South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 3 - Commissions, Oaths And Bonds

Section 8-3-10. Oath and commission prerequisite to assumption of duties. - It shall be unlawful for any person to assume the...

Section 8-3-30. Form of bond by all public officers. - The bond given by any person elected or appointed to...

Section 8-3-40. Secretary of State to supply blank forms of bonds. - The Secretary of State shall ascertain the number of officers...

Section 8-3-50. Clerks shall receive blank forms and give to officers. - Each county clerk shall receive the bonds for his county...

Section 8-3-60. Assumption of office before giving bond. - It shall be unlawful for any person to assume or...

Section 8-3-70. Prohibition on pay until bond given. - No executive, judicial or other officer, elected or appointed to...

Section 8-3-80. Certain county officials required to give corporate surety. - Before any county official, other than a magistrate, constable or...

Section 8-3-90. Surety company bonds authorized. - Solvent guaranty companies, surety companies, fidelity insurance companies and fidelity...

Section 8-3-100. Cost of bonds from corporate surety. - When the official of any county secures bond from a...

Section 8-3-110. Distribution of liability among sureties. - Each surety on a personal official bond may state in...

Section 8-3-120. Residence of sureties for county officers. - The sureties, other than corporate sureties, on bonds of all...

Section 8-3-130. Examination and approval of bonds. - The official bond of each officer of the executive department...

Section 8-3-140. Approval by Attorney General of form and execution of bonds of officers of State; recordation. - The bonds of all public officers of the State shall,...

Section 8-3-150. Recordation and filing of bonds of county officers. - Every county officer who is required to give bond for...

Section 8-3-160. Governing body of county to examine sufficiency of county officers' bonds and correct deficiencies. - The governing body of each county in the State shall...

Section 8-3-180. Procedure when bond becomes unsatisfactory. - If any surety on any such official bond should die...

Section 8-3-190. Execution of new bond when surety demands relief; release of prior sureties. - When any of the sureties of any officer elected or...

Section 8-3-200. Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond. - When any officer shall be required to execute a new...

Section 8-3-210. State officers and employees shall advise interested persons as to bonds and furnish copies. - Any officer, agent, servant or employee in any office of...

Section 8-3-220. Bonds of public officers may be sued on. - The bond of any public officer in this State may...

Section 8-3-230. Certified copies of bonds delivered to parties to suit on request. - For the purpose of any suit brought under Section 8-3-220...

Section 8-3-240. Distribution of moneys recovered on bond after defalcation. - Whenever any officer of this State charged with the care,...

Section 8-3-250. State officers shall not be officers of surety companies. - No State officer shall be an officer of any company...