Every judge of probate, in his county, shall have jurisdiction:

1. (a) as provided in Sections 62-1-301 and 62-1-302, and other applicable sections of the South Carolina Probate Code;
2. (b) to issue marriage licenses, in form as provided by the bureau of vital statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control; to record, index, and dispose of copies of marriage certificates; and to issue certified copies of such licenses and certificates;
3. (c) to perform the duties of the clerk of the court of common pleas in proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition of rights-of-way by railway or canal companies when such clerk is disqualified by reason of ownership of or interest in any lands over which it is sought to obtain such right-of-way;
4. (d) to inquire into and adjudge, in such proceedings as may be authorized by law, the involuntary commitment of persons suffering from mental illness, intellectual disability, alcoholism, drug addiction, and active pulmonary tuberculosis.

HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 690 Art. V Section 15; 1986 Act No. 539, Section 3(1)(B), eff July 1, 1987.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded".

Effect of Amendment

The 1986 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, rewrote item (a), deleted former item (b), and redesignated former items (c)-(e) as items (b)-(d).