S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-850
No person is liable to be drawn and serve as a juror in any court more often than once every three calendar years and no person shall serve as a juror more than once every calendar year, but he is not exempt from serving on a jury in any other court in consequence of his having served before a magistrate.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-104; 1952 Code Section 38-104; 1942 Code Section 629; 1932 Code Section 629; Civ. P. '22 Section 569; Civ. C. '12 Section 4037; Civ. C. '02 Section 2935; G. S. 2240; R. S. 2380; 1832 (8) 380; 1836 (8) 447; 1871 (14) 690; 1878 (14) 582; 1880 (17) 307; 1884 (18) 713; 1891 (20) 1124; 1896 (22) 19; 1899 (23) 44; 1902 (23) 1028; 1907 (25) 492; 1921 (32) 269, 278; 1923 (33) 95; 1925 (34) 31; 1941 (42) 96; 1952 (47) 2042; 1965 (54) 641; 1967 (55) 895; 1978 Act No. 579 eff July 18, 1978; 1979 Act No. 108 Section 1, eff June 22, 1979; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 2, eff March 10, 1986; 1996 Act No. 233, Section 2, eff March 4, 1996; 2000 Act No. 257, Section 3, eff May 1, 2000.
Provisions relative to exemptions from jury service, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-840.
The 1978 amendment deleted from the list of persons exempt from jury service ordained ministers of the Gospel, registered practicing optometrists, licensed druggists, licensed embalmers, apothecaries, licensed veterinarians, officers and employees of State mental health facilities and all persons in actual transportation service of any railroad in this State.
The 1979 amendment added practicing dentists to the list of persons exempt.
The 1986 amendment rewrote this section so as to incorporate provisions similar to those which formerly appeared in Section 14-7-870.
The 1996 amendment revised this section.
The 2000 amendment deleted "exempt unless he actually attends and serves as a juror in pursuance of such draft, nor is he".