South Carolina § 22-5-720 Recognizances of witnesses.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-5-720 — Recognizances of witnesses.

South Carolina § 22-5-720

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 5MAGISTRATES' POWERS AND DUTIES IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-720 (2026).

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Magistrates in counties in which a county court has been established under the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 14 shall, in binding over witnesses to appear and testify on behalf of the State before the county court in cases wherein the punishment exceeds a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, insert a provision in the recognizance requiring such witnesses to appear and testify in such case before the grand jury at the next ensuing term of the circuit court when the next ensuing term of the circuit court is appointed by law to be held before a term of the county court.

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Magistrates in counties in which a county court has been established under the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 14 shall, in binding over witnesses to appear and testify on behalf of the State before the county court in cases wherein the punishment exceeds a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, insert a provision in the recognizance requiring such witnesses to appear and testify in such case before the grand jury at the next ensuing term of the circuit court when the next ensuing term of the circuit court is appointed by law to be held before a term of the county court.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-262; 1952 Code SECTION 43-262; 1942 Code SECTION 94; 1932 Code SECTION 94; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 91; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3866; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2769; 1900 (23) 322. ARTICLE 11 Expungement of Criminal Records