South Carolina Attorney General Opinions

from June 07, 1935
Last Document: June 17, 2024



Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 6124

November 03, 2000

  • Opinion “concerning defacing or removal of flags from the Confederate monuments around the State.”

    • July 31, 2006

  • Opinion regarding a proposed promotion, Chuck –A-Puck, that the South Carolina Stingrays wish to conduct.

    • November 29, 2000

  • Opinion concerning the taxation of fifth wheel camper trailers.

    • November 20, 1990

  • Opinion referencing that by Section 1 of Act No. 602 of 1990 Section 56-1-1030 of the Code has been amended to allow individuals determined to be habitual offenders by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation to appeal to the chief magistrate in the county.

    • April 18, 1996

  • Opinion regarding whether Dorchester County Council is required by law to provide office space for the Legislative Delegation.

    • November 20, 1997

  • Opinion concerning three situations which arise out of the fact that one of the members of the Ridgeville Town Council is not a resident of the town.

    • November 29, 2011

  • Opinion as to whether an automatic sprinkler system is necessary, and whether the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (“DHEC”) has authority to require an automatic sprinkler system to be installed before a license is issued to the senior citizens’ day care facility.

    • February 13, 1992

  • Opinion regarding whether a county is required to pay a part-time magistrate for a minimum of ten hours a week and referencing Section 22-8-10(3) of the Code, which states that a part-time magistrate is defined as a magistrate who regularly works less than forty hours a week performing official duties.

    • October 10, 1997

  • Opinion questioning whether under the South Carolina Consumer Protection Code, a finance company is required to send the consumer another notice of the right to cure when the consumer is late in making the subsequent payment.

    • February 09, 2004

  • Opinion asking whether “the Priest-penitent privilege referred to in Sections 19-11-90 and 20-7-550 extend[s] to all clergy?”

    • November 23, 2010

  • Opinion as to the validity of an ordinance enacted by the Town of Cheraw.

    • July 02, 1991

  • Opinion concerning what fees and assessments should be collected for axle weight violations, as set forth by Section 56-5-4160(B) of the Code, and gross weight violations Section 56-5-4160(C) of the Code.

    • July 02, 2013

  • Opinion “on an issue that has arisen in response to the United States Supreme Court’s Ruling in Shelby County v. Hunter.”

    • November 23, 2010

  • Opinion regarding the application of child support statutes across the state. Specifically, “the constitutionality of our state’s child support statutes not being applied consistently across our state agencies (in particular, our Family Court System and the Dept. of Social Services).”

    • July 02, 2013

  • Opinion asking us to please clarify what documentation our Office believes is the minimum documentation required for travel reimbursement by a municipality for a municipal councilman.

    • November 20, 1997

  • Opinion concerning three situations which arise out of the fact that one of the members of the Ridgeville Town Council is not a resident of the town.

    • August 06, 1991

  • Opinion regarding procedures involving the sale of vehicles seized during drug operations.

    • November 27, 2007

  • Opinion on knowing if there is “any portion of the South Carolina law that prohibits a person with a doctoral degree who is not a physician from describing themselves as being a doctor in a healthcare setting? Assuming the person does not further clarify that they are not a physician rendering medical services to the patient.”

    • January 03, 1994

  • Opinion inquiring whether the Greenwood County Board of Education may entertain an appeal from the School District No. 50 Board of Trustees as to the holding of a referendum concerning the building of a second high school in that district.

    • November 15, 1995

  • Opinion clarifying S.C. Code Ann. §23-11-110 (1994 Cum. Supp.), as to when candidates for the office of sheriff must submit their fingerprints and affidavits concerning qualification to hold the office of sheriff.

    • August 26, 1998

  • Opinion asking whether the General Assembly may enact a law which would transfer those powers devolved to the governing body of Dorchester County by Act No. 512 back to the Joint Legislative Delegation of Dorchester County.

    • January 29, 2007

  • Opinion reviewing Edgefield County’s (“the County”) implementation of a property tax reassessment.

    • May 21, 1993

  • Opinion concerning whether service on the Anderson County Board of Education would constitute the holding of an office in the context of dual office holding under the South Carolina Constitution.

    • May 09, 1997

  • Opinion asking whether S.C. Code Ann. Section 57-1-320 (B) requires that a district commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Transportation is prohibited from serving more than one term unless another commissioner’s term intervenes.

    • May 02, 1989

  • Opinion concerning whether certain interpretation of Section 2-49, 2-50, 2-59, and 2-63 of the Spartanburg City Code are correct.

    • January 17, 1972

  • AGO 3249

    • November 30, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a magistrate is authorized to estreat a bond.

    • April 08, 1976

  • AGO 1976-183

    • November 04, 1998

  • Opinion regarding the distribution of the funds received as part of the one percent additional premium tax on fire insurers.

    • October 31, 1975

  • AGO 1975-33

    • November 17, 1992

  • Opinion concerning whether a warrant charging an individual with a fraudulent check offense may be executed at the individual’s place of business.

    • November 20, 1990

  • Opinion referencing that by Section 1 of Act No. 602 of 1990 Section 56-1-1030 of the Code has been amended to allow individuals determined to be habitual offenders by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation to appeal to the chief magistrate in the county.

    • October 11, 2000

  • Opinion asking for clarification from this Office of S.C. Code Ann. § 23-19-10 (a).

    • May 26, 2006

  • Opinion concerning the annexation of property contained in the Buffalo Fire District by the City of Union (the “City”).

    • May 29, 1992

  • Opinion concerning the current members of the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission and the effect of the recent redesignation of congressional districts.

    • November 17, 1993

  • Opinion concerning whether the proposed ordinance establishing a Beach Preservation Fee for the Town of Hilton Head Island is a valid ordinance.

    • November 04, 1993

  • Opinion questioning which of the following may serve as affiant on an arrest warrant for trespassing: a church secretary because the property at issue is church property, or an individual with a group which was holding a private meeting at the site where the incident allegedly occurred.

    • October 10, 1996

  • Opinion regarding whether or not an attorney can serve on the Highway Commission and also represent the South Carolina Department of Transportation in court proceedings concerning condemnation.

    • August 23, 1993

  • Opinion concerning as to whether the Area Commission of Williamsburg Technical College has the legal capacity to decline participation in the retirement incentive proviso of this year’s Appropriation Act, Act No. 164, Part I § 14P.6, 1993 S.C. Acts.

    • October 10, 2013

  • Opinion concerning the Humane Society of McCormick County

    • July 14, 2006

  • Opinion noting “some ‘confusion’ concerning the ‘Romeo’ clause pursuant to ‘Jessica’s Law’ which was contained in Senate 1138.”

    • May 21, 2004

  • Opinion concerning dual office holding. Specifically, whether a council member for the Town of Blacksville may be appointed to the Barnwell County Economic Development Board without violating the provisions on dual office holding.

    • October 09, 2012

  • Opinion questioning can a deputy sheriff also hold a position such as a board member on the Fairfield County Council on Aging without violating the dual office holding provision of Article XVII, Section 1A of the South Carolina Constitution?

    • May 26, 1994

  • Opinion inquiring whether DHEC can unilaterally withdraw or abandon proposed regulations once they have been submitted to both chambers of the General Assembly for review.

    • October 31, 2007

  • Opinion “concerning payment of filing fees for the office of the President of the United States from the State Republican Party to the South Carolina Election Commission.”

    • February 06, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a dual office holding situation exists if a probation and parole agent for the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services simultaneously serves on the Abbeville County Emergency Medical Services Commission.

    • March 25, 1987

  • AGO 1987-34

    • May 31, 1989

  • Opinion concerning the constitutionality of S.373, R-163, an act amending Section 7-13-325, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976 & 1988 Cum. Supp.), relative to use of nicknames on an election ballot, and also amending Section 12-54-240 of the Code, relative to disclosure of taxpayers’ names for preparation of jury lists.

    • November 13, 1986

  • AGO 1986-84

    • November 29, 1999

  • Opinion asking if a municipal court “has any authority to require an explanation from the officer as to the reason for requesting a dismissal” of a case brought before the court.