South Carolina Attorney General Opinions

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



Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 6124

December 09, 1986

  • AGO 1986-307

    • June 06, 1985

  • AGO 1985-81

    • February 22, 1985

  • AGO 1985-82

    • September 23, 1985

  • AGO 1985-236

    • September 28, 2011

  • Opinion regarding the authority of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (“DHEC”) to alter drug schedules.

    • March 04, 1994

  • Opinion inquiring as to whether the legislation establishing the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resource Department’s licensing scheme for the use of set or channel nets violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution or S.C. Constitution.

    • September 26, 1991

  • Opinion concerning whether law enforcement officers of the State Public Service Commission in this state can cite for violations that occurred outside this State.

    • January 31, 1984

  • AGO 1984-27

    • May 25, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a law enforcement officer is responsible for returning an individual taken into custody for examination by a physician in an emergency situation to the place the individual was picked up if the person is released.

    • May 23, 1995

  • Opinion seeking clarification regarding the legality of an agreement between the Town of Kiawah Island and the Kiawah Island Community Association, Inc. which provides for the issuance of an ordinance summons by the Community Association’s security force for violations of the Town’s ordinances on the beach between the High-tide line and the low-tide line.

    • March 27, 2014

  • Opinion asking may Gaffney City Council use funds from local hospitality tax collected pursuant to South Carolina Code Section 6-1-720 et seq. to repair roads ) e.g., fixing pot holes and resurfacing roads)?

    • July 19, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a particular newspaper circulated in Beaufort County might be designated as the “one newspaper most likely to give notice” in the event that service by publication is necessary, pursuant to Section 15-9-740 of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976).

    • March 29, 2011

  • Opinion clarifying Act No. 277, 2010, requiring the surrender of one’s driver’s license to the Department of Mother Vehicles (DMV) when that person has been convicted of a “crime of violence.”

    • April 14, 1993

  • Opinion asking whether an employer is required to give a reservist time for weekend drill when that employee is scheduled to work on that weekend.

    • February 22, 1996

  • Opinion responding to a request to go on the Internet and post some public records including bad check warrants, pending evictions, and past evictions in hopes of benefiting businesses and individuals who depend on checks and renters.

    • July 18, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether the fee to file, record, and satisfy a warrant for distraint or tax execution issued by the South Carolina Tax Commission is $5 for all or $5 for each; the filing, the recording and the satisfaction?

    • January 15, 1999

  • Opinion asking whether it is legal for Georgetown County to make interest-free loans to county employees for the purchase of personal computers to be used by the employees in their homes.

    • June 12, 1992

  • Opinion concerning whether a dual office holding situation exists if the President of Horry-Georgetown Technical College simultaneously serves in the House of Representatives.

    • August 31, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether the violation of Section 12-54-40 (b) (6) (d) of the South Carolina Code of Laws, by a county auditor’s alleged furnishing constituents with personal property tax receipts for taxes which had not been paid, would constitute a crime of moral turpitude within the definition stated in

    • June 06, 1975

  • AGO 1975-224

    • August 21, 1991

  • Opinion concerning whether H.3967, passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate but not ratified prior to

    • July 22, 1975

  • AGO 1975-197

    • April 03, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether Dorchester County may require the payment of rent from “State” agencies located in an office facility which Dorchester County plans to construct.

    • August 21, 2000

  • Opinion regarding term limits for members of the Beaufort County Transportation Committee.

    • August 06, 1974

  • AGO 1974-254

    • June 13, 2007

  • Opinion regarding the “local maintenance of effort” requirements of Section 59-21-1030.

    • July 26, 1989

  • Opinion concerning whether a Probate Court Clerk of Court or Deputy Clerk of Court may serve as a juror in Court of Common Pleas or General Sessions, magistrate’s or coroner’s court, or the like.

    • July 18, 1975

  • AGO 1975-195

    • July 19, 1996

  • Opinion requesting advice as to whether a student may be permitted to take the exit examination during the summer when he has taken it twice and failed portions of it on both occasions.

    • July 12, 1999

  • Opinion regarding whether Rangers employed by the Irmo-Chapin Recreation Commission possess arrest powers.

    • July 21, 1975

  • AGO 1975-196

    • May 10, 1995

  • Opinion asking several questions regarding the regulation of “topless” dancing.

    • August 30, 1974

  • AGO 1974-252

    • July 25, 2002

  • Opinion concerning storage fees for impounded vehicles.

    • May 17, 2006

  • Opinion questioning whether serving on both the Bluffton Historical Preservation Commission and the Southern Beaufort County Corridor Review Board constitutes dual office holding.

    • March 06, 2002

  • Opinion whether South Carolina’s state and local law enforcement officers possess authority independently to enforce federal law concerning illegal immigrants.

    • October 07, 1994

  • Opinion concerning S.C. Code Ann. § 61-9-312, which Code section allows for issuance of special permits for Sunday sales of beer and wine for off-premise consumption in those counties and municipalities which have adopted § 61-5-180.

    • May 13, 2005

  • Opinion concerning the applicability of the Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program to the private sector. Which state that Section 59-53-2010 et seq. is ambiguous as to whether it precludes private companies from providing services for motorcycle safety training.

    • May 15, 1989

  • Opinion concerning whether the county can levy a countywide millage for the purpose of providing garbage collection services only to the residents of the unincorporated areas of the county; whether a County Treasurer can sell property at a tax sale because of unpaid garbage service fees when the ad valorem taxes on said property have been paid; and whether the county can levy a millage in the unincorporated area of the county only for the purpose of providing garbage collection service to the residents of said unincorporated area.

    • October 06, 1999

  • Opinion responding to a question posed by a constituent as to whether his children may attend school free of charge in a school district in which they own property, but do not reside.

    • October 04, 2004

  • Opinion asking several questions raised by the St. Helena Elementary School Improvement Council.

    • May 25, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a law enforcement officer is responsible for returning an individual taken into custody for examination by a physician in an emergency situation to the place the individual was picked up if the person is released.

    • May 23, 1995

  • Opinion seeking clarification regarding the legality of an agreement between the Town of Kiawah Island and the Kiawah Island Community Association, Inc. which provides for the issuance of an ordinance summons by the Community Association’s security force for violations of the Town’s ordinances on the beach between the High-tide line and the low-tide line.

    • May 17, 2006

  • Opinion questioning whether serving on both the Bluffton Historical Preservation Commission and the Southern Beaufort County Corridor Review Board constitutes dual office holding.

    • November 08, 2023

  • AGO 2544

    • January 31, 2024

  • AGO 2553

    • December 05, 2023

  • AGO 2547

    • January 26, 2024

  • AGO 2552

    • December 13, 2023

  • AGO 2549

    • November 07, 2023

  • AGO 2543