South Carolina § 14-3-840 - Distribution of reports.

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§ 14-3-840. Distribution of reports.

The Legislative Council shall distribute the copies of the reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court purchased by the State as follows:

(1) To the offices of the Governor, of the Attorney General of the State and of the Attorney General of the United States, to each circuit judge of the State, to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, to the clerk of the circuit court of appeals of the United States for the fourth circuit, to the library of the University of South Carolina, to the Charleston Library Society and to the clerks of the district courts of the United States for the districts of South Carolina, one copy each;

(2) To the library of the Supreme Court of this State, eight copies; and

(3) To every state and territory of the United States from which the State receives two or more copies of each volume of its law reports, two copies each and to every other state and territory of the United States, one copy each.

All copies of South Carolina Reports not otherwise disposed of and not distributed under the provisions of this section shall be retained in the office of the Legislative Council for the use of this State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 15-164; 1952 Code SECTION 15-164; 1942 Code SECTION 24; 1932 Code SECTION 24; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 24; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3828; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2732; G. S. 2107; R. S. 2242; 1880 (17) 533; 1908 (25) 1128; 1917 (30) 64; 1936 (39) 1350; 1971 (57) 709.

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Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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