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S 0427 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
A Bill to amend Section 22-3-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to magistrates, so as to increase their civil jurisdiction from two thousand five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars, to provide that this amount excludes costs, attorney's fees, or statutory doubling of trebling or damages, and to include common law landlord tenant causes of action within the jurisdiction of magistrates; and to amend Section 22-3-30, relating to counterclaims in magistrates' court requiring transfer to the court of common pleas, so as to increase the amount requiring transfer from two thousand five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars.
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A Bill to amend Section 22-3-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to magistrates, so as to increase their civil jurisdiction from two thousand five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars, to provide that this amount excludes costs, attorney's fees, or statutory doubling of trebling or damages, and to include common law landlord tenant causes of action within the jurisdiction of magistrates; and to amend Section 22-3-30, relating to counterclaims in magistrates' court requiring transfer to the court of common pleas, so as to increase the amount requiring transfer from two thousand five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars.
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| 01/09/91 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-24 |
| 01/09/91 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-24 |