South Carolina § 23-17-30 Failure to execute or return final process or pay over money.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-17-30 — Failure to execute or return final process or pay over money.

South Carolina § 23-17-30

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 17LIABILITIES OF SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 23-17-30 (2026).

Text

If any sheriff shall fail to execute or return final process in any civil suit or to pay over to the person entitled thereto, when demanded, money that has come into his hands as sheriff and shall be unable, on the return of a rule that may be issued against him, to show sufficient cause, he shall be liable to be attached for a contempt and committed to custody until he shall comply with the order of court.

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If any sheriff shall fail to execute or return final process in any civil suit or to pay over to the person entitled thereto, when demanded, money that has come into his hands as sheriff and shall be unable, on the return of a rule that may be issued against him, to show sufficient cause, he shall be liable to be attached for a contempt and committed to custody until he shall comply with the order of court.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 53-213; 1952 Code SECTION 53-213; 1942 Code SECTION 3531; 1932 Code SECTION 3531; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2074; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1181; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 856; G. S. 673; R. S. 736; 1839 (11) 44.