{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-18-7-70","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 18-7-70","heading":"Return; how made if magistrate is out of office.","body":"When a magistrate by whom a judgment appealed from was rendered shall have gone out of office before a return is ordered, he shall, nevertheless, make a return in the same manner and with the like effect as if he were still in office.","path":["Title 18 - APPEALS","CHAPTER 7 Appeals to Circuit and County Courts in Other Cases","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t18c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:47:19Z","sha256":"2f66331737f96bdc28e3934a36baabe6bb913a5a64abb89e26f9f1b4ede17964","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-18-7-60","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-18-7-80"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}