2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally
Section 8-21-1060. Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrate or his officers.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrate or his officers and deposited in the general fund of the county:
(1) for summoning a witness to magistrate court in a civil action, three dollars, plus mileage at the current state rate;
(2) for summoning the jury panel to try a civil action in magistrate court, five dollars, to be taxed against the losing party;
(3) for summoning a coroner's jury and witnesses, five dollars, and mileage, to be paid only if inquest is demanded by person other than the State, county, or authorized officer thereof;
(4) for serving a summons, rule, order, or notice by a magistrate in a civil action, five dollars, plus mileage;
(5) for serving an attachment or civil arrest on a person and making return thereof, five dollars, plus mileage;
(6) for selling an estray, five percent of the sale proceeds;
(7) for levying execution, posting notice of sale, conducting sale, and paying over proceeds in a magistrate court action, ten dollars;
(8) for serving warrants, or any other criminal process, and for conveying prisoners by order of the magistrate or other court, mileage as permitted under Section 8-21-1040.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 164 Part I Section 3; 1988 Act No. 678, Part I, Section 2, eff July 25, 1988.
