Constitution · South Carolina

S.C. Const. art. VII, § 5

Constitution
Constitution of South Carolina
Text as of
October 2026

What does this section say?

Eight-mile limit. In the formation of new Counties no old County shall be cut within eight miles of its courthouse building.

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