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South Carolina Courts: Trial Court
Circuit Courts
(Separate Website)
Lawline FAQ: The Court system in South Carolina is set out, for the most part, in the State Constitution. In 1972, an amendment provided for judicial reform, and made a uniform system of circuit courts throughout the State. The circuit courts in South Carolina may be described as courts with original jurisdiction of almost every civil and criminal case.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Circuit Courts - Clerks of Court by Clickable Map
(Separate Website)
Interactive map. Click on the county to find out information about the local Circuit Court Clerk.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Circuit Courts - Clerks of Court by Name
(Separate Website)
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Magistrates
(Separate Website)
Name and contact information for each Magistrate.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Magistrates and Municipal Rights of Defendants
(Separate Website)
Lawline FAQ: If you have been arrested by a police officer and ordered to appear in either a Municipal Court or Magistrate's Court or have been issued a Summons for a traffic offense or other minor offense to appear in a Magistrate's Court or Municipal Court, you should appear at the time stated on the Summons or arrest warrant. If you fail to appear in Court at that time, you will be tried in your absence and probably will be found guilty.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Magistrates by Clickable Map
(Separate Website)
Interactive map. Click on your area to learn more about your Magistrates.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Municipal Court Judges
(Separate Website)
Name and contact information for each Municipal Court Judge.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Municipal Court Judges by Clickable Map
(Separate Website)
Interactive map. Click on your area to learn more about your local Municipal Judges.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Public Access to Documents in Electronic Case Files
(Separate Website)
Documents filed in Civil and Criminal cases are available to the public on PACER electronically. Social Security documents are not available.
By: United States District Court - Columbia Division
South Carolina Bench Book for Magistrates and Municipal Court Judges
(Separate Website)
From this page, you can browse the Bench Book governing Magistrates and Municipal Court Judges. Navigation is down the left side of the page.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
South Carolina Magistrates Court Rules
(Separate Website)
This topical index will connect you directly to the set of Rules you need.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Your Guide to the Magistrates Court
(Separate Website)
Prepared by the Bar's Young Lawyers Division, the free guide offers answers to frequently asked questions; legal definitions; court rules; and forms. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
ACLU Criminal Justice Information
(Separate Website)
Use the resources on this American Civil Liberties Union web page to learn more and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Attorney Fees
(Separate Website)
Lawline FAQ: Attorney fees are important to both attorney and client. To the client, the fee is the cost of the legal service purchased. To the attorney, the fee represents his or her compensation. Whether a case is civil or criminal usually affects the fee arrangement.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Clerk of Court Manual
(Separate Website)
Practices and procedures for South Carolina Clerks of Court.
By: South Carolina Court Administration, SC Judicial Department
Facts about the American Judicial System
(Separate Website)
This web site contains information on the federal and state judiciaries and how our court system works. The document is only available in PDF format.
By: American Bar Association
How Courts Work
(Separate Website)
Law and the courts are everywhere—on the front page news, in best-selling thrillers, on Court TV and network shows about lawyers. Famous trials are a great subject, full of human drama, but how many of us really understand the work that courts do and how they operate?
Here’s a quick primer, with links that will help you go more deeply into the subject.: (1) Courts and Legal Procedure, (2) Steps in a Trial, (3) The Human Side of Being a Judge, (4) Mediation
By: American Bar Association
How to Enforce Protection Orders When You Move To Another State
(Separate Website)
Do you have a protective order? Are you thinking of moving to another state? This document contains information to help you use the full faith and credit law for enforcement of your protective order by other states.
By: Violence Against Women Office and Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse
IOLTA Program
(Separate Website)
The South Carolina Supreme Court created the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts or “IOLTA” program to provide funds for law-related public service projects and programs designed to improve the administration of justice.
By: South Carolina Bar Foundation
Judicial Merit Selection Commission
(Separate Website)
Where do judges come from, and how do they ascend to the bench? Learn about the judicial selection process here.
By: South Carolina Legislature
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