South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
Chapter 17 - Arrest And Bail In Civil Actions

Section 15-17-10. Person shall not be arrested in civil action except as prescribed. - No person shall be arrested in a civil action except...

Section 15-17-20. Arrest in civil actions permitted in certain cases. - The defendant may be arrested, as prescribed in this article,...

Section 15-17-30. Females shall be arrested only in certain cases. - No female shall be arrested in any civil action except...

Section 15-17-40. By whom order for arrest is made. - An order for the arrest of the defendant must be...

Section 15-17-50. Affidavit to obtain order for arrest. - The order may be made when it shall appear to...

Section 15-17-60. Security by plaintiff before obtaining order for arrest. - Before making the order the judge or other officer shall...

Section 15-17-70. Making and serving order for arrest; contents. - The order may be made to accompany the summons or...

Section 15-17-80. Affidavit and order shall be delivered to sheriff or constable; copy to defendant. - The affidavit and order of arrest shall be delivered to...

Section 15-17-90. Execution of order. - The sheriff or constable shall execute the order by arresting...

Section 15-17-210. Defendant shall be discharged on giving bail or making a deposit. - The defendant, at any time before execution, shall be discharged...

Section 15-17-220. Manner of giving bail. - The defendant may give bail by causing a written undertaking...

Section 15-17-230. Qualification of bail. - The qualification of bail must be as follows: (1) Each...

Section 15-17-240. Substituting bail for deposit. - If money be deposited, as provided in Section 15-1-250, bail...

Section 15-17-250. Delivery of bail to plaintiff and acceptance by him. - Within the time limited for that purpose the sheriff or...

Section 15-17-260. Notice of justification; new bail. - On the receipt of notice that the plaintiff does not...

Section 15-17-270. Justification of bail. - For the purpose of justification each of the bail shall...

Section 15-17-280. Allowance of bail. - If the judge, magistrate or clerk of the court find...

Section 15-17-410. Petition for release. - Any person arrested on mesne or final process in any...

Section 15-17-420. Creditors shall be summoned by public notice. - Upon such petition the clerk shall, by order or rule,...

Section 15-17-430. Clerk shall examine as to discharge of prisoner. - Upon the day of such appearance if any of the...

Section 15-17-440. Oath of petitioner. - Upon such examination the clerk shall administer or tender to...

Section 15-17-450. Order for assignment of property; exemptions. - In case the prisoner shall take such oath and upon...

Section 15-17-460. Prisoner shall be discharged on making assignment. - The petitioner upon executing such assignment and delivering unto the...

Section 15-17-470. Prisoner shall be remanded for refusal to assign. - In case any such debtor shall neglect or refuse within...

Section 15-17-480. Penalty for false schedules. - Any person who shall deliver in a false schedule of...

Section 15-17-490. Summoning jury in cases of alleged fraud. - Whenever a debtor in custody under the provisions of this...

Section 15-17-500. Filling vacancies in jury panel. - If from the eighteen persons so summoned twelve cannot from...

Section 15-17-510. Liability for nonattendance of jurors. - The freeholders so summoned shall be liable to the same...

Section 15-17-520. Issues on exceptions to clerk's rulings shall be summarily heard by judge. - In case exceptions be taken to any order or ruling...

Section 15-17-530. Fees allowed clerk for hearing application. - The clerk who may hear and determine the application of...

Section 15-17-540. Fees allowed sheriff. - The sheriff shall receive the sum of five dollars as...

Section 15-17-550. Proceedings in cases of appeal. - If the verdict of the jury provided in Section 15-17-490...

Section 15-17-560. Creditors allowed to examine applicants for discharge; penalty for refusal to answer. - Any creditor of any person applying for the benefit of...

Section 15-17-570. Debtor required to produce books. - If on such examination it should appear that the debtor...

Section 15-17-580. Submission of issues to jury already empaneled. - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to deprive...

Section 15-17-590. No discharge shall be granted until property is delivered to assignee. - In all cases in which a debtor applies for his...

Section 15-17-710. Vacating order of arrest or reducing bail. - A defendant arrested may at any time before judgment apply...

Section 15-17-720. Affidavits on motion to vacate order of arrest or reduce bail. - If the motion be made upon affidavits on the part...

Section 15-17-730. Surrender of defendant. - At any time before a failure to comply with the...

Section 15-17-740. Bail may authorize arrest of defendant. - For the purpose of surrendering the defendant the bail, at...

Section 15-17-750. Exoneration of bail. - The bail may be exonerated either (a) by the death...

Section 15-17-760. Disposal of deposit after judgment in the action. - When money shall have been deposited under Section 15-17-240, if...

Section 15-17-770. Proceeding against the bail. - In case of failure to comply with the undertaking the...

Section 15-17-780. Sheriff or constable may be liable as bail. - If after being arrested the defendant escape or be rescued...

Section 15-17-790. Proceedings on judgment against sheriff or constable. - If a judgment be recovered against the sheriff or constable...

Section 15-17-800. Bail may be liable to sheriff or constable. - The bail taken upon the arrest shall, unless they justify...

Section 15-17-810. In what cases plaintiff shall be liable for maintenance of debtor. - When any person shall be taken on mesne or final...

Section 15-17-820. Charges for keeping debtor in jail. - The charges for keeping such debtor in the common jail...