S.C. Code § 23-13-550

Current through 2024 Act No. 120.

Section 23-13-550 - Rights, powers and duties

Any such deputy sheriff:

(1) Shall have, do and exercise all the rights, duties and powers prescribed by law for constables or magistrates and such powers as are usually exercised by marshals and policemen of towns and cities;

(2) Shall also act as a conservator of the peace;

(3) Shall take into custody and carry before the nearest magistrate any person who may, in his view, engage in riotous conduct or violation of the peace, refusing upon his command to desist therefrom;

(4) Shall arrest any person who may, in his view, commit any felony or misdemeanor and carry him before a court of competent jurisdiction; and

(5) Shall execute any and all criminal process from magistrates' courts.

S.C. Code § 23-13-550

1908 (25) 1086, 1152, 1153; Cr. C. '12 Section 15; Civ. C. '12 Section 1159; Cr. P. '22 Section 14; Cr. C. '22 Section 330; Civ. C. '22 Section 2052; 1932 Code Section 3509; 1942 Code Section 3509; 1952 Code Section 53-135; 1962 Code Section 53-135.