South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-9-320 — Deduction of certain payments to others from constable's salary.

South Carolina § 22-9-320
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES
Ch. 9CONSTABLES

This text of South Carolina § 22-9-320 (Deduction of certain payments to others from constable's salary.) 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.

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S.C. Code Ann. § 22-9-320 (2026).

Text

In all counties of the State wherein magistrates are allowed by law to appoint a constable, such constable so appointed receiving a salary from the county in lieu of all costs and fees in criminal cases, the governing body of the county shall deduct from the salary of such constable all sums paid to any other person for service rendered the county in criminal cases while acting under appointment by such magistrates on a particular occasion, unless it is proven to the satisfaction of the governing body that such services were rendered in an emergency wherein it was impossible for the constable entitled to the salary to perform the services.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 27-454; 1952 Code SECTION 27-454; 1942 Code SECTION 3861; 1932 Code SECTION 3861; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 1102; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 981; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 796; R. S. 678; 1893 (21) 489; 1899 (23) 10.

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