2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 11 - Public Finance
Chapter 5 - State Treasurer
Section 11-5-60. County treasurer to be charged interest for refusal or neglecting to pay taxes.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 11-5-60 (2021)

If any treasurer shall refuse or neglect to pay the taxes received by him within the time required by law, the State Treasurer shall, in addition to the coercive power which he now possesses, charge the county treasurer with interest, at the rate of five per cent per month, from the time he ought to have paid the taxes to the time of payment.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-846; 1952 Code Section 1-846; 1942 Code Section 3169; 1932 Code Section 3169; Civ. C. '22 Section 864; Civ. C. '12 Section 782; Civ. C. '02 Section 708; G. S. 565; R. S. 624; 1843 (11) 247.

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