South Carolina § 22-5-520 Amount of recognizance of accused.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-5-520 — Amount of recognizance of accused.

South Carolina § 22-5-520

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 5MAGISTRATES' POWERS AND DUTIES IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

This text of South Carolina § 22-5-520 (Amount of recognizance of accused.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-520 (2026).

Text

If the offense charged be punishable with fine and imprisonment, or either, the recognizance of the accused entered into before a magistrate shall not be for less than two hundred dollars and in all cases the magistrate taking the recognizance shall cause it to be in such amount as the circumstances may seem to require.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-242; 1952 Code SECTION 43-242; 1942 Code SECTION 941; 1932 Code SECTION 941; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 37; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 38; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 29; G. S. 2622; R. S. 35; 1839 (11) 22; 1885 (19) 439.