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Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLESChapter 5 - MAGISTRATES' POWERS AND DUTIES IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
Article 7 - BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE; ARREST AND COMMITTAL OF WITNESSES
Section 22-5-520 - Amount of recognizance of accused

S.C. Code § 22-5-520

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Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 22-5-520 - Amount of recognizance of accused

If the offense charged be punishable with fine and imprisonment, or either, the recognizance of the accused entered into before a magistrate shall not be for less than two hundred dollars and in all cases the magistrate taking the recognizance shall cause it to be in such amount as the circumstances may seem to require.

S.C. Code § 22-5-520

1885 (19) 439; 1839 (11) 22; R. S. 35; G. S. 2622; Cr. C. '02 Section 29; Cr. C. '12 Section 38; Cr. P. '22 Section 37; 1932 Code Section 941; 1942 Code Section 941; 1952 Code Section 43-242; 1962 Code Section 43-242.