Section 12-37-840. Assessment as a part of collection; auditor may secure full return.

SC Code § 12-37-840 (2019) (N/A)
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The assessment of property for taxation shall be deemed and held to be a step in the collection of taxes, and Section 12-37-780 shall be construed to give full and complete power to the county auditor, independent of any right conferred upon the county boards of assessors or other officers, to secure a full and complete return of property for taxation in all cases as expressed in said sections, whether a previous return shall have been fraudulently or otherwise improperly or incompletely made or not.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-1639.1; 1952 Code Section 65-1639.1; 1942 Code Section 2724; 1932 Code Section 2724; Civ. C. '22 Section 456; Civ. C. '12 Section 404; Civ. C. '02 Section 363; R. S. 296; 1892 (21) 81; 1902 (23) 790.