entitled to writ of habeas corpus.
- § 17-17-20. Forfeiture of entitlement in certain cases.
- § 17-17-30. Authority of judges to grant writs of habeas corpus.
- § 17-17-40. Authority of any two magistrates to grant writs of habeas corpus.
- § 17-17-50. Persons to whom writ shall be directed.
- § 17-17-60. Service of writ.
- § 17-17-70. Handling of prisoner after service of writ; payment of charges; return of writ.
- § 17-17-80. Time within which prisoners must be brought before court.
- § 17-17-90. Granting of writ during term of court.
- § 17-17-100. Transfer of matter for hearing to judge of court in county where prisoner was convicted.
- § 17-17-110. Granting of writ after adjournment.
- § 17-17-120. Discharge only after notice given to Attorney General, Circuit Solicitor, or attorney acting for State.
- § 17-17-130. Discharge of prisoner after hearing; recognizance in judge's discretion, appearance in the following term of court.
- § 17-17-140. Right to appeal from decision on writ.
- § 17-17-150. Person discharged shall not be rearrested or committed for same offense.
- § 17-17-160. Officers shall execute writ.
- § 17-17-170. Penalty for officers neglecting their duty.
- § 17-17-180. Recovery of penalties.
- § 17-17-190. Suspension of habeas corpus by Governor.
- § 17-17-200. Effect of suspension of writ.
- § 17-19-10. Offense shall be prosecuted upon grand jury indictment; exceptions.
- § 17-19-20. Allegations sufficient for indictment.
- § 17-19-30. Allegations sufficient for indictment for murder.
- § 17-19-40. Special count for carrying concealed weapons in case of murder and certain other crimes; jurisdiction.
- § 17-19-50. Averments of instrument of writing, print or figures in indictment.
- § 17-19-60. Indictments for perjury.
- § 17-19-70. Indictments against corporations.
- § 17-19-80. Person indicted for capital offense shall have copy of indictment.
- § 17-19-90. Objections to defects in indictments.
- § 17-19-100. Amendments of indictments; proceedings after amendment.
- § 17-21-10. Venue where person causes injury within limits of State and death occurs elsewhere.
- § 17-21-20. Venue where person causes injury in one county and death occurs in another.
- § 17-21-30. Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different states.
- § 17-21-40. Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different counties.
- § 17-21-50. Venue for trial of accessories before the fact.
- § 17-21-60. Venue for trial of accessories after the fact.
- § 17-21-70. Venue in proceedings against corporations.
- § 17-21-80. Change of venue; notice, application, and affidavit.
- § 17-21-85. Order for jury selection in criminal case be conducted in another county; expenses.
- § 17-21-90. Costs when venue is changed; disposition of fine.
- § 17-22-10. Short title.
- § 17-22-20. Definitions.
- § 17-22-30. Circuit solicitors to establish pretrial intervention programs; oversight of administrative procedures.
- § 17-22-40. Pretrial intervention coordinator; staff; funding.
- § 17-22-50. Persons not to be considered for intervention.
- § 17-22-55. Additional conditions for admission to pretrial intervention of person charged with fish, game, wildlife, or commercial fishery-related offense.
- § 17-22-60. Standards of eligibility for intervention program.
- § 17-22-70. Information which may be required by solicitor.
- § 17-22-80. Recommendations of victim and law enforcement agency.
- § 17-22-90. Agreements required of offender in program.
- § 17-22-100. Time for application to intervention program.
- § 17-22-110. Fees for application and participation; waiver.
- § 17-22-120. Individual agreement between offender and solicitor; alcohol and drug abuse services.
- § 17-22-130. Reports and identification as to offenders accepted for intervention program.
- § 17-22-140. Restitution to victim.
- § 17-22-150. Disposition of charges against offenders accepted for intervention program.
- § 17-22-170. Unlawful retention or release of information regarding participation in intervention program; penalty.
- § 17-22-300. Citation of article.
- § 17-22-310. Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish traffic education program; administration.
- § 17-22-320. Eligibility.
- § 17-22-330. Disposition of traffic-related offense on completion of program; subsequent violation.
- § 17-22-340. Office of Traffic Education Program Coordinator.
- § 17-22-350. Fees; waiver; distribution of fee proceeds.
- § 17-22-360. Annual report.
- § 17-22-370. Submission of information necessary for creation and maintenance of list of participants.
- § 17-22-500. Citation of article.
- § 17-22-510. Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish alcohol education program; administration.
- § 17-22-520. Eligibility requirements for consideration for program.
- § 17-22-530. Disposition of alcohol-related offense on completion of program.
- § 17-22-540. Office of Alcohol Education Program Coordinator.
- § 17-22-550. Fees; waiver.
- § 17-22-560. Records.
- § 17-22-710. Establishing unit; fee schedule; administrative costs; disbursement of funds collected.
- § 17-22-910. Applications for expungement; administration.
- § 17-22-920. Direction of expungement process inquiries to county solicitor's office.
- § 17-22-930. Obtaining and mandatory use of expungement form.
- § 17-22-940. Fees; establishment of expungement process; requirements and duties of solicitor and SLED.
- § 17-22-950. Summary court expungement orders; removal of Internet-based public records; objections; forms.
- § 17-22-960. Expungement; employer immunity.
- § 17-22-1010. Completion of South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program; expungement; records.
- § 17-22-1110. Definitions.
- § 17-22-1120. Diversion program data and reporting.
- § 17-23-10. Plea of autrefois acquit or convict.
- § 17-23-20. Double jeopardy after trial in municipal or magistrates court.
- § 17-23-30. Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense.
- § 17-23-40. Nolo contendere in misdemeanor cases.
- § 17-23-50. Traverse of indictment is not a continuance.
- § 17-23-60. Accused's right to counsel, to produce witnesses and proofs, and to confront witnesses.
- § 17-23-80. Manner by which persons who have been indicted may be convicted.
- § 17-23-90. Indictment and trial of persons committed for treason or felony; consequences of failure to indict.
- § 17-23-100. Right to object to charge or request additional charge out of presence of jury.
- § 17-23-110. Circuit courts may grant new trials.
- § 17-23-120. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; application to clerk.
- § 17-23-130. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; waiver of presentment by grand jury and plea of guilty.
- § 17-23-140. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; appearance before judge and sentence.
- § 17-23-150. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; powers of circuit judges.
- § 17-23-160. Notice of right to preliminary hearing; form for request.
- § 17-23-162. Presence of affiant or arresting officer to testify at preliminary hearing.
- § 17-23-165. Attorney appearing at preliminary hearing not obligated to continue representation.
- § 17-23-170. Admissibility of evidence concerning battered spouse syndrome; foundation; notice; lay testimony.
- § 17-23-175. Admissibility of out-of-court statement of child under twelve; determination of trustworthiness; notice to adverse party.
- § 17-24-10. Affirmative defense.
- § 17-24-20. Guilty but mentally ill; general requirements for verdict.
- § 17-24-30. Form of verdict.
- § 17-24-40. Commitment of person found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- § 17-24-50. Length of confinement or supervision of defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- § 17-24-60. Petition by attorney of defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity.
- § 17-24-70. Sentencing of defendant found guilty but mentally ill.
- § 17-24-80. Release of defendant.
- § 17-25-10. No person shall be punished until legally convicted.
- § 17-25-20. Punishment for felony when not specially provided.
- § 17-25-30. Sentence when no punishment is provided.
- § 17-25-45. Life sentence for person convicted for certain crimes.
- § 17-25-50. Considering closely connected offenses as one offense.
- § 17-25-60. Change of sentence when former convictions were not considered at time of imposition.