S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-530
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SECTION 22-3-530. Trial in district where offense committed.
Official statutory text
In counties where magistrates are given separate and exclusive territorial jurisdiction, criminal cases shall be tried in the district in which the offense was committed, unless the place of trial be changed to another district in the same county in the manner prescribed by law.
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