S.C. Code § 15-17-230

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 15-17-230 - Qualification of bail

The qualification of bail must be as follows:

(1) Each of them must be a resident and householder or freeholder within the State; and

(2) Each of them must be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, exclusive of property exempt from execution.

But the judge or clerk of the court, on justification, may allow more than two bail to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order if the whole justification be equivalent to that of two sufficient bail.

S.C. Code § 15-17-230

1870 (14) 438 Section 75, 469 Section 217; Civ. P. '02 Sections 72, 215; Civ. P. '12 Sections 81, 245; Civ. P. '22 Sections 214, 457; 1932 Code Sections 258, 516; 1942 Code Sections 258, 515; 1952 Code Section 10-823; 1962 Code Section 10-823.