South Carolina § 20-1-370 - Disposition of license fee.
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§ 20-1-370. Disposition of license fee.
Of the fee of one dollar required under the provisions of Section 20-1-230 the probate judge shall retain twenty-five cents as his compensation and the remaining seventy-five cents shall be paid into the county treasury and go to the school fund of the county, except that:
(1) in Clarendon County the entire fee of one dollar shall be collected in advance and paid monthly by the officer collecting it to the county treasurer for credit to the ordinary funds of said county, in such manner as may be required by law;
(2) in Richland and Sumter Counties the entire fee of one dollar shall be paid to the county treasury;
(3) in Oconee County the probate judge shall retain the sum of fifty cents as his compensation and the remaining fifty cents shall be paid into the county treasury and credited to the general fund of the county;
(4) in the counties of Bamberg, Greenville, Lancaster and Lee the probate judge shall retain the sum of fifty cents as his compensation;
(5) in the counties of Allendale, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Dorchester, Fairfield, Florence, Greenwood, Hampton, McCormick and Marion the probate judge and in Darlington County the clerk of court shall retain the entire fee as his compensation; and
(6) in Marlboro County the license fee of one dollar shall be turned over monthly by the judge of probate to the county treasurer and go to the general fund of the county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 20-32; 1952 Code SECTION 20-32; 1942 Code SECTION 8558; 1932 Code SECTION 8558; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5524; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3745; 1911 (27) 131; 1912 (27) 613; 1913 (28) 76; 1915 (29) 216, 220; 1916 (29) 751; 1917 (30) 113, 127, 129; 1918 (30) 698; 1919 (31) 67, 112, 211, 245; 1920 (31) 736, 738, 1065; 1921 (32) 107, 152; 1922 (32) 781, 790; 1928 (35) 1205; 1931 (37) 12, 29, 122; 1933 (38) 148; 1934 (38) 1425; 1939 (41) 173, 179; 1946 (44) 1444; 1947 (45) 109, 234; 1948 (45) 1612; 1953 (48) 294, 422; 1954 (48) 1747; 1955 (49) 235, 616; 1956 (49) 2107, 2355; 1957 (50) 631.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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