South Carolina § 8-21-320 - Motion fees.

§ 8-21-320. Motion fees.

There is assessed for every motion made in the court of common pleas and family court, not including motions made in family court juvenile delinquency proceedings, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The fee must accompany each motion filed. The Supreme Court has authority to issue administrative rules to exempt from the motion fee certain family court matters involving rules to show cause in child and spousal support matters. The Supreme Court may waive the filing fees imposed by this section upon a proper showing of indigency. The revenue from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court in each court and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to a separate judicial department support fund for the exclusive use of the judicial department.

The revenue collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed by the State Treasurer in the following manner:

(1) The first four hundred fifty thousand dollars of these funds must be transferred to the Prosecution Coordination Commission. The funds shall be distributed equally to the third, fourth, and eleventh judicial circuits to fund drug courts.

(2) Any remaining funds must be transferred to the Judicial Department for operating purposes.

HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 329, SECTION 3G, eff June 18, 2002; 2008 Act No. 353, SECTION 2, Pt 20G, eff July 1, 2009.