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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 44-17-560: Removal of proceedings to another county.

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  1. Title 44 - HEALTH
  2. CHAPTER 17 Care and Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons
  3. ARTICLE 7 Procedures for Judicial Commitment

The individual shall have the right to demand removal of the proceedings to any other county of the State when the convenience of the witnesses and the ends of justice so require. When the place of the proceedings is changed all other proceedings shall be had in the county to which the place of hearing is changed, unless otherwise provided by the consent of the parties in writing, duly filed, or order of the court. And the papers shall be filed or transferred accordingly.

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