As used in this chapter:

(1) "Clerk of court" means a clerk of court who is duly elected for that county elected in each county pursuant to Section 14-17-10 and who is ex officio clerk of the court of general sessions, the family court, and all other courts of record in the county except as may be provided by the law establishing the other courts.

(2) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than South Carolina.

(3) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.

(4) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(5) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, federally recognized Indian tribes, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(6) "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:

(a) attend and give testimony at a deposition;

(b) produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of the person; or

(c) permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.

HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 132, Section 1, eff March 30, 2010.

Editor's Note

2010 Act No. 132, Section 2, provides:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on that date."