2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 12 - Taxation
CHAPTER 37 - ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES
SECTION 12-37-820. Payment of expenses of examination.
If upon the examination provided for in Section 12-37-780 the return made to or by the auditor shall be found to be correct, the expenses of the examination shall be paid by the county auditor, out of the county treasury. But if it shall be found that the return, as made, was erroneous, whether intentionally so or not, or that no return was made, the auditor shall pay the expenses of the examination out of the county treasury and charge them to the person examined on the duplicate, in addition to any penalty charged in any such case. Any such amount shall be collected, with the taxes of such person, to reimburse the treasury of the county for the expenses paid as aforesaid.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-1638; 1952 Code Section 65-1638; 1942 Code Section 2721; 1932 Code Section 2721; Civ. C. '22 Section 453; Civ. C. '12 Section 401; Civ. C. '02 Section 360; G. S. 242; R. S. 293; 1881 (17) 1014.
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