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- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-510 · Circuit Public Defender Selection Panel; county representation; nomination of Circuit Public Defender; election by the Commission on Indigent Defense.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-520 · Circuit public defender; qualifications; responsibilities.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-530 · Chief county public defenders; responsibilities and duties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-540 · Maintenance and staffing of county public defender offices.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-550 · Funding.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-560 · Administration of funds.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-570 · Administration of personnel.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-580 · Public defenders; requirements as to employment.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-590 · Office space and equipment.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-3-600 · Existing contracts for providing indigent defense services.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-5 · Definitions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-10 · Election of coroner.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-20 · Bond.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-30 · Official oaths; commission.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-40 · Term.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-50 · Vacancy.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-60 · Office; book of inquisitions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-70 · Coroner's deputies, appointment and duties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-90 · Coroner may not act under appointment of sheriff.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-100 · Coroners must carry out orders of county governing body; fees and costs.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-110 · Coroner or deputy coroner may carry pistol or other handgun.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-115 · Deputy coroners; training and law enforcement status.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-120 · Availability of medical records to coroner of another state.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-130 · Coroner qualifications; affidavits of candidates; training; exemptions; Coroners Training Advisory Committee; Expenses.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-135 · Opioid antidote administration by coroners.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-140 · Funding for full-time county coroners; disbursement of remaining funds.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-150 · Coroners and deputy coroners considered public safety officers.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-220 · Establishment and functions of medical examiner commissions in certain counties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-230 · Medical examiner commission shall employ medical examiner; duties; assistants; facilities.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-240 · Employment and duties of deputy medical examiners.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-280 · Records to be kept in office of medical examiner; index; copies; admissibility in evidence.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-330 · Salaries and fees; annual budget.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-510 · Duties of coroner and medical examiner.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-520 · Authority to order autopsy; request in event of child's death.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-530 · Duty to notify coroner's or medical examiner's office of certain deaths and stillbirths; inquiry; findings; notification of next-of-kin; consent for certain actions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-535 · Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy; training use exception; penalty.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-540 · Coroner or medical examiner to notify Department of Child Fatalities of certain child deaths.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-541 · Local Child Fatality Review Teams; composition; notifications.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-542 · Local Child Fatality Review Teams; purpose; reports.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-543 · Meetings of Child Fatality Review Team; confidentiality; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-544 · Child Fatality Review team; exemptions from disclosure; public information; penalties.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-550 · Coroner or medical examiner may petition for warrant to inspect home of child whose death occurred elsewhere.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-555 · Reporting certain deaths of vulnerable adults.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-560 · Certification of cause of death on death certificate.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-570 · Release and burial of dead bodies; preservation and disposition of unidentified dead bodies.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-580 · Authorization for removal of dead body; penalties; coroner's jury.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-590 · Disposition of remains of unidentified dead bodies.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-600 · Permit required for cremation.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-5-610 · Duty to notify coroner or medical examiner in certain cases when body is buried without investigation.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-10 · Coroners or solicitors shall order autopsies; autopsy to be ordered upon death of persons in penal institutions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-15 · Return of body after autopsy or medical examination.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-20 · Requirement of preliminary examination before formal inquest; issuance of burial permit, conclusion of inquiry or formal inquest.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-25 · Autopsy on unidentified body; preservation of DNA samples.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-30 · Findings on preliminary examination and filing of evidence.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-40 · Fees for preliminary examination.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-70 · Jurisdiction of coroners to take inquests.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-80 · Duties of coroner concerning motor vehicle, swimming, or boating accident deaths.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-90 · Persons subject to jury duty are liable to serve on an inquest.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-100 · Mode of summoning a jury.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-110 · Procedures to be followed by person directed to summon jury; compensation.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-120 · Form of warrant to summon jury.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-130 · Execution and return of warrant; officer or juror subject to penalty for failure to perform.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-140 · Number of jurors and oath.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-150 · Coroner shall charge jury.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-160 · Inquiry in case of suicide.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-170 · Coroner's power to issue warrants and to summon and examine witnesses.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-175 · Coroner's power to issue subpoena duces tecum.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-180 · Disregard of summons or refusal to testify.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-190 · Coroner may punish for contempt.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-200 · Coroner's power to adjourn the jury and bind jurors.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-210 · Supplying places of absent jurors.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-220 · Oath of witnesses.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-230 · Coroner shall take testimony in writing and bind over or commit witnesses.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-240 · Duty to render verdict; form.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-250 · Form of conclusion of inquisition where deceased was wilfully killed.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-260 · Form of conclusion of inquisition where death was not wilful but by the hands of another.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-270 · Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by self-murder.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-280 · Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by means unknown.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-290 · Form of conclusion of inquisition in case of death by mischance.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-300 · Form of attestation clause; signature to inquisition.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-310 · Return of inquisition and evidence to clerk.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-320 · Endorsement on return of inquisition and evidence.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-330 · Coroner's Book of Inquisitions.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-340 · Compensation and mileage allowed coroner's jurors.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-510 · Penalty for burying body without notice or inquiry.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-520 · Order to take up buried body on suspicion of violent death; examination.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-530 · Record of body long dead and buried or improperly kept.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-610 · Warrant in case of wilful killing.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-620 · Form of warrant in case of wilful killing.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-630 · Commitment of person named in warrant in case of wilful killing.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-640 · Sheriff and jailers are required to keep persons committed.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-650 · Binding over person who killed another by mischance and witnesses.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-660 · Report by county coroner to Governor in certain homicide cases.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-670 · Report by coroners and magistrates to Public Service Commission in case of railroad accident.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-10 · Warrant for fugitive charged with crime in another state; temporary confinement; right to bail.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-15 · Extradition of person charged in requesting state with committing act in South Carolina or third state which intentionally resulted in committing an offense in requesting state.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-20 · Record of proceedings; transmission of copy to Governor.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-30 · Governor shall inform governor of foreign state.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-40 · Sheriff and jailer shall surrender fugitive under order of Governor.
- S.C. Code Ann. § 17-9-50 · Taking testimony in hearings on extradition; report and recommendations to Governor.