2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 4 - Counties
CHAPTER 11 - COUNTY OFFICERS
SECTION 4-11-160. Charging off of losses in county offices with approval of county council.
Whenever there shall occur in any county office in this State a loss of public funds arising through defalcation, bank deposits, theft or otherwise, the county treasurer or other officer having custody of the records in which such loss appears may charge off such loss with the approval of the county council, but, in the case of bank losses, only if the bank shall have been liquidated and the receiver or other agent discharged and, in the case of any other loss, only if the sums recoverable by bond or otherwise shall have been applied against the loss and the remaining sum definitely ascertained to be irrecoverable.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-317.1; 1952 Code Section 14-317.1; 1942 Code Section 2805; 1933 (38) 491; 1982 Act No. 332.
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