SC · rules
SCRFC 13
Bench Warrants
(a) Procedure. Subject to the approval of the Chief Justice, the Office of South Carolina Court
Administration shall establish procedures for processing and maintaining bench warrants.
(b) Form. Bench warrants shall be in the form prescribed by the Supreme Court and shall require
either the signature of the trial judge, or the signature of the respective clerk of court at the direction
of the trial judge.
(c) Service. It is the continuing duty of the sheriff, and of other appropriate law enforcement agencies
in the county, to promptly serve bench warrants and to make periodic reports to the court concerning
the status of unserved warrants.
Provenance
- Source
- www.sccourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-sc-05-print-version-2026-10-02
- Content hash
06699e67c5f83180273a0a0f6d5ba75cccdfbc780126a2fb095063a4fd655226
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