• Source: South Carolina Circuit Court

      • The South Carolina Circuit Court is the state court of general jurisdiction of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It consists of a civil division (the Court of Common Pleas) and a criminal division (the Court of General Sessions).
      The Circuit Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in South Carolina. It is also a superior court, having limited appellate jurisdiction over appeals from the lower Probate Court, Magistrate's Court, and Municipal Court; and appeals from the Administrative Law Judge Division, which hears matters relating to state administrative and regulatory agencies.
      South Carolina's 46 counties are divided into 16 judicial circuits:

      First Circuit – Calhoun, Orangeburg, Dorchester
      Second Circuit – Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg
      Third Circuit – Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg
      Fourth Circuit – Dillon, Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro
      Fifth Circuit – Kershaw, Richland
      Sixth Circuit – Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster
      Seventh Circuit – Cherokee, Spartanburg
      Eighth Circuit – Abbeville, Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood
      Ninth Circuit – Berkeley, Charleston
      Tenth Circuit – Oconee, Anderson
      Eleventh Circuit – McCormick, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda
      Twelfth Circuit – Florence, Marion
      Thirteenth Circuit – Pickens, Greenville
      Fourteenth Circuit – Allendale, Colleton, Hampton, Beaufort, Jasper
      Fifteenth Circuit – Georgetown, Horry
      Sixteenth Circuit – York, Union
      Each has at least one resident circuit judge who maintains an office in his or her home county within the circuit. There are currently 46 circuit judges who serve the 16 circuits on a rotating basis. Court terms and assignments determined by the Chief Justice based upon recommendations of Court Administration. Circuit court judges are elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to staggered terms of six years.
      South Carolina has a statewide business court program within the circuit courts. This began as a pilot program in a limited number of circuits, created by a South Carolina Supreme Court administrative order in 2007, which the Supreme Court expanded statewide in 2014, and later made permanent in 2019.
      Citizens of each circuit elect a circuit solicitor, a state prosecutor equivalent to a district attorney in many other states. Assistant solicitors are then appointed by circuit solicitor.


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      Official information from the South Carolina Judicial Department

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