South Carolina § 14-7-270 Preparation of special jury list in certain circumstances.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-7-270 — Preparation of special jury list in certain circumstances.

South Carolina § 14-7-270

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 7JURIES AND JURORS IN CIRCUIT COURTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-270 (2026).

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Whenever the jury list of any county is destroyed by fire or other casualty or it is held by any court of competent jurisdiction that the jury list has been unlawfully prepared or is irregular or illegal, so as to render void the drawing of jurors therefrom, the jury commissioners shall prepare a special jury list for the county immediately in the manner herein prescribed from which special list grand and petit jurors are drawn for the courts of general sessions and common pleas for the county until the annual jury list has been prepared for the county as provided.

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Whenever the jury list of any county is destroyed by fire or other casualty or it is held by any court of competent jurisdiction that the jury list has been unlawfully prepared or is irregular or illegal, so as to render void the drawing of jurors therefrom, the jury commissioners shall prepare a special jury list for the county immediately in the manner herein prescribed from which special list grand and petit jurors are drawn for the courts of general sessions and common pleas for the county until the annual jury list has been prepared for the county as provided.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 38-69; 1952 Code SECTION 38-69; 1942 Code SECTION 619; 1932 Code SECTION 619; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 559; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 4028; 1902 (23) 1066; 1976 Code SECTION 14-7-310; 1986 Act No. 340, SECTION 1, eff March 10, 1986. Editor's Note For a local provision that either the clerk or deputy may draw jurors in Aiken County, see Local Law Index. Provisions relative to persons who may draw jurors, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in SECTION 14-7-230.