South Carolina § 14-7-170 Procedure in event of failure of jury commissioners to prepare list of jurors for ensuing year.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-7-170 — Procedure in event of failure of jury commissioners to prepare list of jurors for ensuing year.

South Carolina § 14-7-170

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 7JURIES AND JURORS IN CIRCUIT COURTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-170 (2026).

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When the jury commissioners in a county in this State shall omit to prepare the list of jurors for the then ensuing year or to prepare the ballots of the names and place them in the boxes at the time and in the manner required in this article, the Chief Justice, any associate justice of the Supreme Court, or any circuit judge shall grant an order on the application of any solicitor or attorney at law showing this omission by affidavit, which may be on information and belief, requiring the jury commissioners in question, within ten days after the order, to prepare these lists and ballots of names and to prepare the jury boxes (nunc pro tunc) and all juries drawn from these boxes are as valid and lawful as if the omission had not occurred.

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When the jury commissioners in a county in this State shall omit to prepare the list of jurors for the then ensuing year or to prepare the ballots of the names and place them in the boxes at the time and in the manner required in this article, the Chief Justice, any associate justice of the Supreme Court, or any circuit judge shall grant an order on the application of any solicitor or attorney at law showing this omission by affidavit, which may be on information and belief, requiring the jury commissioners in question, within ten days after the order, to prepare these lists and ballots of names and to prepare the jury boxes (nunc pro tunc) and all juries drawn from these boxes are as valid and lawful as if the omission had not occurred.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 38-56; 1952 Code SECTION 38-56; 1942 Code SECTION 609; 1932 Code SECTION 609; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 549; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 4018; 1902 (23) 1066; 1921 (32) 276; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1942 (42) 1546; 1985 Act No. 1, SECTION 1, eff March 1, 1985; 1986 Act No. 340, SECTION 1, eff March 10, 1986.