South Carolina Statutes
§ 14-7-1620 — State grand jury system established; meeting place; quorum.
South Carolina § 14-7-1620
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-1620 (2026).
Text
There is established a state grand jury system, each state grand jury consisting of eighteen persons who shall meet in Columbia or at another suitable place in this State designated by the chief administrative judge of the judicial circuit in which the Attorney General seeks to impanel a state grand jury for a term hereinafter provided. Twelve members of a state grand jury constitute a quorum.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 150, SECTION 1, eff from and after February 8, 1989 (the date the amendments to Article I, SECTION 11, and Article V, SECTION 22, of the South Carolina Constitution were ratified and declared to be part of the Constitution); 1992 Act No. 335, SECTION 1, eff May 4, 1992.
Nearby Sections
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§ 14-7-10
Rules of construction.§ 14-7-1030
Time for making objections to jurors.§ 14-7-1050
Impaneling jury; in court of common pleas.§ 14-7-1080
Effect of jury's delay in rendering verdict.§ 14-7-1100
Impaneling jury in criminal case.§ 14-7-1110
Peremptory challenges in criminal cases.§ 14-7-1120
Challenges and strikes of alternate jurors.§ 14-7-1130
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 14-7-1620, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/7/14-7-1620.