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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 17-1-10. Manner of prosecuting criminal action. - A criminal action is prosecuted by the State, as a...
Section 17-1-20. Prosecuting officer shall not accept fees or rewards, nor act in a civil case as counsel for either party. - No prosecuting officer shall receive any fee or reward from...
Section 17-1-30. Rule of strict construction is inapplicable to this title. - The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation...
Section 17-1-40. Expungement; retention of certain information by law enforcement or prosecution agencies. - (A) For purposes of this section, "under seal" means not...
Section 17-1-45. Expungement notice requirement. - South Carolina Court Administration shall include on all bond paperwork...
Section 17-1-50. Interpreters in criminal proceedings. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Certified interpreter" means...
Section 17-1-60. Publication of arrest and booking records, unlawful under certain circumstances, procedures for removal of such information; penalties; civil cause of action. - (A) For purposes of this section, a person or entity...
Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents
Section 17-3-5. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Commission" means...
Section 17-3-10. Persons entitled to counsel shall be so advised; when counsel shall be provided. - Any person entitled to counsel under the Constitution of the...
Section 17-3-20. Appointment of counsel for indigents charged with murder; compensation. - In the event any person who shall be charged with...
Section 17-3-30. Affidavit of inability to employ counsel; payment of indigent's assets to state; application fee; waiver or reduction of fee; disposition of fee revenues; fund for screening applicants. - (A) A person to whom counsel has been provided shall...
Section 17-3-40. Creation of claim against assets and estate of person for whom counsel is provided. - (A) The appointment of counsel, as hereinbefore provided, creates a...
Section 17-3-45. Affidavit of assets of persons seeking appointed counsel; application fee; claim against assets and estate of person provided counsel. - (A) A person to whom counsel has been provided in...
Section 17-3-50. Determination of fees for appointed counsel and public defenders; maximum amounts; authorization to exceed maximum; payment for certain services. - (A) When private counsel is appointed pursuant to this chapter,...
Section 17-3-55. Carry-forward of unpaid obligations. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission on Indigent...
Section 17-3-80. Appropriation for expenses of appointed private counsel and public defenders; restrictions and limitations. - In addition to the appropriation as provided by law, there...
Section 17-3-85. Fiscal year-end disposition of unexpended appropriations for payment of private appointed counsel for counties without public defender corporations. - At the end of each fiscal year all funds appropriated...
Section 17-3-90. Vouchers for payment for services by private appointed counsel and for reimbursement of expenses; approval and submission for payment. - Private, appointed counsel shall submit a voucher to the Office...
Section 17-3-100. Discretionary authority of judge to appoint counsel is not limited; remuneration and reimbursement. - Nothing herein contained is designed to limit the discretionary authority...
Section 17-3-110. Power of Supreme Court to establish rules and regulations. - The Supreme Court of South Carolina is hereby empowered to...
Section 17-3-310. Commission created; appointment of members; terms; powers and duties. - (A) There is created the Commission on Indigent Defense consisting...
Section 17-3-320. Office of Indigent Defense; executive director; appointment; duties. - (A) There is created the Office of Indigent Defense under...
Section 17-3-330. Duties of Office of Indigent Defense. - (A) The Office of Indigent Defense shall: (1) serve as...
Section 17-3-340. Duties of commission. - (A) All members of the commission shall at all times...
Section 17-3-350. Immunity. - The members of the commission and the Circuit Public Defender...
Section 17-3-360. Division of Appellate Defense created; administration and staffing; duties and responsibilities. - (A) There is created within the Office of Indigent Defense,...
Section 17-3-370. Appointment of counsel by court. - The provisions of this article shall not restrict a court...
Section 17-3-380. Funding. - The commission will be funded by appropriations to the commission...
Section 17-3-510. Circuit Public Defender Selection Panel; county representation; nomination of Circuit Public Defender; election by the Commission on Indigent Defense. - (A) There is created in each judicial circuit in the...
Section 17-3-520. Circuit public defender; qualifications; responsibilities. - (A) In order for a person to be eligible to...
Section 17-3-530. Chief county public defenders; responsibilities and duties. - (A) Each circuit public defender may employ, assign, and supervise...
Section 17-3-540. Maintenance and staffing of county public defender offices. - (A) Subject to the provisions of this section, the circuit...
Section 17-3-550. Funding. - No county may appropriate funds for public defender operations in...
Section 17-3-560. Administration of funds. - Each circuit public defender shall expend the funds received from...
Section 17-3-570. Administration of personnel. - (A) All public defenders and other personnel employed by a...
Section 17-3-580. Public defenders; requirements as to employment. - (A) A public defender employed full-time by the circuit public...
Section 17-3-590. Office space and equipment. - The governing body of the county shall provide, in conjunction...
Section 17-3-600. Existing contracts for providing indigent defense services. - All contracts in force on the date this legislation is...
Chapter 5 - Coroners And Medical Examiners
Section 17-5-5. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Autopsy" means the dissection...
Section 17-5-10. Election of coroner. - There must be an election for coroner by the qualified...
Section 17-5-20. Bond. - Before receiving his commission, the coroner must post a bond,...
Section 17-5-30. Official oaths; commission. - Before the coroner is qualified to act, he must take...
Section 17-5-40. Term. - A coroner shall serve a term of office for four...
Section 17-5-50. Vacancy. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), in the event...
Section 17-5-60. Office; book of inquisitions. - The coroner must keep a public office in his county...
Section 17-5-70. Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties. - A county coroner shall appoint one or more deputies or...
Section 17-5-90. Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff. - No coroner may act as jailer or deputy sheriff or...
Section 17-5-100. Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs. - Coroners must execute all lawful orders directed to them by...
Section 17-5-110. Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun. - A coroner or deputy coroner, while engaged in official duties...
Section 17-5-115. Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status. - (A) A person appointed by a coroner to the position...
Section 17-5-120. Availability of medical records to coroner of another state. - Records, papers, or reports concerning the death of a person...
Section 17-5-130. Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses. - (A)(1) A coroner in this State shall have all of...
Section 17-5-140. Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds. - (A) From the funds appropriated for the implementation of this...
Section 17-5-220. Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties. - A county with a population of 100,000 or more, according...
Section 17-5-230. Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities. - The commission must employ a skilled physician or pathologist as...
Section 17-5-240. Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners. - In addition to those powers granted in Section 17-5-330, the...
Section 17-5-280. Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence. - The medical examiner's office must keep complete indexed records of...
Section 17-5-330. Salaries and fees; annual budget. - The commission must fix the salary of the medical examiner....
Section 17-5-510. Duties of coroner and medical examiner. - In counties which have both a coroner and a medical...
Section 17-5-520. Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death. - (A) In addition to the powers vested in other law...
Section 17-5-530. Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions. - (A) If a person dies: (1) as a result of...
Section 17-5-535. Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty. - (A) Photographs, videos, or other visual images and audio recordings...
Section 17-5-540. Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths. - The coroner or medical examiner, within twenty-four hours or one...
Section 17-5-541. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications. - (A) For the purposes of this section, "a person responsible...
Section 17-5-542. Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports. - (A) The purpose of the local Child Fatality Review Team...
Section 17-5-543. Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties. - (A) Meetings of the Child Fatality Review Team, the "review...
Section 17-5-544. Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties. - (A) All information, documents, and records of the Child Fatality...
Section 17-5-550. Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere. - If the home or premises last inhabited by a child...
Section 17-5-555. Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults. - (A) The coroner or medical examiner, within twenty- four hours...
Section 17-5-560. Certification of cause of death on death certificate. - (A) The coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, or deputy medical...
Section 17-5-570. Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies. - (A) After the post-mortem examination, autopsy, or inquest has been...
Section 17-5-580. Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury. - (A)(1) It is unlawful for any person to move or...
Section 17-5-590. Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies. - If the body of a dead person is unidentifiable, the...
Section 17-5-600. Permit required for cremation. - When the body of any dead person who died in...
Section 17-5-610. Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation. - If in a case of sudden, violent, or suspicious death...
Chapter 7 - Autopsies And Inquest On The Dead
Section 17-7-10. Coroners or solicitors shall order autopsies; autopsy to be ordered upon death of persons in penal institutions. - The coroner of the county in which a body is...
Section 17-7-15. Return of body after autopsy or medical examination. - Whenever any county, state or municipal law enforcement agency transports...
Section 17-7-20. Requirement of preliminary examination before formal inquest; issuance of burial permit, conclusion of inquiry or formal inquest. - Whenever a body is found dead and an investigation or...
Section 17-7-25. Autopsy on unidentified body; preservation of DNA samples. - A coroner performing an autopsy on an unidentified body must...
Section 17-7-30. Findings on preliminary examination and filing of evidence. - The evidence and the finding of the officer on such...
Section 17-7-40. Fees for preliminary examination. - For such preliminary examination such officer shall receive the same...
Section 17-7-70. Jurisdiction of coroners to take inquests. - Subject to the provisions of Sections 17-7-20 to 17-7-40 every...
Section 17-7-80. Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths. - Every coroner or other official responsible for performing the duties...
Section 17-7-90. Persons subject to jury duty are liable to serve on an inquest. - All persons subject to jury duty in the circuit courts...
Section 17-7-100. Mode of summoning a jury. - When the coroner upon the required preliminary examination shall determine...
Section 17-7-110. Procedures to be followed by person directed to summon jury; compensation. - The sheriff, deputy sheriff or magistrates' constable who shall be...
Section 17-7-120. Form of warrant to summon jury. - The warrant to summon a jury shall be in this...
Section 17-7-130. Execution and return of warrant; officer or juror subject to penalty for failure to perform. - Any constable or sheriff to whom such warrant shall come...
Section 17-7-140. Number of jurors and oath. - Of the jurors summoned and appearing the coroner shall swear...
Section 17-7-150. Coroner shall charge jury. - The jury so sworn shall be charged by the coroner...
Section 17-7-160. Inquiry in case of suicide. - If the jury so charged find that the deceased came...
Section 17-7-170. Coroner's power to issue warrants and to summon and examine witnesses. - The coroner may issue warrants, summon witnesses and examine before...
Section 17-7-175. Coroner's power to issue subpoena duces tecum. - In addition to the authority contained in Section 17-7-170, a...
Section 17-7-180. Disregard of summons or refusal to testify. - Every person summoned or required to give evidence and disregarding...
Section 17-7-190. Coroner may punish for contempt. - Whenever any person shall wilfully disturb or impede the proceedings...
Section 17-7-200. Coroner's power to adjourn the jury and bind jurors. - A coroner may, if he deems it necessary, adjourn the...
Section 17-7-210. Supplying places of absent jurors. - If all or any part of the jurors shall fail...
Section 17-7-220. Oath of witnesses. - The witnesses examined upon the inquest shall be sworn as...
Section 17-7-230. Coroner shall take testimony in writing and bind over or commit witnesses. - The testimony of all witnesses examined upon an inquest shall...
Section 17-7-240. Duty to render verdict; form. - The jury having viewed the body, heard the evidence and...
Section 17-7-250. Form of conclusion of inquisition where deceased was wilfully killed. - If it shall appear that the deceased was wilfully killed...
Section 17-7-260. Form of conclusion of inquisition where death was not wilful but by the hands of another. - If the proof shall be that the death was occasioned...
Section 17-7-270. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by self-murder. - If it appears that the deceased died by self-murder the...
Section 17-7-280. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by means unknown. - If it shall appear that the deceased came to his...
Section 17-7-290. Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by mischance. - If it appears that the deceased came to his death...
Section 17-7-300. Form of attestation clause; signature to inquisition. - After the conclusion as prescribed in Sections 17-7-250 to 17-7-290,...
Section 17-7-310. Return of inquisition and evidence to clerk. - The original inquisition and evidence, as taken by him, shall...
Section 17-7-320. Endorsement on return of inquisition and evidence. - The coroner, before he returns such inquisition and evidence, shall...
Section 17-7-330. Coroner's Book of Inquisitions. - Every coroner shall keep a book to be called "The...
Section 17-7-340. Compensation and mileage allowed coroner's jurors. - For his services as such, each coroner's juror sworn shall,...
Section 17-7-510. Penalty for burying body without notice or inquiry. - It is unlawful for a person to bury or cause...
Section 17-7-520. Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination. - If the coroner shall know or be informed of the...
Section 17-7-530. Record of body long dead and buried or improperly kept. - If the body has been so long dead and buried...
Section 17-7-610. Warrant in case of wilful killing. - If the finding of the inquest be wilful killing by...
Section 17-7-620. Form of warrant in case of wilful killing. - Such warrant shall be in this form: "The State of...
Section 17-7-630. Commitment of person named in warrant in case of wilful killing. - Upon the return of such warrant and the arrest of...
Section 17-7-640. Sheriff and jailers are required to keep persons committed. - All sheriffs and jailers are required to receive and keep...
Section 17-7-650. Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses. - If the finding of the inquest be that the deceased...
Section 17-7-660. Report by county coroner to Governor in certain homicide cases. - Each county coroner, whenever a homicide has been committed in...
Section 17-7-670. Report by coroners and magistrates to Public Service Commission in case of railroad accident. - All coroners and magistrates shall file with the Public Service...
Chapter 9 - Extradition
Section 17-9-10. Warrant for fugitive charged with crime in another state; temporary confinement; right to bail. - Any officer in the State authorized by law to issue...
Section 17-9-15. Extradition of person charged in requesting state with committing act in South Carolina or third state which intentionally resulted in committing an offense in requesting state. - Upon the demand of the executive authority of another state,...
Section 17-9-20. Record of proceedings; transmission of copy to Governor. - Every officer committing any person under Section 17-9-10 shall keep...
Section 17-9-30. Governor shall inform governor of foreign state. - The Governor of this State shall immediately inform the governor...
Section 17-9-40. Sheriff and jailer shall surrender fugitive under order of Governor. - Every sheriff or jailer, in whose custody any person committed...
Section 17-9-50. Taking testimony in hearings on extradition; report and recommendations to Governor. - The Governor of this State may, when a hearing is...
Section 17-9-60. Compensation and expenses of agents appointed to bring fugitives to this State. - In all cases of requisition for the delivery of fugitives...
Section 17-9-70. Governor shall approve accounts; payment. - Upon presentation to the Governor of the accounts of such...
Chapter 11 - Interstate Agreement On Detainers
Section 17-11-10. Agreement on detainers enacted into law; terms. - The Agreement on Detainers is hereby enacted into law and...
Section 17-11-20. "Appropriate court" defined. - The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the Agreement on...
Section 17-11-30. State courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees shall enforce and cooperate in enforcement of agreement. - All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this State...
Section 17-11-40. Escape of prisoner in temporary custody. - Any prisoner released to temporary custody under the provisions of...
Section 17-11-50. Application of Habitual Offenders Law not required. - Nothing in this chapter or in the Agreement on Detainers...
Section 17-11-60. Official in charge of penal or correctional institution shall give over inmate when required under agreement. - It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden or...
Section 17-11-70. Central Administrator and Information Agent. - The Governor is empowered to designate the officer who will...
Section 17-11-80. Copies of chapter shall be transmitted to Governors and certain other officials. - Copies of this chapter shall, upon its approval, be transmitted...
Chapter 13 - Arrest, Process, Searches And Seizures
Section 17-13-10. Circumstances when any person may arrest a felon or thief. - Upon (a) view of a felony committed, (b) certain information...
Section 17-13-20. Additional circumstances when citizens may arrest; means to be used. - A citizen may arrest a person in the nighttime by...
Section 17-13-30. Officers may arrest without warrant for offenses committed in view. - The sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of this State may arrest...
Section 17-13-40. Law enforcement officer jurisdiction when in pursuit of offender; authority, rights, privileges and immunities extended. - (A) When the police authorities of a town or city...
Section 17-13-45. Response to distress calls or requests for assistance in adjacent jurisdictions; extension of rights, privileges and immunities. - When a law enforcement officer responds to a distress call...
Section 17-13-47. Arrest in State by officer from Georgia or North Carolina; procedure for determining lawfulness of arrest; extradition. - (A) A law enforcement officer from Georgia or North Carolina...
Section 17-13-50. Right to be informed of ground of arrest; consequences of refusal to answer or false answer. - (A) A person arrested by virtue of process or taken...
Section 17-13-60. Circumstances when persons are not to be arrested but may be served process. - No person shall be arrested while actually engaged in or...
Section 17-13-70. Warrant authorizing breaking open gambling rooms. - The mayor, any of the aldermen or the sheriff of...
Section 17-13-80. Service of process on domestic and foreign corporations. - Whenever a warrant has been issued against a corporation under...
Section 17-13-90. Service of criminal process on Sunday. - Criminal process may be served on Sunday, as on any...
Section 17-13-100. Escaped prisoners may be retaken on Sunday. - It shall be lawful for the sheriff, deputy sheriff or...
Section 17-13-110. Confinement in industrial communities. - Any police officer or deputy sheriff in any industrial community...
Section 17-13-120. Persons shall not be removed from one prison to another without cause. - If any person, a citizen of this State, shall be...
Section 17-13-130. Penalty for signing warrant for illegal removal of prisoner. - If any person shall, after such commitment aforesaid, make out...
Section 17-13-140. Issuance, execution and return of search warrants for property connected with the commission of crime; inventory of property seized. - Any magistrate or recorder or city judge having the powers...
Section 17-13-141. Records to be kept by judiciary officers authorized to issue search warrants; penalty. - (A) Every judiciary official authorized to issue search warrants in...
Section 17-13-150. Person served search warrant shall be furnished copy of warrant and supporting affidavit. - When any person is served with a search warrant, such...
Section 17-13-160. Form of arrest warrants and search warrants shall be prescribed by Attorney General. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective September 1, 1975,...
Section 17-13-170. Law enforcement authorization to determine immigration status; reasonable suspicion; procedures; data collection on motor vehicle stops. - (A) If a law enforcement officer of this State or...
Chapter 15 - Bail And Recognizances
Section 17-15-10. Person charged with noncapital offense may be released on his own recognizance; conditions of release; bond hearing for burglary charges. - (A) A person charged with a noncapital offense triable in...
Section 17-15-15. Deposit of cash percentage in lieu of bond; assignment of deposit; restitution to victim. - (A) In lieu of requiring actual posting of bond as...
Section 17-15-20. Conditions of appearance recognizance or appearance bond; discharge, validity, relief of surety. - (A) An appearance recognizance or appearance bond must be conditioned...
Section 17-15-30. Matters to be considered in determining conditions of release; contempt. - (A) In determining conditions of release that will reasonably assure...
Section 17-15-40. Order of court shall state conditions imposed and other matters; acknowledgment by person released. - On releasing the person on any of the foregoing conditions,...
Section 17-15-50. Amendment of order. - The court with jurisdiction of the offense, at any time...
Section 17-15-55. Reconsideration by circuit court of bond set by summary court; subsequent violent offenders. - (A)(1) The circuit courts, at their discretion, may review and...
Section 17-15-60. Rules of evidence are inapplicable. - Information of probative value offered in connection with any judicial...
Section 17-15-90. Wilful failure to appear; penalties. - A person released pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15,...
Section 17-15-100. Power to punish for contempt not affected. - Nothing contained in Sections 17-15-10 through 17-15-60 shall affect the...
Section 17-15-140. Discharge of prosecutor or witness on own recognizance in cases not capital; costs. - When any prosecutor or witness in criminal cases less than...
Section 17-15-160. Recognizances shall be in name of State; signing. - In all recognizances by any person for keeping the peace,...
Section 17-15-170. Proceedings in case of forfeiture of recognizances. - Whenever the recognizance is forfeited by noncompliance with its condition,...
Section 17-15-180. Court may remit forfeiture in certain cases. - If any person shall forfeit a recognizance from ignorance or...
Section 17-15-190. Money may be deposited with officer of court in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking. - Whenever in any criminal proceeding in any of the courts...
Section 17-15-200. Persons to whom a deposit in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking must be paid. - Whenever such bond, recognizance or undertaking is required or authorized...
Section 17-15-210. Receipt for deposit given in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking. - Whenever any sum of money is so deposited in lieu...
Section 17-15-220. Return of deposit given in lieu of bond, recognizance, or undertaking. - The person so depositing a sum of money in lieu...
Section 17-15-230. Requirement that surety company file undertaking with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued by automobile clubs; acceptance, forfeiture, and enforcement of certificates. - (A)(1) A domestic or foreign surety company qualified to transact...
Section 17-15-240. Interest on bail bond money. - Court officers authorized by law to receive bail bond money...
Section 17-15-260. Disposition of funds collected pursuant to chapter. - The funds collected pursuant to this chapter must be remitted...
Chapter 17 - Habeas Corpus
Section 17-17-10. Persons entitled to writ of habeas corpus. - If any person shall be or stand committed or detained...
Section 17-17-20. Forfeiture of entitlement in certain cases. - If any person shall have wilfully neglected by the space...
Section 17-17-30. Authority of judges to grant writs of habeas corpus. - Any of the judges of this State, in vacation time...
Section 17-17-40. Authority of any two magistrates to grant writs of habeas corpus. - Any two magistrates shall grant the writ of habeas corpus...
Section 17-17-50. Persons to whom writ shall be directed. - Such writ shall be directed to the officer in whose...
Section 17-17-60. Service of writ. - The writ shall be served upon the officer or left...
Section 17-17-70. Handling of prisoner after service of writ; payment of charges; return of writ. - Such officer or his underofficer, underkeeper or deputy shall, within...
Section 17-17-80. Time within which prisoners must be brought before court. - If the place of imprisonment of the person be beyond...
Section 17-17-90. Granting of writ during term of court. - During the term of the circuit court for the county...
Section 17-17-100. Transfer of matter for hearing to judge of court in county where prisoner was convicted. - Any judge before whom a petition for a writ of...
Section 17-17-110. Granting of writ after adjournment. - After the circuit court adjourns any person detained may have...
Section 17-17-120. Discharge only after notice given to Attorney General, Circuit Solicitor, or attorney acting for State. - When it appears from the return of the writ or...
Section 17-17-130. Discharge of prisoner after hearing; recognizance in judge's discretion, appearance in the following term of court. - If, upon a hearing, the prisoner shall be entitled to...
Section 17-17-140. Right to appeal from decision on writ. - An appeal from all final decisions rendered on applications for...
Section 17-17-150. Person discharged shall not be rearrested or committed for same offense. - No person who shall be delivered or set at large...
Section 17-17-160. Officers shall execute writ. - Every sheriff, deputy sheriff or jailer shall give due obedience...
Section 17-17-170. Penalty for officers neglecting their duty. - Every person whatsoever to whom any power is given, either...
Section 17-17-180. Recovery of penalties. - Such penalties may be recovered by the prisoner or party...
Section 17-17-190. Suspension of habeas corpus by Governor. - If, during any insurrection, rebellion or any unlawful obstruction of...
Section 17-17-200. Effect of suspension of writ. - Whenever the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall...
Chapter 19 - Indictments
Section 17-19-10. Offense shall be prosecuted upon grand jury indictment; exceptions. - No person shall be held to answer in any court...
Section 17-19-20. Allegations sufficient for indictment. - Every indictment shall be deemed and judged sufficient and good...
Section 17-19-30. Allegations sufficient for indictment for murder. - Every indictment for murder shall be deemed and adjudged sufficient...
Section 17-19-40. Special count for carrying concealed weapons in case of murder and certain other crimes; jurisdiction. - In every indictment for murder, manslaughter, assault and assault and...
Section 17-19-50. Averments of instrument of writing, print or figures in indictment. - In all cases whatsoever in which it shall be necessary...
Section 17-19-60. Indictments for perjury. - In any indictment for perjury it shall not be necessary...
Section 17-19-70. Indictments against corporations. - Whenever any corporation doing business in this State, whether incorporated...
Section 17-19-80. Person indicted for capital offense shall have copy of indictment. - Whoever shall be accused and indicted for any capital offense...
Section 17-19-90. Objections to defects in indictments. - Every objection to any indictment for any defect apparent on...
Section 17-19-100. Amendments of indictments; proceedings after amendment. - If (a) there be any defect in form in any...
Chapter 21 - Venue
Section 17-21-10. Venue where person causes injury within limits of State and death occurs elsewhere. - When any person shall be struck, wounded, poisoned or otherwise...
Section 17-21-20. Venue where person causes injury in one county and death occurs in another. - When any person shall be struck, wounded, poisoned or otherwise...
Section 17-21-30. Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different states. - When any person within the limits of this State shall...
Section 17-21-40. Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different counties. - When an injury is inflicted by any person within the...
Section 17-21-50. Venue for trial of accessories before the fact. - A person charged as an accessory before the fact may...
Section 17-21-60. Venue for trial of accessories after the fact. - Whoever becomes an accessory to a felony after the fact...
Section 17-21-70. Venue in proceedings against corporations. - No criminal proceeding shall be instituted against any corporation unless...
Section 17-21-80. Change of venue; notice, application, and affidavit. - The circuit courts shall have power to change the venue...
Section 17-21-85. Order for jury selection in criminal case be conducted in another county; expenses. - A circuit judge may, in a criminal case in which...
Section 17-21-90. Costs when venue is changed; disposition of fine. - Whenever a criminal case is transferred from one county to...
Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs
Section 17-22-10. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Pretrial Intervention Act."...
Section 17-22-20. Definitions. - When used in this chapter: (1) The term "prosecutorial discretion"...
Section 17-22-30. Circuit solicitors to establish pretrial intervention programs; oversight of administrative procedures. - (A) Each circuit solicitor shall have the prosecutorial discretion as...
Section 17-22-40. Pretrial intervention coordinator; staff; funding. - There is established the office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator whose...
Section 17-22-50. Persons not to be considered for intervention. - (A) A person must not be considered for intervention if:...
Section 17-22-55. Additional conditions for admission to pretrial intervention of person charged with fish, game, wildlife, or commercial fishery-related offense. - As a condition of admission to the pretrial intervention program...
Section 17-22-60. Standards of eligibility for intervention program. - Intervention is appropriate only where: (1) there is substantial likelihood...
Section 17-22-70. Information which may be required by solicitor. - Prior to admittance of an offender into an intervention program,...
Section 17-22-80. Recommendations of victim and law enforcement agency. - Prior to any person being admitted to a pretrial intervention...
Section 17-22-90. Agreements required of offender in program. - An offender who enters an intervention program shall: (1) waive,...
Section 17-22-100. Time for application to intervention program. - An offender must make application to an intervention program or...
Section 17-22-110. Fees for application and participation; waiver. - An applicant to an intervention program or an offender who...
Section 17-22-120. Individual agreement between offender and solicitor; alcohol and drug abuse services. - In any case in which an offender agrees to an...
Section 17-22-130. Reports and identification as to offenders accepted for intervention program. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-1-40, in all cases where...
Section 17-22-140. Restitution to victim. - Prior to the completion of the pretrial intervention program the...
Section 17-22-150. Disposition of charges against offenders accepted for intervention program. - (a) In the event an offender successfully completes a pretrial...
Section 17-22-170. Unlawful retention or release of information regarding participation in intervention program; penalty. - Any municipal, county, or state entity or any individual who...
Section 17-22-300. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Traffic Education Program...
Section 17-22-310. Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish traffic education program; administration. - (A) Each circuit solicitor has the prosecutorial discretion as defined...
Section 17-22-320. Eligibility. - (A) A person may be considered for a traffic education...
Section 17-22-330. Disposition of traffic-related offense on completion of program; subsequent violation. - (A) When a person successfully completes a traffic education program,...
Section 17-22-340. Office of Traffic Education Program Coordinator. - Each circuit solicitor may establish an Office of Traffic Education...
Section 17-22-350. Fees; waiver; distribution of fee proceeds. - (A) A person shall pay a nonrefundable one hundred forty-dollar...
Section 17-22-360. Annual report. - Each governmental agency that administers a traffic education program shall...
Section 17-22-370. Submission of information necessary for creation and maintenance of list of participants. - Each governmental agency that administers a traffic education program shall...
Section 17-22-500. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Alcohol Education Program...
Section 17-22-510. Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish alcohol education program; administration. - (A) Each circuit solicitor has the prosecutorial discretion as defined...
Section 17-22-520. Eligibility requirements for consideration for program. - (A) A person may be considered for an alcohol education...
Section 17-22-530. Disposition of alcohol-related offense on completion of program. - (A) When a person successfully completes an alcohol education program,...
Section 17-22-540. Office of Alcohol Education Program Coordinator. - Each circuit solicitor may establish an Office of Alcohol Education...
Section 17-22-550. Fees; waiver. - A person shall pay a two-hundred-fifty-dollar fee to enroll in...
Section 17-22-560. Records. - Each circuit solicitor shall submit to the Commission on Prosecution...
Section 17-22-710. Establishing unit; fee schedule; administrative costs; disbursement of funds collected. - (A) A circuit solicitor may establish, under his direction and...
Section 17-22-910. Applications for expungement; administration. - (A) Applications for expungement of all criminal records must be...
Section 17-22-920. Direction of expungement process inquiries to county solicitor's office. - The clerk of court shall direct all inquiries concerning the...
Section 17-22-930. Obtaining and mandatory use of expungement form. - A person applying to expunge a criminal record shall obtain...
Section 17-22-940. Fees; establishment of expungement process; requirements and duties of solicitor and SLED. - (A) In exchange for the expungement service that is provided...
Section 17-22-950. Summary court expungement orders; removal of Internet-based public records; objections; forms. - (A) If criminal charges are brought in a summary court,...
Section 17-22-960. Expungement; employer immunity. - Any employer that employs a worker who has had an...
Section 17-22-1010. Completion of South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program; expungement; records. - (A) A person who is eligible for expungement of his...
Section 17-22-1110. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Criminal risk factors" means...
Section 17-22-1120. Diversion program data and reporting. - (A) In addition to the information collected and processed by...
Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial
Section 17-23-10. Plea of autrefois acquit or convict. - In any plea of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict it...
Section 17-23-20. Double jeopardy after trial in municipal or magistrates court. - Whenever a municipal court or a magistrates court shall have...
Section 17-23-30. Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense. - If a person on his trial be acquitted upon the...
Section 17-23-40. Nolo contendere in misdemeanor cases. - The defendant in any misdemeanor case in any of the...
Section 17-23-50. Traverse of indictment is not a continuance. - A traverse of any indictment shall not, in any court...
Section 17-23-60. Accused's right to counsel, to produce witnesses and proofs, and to confront witnesses. - Every person accused shall, at his trial, be allowed to...
Section 17-23-80. Manner by which persons who have been indicted may be convicted. - No person indicted for an offense shall be convicted thereof...
Section 17-23-90. Indictment and trial of persons committed for treason or felony; consequences of failure to indict. - If any person committed for treason or felony, plainly and...
Section 17-23-100. Right to object to charge or request additional charge out of presence of jury. - In all cases tried before a jury, other than cases...
Section 17-23-110. Circuit courts may grant new trials. - All the circuit courts of this State shall have power...
Section 17-23-120. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; application to clerk. - When any defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a...
Section 17-23-130. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; waiver of presentment by grand jury and plea of guilty. - Upon receipt by the solicitor of the warrant forwarded to...
Section 17-23-140. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; appearance before judge and sentence. - Upon the defendant's signing the waiver of presentment and the...
Section 17-23-150. Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; powers of circuit judges. - Except as otherwise provided in Section 17-23-140, as to such...
Section 17-23-160. Notice of right to preliminary hearing; form for request. - When any person charged with a crime who is entitled...
Section 17-23-162. Presence of affiant or arresting officer to testify at preliminary hearing. - The affiant listed on an arrest warrant or the chief...
Section 17-23-165. Attorney appearing at preliminary hearing not obligated to continue representation. - The appearance by an attorney on behalf of a defendant...
Section 17-23-170. Admissibility of evidence concerning battered spouse syndrome; foundation; notice; lay testimony. - (A) Evidence that the actor was suffering from the battered...
Section 17-23-175. Admissibility of out-of-court statement of child under twelve; determination of trustworthiness; notice to adverse party. - (A) In a general sessions court proceeding or a delinquency...
Chapter 24 - Mentally Ill Or Insane Defendants
Section 17-24-10. Affirmative defense. - (A) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for...
Section 17-24-20. Guilty but mentally ill; general requirements for verdict. - (A) A defendant is guilty but mentally ill if, at...
Section 17-24-30. Form of verdict. - In a prosecution for a crime when the affirmative defense...
Section 17-24-40. Commitment of person found not guilty by reason of insanity. - (A) In the event a verdict of "not guilty by...
Section 17-24-50. Length of confinement or supervision of defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity. - In no case shall a defendant found not guilty by...
Section 17-24-60. Petition by attorney of defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity. - Two years from the date of commitment the defendant's attorney...
Section 17-24-70. Sentencing of defendant found guilty but mentally ill. - If a verdict is returned of "guilty but mentally ill"...
Section 17-24-80. Release of defendant. - (A) Should a defendant be released pursuant to Sections 17-24-40(C)(2)(a),...
Chapter 25 - Judgment And Execution
Section 17-25-10. No person shall be punished until legally convicted. - No person shall be punished for an offense unless duly...
Section 17-25-20. Punishment for felony when not specially provided. - When no special punishment is provided for a felony, it...
Section 17-25-30. Sentence when no punishment is provided. - In cases of legal conviction when no punishment is provided...
Section 17-25-45. Life sentence for person convicted for certain crimes. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in cases...
Section 17-25-50. Considering closely connected offenses as one offense. - In determining the number of offenses for the purpose of...
Section 17-25-60. Change of sentence when former convictions were not considered at time of imposition. - If during the service of any such sentence, it is...
Section 17-25-65. Reduction of sentence for substantial assistance to the State; motion practice. - (A) Upon the state's motion made within one year of...
Section 17-25-70. Authority of local officials to require able-bodied convicted persons to perform labor in public interest. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a local governing body may...
Section 17-25-80. Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections as to convicts sentenced to hard labor. - Notwithstanding the specific language of the sentence which confines an...
Section 17-25-100. Suspension of sentence in misdemeanor cases. - The circuit judges of this State may, in their discretion,...
Section 17-25-110. Suspension of sentence shall run for period of time prescribed by judge. - When the sentence of any person who has been sentenced...
Section 17-25-120. Restitution of stolen goods. - If any person shall rob or take away any money,...
Section 17-25-125. Sentence for crimes involving the unlawful taking or receiving of or malicious injury to property may not be suspended unless restitution made. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in every case in...
Section 17-25-130. Accepted plea of guilty as equivalent of jury recommendation of mercy for sentencing purposes. - In all cases where by law the punishment is affected...
Section 17-25-135. Entry of sex offenders on Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect upon conviction of certain crimes. - (A) When a person is convicted of or pleads guilty...
Section 17-25-137. Liability of court imposing alternative sentence. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a court which imposes an...
Section 17-25-140. Definitions. - For purposes of this article the following definitions apply: (1)...
Section 17-25-145. Implementation and operation of community penalties program; contracts for preparation of individual community penalty program plans. - The Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon and Services must...
Section 17-25-150. Responsibilities of program; mandatory community penalty plan provisions; limitation upon use of funds. - (A) Each community penalties program is responsible for: (1) targeting...
Section 17-25-160. Funds for implementing program. - The funds for implementing the provisions of the Community Penalties...
Section 17-25-310. Opening and enforcement of sealed sentences upon arrest. - Upon the arrest of a person for whom there is...
Section 17-25-320. Enforcement of sentence and judgment against corporations. - The sentence and judgment of the court of general sessions...
Section 17-25-322. Restitution to crime victim by person convicted of crime; hearing; determination of method, manner, and amount; entry of order. - (A) When a defendant is convicted of a crime which...
Section 17-25-323. Continuing jurisdiction over court-ordered payments; default; hearing to show cause; enforcement; entry in records; satisfaction of judgment. - (A) The trial court retains jurisdiction of the case for...
Section 17-25-324. Restitution to secondary victims and third-party payees; reports. - (A) Secondary victims and third-party payees, excluding the offender's insurer,...
Section 17-25-325. Enforcement and execution of judgment in criminal case; findings supported by evidence. - The sentence and judgment of the court of general sessions...
Section 17-25-326. Alteration, modification, or rescission of order; petition upon good cause; preponderance of evidence. - Any court order issued pursuant to the provisions of this...
Section 17-25-330. Execution on forfeited recognizance or for fine. - When any recognizance shall be adjudged forfeited under the provisions...
Section 17-25-340. When offender may be committed to jail; privilege of insolvent debtors. - If the sheriff or his deputy return on oath that...
Section 17-25-350. Schedule for payment of fine by indigent; consequences of failure to comply. - In any offense carrying a fine or imprisonment, the judge...
Section 17-25-360. Fines in the alternative shall be apportioned when part of sentence has been served. - In all cases in this State when a sentence has...
Section 17-25-370. Execution of death sentence upon affirmance of judgment or dismissal or abandonment of appeal. - In all criminal cases in which the sentence of death...
Section 17-25-380. Number of copies and form of notice under Section 17-25-370. - Two copies of the notice shall be served or sent...
Section 17-25-390. Acknowledgment of receipt of notice. - The receipt of the notice shall be acknowledged in writing...
Section 17-25-400. Service of notice on prisoner. - The Commissioner of the prison system or his duly appointed...
Section 17-25-500. Title of act. - This article may be known as the "South Carolina Notoriety...
Section 17-25-510. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Office" means Office of...
Section 17-25-520. Notice of payment of profit from crime; notification of victims. - If an offender, or his representative or agent, knowingly contracts...
Section 17-25-530. Civil action to recover profits; limitations; action by Office of Victim Assistance to recover payments and expenses. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of...
Section 17-25-540. Notification of Office of Victim Assistance of commencement of action; duties of Office upon receipt of notification. - (A) Upon filing an action pursuant to Section 17-25-530, the...
Section 17-25-550. Failure of offender or agent to notify Office of Victim Assistance of contract or monies; civil penalty; action to recover; disposition of proceeds. - (A) An offender or his representative or agent who wilfully...
Section 17-25-560. Obligation to report knowledge of profit from crime. - All state agencies, solicitors, and law enforcement agencies with knowledge...
Section 17-25-570. Action by offender to defeat purpose of article null and void. - Any action taken by an offender, whether by execution of...
Chapter 27 - Uniform Post-conviction Procedure Act
Section 17-27-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure...
Section 17-27-20. Persons who may institute proceeding; exclusiveness of remedy. - (A) Any person who has been convicted of, or sentenced...
Section 17-27-30. Jurisdiction of court. - The court in which, by the Constitution and statutes of...
Section 17-27-40. Commencement of proceedings by filing of application. - A proceeding is commenced by filing an application verified by...
Section 17-27-45. Filing procedures for post-conviction relief applications. - (A) An application for relief filed pursuant to this chapter...
Section 17-27-50. Form and contents of application. - The application shall identify the proceedings in which the applicant...
Section 17-27-60. Court costs and expenses for indigents. - If the applicant is unable to pay court costs and...
Section 17-27-70. Court procedure on receipt of application. - (a) Within thirty days after the docketing of the application,...
Section 17-27-80. Hearing on application; final judgment. - The application shall be heard in, and before any judge...
Section 17-27-90. Grounds for relief. - All grounds for relief available to an applicant under this...
Section 17-27-100. Appeals. - A final judgment entered under this chapter may be reviewed...
Section 17-27-110. Rules. - The Supreme Court may adopt such rules as it shall...
Section 17-27-120. Construction. - This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
Section 17-27-130. Waiver of attorney-client privilege by allegation of ineffective prior counsel; access to files. - Where a defendant alleges ineffective assistance of prior trial counsel...
Section 17-27-150. Discovery in post-conviction relief proceeding. - (A) A party in a noncapital post-conviction relief proceeding shall...
Section 17-27-160. Capital case post-conviction relief procedures. - (A) If a defendant has been sentenced to death in...
Chapter 28 - Post-conviction Dna Testing And Preservation Of Evidence
Section 17-28-10. Citation of Article. - This article may be cited as the "Access to Justice...
Section 17-28-20. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Biological material" means any...
Section 17-28-30. Offenses for which post-conviction DNA testing available. - (A) A person who pled not guilty to at least...
Section 17-28-40. Form and contents of application. - (A) The application must be made on such form as...
Section 17-28-50. Application for testing; notification of prosecutor, custodian of evidence, and victim; dismissal; successive applications. - (A) The clerk shall file the application upon its receipt...
Section 17-28-60. Costs and expenses; appointment of counsel for indigent applicant. - If the applicant is unable to pay court costs and...
Section 17-28-70. Preservation and management of physical evidence and biological material; wilful destruction of evidence. - (A) The court shall order a custodian of evidence to...
Section 17-28-80. Preservation of test reports. - For any physical evidence or biological material previously subjected to...
Section 17-28-90. Hearing; factors to be proved; orders relating to DNA samples. - (A) The application must be heard in, and before a...
Section 17-28-100. Disclosure and use of test results; motion for new trial. - (A) The results of the DNA test must be fully...
Section 17-28-110. Consent to testing. - (A) Nothing in this article prohibits a person and a...
Section 17-28-120. Administration expenditure limitation. - No more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars may be...
Section 17-28-300. Citation of article. - This article shall be cited as the "Preservation of Evidence...
Section 17-28-310. Definitions. - (1) "Biological material" means any blood, tissue, hair, saliva, bone,...
Section 17-28-320. Offenses for which evidence preserved; conditions and duration of preservation. - (A) A custodian of evidence must preserve all physical evidence...
Section 17-28-330. Registration as custodian of evidence. - (A) After a person is convicted or adjudicated for at...
Section 17-28-340. Petition for destruction of evidence prior to expiration of required time period. - (A) After a person is convicted or adjudicated for at...
Section 17-28-350. Wilful destruction. - A person who wilfully and maliciously destroys, alters, conceals, or...
Section 17-28-360. Failure to preserve; cause of action against responsible entity; right to release. - Unless there is an act of gross negligence or intentional...
Chapter 29 - Pen Registers And Trap And Trace Devices
Section 17-29-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) The term "pen register"...
Section 17-29-20. Installation of pen register or trap and trace device prohibited. - (A) Except as provided in this section, no person may...
Section 17-29-30. Certain officials may make application for order authorizing or approving installation and use of pen register or trap and trace device. - (A)(1) The Attorney General or an assistant attorney general designated...
Section 17-29-40. Issuance of court order authorizing installation of pen register or trap and trace device. - (A) Upon an application made under Section 17-29-30, the court...
Section 17-29-50. Rights and duties of provider of wire or electronic communication service, landlord. - (A) Upon the request of the attorney or an officer...
Chapter 30 - Interception Of Wire, Electronic, Or Oral Communications
Section 17-30-10. Interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications authorized. - The interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications is hereby...
Section 17-30-15. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Wire communication" means any...
Section 17-30-20. Prohibited acts. - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a person...
Section 17-30-25. Interception and disclosure of information by provider of wire or electronic communications service; exceptions when authorized by law. - (A) It is lawful under this chapter for an operator...
Section 17-30-30. Interception by employee of Federal Communications Commission, by person acting under color or law, and when party has given prior consent. - (A) It is lawful under this chapter for an officer,...
Section 17-30-35. Lawful interceptions of electronic communications. - (A) It is lawful under this chapter for a person...
Section 17-30-40. Disclosure of content of communication by provider of electronic communication service. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), a person or...
Section 17-30-45. Use of pen register or trap and trace device. - It is lawful under this chapter to use a pen...
Section 17-30-50. Penalty for violating Sections 17-30-20 through 17-30-45. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), whoever violates the...
Section 17-30-55. Mailing or manufacturing devices for unlawful interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications. - (A) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any...
Section 17-30-60. Seizure and forfeiture. - Any electronic, mechanical, or other device used, sent, carried, manufactured,...
Section 17-30-65. Admissibility of contents of, or evidence derived from, intercepted communications; contents as public record. - (A) Whenever any wire, oral, or electronic communication has been...
Section 17-30-70. Orders authorizing interception; application process; agencies and individuals authorized to conduct interception. - (A) An application for an order authorizing or approving the...
Section 17-30-75. Disclosure of content of intercepted communication. - (A) Any SLED agent who, by any means authorized by...
Section 17-30-80. Application for interception order; contents; establishing allegations of fact; additional evidence; basis for entry of order. - (A) Each application for an order authorizing or approving the...
Section 17-30-85. Information to be specified in order. - Each order authorizing or approving the interception of any wire,...
Section 17-30-90. Duration and termination of interception; reports to authorizing judge. - (A) No order entered may authorize or approve the interception...
Section 17-30-95. Interception prior to obtaining order; oral notification of judge in emergency. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any agent...
Section 17-30-100. Recording, sealing, custody, and destruction of intercepted communications; notification of and inspection by parties to interception. - (A) The contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication...
Section 17-30-105. Providing copies of intercepted communications to parties as prerequisite to receiving evidence; prejudice as factor in motions to waive time for providing copies and for continuance. - As required by federal law, the contents of any intercepted...
Section 17-30-110. Pretrial motion to suppress; grounds; appeals by State; exclusive remedy. - (A) Prior to any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or...
Section 17-30-115. Interception of communications; requirements relating to specifications of facilities; exceptions. - The requirements relating to the specification of the facilities from...
Section 17-30-120. Determination of facility as prerequisite to interception when facility not specified in order; petition by provider to modify or quash. - If an interception of a communication is to be carried...
Section 17-30-125. On-scene orders to cut or divert telephone lines; grounds; administrative subpoena for production of certain subscriber or customer information; regulations; good faith reliance as defense. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Attorney General" means...
Section 17-30-130. Reporting intercepted communications. - Any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication must be reported...
Section 17-30-135. Civil action for wrongful interceptions. - (A) Any person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is...
Section 17-30-140. Mobile tracking devices; contents of application for order authorizing use; standards for installation and monitoring; definition. - (A) The Attorney General or any solicitor may make application...
Section 17-30-145. Surveillance training requirements. - Any SLED agent or an individual operating under a contract...