{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 4-3-5","heading":"Center line of waterways defined.","body":"For purposes of describing the boundaries of counties when a county boundary is used to establish or describe the boundary of a jury area in Chapter 2 of Title 22, the center line of waterways is defined as:\n(1) for areas influenced by the tide, the center line is the line described by a series of points equidistant from the banks as delineated at mean high tide, except when an island is present; then the center line follows the main channel around the island and is the line described by a series of points equidistant from the banks of the main channel as delineated at mean high tide; and\n(2) for areas not influenced by the tide, the center line is the line described by a series of points equidistant from the banks as delineated by the ordinary high-water mark, except when an island is present; then the center line follows the main channel around the island and is the line described by a series of points equidistant from the banks of the main channel as delineated by the ordinary high-water mark.","path":["Title 4 - COUNTIES","CHAPTER 3 Boundaries of Existing Counties"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t04c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:20:29Z","sha256":"902703901408161df3667d44cfe2ba9bdc514a5414f06435b10c4ea3a4153512","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-3-2","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-3-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}