{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-160","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-160","heading":"Notice of right to preliminary hearing; form for request.","body":"When any person charged with a crime who is entitled to a preliminary hearing on such charges appears in person or by counsel in a hearing to set bond, he shall be notified by a magistrate orally and in writing of his right to such preliminary hearing. When a person is notified of his right to a preliminary hearing, he shall be furnished a simple form providing him an opportunity to request a preliminary hearing by signing and returning this form to the advising magistrate then and there or thereafter. Any person so notified who fails to timely request a preliminary hearing shall lose his right to such hearing.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 23 Pleading and Trial"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:46:29Z","sha256":"7cf1b2d7382bafff44f07668ccd85ba71d23aeeeade34e63d6a826e3d5b335f7","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-150","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}