If a prisoner does not have a trust account, or if the prisoner's trust account does not contain sufficient funds to make the first-time payments required by this chapter, the civil action may still be filed, but the prisoner shall remain responsible for the full payment of filing fees and court costs. Payments of ten percent of the preceding month's income of the prisoner's trust account, as set forth in this chapter, shall be made from the prisoner's trust account as soon as a trust account is created for the prisoner and funds are available in the 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.