South Carolina § 58-17-3020 - Passenger trains shall stop at county seats.
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§ 58-17-3020. Passenger trains shall stop at county seats.
All passenger trains operated by and upon any railroad in this State shall stop to let off a passenger or upon signal to take on a passenger at all stations located at any county seat within this State. In case the county seat is not located on the main line of such railroad, but is served by a branch line therefrom, then such passenger trains shall stop at the junctional point of such branch line with such main line when such junctional point is not more than twenty-three miles distant from the county seat and the provisions of this section shall apply as to each junctional point in such county where such junctional points are more than thirty miles apart. Any railroad company violating any provision of this section shall pay a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every offense, one half of such penalty to go to any person who shall sue for it and one half to the county in which the offense occurs. Nothing herein contained shall bar any action for actual or punitive damages growing out of any violation of this section and any such causes of action may be united in the same complaint.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-1172; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1172; 1942 Code SECTION 8401; 1932 Code SECTION 8401; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4949; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3254; 1907 (25) 658; 1914 (28) 730; 1919 (31) 170.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 58-17-3020 ("Passenger trains shall stop at county seats.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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