Summons and Warrants

COURTESY SUMMONSES

Pursuant to South Carolina Statute 22-5-110, this Court will no longer issue arrest warrants to persons other than law enforcement.

Courtesy Summonses will be issued instead.

Courtesy Summons Procedures

  • You must have a copy of your incident report from the Sheriff’s Office when requesting a Courtesy Summons.
  • The Judge will review the report and determine if there is probable cause to issue a Courtesy Summons.
  • If your case is assigned to an investigator, the investigation must be completed before a judge will review the report.
  • When a courtesy summons is issued, a letter will be mailed to the Defendant asking him to appear on the next fraud check court date to be served the Courtesy Summons.
  • If the Defendant appears, he will be given a copy of the Courtesy Summons, together with a County Summons informing him of his court date. The affiant will be notified by the Sheriff’s Department of the court date.
  • If the Defendant does not appear to be served, the Courtesy Summons will be forwarded to the Sheriff’s Department for service.

Warrants

This office does not give out any warrant information.