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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 22-5-520: Amount of recognizance of accused.

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  1. Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES
  2. CHAPTER 5 Magistrates' Powers and Duties in Criminal Matters
  3. ARTICLE 7 Bail and Recognizance; Arrest and Committal of Witnesses

If the offense charged be punishable with fine and imprisonment, or either, the recognizance of the accused entered into before a magistrate shall not be for less than two hundred dollars and in all cases the magistrate taking the recognizance shall cause it to be in such amount as the circumstances may seem to require.

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