{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-23-1040","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 14-23-1040","heading":"Only qualified county electors eligible to office of judge or associate judge.","body":"No person is eligible to hold the office of judge of probate who is not at the time of his election a citizen of the United States and of this State, has not attained the age of twenty-one years upon his election, has not become a qualified elector of the county in which he is to be a judge, and has not received a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution or if he has received no degree he must have four years' experience as an employee in a probate judge's office in this State.","path":["Title 14 - COURTS","CHAPTER 23 Probate Courts","ARTICLE 9 Establishment, Jurisdiction, and Operation of Probate Courts"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t14c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:39:59Z","sha256":"0b0e194296c7f730e997e18c9d551677913851b464b2014f556e418c7a1b9c9a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-23-1030","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-23-1050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}