You can get a bench warrant for you for many reasons but the most common is skipping a court date.
Bench warrant sc.
It is ordered that any and all unexecuted bench warrants issued by family courts of this state for the non payment of child support and alimony shall not be executed and no person subject to such bench warrants shall be arrested for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of this order.
It is the opinion of the attorney general that bench warrants.
All it takes is a few simple steps.
Not being arrest warrants per se are not required to be in such form.
If you are concerned that you or a loved one might have a bench warrant out in the state of south carolina you gain peace of mind by checking the south carolina warrants directory website.
A bench warrant is used when a defendant needs to be brought back in front of a judge but hasn t done so on their own.
And so you can search south carolina s free online database.
A bench warrant is a form of process issued from the bench for the attachment or arrest of a person.
The solicitor prosecutor asks the judge presiding over the hearing to issue a bench warrant and the judge either does so or not.
However they do have limited jurisdiction.
Arrest of person against whom the process is issued.
Many people do not know that issued warrants are a matter of public record.
This means that they expire over a period of time and can only be served within the county of issue or at the most within the state of sc.
That person is wanted to answer charges that have been brought against them.
Until they have answered such charges before the appropriate court the arrest warrant remains in effect.