The SC Court System

The SC Court System
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The South Carolina Courts
1.3 Interacting with SC Courts

In our court system, there are federal courts and state courts. In this guide we are only focusing on South Carolina courts. In South Carolina there are different types of courts that handle different things. These courts are organized in different levels with the Supreme Court as the highest court in South Carolina. In the graphic below we show all the courts and the four levels they fall into.

a layout of the courts with the supreme court at the top, next level court of appeals, next level the family court, circuit court, and master in equity court, bottom level municipal court, probate court, and magistrate court

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