South Carolina § 22-3-540 Exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-3-540 — Exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction.

South Carolina § 22-3-540

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 3JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-540 (2026).

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Magistrates shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all criminal cases in which the punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, except cases in which an offense within the jurisdiction of a magistrate is included in the charge of an offense beyond his jurisdiction or when it is permissible to join a charge of an offense within his jurisdiction with one or more of which the magistrate has no jurisdiction. Magistrates shall have concurrent but not exclusive jurisdiction in the excepted cases. The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to limit the jurisdiction of any magistrate whose jurisdiction has been extended beyond that stated above.

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Magistrates shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all criminal cases in which the punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, except cases in which an offense within the jurisdiction of a magistrate is included in the charge of an offense beyond his jurisdiction or when it is permissible to join a charge of an offense within his jurisdiction with one or more of which the magistrate has no jurisdiction. Magistrates shall have concurrent but not exclusive jurisdiction in the excepted cases. The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to limit the jurisdiction of any magistrate whose jurisdiction has been extended beyond that stated above.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-68; 1952 Code SECTION 43-68; 1942 Code SECTION 3709; 1932 Code SECTION 3709; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2243; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1393; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 985; 1897 (22) 472; 1951 (47) 442.