South Carolina Statutes
§ 23-15-45 — Service of arrest warrants on incarcerated inmates; statewide jurisdiction.
South Carolina § 23-15-45
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Ch. 15GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-45 (2026).
Text
A sheriff is invested with statewide territorial jurisdiction to serve upon an inmate incarcerated at a state correctional institution or local detention facility an arrest warrant issued by a magistrate of a county who has been granted, by written order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, statewide territorial jurisdiction to dispose of qualified criminal cases.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 348, SECTION 3.
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 23-15-45, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/15/23-15-45.