2023 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
Chapter 3 - Family Court
Section 63-3-545. Clerk of family court shall report the issuance, rescission, or termination of any permanent restraining orders and orders of protection.

(A) The clerk of the family court shall report to the State Law Enforcement Division, within five days, weekends and holidays excluded, the issuance, rescission, or termination of any:

(1) permanent restraining orders;

(2) family court orders of protection from domestic abuse act orders; or

(3) any other restraining orders, orders of protection, or other orders that prohibit a person from legally purchasing or possessing a firearm, including any and all orders referenced in Section 16-25-30, but only upon being directed to transmit such orders by the appropriate judge. For any form orders provided by Court Administration that may require transmission pursuant to this subsection, Court Administration shall include within the form order a checked box option that the judge may select when appropriate to order the clerk to transmit the appropriate information to SLED.

(B) The reporting required by this section must be made in a format approved by the State Law Enforcement Division and Court Administration.

HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 10.D, eff October 1, 2021.

Editor's Note

2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:

"SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."