Where criminal fines, assessments, or restitution payments are paid through installments, a collection cost charge of three percent of the payment also must be collected by the clerk of court, magistrate, or municipal court from the defendant and transferred to the county treasurer or city treasurer, as appropriate, for deposit to credit of the county or municipal general fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-17-725
Collection cost imposed on installment payments of fines or restitution
1992 Act No. 435, SECTION 1, eff June 1, 1992; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, SECTION 36I, eff January 1, 1995.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.