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Section 63-19-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Juvenile Justice Code"....
Section 63-19-20. Definitions. - When used in this chapter and unless otherwise defined or...
Section 63-19-30. Other state agencies; preexisting obligations. - (A) It is the duty of other state agencies providing...
Section 63-19-310. Department created. - There is created the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice....
Section 63-19-320. Director; removal of director; bond. - (A) The Governor shall appoint a director of the department...
Section 63-19-330. Policy-setting responsibilities of director; executive responsibilities of director. - (A) The director is the chief executive officer of the...
Section 63-19-340. Annual report. - An annual report of the department must be prepared by...
Section 63-19-350. Community services. - The department shall provide community services as the director shall...
Section 63-19-360. Institutional services. - The department shall provide institutional services which include, but are...
Section 63-19-370. Interdepartmental agreements; retention of grant revenues. - The department may enter into agreements with the governing bodies...
Section 63-19-380. Special school district designation. - (A) The Department of Juvenile Justice is designated as a...
Section 63-19-390. Peace officers and constables. - Juvenile correctional employees of the department, while performing their officially...
Section 63-19-400. Gifts. - The department may accept gifts, donations, or contributions and may...
Section 63-19-410. Fees. - (A) The department may charge and collect fees for evaluation...
Section 63-19-420. Natural resource sales. - The director is authorized to sell mature trees, other timber,...
Section 63-19-430. Bumper sticker sales. - The department may print or purchase for resale bumper stickers...
Section 63-19-440. Goldsmith Center. - The department's reception and evaluation center located in Columbia is...
Section 63-19-450. Youth Industries Program. - (A) The director of the Department of Juvenile Justice may...
Section 63-19-460. Voluntary participation in program. - (A) A juvenile may participate in the Youth Industries Program...
Section 63-19-470. Sale of goods prohibited. - It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale on...
Section 63-19-480. Compensation of victims of crime fund. - There is created a fund within the Department of Juvenile...
Section 63-19-490. Authority to promulgate regulations. - The Department of Juvenile Justice in consultation with this state's...
Section 63-19-610. Board. - (A)(1) There is created the Board of Juvenile Parole. The...
Section 63-19-620. Removal of member. - A member of the parole board is subject to removal...
Section 63-19-630. Officers; rules and procedures. - The parole board shall elect from among its members a...
Section 63-19-640. Compensation. - The members of the parole board must be reimbursed for...
Section 63-19-650. Compensation. - Members of the Board of Juvenile Parole shall receive compensation...
Section 63-19-810. Taking a child into custody. - (A) When a child found violating a criminal law or...
Section 63-19-820. Out-of-home placement. - (A) When the officer who took the child into custody...
Section 63-19-830. Detention hearings; screenings. - (A) If the officer who took the child into custody...
Section 63-19-840. Detention homes; temporary care and custody. - Provisions must be made for a detention home or homes...
Section 63-19-850. Transportation to detention facility. - No child may be transported to a juvenile detention facility...
Section 63-19-1010. Intake and probation. - (A) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide intake and...
Section 63-19-1020. Instituting proceedings. - The parent or custodian of a child, an official of...
Section 63-19-1030. Prehearing inquiry. - (A) Whenever a person informs the court that a child...
Section 63-19-1040. Indigent defense. - Notwithstanding Title 17, Chapter 3, Defense of Indigents, in determining...
Section 63-19-1210. Transfer of jurisdiction. - See Editor's Note for contingency. In accordance with the jurisdiction...
Section 63-19-1410. Adjudication. - Text of (A) effective July 1, 2019. See Editor's Note...
Section 63-19-1420. Driver's license suspension. - See Editor's Note for contingency. (A) If a child is...
Section 63-19-1430. Youth Mentor Act. - (A) This section may be cited as the "Youth Mentor...
Section 63-19-1435. Use of restraints on juveniles in court. - (A) If a juvenile appears before the court wearing instruments...
Section 63-19-1440. Commitment. - See Editor's Note for contingency. (A) A child, after the...
Section 63-19-1450. Commitment of juvenile with mental illness or mental retardation. - (A) No juvenile may be committed to an institution under...
Section 63-19-1460. Conveyance by sheriff. - A child committed under the terms of this chapter must...
Section 63-19-1470. Adult commitment. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an adult sentenced for...
Section 63-19-1610. Exclusive care; payment by local governments for use of facilities. - From the time of lawful reception of a child by...
Section 63-19-1620. Further care; education. - From the time of the lawful reception of a child...
Section 63-19-1630. Institutional transfer. - A child committed to an institution under the provisions of...
Section 63-19-1640. Furloughs. - The department may grant furloughs, not to exceed thirty days,...
Section 63-19-1650. Youthful Offender Division transfer. - (A) The Department of Juvenile Justice, when authorized by an...
Section 63-19-1660. Interference. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) cause,...
Section 63-19-1670. Contraband. - (A) While on the institutional grounds of the department, it...
Section 63-19-1680. Child support payments. - Whenever a child is committed by the court to custody...
Section 63-19-1810. Determination of release. - (A) The release and revocation of release of juveniles adjudicated...
Section 63-19-1820. Board of Juvenile Parole; review and appearance procedures. - (A)(1) The Board of Juvenile Parole shall meet monthly and...
Section 63-19-1830. Legal representation before board. - The parole board shall permit legal representation of a juvenile...
Section 63-19-1835. Compliance reductions for probationers and parolees. - The department may grant up to a ten-day reduction of...
Section 63-19-1840. Aftercare investigations. - (A) The department shall conduct aftercare investigations to determine suitable...
Section 63-19-1850. Conditional release; search and seizure. - Text of (A) effective July 1, 2019. See Editor's Note...
Section 63-19-1860. Conditional release violation. - (A) At any time during the period of conditional release,...
Section 63-19-1870. Revocation of conditional release. - The order of revocation of a conditional release may be...
Section 63-19-1880. Probation counselors. - (A) To be eligible for appointment as a probation counselor,...
Section 63-19-2010. Records. - The court shall make and keep records of all cases...
Section 63-19-2020. Confidentiality. - (A) Except as provided herein, all information obtained and records...
Section 63-19-2030. Law enforcement records. - (A) Except as provided herein, law enforcement records and information...
Section 63-19-2040. Release of information. - (A) The name, identity, or picture of a child under...
Section 63-19-2050. Petition for expungement of official records. - (A)(1) A person who has been taken into custody for,...
Section 63-19-2220. Interstate Compact for Juveniles. - The State of South Carolina hereby contracts to enter into...
Section 63-19-2410. Misrepresentation of age for admission to theater. - A minor who gains admission to any theater by falsely...
Section 63-19-2420. Loitering in a billiard room. - It is unlawful for a person under eighteen years of...
Section 63-19-2430. Playing pinball. - It is unlawful for a minor under the age of...
Section 63-19-2440. Beer and wine purchase, consumption, or possession. - (A) It is unlawful for a person under the age...
Section 63-19-2450. Alcoholic beverages purchase, consumption, or possession. - (A) It is unlawful for a person under the age...
Section 63-19-2460. Alcoholic beverages in home; religious use exception. - No provision of law prohibiting the use or possession of...