{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-20","heading":"Persons who may perform marriage ceremony.","body":"Only ministers of the Gospel, Jewish rabbis, officers authorized to administer oaths in this State, and the chief or spiritual leader of a Native American Indian entity recognized by the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs pursuant to Section 1-31-40 are authorized to administer a marriage ceremony in this State.","path":["Title 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 1 Marriage","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t20c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:48:14Z","sha256":"6988de38f98bfb1054b897eca500edfe4ae6252e776c6de630094cff76c5e56a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-15","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}