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South Carolina Legal Resources

Introduction

This listing of superseded South Carolina statutes and law provides access to both online and print versions.  The UofSC Law Library has print versions of all of the SC Code of Laws and its precursors.

Code of Laws of South Carolina Annotated -1976

Code of Laws of South Carolina Annotated - 1962

The complete SC Code of Laws 1962 annotated, including all supplements, are available in print only in the Law Library, 1st floor. KFS 1830 1962 .A2  This version of the SC Code of Laws is not available in a digital version.

Code of Laws of South Carolina Annotated - 1952

  • Volume 1: Titles 1 thru 12
  • Volume 2: Titles 13 thru 20
  • Volume 3: Titles 21 thru 32
  • Volume 4: Titles 33 thru 46
  • Volume 5: Titles 47 thru 58
  • Volume 6: Titles 59 thru 72
  • Volume 7: Constitution of the United States of 1787; Constitution of the state of South Carolina, 1895; Rules of practice for the courts of probate of South Carolina; Rules of practice for the Circuit courts of South Carolina; Rules of the Supreme Court of South Carolina; Rules and regulations of the state of South Carolina
  • Volume 8: General index and Tables
  • Cum. Suppl.: v.1 – 4 (Titles 1 – 46) and v.6 (Titles 59 – 72) and v.7 (Constitutions, Court rules, Rules and regulations) and v.8 (General index and Tables)
  • Cum. Suppl. 1960 v.1 – 5: 1960 Cumulative Supplement Titles 1 to 58
  • Cum. Suppl. 1960 v.6: 1960 Cumulative supplement Titles 59 to 72
  • Cum. Suppl. 1960 v.7 – 8: v.7: Constitutions, Court rules, Rules and regulations v.8: General index , Tables
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Code of Laws of South Carolina - 1942

  • Volume 1: Code of civil procedure; Code of criminal procedure; Criminal code; Constitution of the United States of 1787; Constitution of the state of South Carolina, 1895; Rules of court for the state courts.Civil code
  • Volume 2: Civil code
  • Volume 3: Civil code
  • Volume 4: Civil code
  • Volume 5: General index and Table
  • 1946 Suppl.): 1945 and 1946 general and permanent statutes codified in detail or by reference annotations
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Code of Laws of South Carolina - 1932

These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Compiled Code of South Carolina - 1930

  • Volume 1: Code of civil procedure; Code of criminal procedure; Criminal code; Constitutions of the United States and of South Carolina; and Rules of state courts
  • Volume 2: Civil code
  • Volume 4: Civil code
  • Volume 5: General index and tables
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Code of Laws of South Carolina - 1922

  • Volume 1: The Code of civil procedure; the Code of criminal procedure; the Constitutions of the United States and South Carolina ; and Rules of courts
  • Volume 2: Criminal laws
  • Volume 3: The Civil code
  • General Index: General index to 1922 Code of laws of South Carolina including the state and federal constitutions and Rules of court and also 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925 Session laws
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Code of Laws of South Carolina - 1912

  • Volume 1: The civil code
  • Volume 2: The code of civil procedure. The criminal code. The constitution of the United States and South Carolina, and rules of courts
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Code of Laws of South Carolina - 1902

These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Revised Statutes - 1893

  • Volume 1: The Civil statutes, approved by the General assembly of 1893
  • Volume 2: The Code of civil procedure, and the Criminal statutes. Approved by the General assembly of 1893. Also the constitutions of the United States and of the state, and the rules of the Supreme and of the Circuit courts of the state.
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

General Statutes (1882)

This is are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Revised Statutes (1873)

This is also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Statutes at Large - 1682 to 1866

  • Volume 1: Containing acts, records, and documents of a constitutional character
  • Volume 2: Containing the Acts from 1682 to 1716, inclusive
  • Volume 3: Containing the Acts from 1716, exclusive, to 1752, inclusive
  • Volume 4: Containing the Acts from 1752, exclusive, to 1786, inclusive
  • Volume 5: Containing the Acts from 1786, exclusive, to 1814, inclusive
  • Volume 6: Acts from 1814, exclusive, to 1838, inclusive with an appendix
  • Volume 7: Acts relating to Charleston, courts, slaves, and rivers
  • Volume 8: Acts relating to corporations and the militia
  • Volume 9: No title page; Acts relating to roads, bridges, ferries
  • Volume 10: General Index
  • Volume 11: Containing the Acts from January, 1839 to December, 1849
  • Volume 12: Containing the Acts from December, 1850, to January 1861
  • Volume 13: Containing the Acts from December, 1861 to December, 1866 ; This edition of Volume 13 of the Statutes at Large of South Carolina was published in 1875. In this edition, acts passed during the 1866 special session (Sept. 4 – 21, 1866) are numbered *4766 – *4798 and are on pages 366 – 1 through 366 – 30. Acts passed during the 1866 regular session (Nov. 26 – Dec. 21, 1866) begin again with number 4766, continue through 4872, and begin at page 367.
These are also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.

Miscellaneous

This is also available in the Law Library in print, on the 1st Floor.