South Carolina Statutes
§ 47-1-225 — Animal cruelty instruction for certain judges.
South Carolina § 47-1-225
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-225 (2026).
Text
Every four years, at their mandatory continuing legal education programs, magistrates and municipal court judges must receive at least two hours of instruction on issues concerning animal cruelty. The content of the continuing legal education must be determined by the South Carolina Court Administration at the direction of the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 43 (S.105), SECTION 1, eff May 16, 2019. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 10, provides as follows: "SECTION 10. The General Assembly finds it is the best practice for a shelter, public or private, to prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge."
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 47-1-225, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/1/47-1-225.