The solicitor prosecutor asks the judge presiding over the hearing to issue a bench warrant and the judge either does so or not.
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However they do have limited jurisdiction.
It is ordered that any and all unexecuted bench warrants issued by family courts of this state for the non payment of child support and alimony shall not be executed and no person subject to such bench warrants shall be arrested for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of this order.
A bench warrant is a form of process issued from the bench for the attachment or arrest of a person.
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Arrest of person against whom the process is issued.
A bench warrant is used when a defendant needs to be brought back in front of a judge but hasn t done so on their own.
A south carolina arrest warrant is a legal document that gives law enforcement the green light that they need to apprehend or arrest a particular individual.
Not being arrest warrants per se are not required to be in such form.
You can get a bench warrant for you for many reasons but the most common is skipping a court date.
Section 17 13 160 requires that all arrest and search warrants be in a form prescribed by the attorney general.
Until they have answered such charges before the appropriate court the arrest warrant remains in effect.
This means that they expire over a period of time and can only be served within the county of issue or at the most within the state of sc.
That person is wanted to answer charges that have been brought against them.
If you are concerned that you or a loved one might have a bench warrant out in the state of south carolina you gain peace of mind by checking the south carolina warrants directory website.
It is the opinion of the attorney general that bench warrants.