South Carolina Attorney General Opinions

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



Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 6124

August 24, 2011

  • Opinion concerning one’s ability to file a Notice of Non-Acceptance of Deed of Conveyance. Specifically, whether “the grantee [must] accept the property conveyed or [may he or she] file a Notice of Non-Acceptance of Deed of Conveyance.”

    • December 11, 1990

  • Opinion asking whether a dual office holding situation exists if a member of town council simultaneously serves as an appointed member of a county board.

    • May 15, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether a state representative’s entering into a consulting arrangement with the State Health and Human Services Finance Commission after sine die adjournment would violate this State’s Ethics Act.

    • June 28, 2010

  • Opinion questioning whether there can be recording of audio in government facilities or buildings in areas where the public has unrestricted access.

    • September 22, 2011

  • Opinion regarding S.C. Code Ann. §50-11-100, which regulates enclosures impeding the free range of deer that are hunted.

    • June 30, 2014

  • Opinion asking several questions regarding mandatory reporting when an adult discloses that they were abused as a child.

    • January 30, 1991

  • Opinion concerning whether the Charleston County Legislative Delegation can make appointments to the Charleston County Board of Election Commissioners prior to the holding of a special election to fill the vacated House seat of McKinley Washington.

    • June 16, 1993

  • Opinion concerning the constitutionality of S.455, R-211, an act which authorizes the transfer of certain cases from general sessions court to magistrate’s or municipal court.

    • March 28, 1990

  • Opinion concerning whether the Irmo Fire District may adopt the Southern Building Code Congress’ Standard Fire Prevention Code.

    • May 18, 1999

  • Opinion regarding the amendment of South Carolina Code Sections 20-1-220 and 44-63-75, effective June 10, 1997, as well as the impact of the amended statutes under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.

    • May 22, 2012

  • Opinion questioning whether in circumstances where a law enforcement officer resigned from the York County Police Department (the “Department”) where the officer was employed at the time of mandatory training and then was subsequently hired by another law enforcement agency after one year but before the two-year period following successful completion of the mandatory training, what options are available if the successive governmental entity employer refuses to reimburse the Department?

    • February 09, 1998

  • Opinion concerning a recent number of proposals requiring a statewide referendum on video poker and clarifying whether an idea allowing voters to decide whether poker payouts will be legal in South Carolina would be legally valid. Proponents of this idea will seek to enact a statute authorizing the holding of the statewide vote.

    • May 03, 1974

  • AGO 1974-189

    • September 03, 1992

  • Opinion concerning the validity of emergency regulations promulgated on or around June 25, 1992 by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission.

    • July 28, 1975

  • AGO 1975-201

    • August 19, 2002

  • Opinion “on the legality of Mount Pleasant non-committee councilmembers attending and participating in committee meetings.”

    • December 10, 1999

  • Opinion asking whether the municipal election commissioner violated S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-75 by volunteering for the candidate’s campaign.

    • September 13, 1985

  • AGO 1985-245

    • February 27, 1990

  • Opinion concerning the legality of a municipal judge sentencing a minor to work detail or public service work in lieu of fines or imprisonment.

    • November 10, 2021

  • AGO 2434

    • February 03, 1989

  • Opinion concerning whether a city police officer, with permission of his department, can contract himself out to a third party as a security officer or to do investigative work, such as divorce surveillance, without being licensed as a private detective or private security guard.

    • June 21, 1974

  • AGO 1974-208

    • January 13, 1994

  • Opinion requesting the S.C. Department of Transportation’s interpretation regarding Section 11-35-710(a) of the S.C. Procurement Act.

    • September 13, 2010

  • Opinion concerning public schools buses on private roads.

    • September 04, 1992

  • Opinion concerning whether a dual office holding situation exists if a member of the House of Representatives simultaneously serves as director of the Clarendon County Public Service Commission.

    • October 02, 2013

  • Opinion regarding the employment status of blind licensed vendors in the South Carolina Commission for the Blind program.

    • May 23, 2008

  • Opinion concerning R.D. Anderson Applied Technology Center ( “R.D. Anderson”); specifically, several questioning dealing the with the Board’s ability to finance the capital improvements.

    • March 03, 2000

  • Opinion asking if the sheriff’s office is required to serve subpoenas issued from the public defender when the public defender’s office has employed full time investigators on its staff.

    • February 04, 2004

  • Opinion questioning whether “disciplinary actions taken by the, in this case, police department are subject to open copying of that form by the press?”

    • December 31, 1975

  • AGO 1975-64

    • July 09, 1991

  • Opinion addressing several questions regarding civil forfeitures of vehicles.

    • February 28, 2012

  • Opinion concerning the right of an individual who receives a judgment or sentence in municipal court to obtain a transcript or tape recording of the proceeding for purposes of an appeal.

    • March 14, 1972

  • AGO 1972-147

    • April 15, 1992

  • Opinion concerning whether public service districts would be allowed to operate under last year’s budget in the event a veto cannot be overridden this year on legislation similar to that of years past.

    • December 07, 1994

  • Opinion seeking as to whether a municipality would be legally authorized, pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-60, to elect its council members by a majority vote feature and its mayor by a plurality vote feature.

    • July 09, 2008

  • Opinion questioning the propriety of magistrates conducting bond hearings for violations of a conditional release authorized by S.C. Code Ann. § 24-19-150.

    • April 29, 2005

  • Opinion referencing gaming machines (GT 2001 – GT 2004, Mega Touch, and Slingo Video Gaming Machines). Specifically, “[u]nder Section 12-21-2710, does the machines itself become illegal per se because of the illegal games?”

    • October 07, 1996

  • Opinion regarding whether the Board of Lancaster County Natural Gas Authority can donate money “toward the construction of a modern and technologically advanced Arts and Science Building at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster (USC-L).”

    • July 22, 2009

  • Opinion questioning whether Anderson County may contractually require a contractor from entering into a services contract with the county covered by S.C. Code Ann. §8-14-20, a provision of this State’s Illegal Immigration Reform Act, Act No. 280 of 2008, to use the federal work authorization program (E-Verify Program) as the sole means of establishing compliance with that section.

    • January 10, 1994

  • Opinion questioning whether a magistrate must be a resident of the county he serves at the time of appointment and all times thereafter.

    • August 24, 1992

  • Opinion questioning whether S.C. Code §16-17-725 makes it illegal to misrepresent one’s identity to a law enforcement officer if the investigation involves one’s own actions.

    • April 17, 2002

  • Opinion concerning the constitutionality of a particular exemption from collection of the sales tax. Specifically, if state law allows a sales tax exemption for non-profit corporations which sale religious materials is unconstitutional.

    • August 27, 1991

  • Opinion concerning whether the State Treasurer may transfer funds in accordance with the provisions listed to the Department of Mental Retardation from a current account for reimbursement of a payment made in a prior fiscal year.

    • November 18, 2008

  • Opinion regarding the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act. Specifically, you inquire as to whether public agencies and political subdivisions are limited to use of the Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement System (“SAVE”) to verify the lawful presence in the United States of all applicants for state or local public benefits.

    • October 06, 2009

  • Opinion “as to the oversight and accountability of a certain local tax levy that we have in” the City of Union.

    • February 16, 2005

  • Opinion concerning the constitutionality of House Bill 3264 in light of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that overturned Charleston County’s 15% cap on assessment increases for owner occupied homes.

    • March 09, 1972

  • AGO 3275

    • August 31, 2005

  • Opinion regarding alleged abuses in the auto glass industry by the insurance industry.

    • August 20, 2013

  • Opinion as to whether a municipal judge may sign arrest and search warrants at his or her residence which is located outside the boundaries of the municipality over which he or she has jurisdiction.

    • February 05, 1987

  • AGO 1987-1