South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs

Section 25-1-100. Pension of members of National Guard wounded or disabled while in service of State. - Every member of the National Guard of South Carolina who...

Section 25-1-110. Burial flags; application forms; eligibility. - (1) The State Adjutant General's office shall present to the...

Section 25-1-120. Military corporations; membership; purposes; powers; tax exemption; use of armories; sales of alcoholic beverages; application process. - (A) The officers, the enlisted personnel, or the officers and...

Section 25-1-130. Effect of disbandment of military organization. - The dissolution or disbandment of any such unit as a...

Section 25-1-150. Unauthorized wearing of military insignia. - It is unlawful for a person to wilfully wear the...

Section 25-1-160. Landowners encouraged to make land and water areas available for military purposes; limited liability of owners. - (A) The purpose of this section is to encourage owners...

Section 25-1-170. Licenses and certificates for spouses licensed in other jurisdictions. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (G), and notwithstanding other...

Section 25-1-310. Administration of State militia. - The militia of the State not in the service of...

Section 25-1-320. Adjutant General; appointment and term; salary; minimum qualifications; chief of staff. - (A) There must be an Adjutant General appointed by the...

Section 25-1-340. Vacancies in office of Adjutant General. - If the Office of the Adjutant General is vacated because...

Section 25-1-350. General powers and duties of Adjutant General. - The Adjutant General shall: (1) Appoint the civilian employees of...

Section 25-1-360. Rules and regulations. - The Adjutant General, with the approval of the Governor, may...

Section 25-1-370. Seal as authentication. - The seal used in the office of the Adjutant General...

Section 25-1-380. Assistant Adjutant General for Army; additional Assistant Adjutant General for South Carolina Army National Guard. - There must be two Assistant Adjutant Generals for the Army,...

Section 25-1-390. Assistant Adjutant General for Air. - There shall be an Assistant Adjutant General for Air, with...

Section 25-1-400. Duties of Assistants during absence of Adjutant General. - In case of absence or inability of the Adjutant General...

Section 25-1-410. Audit and allowance of department expenses. - The expenses of the military department, necessary to the military...

Section 25-1-420. South Carolina Emergency Management Division of Office of Adjutant General; administration; duties. - There is established within the office of the Adjutant General...

Section 25-1-430. Definitions. - As used in this article: (a) "Emergency preparedness" shall mean...

Section 25-1-440. Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergency. - (a) The Governor, when an emergency has been declared, as...

Section 25-1-445. Entry into area under curfew. - (A) The Director of the South Carolina Emergency Management Division...

Section 25-1-450. Duties of state, county, and municipal governments for mutual assistance in emergencies. - State, county, and municipal governments shall cooperate in developing and...

Section 25-1-460. Loans for emergency and recovery operations. - When the General Assembly is not in session and emergency...

Section 25-1-510. Appointment, qualifications, and tenure. - All commissioned and warrant officers of the South Carolina National...

Section 25-1-520. Certain personnel of The Citadel commissioned in unorganized militia. - All members of the board of visitors, administrative staff and...

Section 25-1-530. Probationary and revocable appointment and promotion of officers. - Every appointment and promotion of any person as a commissioned...

Section 25-1-540. Text of oath for officers. - The oath of office for commissioned and warrant officers in...

Section 25-1-550. Requirement that officers take oath and give bond. - Every officer duly commissioned or warranted shall within such time...

Section 25-1-560. Publication of relative rank list of officers. - The Adjutant General shall maintain records reflecting a relative rank...

Section 25-1-580. Officer in command of subordinate or detached unit or different units on duty together. - A commander may appoint an officer to command of a...

Section 25-1-590. Retirement of officers and enlisted men. - Officers and enlisted men of the National Guard of South...

Section 25-1-610. Discharge of officers. - The Governor may discharge any commissioned or warrant officer of...

Section 25-1-620. Circumstances prohibiting resignation or discharge. - No officer shall be discharged or his resignation accepted while...

Section 25-1-630. Officers authorized to administer oaths and act as notary. - (A) Officers are authorized and empowered to administer oaths and...

Section 25-1-635. Legal assistance to guard members and immediate family members; scope, duties, and limitations. - (A) For purposes of enhancing the readiness of National Guard...

Section 25-1-640. Date of rank of certain former military officers. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, former Regular and Reserve...

Section 25-1-650. Filling of vacancies in commissioned officer grades. - Whenever a vacancy occurs in commissioned officer grades for which...

Section 25-1-810. Promotions under Federal Personnel Act. - Whenever an officer who has been selected for promotion by...

Section 25-1-830. Officer selection boards. - (A) Brigadier General selection board-As required by Federal Personnel Acts,...

Section 25-1-840. Examinations required. - All officers and warrant officers, even though meeting the requirements...

Section 25-1-850. Transfer of officers within Army National Guard. - Authority shall be given the Adjutant General to make transfers...

Section 25-1-860. Vacancy in staff of headquarters and headquarters detachment. - Whenever a vacancy shall have occurred in any grade in...

Section 25-1-870. Vacancy in grade of major general. - Whenever a vacancy occurs in the grade of major general...

Section 25-1-880. Vacancy in grade of brigadier general. - Except as hereinbefore provided in Section 25-1-860, whenever a vacancy...

Section 25-1-890. Vacancy in grade of colonel. - Except as hereinbefore provided in Section 25-1-860, whenever a vacancy...

Section 25-1-930. Vacancy in grade of warrant officer. - Whenever a vacancy shall have occurred in any grade of...

Section 25-1-960. Reorganization authority. - In the event the structure or organization of any National...

Section 25-1-1110. Promotions under federal law. - Whenever an officer is selected for promotion by a selection...

Section 25-1-1120. Vacancies in new units. - Whenever new units shall have been organized in the South...

Section 25-1-1140. Vacancy in headquarters, Air National Guard. - Whenever a vacancy for an officer occurs in headquarters, South...

Section 25-1-1150. Vacancy in position of chief of staff, headquarters, Air National Guard; duties of chief of staff. - Whenever a vacancy occurs in the position of chief of...

Section 25-1-1160. Vacancy in grade of colonel or higher. - Except as otherwise specifically authorized in this section, whenever a...

Section 25-1-1190. Appointment of exceptionally qualified enlisted men. - Whenever exceptionally well qualified enlisted men of the South Carolina...

Section 25-1-1310. Duty of State to maintain and govern National Guard. - The duty of maintaining and governing the National Guard of...

Section 25-1-1320. Expenses paid from National Guard appropriations. - All expenditures necessary to carry the provisions of this chapter...

Section 25-1-1330. Annual settlements for Federal and State property. - (a) Federal property.-The Adjutant General shall coordinate with the USPFO...

Section 25-1-1350. Requirements for sharing in appropriations. - No unit or activity shall participate in the annual allotment...

Section 25-1-1360. Disbursements of military funds. - All bills, claims and demands against the military fund shall...

Section 25-1-1370. Allowances for maintenance. - (A) Each unit shall be entitled to such maintenance fund...

Section 25-1-1380. Transportation and subsistence of militia on State duty. - There shall be provided by the State transportation for all...

Section 25-1-1420. Unlawful purchase or receipt of military property. - If any person knowingly purchases or receives in pawn or...

Section 25-1-1430. Disposition of State military property unfit for use. - All military property of the State which after proper inspection...

Section 25-1-1440. Adjutant General's caisson; maintenance and care. - The Adjutant General's Office shall expend from appropriated money each...

Section 25-1-1610. Acquisition of real estate for training facilities. - The Adjutant General of this State may receive on behalf...

Section 25-1-1620. Adjutant General to be manager and custodian of training facilities; rental or sublease of facilities. - The Adjutant General shall be the State custodian and manager...

Section 25-1-1630. Leasing of training facilities not owned by State or United States. - All training facilities and all property, real or personal, used...

Section 25-1-1640. Maintenance of training facilities. - The Adjutant General shall be responsible for the proper maintenance...

Section 25-1-1650. Authority to sell obsolete armories; use of proceeds. - The Adjutant and Inspector General is hereby authorized to sell...

Section 25-1-1660. Transfer of surplus armories to political subdivisions. - The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may transfer to a political...

Section 25-1-1810. National Guard subject to call by United States. - The National Guard of South Carolina or any part thereof...

Section 25-1-1820. Circumstances requiring active duty. - The National Guard shall not be subject to active duty...

Section 25-1-1830. Duty when called to suppress unlawful assembly. - When an armed force is called out for the purpose...

Section 25-1-1840. Authority of Governor to order out National Guard. - In the event of (a) war, insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult,...

Section 25-1-1850. Authority of Governor to order out National Guard when laws may not be enforced by judicial proceedings. - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages of...

Section 25-1-1860. Governor's proclamation to disperse. - Whenever in the judgment of the Governor it may be...

Section 25-1-1870. Governor may take possession of utilities. - The Governor of the State when, in his judgment, the...

Section 25-1-1880. Local commanding officer may order out National Guard. - In the event of insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot, resistance...

Section 25-1-1890. Call of unorganized militia to service in addition to National Guard. - In the event of or imminent danger of war, insurrection,...

Section 25-1-1900. Proclamation of state of insurrection. - Whenever any portion of the National Guard or militia is...

Section 25-1-1920. Penalty for false certificate by physician. - Whenever any physician shall knowingly make and deliver a false...

Section 25-1-2110. Term of enlistment. - An original enlistment in the National Guard must be for...

Section 25-1-2120. Transmission of orders for duty. - Orders for duty may be oral or written. Officers and...

Section 25-1-2170. Civil action or criminal prosecution against military personnel. - No action or proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against...

Section 25-1-2180. Assault upon military personnel. - Any person who unlawfully assaults, fires at or throws any...

Section 25-1-2190. Interference with employment of or practice of trade by guard member; penalty. - A person who, either by himself or with another, (a)...

Section 25-1-2200. Pay of National Guard on active duty. - Whenever the National Guard or any part thereof shall be...

Section 25-1-2220. Transfer of enlisted men. - An enlisted man may be transferred upon his own request...

Section 25-1-2230. Discharges of enlisted men. - An enlisted person may be discharged from the state military...

Section 25-1-2240. Proceedings in case of death. - In case of the death of any member of the...

Section 25-1-2250. Leaves of absence for public officers and employees. - Officers and employees of the State of South Carolina, and...

Section 25-1-2260. Continuance of court case when party or attorney on active duty. - It is the duty of a judge of a court...

Section 25-1-2270. Completion of missed exams and assignments due to military service. - Upon notice from a student required to attend or participate...

Section 25-1-2310. Entitlement to reemployment. - Any member of the South Carolina National Guard who, at...

Section 25-1-2320. Application for reemployment; restoration to previous position or appropriate alternative. - Upon release from state duty, the employee shall make written...

Section 25-1-2330. Judicial action for enforcement of rights. - Any employee may file a motion, petition, or other appropriate...

Section 25-1-2340. Provisions of article applicable to members of South Carolina State Guard. - The provisions of Sections 25-1-2310 through 25-1-2330, providing reemployment rights...

Section 25-1-2350. South Carolinians serving in another state's national or state guard. - The provisions of this article granting reemployment rights to members...

Section 25-1-2410. Citation of Code of Military Justice. - This article may be cited as the "Code of Military...

Section 25-1-2420. Definitions, generally. - As used in the Code of Military Justice: 1. "Accuser"...

Section 25-1-2430. Person subject to Code of Military Justice. - The Code of Military Justice applies to all members of...

Section 25-1-2440. Discharged person as subject to court-martial. - Subject to Section 25-1-2725, no person charged with having committed,...

Section 25-1-2450. Appointment of state judge advocate. - (A) The Adjutant General shall appoint an officer of the...

Section 25-1-2455. Military judges; appointment, qualifications, powers, duties. - (A) A military judge must be appointed by the Adjutant...

Section 25-1-2460. "Apprehension" defined; persons authorized to apprehend offenders. - For purposes of this code, " apprehension" is the taking...

Section 25-1-2470. Arrest and confinement, defined; use of reasonable force; powers of sheriffs. - For purposes of this code, "arrest" is the restraint of...

Section 25-1-2480. Arrest or confinement; informing person of rights. - Any person subject to this code charged with an offense...

Section 25-1-2490. Place of confinement; expenses; reports. - Persons confined other than in a guardhouse, whether before or...

Section 25-1-2500. Punishment prohibited before trial. - Subject to Section 25-1-2795, no person, while being held for...

Section 25-1-2510. Delivery of accused to civil authority for trial; civil conviction interrupting sentence of court-martial; completion of military sentence. - A person subject to the Code of Military Justice who...

Section 25-1-2520. Nonjudicial disciplinary punishment. - 1. Under regulations that the Adjutant General may prescribe, limitations...

Section 25-1-2530. Types of courts-martial. - There may be three types of courts-martial in the state...

Section 25-1-2540. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general. - Each component of the military forces has court-martial jurisdiction over...

Section 25-1-2550. Jurisdiction of general courts-martial. - Subject to Section 25-1-2540, general courts-martial have jurisdiction to try...

Section 25-1-2560. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial. - 1. Subject to Section 25-1-2540, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to...

Section 25-1-2570. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial. - Subject to Section 25-1-2540, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try...

Section 25-1-2580. Appointment of general courts-martial. - General courts-martial may be appointed only by order of the...

Section 25-1-2590. Appointment of special courts-martial. - Special courts-martial must be appointed by the adjutant general and...

Section 25-1-2600. Appointment of summary courts-martial. - Summary courts-martial must be appointed by the Adjutant General and...

Section 25-1-2610. Who may serve on courts-martial. - (1) Any officer off or on duty with the military...

Section 25-1-2620. Detail and designation of military judge; qualifications. - (1) The authority convening a general court-martial shall, and the...

Section 25-1-2630. Detail of trial counsel and defense counsel; qualifications. - (1) For each general and special court-martial, either the authority...

Section 25-1-2640. Recording of proceedings; interpreters. - Under regulations the Adjutant General may prescribe, the convening authority...

Section 25-1-2650. Absent and additional members for courts-martial. - (1) No member of a general or special court-martial may...

Section 25-1-2660. Signature of accused on charges and specifications; oath; informing accused of charges. - Charges and specifications must be signed by a person subject...

Section 25-1-2665. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited; informing accused of rights; evidence; admissibility. - (1) No person subject to the Code of Military Justice...

Section 25-1-2670. Investigation and inquiry of charges; recommendations; advising accused of rights; right to counsel; cross-examination of witnesses; records. - No charge or specifications may be referred to a general...

Section 25-1-2675. Time requirement for forwarding charges to person exercising general court-martial jurisdiction. - When a person is held for trial by general court-martial...

Section 25-1-2680. Referral of charge to state judge advocate before trial; error in charges or specifications. - Before directing the trial of any charge by general court-martial,...

Section 25-1-2685. Service of charges on accused; time restrictions as to trial. - The trial counsel to whom court-martial charges are referred for...

Section 25-1-2690. Evidentiary rules. - The procedure, including modes of proof, in cases before military...

Section 25-1-2695. Unlawfully influencing action of court. - (1) No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial...

Section 25-1-2700. Duties of trial counsel and defense counsel; assistant trial counsel. - The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall...

Section 25-1-2705. Sessions. - At any time after the service of charges which have...

Section 25-1-2710. Continuances. - The military judge or a court-martial without a military judge...

Section 25-1-2715. Challenges. - The military judge and members of a general or special...

Section 25-1-2720. Oaths. - Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of general...

Section 25-1-2725. Statute of limitations. - A person charged with desertion or absence without leave in...

Section 25-1-2726. Jurisdiction over accused. - Jurisdiction over the accused attaches upon service of charges on...

Section 25-1-2730. Double jeopardy. - No person may, without his consent, be tried a second...

Section 25-1-2735. Pleas of accused. - If an accused makes an irregular pleading, or after a...

Section 25-1-2740. Opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence. - The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall...

Section 25-1-2745. Refusal to appear or testify. - Any person not subject to the Code of Military Justice...

Section 25-1-2750. Contempt. - A court-martial may punish for contempt any person who uses...

Section 25-1-2755. Depositions. - At any time after charges have been signed, as provided...

Section 25-1-2760. Admissibility of records of courts of inquiry. - In any case not extending to the dismissal of a...

Section 25-1-2765. Voting and rulings. - Voting by members of a general or special court-martial on...

Section 25-1-2770. Number of votes required. - No person may be convicted of an offense, except as...

Section 25-1-2775. Announcement of findings and sentence. - A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the...

Section 25-1-2780. Record of trial. - Each general court-martial shall keep a separate record of the...

Section 25-1-2785. Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited. - Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on...

Section 25-1-2790. Resignation in lieu of court-martial. - With the express consent of the adjutant general, an accused...

Section 25-1-2795. Effective date of sentences; forfeiture of pay; confinement; deferment of sentence. - Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and...

Section 25-1-2800. Execution of sentence of confinement; hard labor. - Under such instructions as the adjutant general may prescribe, a...

Section 25-1-2805. Reduction in pay grade; restoration of benefits. - Unless otherwise provided in regulations to be prescribed by the...

Section 25-1-2810. Error of law; lesser included offense. - A finding or sentence of a court-martial may not be...

Section 25-1-2815. Forwarding record to convening authority. - After a trial by court-martial the record must be forwarded...

Section 25-1-2820. Forwarding record to state judge advocate. - The adjutant general shall refer the record of each general...

Section 25-1-2825. Reconsideration of ruling; correction of record. - If a specification before a court-martial has been dismissed on...

Section 25-1-2830. Rehearings. - If the convening authority disapproves the findings and sentence of...

Section 25-1-2835. Approval of findings and sentence. - In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial,...

Section 25-1-2840. Disposition of records after review by convening authority. - When the convening authority has taken final action in a...

Section 25-1-2845. Appeal. - Appeal from a general court-martial or special court-martial must be...

Section 25-1-2850. Appellate counsel. - The National Guard shall not have the responsibility to provide...

Section 25-1-2855. Sentence involving general officer. - No sentence involving a general officer or which includes unsuspended...

Section 25-1-2860. Vacation of suspension of sentence; hearings. - Before the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial...

Section 25-1-2865. Remission or suspension of sentence. - The Governor or a convening authority may remit or suspend...

Section 25-1-2870. Restoration of rights, privileges, and property. - Under such regulations as the Governor or the adjutant general...

Section 25-1-2875. Appellate review; finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences. - The appellate review of records of trial provided by this...

Section 25-1-2880. Principals. - Any person is a principal who is subject to the...

Section 25-1-2885. Accessory after the fact. - Any person subject to this code who, knowing that an...

Section 25-1-2890. Conviction of lesser included offense. - An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily...

Section 25-1-2895. Attempts. - An act, done with specific intent to commit an offense...

Section 25-1-2900. Conspiracy. - Any person subject to this code who conspires with any...

Section 25-1-2905. Soliciting or advising person to desert or commit act of sedition. - (1) Any person subject to this code who solicits or...

Section 25-1-2910. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation. - A person may be punished as a court-martial may direct...

Section 25-1-2915. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation. - Any person subject to this code who effects an enlistment...

Section 25-1-2920. Desertion. - (1) Any member of the military forces is guilty of...

Section 25-1-2925. Absence without leave. - Any person, subject to this code, may be punished as...

Section 25-1-2930. Person missing movement of unit. - Any person subject to this code who, through neglect or...

Section 25-1-2935. Disrespect to superior officer or noncommissioned officer. - Any person subject to this code who behaves with disrespect...

Section 25-1-2940. Assaulting or wilfully disobeying superior officer or noncommissioned officer. - Any person subject to this code may be punished as...

Section 25-1-2945. Insubordinate conduct toward officer or noncommissioned officer. - Any officer or enlisted member may be punished as a...

Section 25-1-2950. Failure to obey order, statute, or regulation; derelict in performance of duty. - Any person, subject to the code, may be punished as...

Section 25-1-2955. Cruelty and maltreatment. - Any person subject to this code who is guilty of...

Section 25-1-2957. Reckless endangerment. - A person subject to this code who recklessly and unlawfully...

Section 25-1-2960. Mutiny or sedition. - (1) Any person subject to the code who: (A) with...

Section 25-1-2965. Resisting arrest, and escape. - Any person subject to this code who resists apprehension or...

Section 25-1-2970. Releasing prisoner without proper authority. - Any person subject to the code who, without proper authority,...

Section 25-1-2975. Unlawful detention. - Any person subject to this code, who, except as provided...

Section 25-1-2980. Noncompliance with procedural rules. - Any person, subject to this code may be punished as...

Section 25-1-2985. Improper use or disclosure of parole or countersign. - Any person subject to this code, who in time of...

Section 25-1-2990. Forcing a safeguard. - Any person subject to this code who forces a safeguard...

Section 25-1-2995. Captured or abandoned property. - (1) All persons subject to this code shall secure all...

Section 25-1-3000. False official statements. - Any person subject to this code who with intent to...

Section 25-1-3005. Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition of military property. - Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority:...

Section 25-1-3010. Waste, spoilage, or destruction of property other than military property. - Any person subject to this code who wilfully or recklessly...

Section 25-1-3015. Operating vehicle under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance; reckless driving. - Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle...

Section 25-1-3020. Sleeping on duty; leaving post; under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance while on duty. - Any person subject to this code who is found under...

Section 25-1-3025. Malingering. - A person subject to this code must be punished as...

Section 25-1-3030. Riot or breach of peace. - Any person subject to this code who causes or participates...

Section 25-1-3035. Provoking or reproachful words or gestures. - Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or...

Section 25-1-3040. Larceny; wrongful appropriation. - Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes, obtains,...

Section 25-1-3045. Forgery. - Any person subject to this code who, with intent to...

Section 25-1-3050. Assault. - Any person subject to this code who attempts or offers...

Section 25-1-3055. Perjury. - Any person subject to this code who, in a judicial...

Section 25-1-3060. Frauds against United States or the State or any officer of it. - Any person, subject to this code must, upon conviction of...

Section 25-1-3065. Conduct unbecoming a member of the National Guard. - A person subject to the Code of Military Justice, who...

Section 25-1-3067. Fraternization. - A person subject to the Code of Military Justice, upon...

Section 25-1-3070. Punishment for disorders and neglects not specifically mentioned in Code of Military Justice. - Though not specifically mentioned in this code all disorders, neglects,...

Section 25-1-3075. Statutory and common law criminal offenses in State incorporated into Code of Military Justice. - All statutory and common law criminal offenses in the State...

Section 25-1-3080. Courts of inquiry. - Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter of concern to...

Section 25-1-3085. Authority to administer oaths. - The following members of the military forces may administer oaths...

Section 25-1-3090. Text of Code of Military Justice; availability to member of military forces. - A complete text of the Code of Military Justice and...

Section 25-1-3095. Complaint against officer. - Any member of the military forces who believes himself wronged...

Section 25-1-3100. Redress for damages to property. - Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that damage...

Section 25-1-3105. Members of military forces to serve at pleasure of adjutant general. - Members of the military forces shall serve at the pleasure...

Section 25-1-3110. Immunity for action of military courts or boards. - No action or proceeding in any state or federal court...

Section 25-1-3115. Request for assistance of solicitor of judicial circuit. - The presidents of courts-martial and summary court officers may request...

Section 25-1-3120. Oaths of members of court. - The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall...

Section 25-1-3125. Oath of trial counsel and reporter. - When the oath or affirmation has been administered to the...

Section 25-1-3130. Oath of Witnesses. - All persons who give evidence before a court-martial must be...

Section 25-1-3135. Trial by court-martial does not bar trial in State courts. - Trial by court-martial of an accused does not act as...

Section 25-1-3140. Writ when fine has not been paid. - When a fine has been assessed by a court-martial against...

Section 25-1-3145. Writ of sentence of confinement. - When a sentence of confinement has been imposed by a...

Section 25-1-3150. Costs and expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry. - All costs and expenses involved in the proceedings of courts-martial...

Section 25-1-3155. Delegation of authority. - The Governor or adjutant general may delegate any authority vested...

Section 25-1-3160. Construction of Code of Military Justice. - The Code of Military Justice must be so construed as...

Section 25-1-4010. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Servicemembers...

Section 25-1-4020. Purpose and application of article. - This article is intended to expand and supplement the rights,...

Section 25-1-4030. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Dependent", with respect to...

Section 25-1-4040. Rights, benefits, and protections apply to servicemembers engaged in military service; exceptions; violations. - The rights, benefits, and protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil...

Section 25-1-4050. Rights and protections provided to dependents of servicemembers. - A dependent of a servicemember engaged in military service has...

Section 25-1-4060. Termination of contracts after receiving military orders; notice of termination; penalties; refunds; taxes. - (A) In addition to the rights and protections regarding consumer...

Section 25-1-4070. Civil actions; remedies; penalties. - (A) A servicemember, the dependent of a servicemember, or the...

Section 25-1-4080. List of rights of servicemember or servicemember's dependent posted on South Carolina National Guard website. - The Adjutant General shall post on the South Carolina National...

Chapter 3 - South Carolina State Guard

Section 25-3-10. Establishment of South Carolina State Guard. - A South Carolina State Guard is hereby established. Such force...

Section 25-3-20. Governor may call State Guard into duty. - Whenever any part of the National Guard of this State...

Section 25-3-30. Composition. - Such force shall be composed of officers, commissioned or assigned,...

Section 25-3-40. Qualifications for commission or enlistment. - In order to be commissioned or enlisted in such force,...

Section 25-3-50. Civil organization, society or club enlisted as unit. - No civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood,...

Section 25-3-60. Officers' oath. - The oath to be taken by officers commissioned in such...

Section 25-3-70. Term of enlistment; oath. - No person shall be enlisted for more than three years,...

Section 25-3-80. Regulations governing enlistment, organization and administration. - The Governor may prescribe rules and regulations consistent with the...

Section 25-3-90. Duties of Adjutant and Inspector General. - The duties of the Adjutant and Inspector General in connection...

Section 25-3-100. Uniforms. - The South Carolina State Guard may be uniformed as the...

Section 25-3-110. Equipment and property for use of force. - For the use of such force the Governor may requisition...

Section 25-3-120. Exemption from arrest. - No officer or enlisted man of such force shall be...

Section 25-3-130. Circumstances warranting call into service; law enforcement powers vested in officers. - The Governor may, in case of insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot,...

Section 25-3-140. Pay of members on active duty. - When members of the South Carolina State Guard are ordered...

Section 25-3-150. Service out of State. - The South Carolina State Guard shall not be required to...

Section 25-3-160. Service on request of Governor of another state. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 25-3-150, upon the request of...

Section 25-3-170. Pursuit of fugitives. - Any organization, unit or detachment of such force, upon order...

Section 25-3-180. Pursuit of fugitives into this State by out-of-State forces. - Any military force, organization, unit or detachment thereof of any...

Section 25-3-190. Force not subject to service of United States. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing such...

Section 25-3-200. Courts-martial. - Whenever such force, or any part thereof, shall be ordered...

Section 25-3-210. Resignation of officers or discharge of enlisted men. - The Governor may accept the resignation of any officer or...

Chapter 7 - Treason; Sabotage

Section 25-7-10. "Foreign government" defined. - The words "foreign government" as used in this chapter shall...

Section 25-7-20. Obtaining or giving information respecting national or state defense. - (A) It is unlawful for a person, for the purpose...

Section 25-7-30. Giving information respecting national or state defense to foreign contacts. - Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is...

Section 25-7-40. Gathering information for an enemy. - Whoever in time of war, with intent that the same...

Section 25-7-50. False reports; insubordination; obstruction of recruiting. - (A) When the United States is at war, it is...

Section 25-7-60. Conspiracy. - If two or more persons conspire to violate the provisions...

Section 25-7-70. Sabotage. - Any employee, employer or other person who, wilfully and with...

Section 25-7-80. Concealing or harboring violator of chapter. - Whoever harbors or conceals any person whom he knows or...

Section 25-7-90. Reports to Governor; arrests. - The Governor shall call upon all sheriffs, bonded peace officers,...

Section 25-7-100. Arrests without warrant. - If any person is arrested under Section 25-7-90 without a...

Chapter 9 - Emergency Measures

Section 25-9-10. Authority to enter into compact. - The State of South Carolina by and through the Governor...

Section 25-9-20. Terms of compact. - The compact authorized by the provision of this article shall...

Section 25-9-110. Issuance and sale of obligations of the United States. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws, all persons may,...

Section 25-9-120. Immunity of persons owning property used for civil defense. - No person owning or controlling property who voluntarily and without...

Section 25-9-410. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Emergency Management Assistance...

Section 25-9-420. Emergency Management Assistance Compact. - The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is enacted and entered into...

Section 25-9-500. Short title. - This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Emergency...

Section 25-9-510. Purpose of article. - The purpose of this article is to provide procedures for...

Section 25-9-520. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Special law enforcement officer"...

Section 25-9-530. Qualifications to serve as special law enforcement officer. - To serve as a special law enforcement officer pursuant to...

Section 25-9-540. Oath of office; record. - Prior to performing law enforcement activities in the State of...

Section 25-9-550. Authority of special law enforcement officer. - A special law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to this article...

Section 25-9-560. Operational control of special law enforcement officer; conflicting rules and regulations. - A special law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to this article...

Section 25-9-570. Termination of powers and duties granted to special law enforcement officer; penalty. - (A) The powers and duties granted to a special law...

Section 25-9-580. Immunity. - Nothing in this article is intended to waive existing or...

Section 25-9-590. Compensation for special law enforcement officers. - Compensation for special law enforcement officers must be made in...

Section 25-9-600. Employee status of special law enforcement officer; office holding; certification; bond. - (A) A special law enforcement officer serving pursuant to this...

Chapter 11 - Department Of Veterans' Affairs

Section 25-11-10. Department of Veterans' Affairs created; requirements; authority. - (A) The Department of Veterans' Affairs is created within the...

Section 25-11-20. Secretary of Department of Veterans' Affairs; requirements; recommendations; removal; duties. - (A) For the purpose of carrying on this work the...

Section 25-11-30. Location of department; administrative support. - (A) The department shall be located in Columbia in space...

Section 25-11-40. County veterans affairs officers; appointment and removal; training and accreditation. - (A) For the purpose of this section, "veteran" means a...

Section 25-11-45. County veterans' affairs offices. - Notwithstanding Section 1-30-110(4), a county veterans' affairs office must be...

Section 25-11-50. Relations of secretary and county veterans' affairs officers. - The secretary shall establish uniform methods and procedures for the...

Section 25-11-60. Semiannual reports. - The county veterans' affairs officers shall render semiannually a complete...

Section 25-11-70. Duties in connection with Agent Orange Information and Assistance Program; suit for release of information. - (A) The department shall assist the South Carolina Agent Orange...

Section 25-11-75. Appointment of additional claims representative. - (A) The secretary shall appoint an additional claims representative within...

Section 25-11-80. State veterans' cemeteries. - (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "State veterans'...

Section 25-11-85. Veterans Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Support Fund established. - (A)(1) There is established and created in the State Treasury...

Section 25-11-90. Roster of active duty service in certain operations and conflicts; contents. - (A)(1) The department shall prepare a complete roster of all...

Section 25-11-100. South Carolina Military Base Task Force. - (A) There is hereby established the South Carolina Military Base...

Section 25-11-310. Definitions. - For the purposes of this article: (1) "Active duty" means...

Section 25-11-320. South Carolina Military Family Relief Fund established; donations; awarding grants. - There is established in the State Treasury a fund separate...

Section 25-11-330. Intent of article; types of payments. - (A) The intent of this article is to provide an...

Section 25-11-340. Grant eligibility based on need. - (A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following:...

Section 25-11-350. Grant eligibility based on military status. - (A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following:...

Section 25-11-360. Grant eligibility of next of kin of member wounded or killed on active duty. - (A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following:...

Section 25-11-370. Need payment conditions and restrictions. - (A) Payments to a South Carolina National Guard or Reserve...

Section 25-11-380. Military status grant conditions and restrictions. - (A) All grants pursuant to Section 25-11-350 must be a...

Section 25-11-390. Active duty injury or death grant conditions and restrictions. - (A) All grants pursuant to Section 25-11-360 must be a...

Section 25-11-400. Procedures governing acceptance, payment, and denial of applications. - (A) The procedures governing the acceptance of applications are as...

Section 25-11-510. South Carolina Prisoner of War "POW" Medal. - There is created the South Carolina Prisoner of War "POW"...

Section 25-11-520. Eligibility. - (A) The department, in consultation with the Adjutant General, shall...

Section 25-11-530. Ineligibility. - Any person convicted by a United States military tribunal of...

Section 25-11-540. Limit of one medal per person. - No person may be awarded more than one South Carolina...

Section 25-11-550. Award to deceased person or person absent as a prisoner of war. - The medal may be awarded for a deceased person or...

Section 25-11-560. Plan to accept nominations. - The department must develop and implement a plan to accept...

Section 25-11-570. Design and appearance; South Carolina Prisoner of War Medal Fund. - (A) The Adjutant General, in consultation with the secretary, shall...

Chapter 12 - Veteran's Unclaimed Cremated Remains

Section 25-12-10. Disposal of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran. - The unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran as defined in...

Section 25-12-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Veteran" means a person...

Section 25-12-30. Authority of coroner or manager of funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary. - A coroner or a manager of a funeral home, funeral...

Section 25-12-40. Sharing information; discharge of liability. - (A) Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, nothing...

Section 25-12-50. Disposition of remains. - (A) If a coroner or a manager of a funeral...

Section 25-12-60. Liability for costs or damages. - The veterans' service organization, coroner, funeral home, funeral establishment, mortuary,...

Section 25-12-70. Reimbursement by estate. - The estate of the decedent is responsible for reimbursing a...

Section 25-12-80. Records. - A coroner or a manager of a funeral home, funeral...

Section 25-12-90. Limitation of duty. - Nothing in this chapter requires a coroner or a manager...

Chapter 13 - Confederate Pensions

Section 25-13-10. Honor roll. - There is hereby created an honor roll of former Confederate...

Section 25-13-20. Boards of honor. - The board of honor in each of the several counties...

Section 25-13-30. Duties of county boards of honor; compensation. - Such county boards shall report to the Comptroller General of...

Section 25-13-40. Duties of judge of probate. - The judge of probate in each county shall be the...

Section 25-13-50. Applications. - All applications for enrollment on the honor roll from year...

Section 25-13-60. Proof required of widows. - It shall be sufficient to entitle the widow of a...

Section 25-13-70. Director of South Carolina Department of Archives and History shall furnish information. - The Director of the South Carolina Department of Archives and...

Section 25-13-80. Enrollment books shall be kept by clerk of court. - The township enrollment books shall be by the clerks of...

Section 25-13-90. Temporary custody of enrollment books. - Upon the written request of the Governor, the clerk of...

Section 25-13-100. Amount of pensions. - All widows of Confederate veterans who have reached the age...

Section 25-13-110. Payments in event of death. - In the event of the death of a widow of...

Section 25-13-120. Expenses of administration. - The necessary expenses of administering the provisions of this chapter...

Section 25-13-130. Records shall be turned over to Comptroller General. - All records in regard to pensioners shall be immediately turned...

Section 25-13-140. Penalty for making fraudulent claims. - Any person who shall fraudulently impersonate any widow for the...

Section 25-13-150. Penalty for discounting or speculating in pension claims. - Any person who shall discount, shave or in any manner...

Chapter 15 - Other Provisions For Benefit Of Veterans

Section 25-15-10. Removal of disability of minority for transactions under Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. - The disability of minority of any male or female veteran...

Section 25-15-20. Improper use of Confederate Crosses of Honor. - It is unlawful for a person to wear as a...

Section 25-15-30. Improper use of emblems of the American Legion and other service organizations. - It shall be unlawful for any person other than a...

Section 25-15-40. Illegal sale of official flowers of veterans' organizations. - Poppies and forget-me-nots are hereby designated as the official flowers...

Chapter 17 - South Carolina Military Museum

Section 25-17-10. Military Museum; establishment; board members. - There is established the South Carolina Military Museum, located at...

Section 25-17-20. Duties of board; meetings, elections, reports. - The board shall hold regular meetings, prescribe rules for its...

Section 25-17-30. Maintenance of museum and collection; improvement of grounds for outdoor displays. - Military Department of South Carolina equipment, supplies, and personnel may...

Section 25-17-40. Board may accept loans, grants, donations and the like; acquisition of land or items by purchase, lease, or contract. - The board may accept lands, buildings, money, relics, weapons, or...

Section 25-17-50. Museum to collect, preserve, and exhibit items of interest; public access. - The museum must be a military and historical museum charged...

Chapter 19 - Prisoners Of War Commission

Section 25-19-10. Prisoners of war commission; members; terms; vacancies. - There is established a Prisoner of War Commission in South...

Section 25-19-20. Commission attached to Department of Veterans' Affairs; location of commission. - The commission is attached to the Department of Veterans' Affairs...

Section 25-19-30. Meetings of commission. - The commission shall meet at least two times yearly at...

Section 25-19-40. Functions of commission. - The functions of the commission include the following: (1) develop...

Section 25-19-50. Annual report of commission. - The commission annually shall submit a written report to the...

Section 25-19-60. Compensation of commission members; funding of commission. - The members of the commission shall receive the mileage, per...

Chapter 21 - Veterans' Trust Fund

Section 25-21-10. Establishment of Veterans' Trust Fund; purpose and governance. - There is established the Veterans' Trust Fund of South Carolina,...

Section 25-21-20. Establishment of board of trustees; membership requirements; term and compensation; annual reports. - There is created the Board of Trustees for the Veterans'...

Section 25-21-30. Duties and functions of board of trustees. - To fulfill its duties and functions, the board is authorized,...

Section 25-21-40. Availability of funds for disbursement from Veterans' Trust Fund. - Until the assets of the Veterans' Trust Fund exceed one...

Section 25-21-50. Funds from contributions required to be deposited in Veterans' Trust Fund. - Funds from the receipt of contributions pursuant to Section 12-6-5070...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs

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Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs