Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSChapter 25 - BUILDING CODES AND FIRE PREVENTION
Article 3 - CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND INSPECTORS
Section 5-25-160 - Building inspectors' responsibility to hold inquiries into origins of fires; ex officio inspectors

S.C. Code § 5-25-160

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Section 5-25-160 - Building inspectors' responsibility to hold inquiries into origins of fires; ex officio inspectors

The inspector of buildings of every incorporated city or town in this State shall hold an inquiry into the origin of every fire occurring within the limits of such city or town. The inspector of buildings may subpoena witnesses as may magistrates of the State. The mayor, chief of the fire department or other municipal officer may be ex officio inspector of buildings.

S.C. Code § 5-25-160

1961 (52) 498; 1917 (30) 361; Civ. C. '22 Section 4414; 1932 Code Section 7259; 1942 Code Section 7259; 1952 Code Section 47-1176; 1962 Code Section 47-1176.