{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-9-1070","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-1070","heading":"Commissioners may administer oaths and punish for contempt of their proceedings.","body":"The members of the county board of commissioners may administer oaths to all persons appearing before them and punish by fine not exceeding ten dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twenty hours any and all persons guilty of disorderly conduct amounting to an open or direct contempt or wilful interruption of their proceedings.","path":["Title 4 - COUNTIES","CHAPTER 9 County Government","ARTICLE 11 County Board of Commissioners Form of County Government"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t04c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:20:49Z","sha256":"dc53c7e2d0f46cee9ee7519c58f31054e35c4d6a27cf5668e609df14eda815ea","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-9-1060","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-9-1080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}