2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
CHAPTER 3 - STATE PRISON SYSTEM
SECTION 24-3-570. Disposition of body.
The body of the person executed must be delivered to his relatives. If no claim is made by relatives for the body, it must be disposed of in the same manner as bodies of inmates who die in the state prison system. If the nearest relatives of a person executed desire that the body be transported to the person's former home, the expenses for this transportation must be paid by the state prison system.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-377; 1952 Code Section 55-377; 1942 Code Section 1991; 1932 Code Section 1991; Cr. C. '22 Section 975; 1912 (27) 702; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 28, eff June 11, 2010.
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