S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-10
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SECTION 4-1-10. Division of State into counties; each county is a body politic and corporate.
Official statutory text
The State of South Carolina is divided into forty-six counties. Each county is a body politic and corporate for the following purposes: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To purchase and hold, for the use of the county, lands and personalty within the limits thereof; (3) To make all contracts; and (4) To do all acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary thereto.
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