{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-1-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 22-1-40","heading":"Appearance as attorney in case once before magistrate.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any magistrate to appear as attorney at law in any of the courts of this State in any action which may have been before him in his official capacity as such magistrate. Any magistrate who violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit his office.","path":["Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES","CHAPTER 1 Magistrates Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t22c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:48:59Z","sha256":"7561408589b9c90e513cb9fc275e5982a5b64f14c3b1469f15d6e3b3ab379245","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-1-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-1-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}