South Carolina · South Carolina Code — Title 17, Criminal Procedure
S.C. Code (Crim. Proc.) § 17-15-140: Discharge of prosecutor or witness on own recognizance in cases not capital; costs
What this law says, in plain English
A court clerk may release a prosecutor or witness from jail on their own recognizance in non-capital criminal cases when they cannot post bail. The clerk may charge up to one dollar in costs.
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