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Section 14-7-10. Rules of construction. - The rule of common law that statutes in derogation of...
Section 14-7-20. Words "male" and "men" to include "female" and "women". - Wherever the word "male" or "men" is used in the...
Section 14-7-30. "Clerk" defined. - The word "clerk," as used in this chapter signifies the...
Section 14-7-40. Summoning and empanelling jurors by coroners, clerks, or magistrates not affected. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the power and...
Section 14-7-110. Summoning of jurors by clerk of the court of common pleas. - The clerk of the court of common pleas of each...
Section 14-7-120. Vacancy or disqualification in office of jury commissioner. - If there is a vacancy in the office of the...
Section 14-7-130. Preparation of jury list from electronic file of persons holding valid South Carolina driver's license or identification card. - In September of each year, the Department of Motor Vehicles...
Section 14-7-140. Use of computer for drawing and summoning jurors. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the clerk of court...
Section 14-7-150. Preparation of jury box. - The jury box of a county shall contain the same...
Section 14-7-160. Drawing and notification of jurors. - At the time provided by law for the drawing of...
Section 14-7-170. Procedure in event of failure of jury commissioners to prepare list of jurors for ensuing year. - When the jury commissioners in a county in this State...
Section 14-7-180. Custody of jury box and keys. - The clerk of the court shall keep the jury box...
Section 14-7-190. Drawing of petit jurors to serve as jury pool during weeks in which more than one term of court requiring juries are scheduled. - Not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty-five days...
Section 14-7-200. Drawing of petit jurors to serve during week of regular or special term of circuit court. - Not less than fifteen nor more than thirty-five days before...
Section 14-7-210. Discharge of jury prohibited. - Whenever a jury is charged with a case, it must...
Section 14-7-220. Drawings to be open and public; notice. - The drawings must be made openly and publicly in the...
Section 14-7-230. Methods for drawing names of jurors. - The clerk of court must use one of the following...
Section 14-7-240. Selection of jurors by drawing. - All jurors must be selected by drawing ballots from the...
Section 14-7-250. Disposition of names of those who are drawn and serve on a jury pool. - The names of those who are drawn and attend a...
Section 14-7-260. Number of jurors to be drawn and summoned. - Except as otherwise expressly provided, the jury commissioners shall draw...
Section 14-7-270. Preparation of special jury list in certain circumstances. - Whenever the jury list of any county is destroyed by...
Section 14-7-280. Duty of circuit judge in case of irregularities. - When at any time it is determined by the circuit...
Section 14-7-290. Preparation of special list and drawing of special jury in certain circumstances. - Whenever at any term of the circuit court the array...
Section 14-7-300. Supplying deficiency in number of jurors drawn. - Whenever it is necessary to supply any deficiency in the...
Section 14-7-310. Venires for additional jurors. - Nothing contained in this article prevents the clerk of the...
Section 14-7-320. Calling of alternate jurors. - Whenever in the opinion of a presiding judge of a...
Section 14-7-330. Notice of motion to quash panel because of disqualification of jury commissioners. - No motion to quash any panel of petit jurors may...
Section 14-7-340. Procedure to obtain jurors when jury commissioners are disqualified. - If notice is given and the party upon whom it...
Section 14-7-350. Term of extra or special panel. - The extra or special panel may be discharged as soon...
Section 14-7-360. Requirement that persons serve as jurors unless disqualified or excused. - When the name of a person is drawn from the...
Section 14-7-370. Penalty for neglect of duty in drawing and summoning jurors. - When, by neglect of any of the duties required by...
Section 14-7-380. Punishment of jury commissioners guilty of fraud. - If any member of the board of jury commissioners is...
Section 14-7-390. Service of summons for jury duty by first class mail or by alternate method. - The clerk of court of a county may serve a...
Section 14-7-410. Service of summons for jury duty by certified mail; alternate procedure. - The clerk of court of any county may serve a...
Section 14-7-420. Attendance and service in court of common pleas by jurors summoned to attend and serve in court of general sessions. - In cases where the law provides for the opening and...
Section 14-7-430. Exclusiveness of method and procedure described by this article. - The method and procedure described by this article is the...
Section 14-7-810. Enumeration of disqualifications in any court. - In addition to any other provision of law, no person...
Section 14-7-820. Disqualification of county officers and court employees. - No clerk or deputy clerk of the court, constable, sheriff,...
Section 14-7-830. Exclusion from jury service of members of grand jury which found indictment. - No member of the grand jury which has found an...
Section 14-7-840. Exemption from jury service; requirement of direction by court; maintenance of list of persons excused. - No person is exempt from service as a juror in...
Section 14-7-845. Postponement of jury service for students and school employees. - (A) If a student selected for jury service during the...
Section 14-7-850. Frequency of jury service. - No person is liable to be drawn and serve as...
Section 14-7-860. Authority of judge to excuse jurors for good cause; excuse of women with children under age 7, primary caretakers of certain persons, and persons essential to operation of business; punishment for violations. - (A) The presiding judge for cause shown may excuse any...
Section 14-7-870. Procedures applicable to excused jurors. - Whenever a juror is so excused, unless the cause of...
Section 14-7-1010. Ascertainment of qualifications of jurors by presiding judge; maintenance of list of excused or disqualified jurors; transfer of juror to subsequent term by clerk of court. - The presiding judge shall at each term of court ascertain...
Section 14-7-1020. Jurors may be examined by court; if juror is not indifferent, he must be set aside. - The court shall, on motion of either party in the...
Section 14-7-1030. Time for making objections to jurors. - All objections to jurors called to try prosecutions, actions, issues,...
Section 14-7-1040. Juror's liability to pay taxes not cause of challenge. - In indictments and penal actions for the recovery of sum...
Section 14-7-1050. Impaneling jury; in court of common pleas. - In the trial of all actions at law in the...
Section 14-7-1060. Procedures to be employed by clerk to draw jury panel. - If a computer is not used for the drawing of...
Section 14-7-1070. Objections for cause to be made before striking; requirement of additional jury list where disqualifications are discovered after striking. - When the list is prepared by the clerk and presented...
Section 14-7-1080. Effect of jury's delay in rendering verdict. - Should the jury charged with any case be delayed in...
Section 14-7-1090. Impaneling jury in default cases or in cases where right to strike jury has been waived. - In all cases of default when it may be necessary...
Section 14-7-1100. Impaneling jury in criminal case. - In impaneling juries in criminal cases, the jurors must be...
Section 14-7-1110. Peremptory challenges in criminal cases. - Any person who is arraigned for the crime of murder,...
Section 14-7-1120. Challenges and strikes of alternate jurors. - In criminal cases the prosecution is entitled to one and...
Section 14-7-1130. Juror may take affirmation instead of oath. - Any juror in any court of this State may make...
Section 14-7-1140. Effect on verdict of irregularity in venire or drawing of jurors. - No irregularity in any writ of venire facias or in...
Section 14-7-1310. Foreman. - The foreman of each jury, after the jury has been...
Section 14-7-1320. Jury may view place, property, or thing; expenses. - The jury in any case may, at the request of...
Section 14-7-1330. Procedure when jury fails to agree. - When a jury, after due and thorough deliberation upon any...
Section 14-7-1340. Duties and service of alternate jurors. - Such alternate jurors shall sit near the jury panel charged...
Section 14-7-1350. Petit jurors may be held beyond period for which summoned. - All jurors summoned to serve at any term of the...
Section 14-7-1360. Verdict may be set aside on gratuity given to juror by party. - If either party in a case in which a verdict...
Section 14-7-1370. Compensation of jurors in circuit courts. - Jurors serving in the circuit courts of this State shall,...
Section 14-7-1380. Cost of feeding juries paid by county. - Whenever any circuit judge shall order food to be furnished...
Section 14-7-1390. Penalty for nonattendance. - If a person duly drawn and summoned to attend as...
Section 14-7-1510. Six grand jurors to be selected for second year; periodic exemption from further service. - (A) During the last term of the court of general...
Section 14-7-1520. Drawing of juror names; writs of venire facias; issuance and delivery of writs. - Not less than fifteen days before the convening of the...
Section 14-7-1530. Judge to ascertain qualifications of jurors; lists of excused or disqualified jurors; jurors not served writs. - On the first day of the term of court, the...
Section 14-7-1540. Drawing of grand jurors and alternates. - After the grand jury venire has been duly qualified by...
Section 14-7-1550. Authority of grand jury foreman to swear witnesses; procedures to obtain attendance of witnesses. - The foreman of the grand jury or acting foreman in...
Section 14-7-1560. Employment of expert accountants. - Grand juries may, whenever in their judgment it becomes necessary,...
Section 14-7-1600. Short title; State Grand Jury of South Carolina defined. - This article may be cited as the "State Grand Jury...
Section 14-7-1610. Legislative findings and intent; applicability. - (A) It is the intent of the General Assembly to...
Section 14-7-1615. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (A) the phrase "Attorney General...
Section 14-7-1620. State grand jury system established; meeting place; quorum. - There is established a state grand jury system, each state...
Section 14-7-1630. Jurisdiction of juries; notification to impanel juries; powers and duties of impaneling and presiding judges; transfer of incomplete investigations; effective date and notice requirements with respect to orders of judge; appeals. - (A) The jurisdiction of a state grand jury impaneled pursuant...
Section 14-7-1640. Indictment by state grand jury; powers and duties of state grand jury. - A state grand jury may return indictments irrespective of the...
Section 14-7-1650. Duties and obligations of Attorney General; recusal; motion to disqualify. - (A) The Attorney General or his designee shall attend sessions...
Section 14-7-1660. Selection of grand jurors. - (A) In the January following the effective date of this...
Section 14-7-1670. Appointment of foreman and deputy foreman. - The presiding judge shall appoint one of the jurors to...
Section 14-7-1680. Issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; contempt for failure to respond. - The clerk of the state grand jury, upon the request...
Section 14-7-1690. Notification of expansion of areas of inquiry. - Once a state grand jury has entered into a term,...
Section 14-7-1700. Record of testimony and other proceedings of grand jury; furnishing of copy to defendant; transcripts, reporter's notes and all other documents to remain in custody and control of Attorney General. - A court reporter shall record, either stenographically or by use...
Section 14-7-1710. Administrating oath or affirmation by foreman. - The foreman shall administer an oath or affirmation in the...
Section 14-7-1720. Proceedings to be secret; juror not to disclose; persons entitled to attend grand jury session; persons attending not to disclose; exceptions; penalties. - (A) State grand jury proceedings are secret, and a state...
Section 14-7-1730. Jurisdiction of presiding judge. - (A) Except for the prosecution of cases arising from indictments...
Section 14-7-1740. Scheduling of activities of state grand jury. - The Attorney General or his designee shall coordinate the scheduling...
Section 14-7-1750. Indictment by state grand jury; sealed indictment. - In order to return a "true bill" of indictment, twelve...
Section 14-7-1760. Evidence given or information derived from evidence not to be received against witness in criminal prosecution; waiver of immunity; perjury. - If any person asks to be excused from testifying before...
Section 14-7-1770. Sealing of records, orders, and subpoenas. - Records, orders, and subpoenas relating to state grand jury proceedings...
Section 14-7-1780. Availability of space for grand jury; State Law Enforcement Division to provide services; cost of state grand juries. - The Attorney General shall make available suitable space for state...
Section 14-7-1790. Employment of experts by state grand jury. - A state grand jury, whenever it considers necessary, may employ...
Section 14-7-1800. Rules for operation of state grand jury system. - The Supreme Court may promulgate rules as are necessary for...
Section 14-7-1810. Severability clause. - If any part of this article is declared invalid, unenforceable,...
Section 14-7-1820. Application of article. - This article applies to offenses committed both before and after...
Section 14-7-1910. Six month terms with possible additional term; drawing of member names; maximum terms. - (A) Grand jurors shall serve terms of six months and...
Section 14-7-1920. Impanelment of grand jurors; issuance and delivery of writs of venire facias. - Not less than fifteen days before the convening of the...
Section 14-7-1930. Judge to ascertain juror qualifications; lists of excused or disqualified jurors; jurors not served with writs. - On the first day of the term of court on...
Section 14-7-1940. Drawing of grand juror and alternate names; discharge of remaining jury venire. - After the grand jury venire has been duly qualified by...
Section 14-7-1950. Application of other law relating to grand juries and jurors. - Except for the alternative method of selecting and impaneling grand...
Section 14-7-1960. Election of alternate provisions by county ordinance. - A county governing body, by ordinance, may elect to use...
Section 14-7-1970. Periodic exemption of jurors from subsequent duty. - A person completing service as a grand juror under the...