S.C. Code § 38-53-230

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 38-53-230 - Professional bondsmen to supply list of runners; termination of appointment

Every person licensed as a professional bondsman may appoint as runner any person who has been issued a runner's license. Each bondsman shall before July second of each year furnish to the clerk of court of each county where he is doing business and the director or his designee a list of all runners appointed by him. Each bondsman who, subsequent to the filing of this list, appoints additional persons as runners shall file written notice with the clerk of court of each county where he is doing business and the director or his designee of the appointment.

A bondsman terminating the appointment of a runner shall file written notice of the termination with the clerk of court and the director or his designee together with a statement that he has given or mailed notice to the runner. Notice filed with the clerk of court and the director or his designee shall state the reasons, if any, for termination. Information so furnished the director or his designee is privileged and may not be used as evidence in any action against the bondsman.

S.C. Code § 38-53-230

1998 Act No. 425, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 700; Former 1976 Code Section 38-63-240 [1985 Act No. 189, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-53-230 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1.