Unless another provision of law permits the filing of civil actions without the payment of filing fees by indigent persons, if a prisoner brings a civil action or proceeding, the court, upon the filing of the action, shall order the prisoner to pay as a partial payment of any filing fees required by law a first-time payment of twenty percent of the preceding six months' income from the prisoner's trust account administered by the Department of Corrections and thereafter monthly payments of ten percent of the preceding month's income for this account. The department shall withdraw the monies maintained in the prisoner's trust account for payment of filing fees and shall forward quarterly the monies collected to the appropriate court clerk or clerks until the filing fees are paid in full.
The prisoner must file a certified copy of his trust account with the court that reflects the prisoner's balance at the time the complaint is filed unless the prisoner does not have a trust account.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 455, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 27 - Inmate Litigation
Section 24-27-100. Filing fees.
Section 24-27-110. Court costs.
Section 24-27-120. Authorization of additional payments.
Section 24-27-130. Dismissal of action for failure to pay fees or costs.
Section 24-27-140. "Prisoner" defined.
Section 24-27-150. Insufficient trust account funds.
Section 24-27-200. Forfeiture of work, education, or good conduct credits.
Section 24-27-210. Proceedings brought by Attorney General.
Section 24-27-220. Discretion of Director.
Section 24-27-300. Contempt of court.
Section 24-27-400. Indigent persons.
Section 24-27-500. Application of Religious Freedom Act to prison regulations.