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§ 1-23-640 — Principal offices of court; where cases heard.

South Carolina § 1-23-640
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 1ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Ch. 23STATE AGENCY RULE MAKING AND ADJUDICATION OF CONTESTED CASES

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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-640 (2026).

Text

The court shall maintain its principal offices in the City of Columbia. However, judges of the court shall hear contested cases at the court's offices or at a suitable location outside the City of Columbia when determined by the chief judge.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 19; 1994 Act No. 452, SECTION 6; 2008 Act No. 334, SECTION 9, eff June 16, 2008. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment substituted "court" for "division" throughout and in the second sentence deleted "offices or location of the involved department or commission as prescribed by the agency or commission, at the division's" following "hear contested cases at the" and made minor language changes.

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Petition requesting promulgation, amendment or repeal of regulation.
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Emergency regulations.
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