A sheriff is invested with statewide territorial jurisdiction to serve upon an inmate incarcerated at a state correctional institution or local detention facility an arrest warrant issued by a magistrate of a county who has been granted, by written order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, statewide territorial jurisdiction to dispose of qualified criminal cases.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 348, Section 3.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety
Chapter 15 - General Powers And Duties Of Sheriffs And Deputy Sheriffs
Section 23-15-20. Maintenance and contents of books of record.
Section 23-15-30. Manner in which final process and other papers shall be kept and arranged.
Section 23-15-40. Service of process, orders and notices; penalties for default.
Section 23-15-45. Service of arrest warrants on incarcerated inmates; statewide jurisdiction.
Section 23-15-50. Arrest of persons against whom process issued; bail.
Section 23-15-60. Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods.
Section 23-15-70. Call out for assistance or posse comitatus; penalty for refusing to assist.
Section 23-15-90. Summoning constables to attend court.
Section 23-15-100. Execution of orders of county governing bodies.
Section 23-15-110. Practicing law or serving as clerk of court.
Section 23-15-120. Coroner to serve or execute process on sheriff in certain circumstances.