Section 48-23-95. Official summons form for making arrests; disposition of charges.

SC Code § 48-23-95 (2019) (N/A)
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The State Commission of Forestry shall prescribe and prepare a special official summons form to be used exclusively by its law enforcement officers in making arrests for misdemeanors triable in magistrate's court.

A person charged with these offenses, upon service of the commission summons by a law enforcement officer, shall appear in the court therein named at the time and place designated and the service shall vest in the court jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the charge for which the summons was issued.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 278, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 233, Section 1.