S.C. Code Ann. § 8-21-1060: Schedule of fees and costs to be collected by magistrate or his officers.

(A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrate or his officers and deposited in the general fund of the county:

(1) for summoning a witness to magistrate court in a civil action, three dollars, plus mileage at the current state rate;

(2) for summoning the jury panel to try a civil action in magistrate court, five dollars, to be taxed against the losing party;

(3) for summoning a coroner's jury and witnesses, five dollars, and mileage, to be paid only if inquest is demanded by person other than the State, county, or authorized officer thereof;

(4) for serving a summons, rule, order, or notice by a magistrate in a civil action, twenty dollars;

(5) for serving an attachment or civil arrest on a person and making return thereof, five dollars, plus mileage;

(6) for selling an estray, five percent of the sale proceeds;

(7) for levying execution, posting notice of sale, conducting sale, and paying over proceeds in a magistrate court action, twenty dollars;

(8) for serving warrants, or any other criminal process, and for conveying prisoners by order of the magistrate or other court, mileage as permitted under Section 8-21-1040.

(B) Any increase in fees and costs under subsection (A) which takes effect January 1, 2027, must be used to supplement, and not supplant, existing funds utilized to provide sufficient facilities and personnel for the necessary and proper operation of the magistrates courts in each county.