South Carolina § 17-17-160 - Officers shall execute writ.
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§ 17-17-160. Officers shall execute writ.
Every sheriff, deputy sheriff or jailer shall give due obedience to the execution of every writ of habeas corpus made or signed by any person by law empowered to grant the writ and shall do and perform any matter or thing which by the writ he may be required to do. And if he shall wilfully neglect, refuse or omit to obey or perform the writ when legally requested and demanded in such case, for each such neglect, refusal, or omission, he shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by indictment.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-365; 1952 Code SECTION 17-365; 1942 Code SECTION 1066-1; 1932 Code SECTION 1532; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 479; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 553; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 396; G. S. 680; R. S. 313; 1839 (11) 48.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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