2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
CHAPTER 3 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Section 58-3-370. Arrest procedure.
When any person is apprehended by an inspector upon a charge of violating the Motor Vehicle Carrier Law or related laws, the following procedure shall be followed:
(1) The person being charged shall be served by the arresting inspector with an official summons and arrest report. The report shall give the appropriate judicial officer jurisdiction to dispose of the case.
(2) The person being charged may deposit with the arresting inspector a sum of money not to exceed one hundred dollars as bail in lieu of being immediately brought before the magistrate or other judicial officer; provided, that an official summons and arrest report may be issued without requiring any sum of money as bail.
(3) The official summons and arrest report shall indicate the amount of bail deposited with the inspector and shall serve as a receipt for the sum.
(4) The arresting inspector shall transmit any sum of money received from the person charged to the appropriate magistrate or other judicial officer.
(5) Upon receipt of the sum of money, if any is required, as bail, the arresting inspector may release the person charged so that he may appear before the proper judicial officer at a time and place stated in, and required by, the official summons and arrest report.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 90 Section 7.
