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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-70: Indictments against corporations.

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  1. Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES
  2. CHAPTER 19 Indictments

Whenever any corporation doing business in this State, whether incorporated under the laws of this State or not, shall be charged with any offense cognizable by the courts of general sessions the solicitor shall hand out a bill of indictment to the grand jury of the county in which such offense, or some part thereof, has been committed and if the grand jury shall return a true bill the solicitor shall cause a copy of such indictment to be served on such corporation offending in the manner indicated in Section 17-13-80 and upon service of such indictment and the notice required by such section the court of general sessions shall obtain and have jurisdiction of such corporation.

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