§ 8-3-10 Oath and commission prerequisite to assumption of duties
§ 8-3-30 Form of bond by all public officers
§ 8-3-40 Secretary of State to supply blank forms of bonds
§ 8-3-50 Clerks shall receive blank forms and give to officers
§ 8-3-60 Assumption of office before giving bond
§ 8-3-70 Prohibition on pay until bond given
§ 8-3-80 Certain county officials required to give corporate surety
§ 8-3-90 Surety company bonds authorized
§ 8-3-100 Cost of bonds from corporate surety
§ 8-3-110 Distribution of liability among sureties
§ 8-3-120 Residence of sureties for county officers
§ 8-3-130 Examination and approval of bonds
§ 8-3-140 Approval by Attorney General of form and execution of bonds of officers of State; recordation
§ 8-3-150 Recordation and filing of bonds of county officers
§ 8-3-160 Governing body of county to examine sufficiency of county officers’ bonds and correct deficiencies
§ 8-3-180 Procedure when bond becomes unsatisfactory
§ 8-3-190 Execution of new bond when surety demands relief; release of prior sureties
§ 8-3-200 Effect of failure to submit satisfactory new bond
§ 8-3-210 State officers and employees shall advise interested persons as to bonds and furnish copies
§ 8-3-220 Bonds of public officers may be sued on
§ 8-3-230 Certified copies of bonds delivered to parties to suit on request
§ 8-3-240 Distribution of moneys recovered on bond after defalcation
§ 8-3-250 State officers shall not be officers of surety companies
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 8 > Chapter 3 - Commissions, Oaths and Bonds

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.