S.C. Code § 14-23-1040
Only qualified county electors eligible to office of judge or associate judge
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 14, Chapter 23 — Probate Courts · Status: effective
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- S.C. Code § 14-23-1040, Only qualified county electors eligible to office of judge or associate judge, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1571007
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No person is eligible to hold the office of judge of probate who is not at the time of his election a citizen of the United States and of this State, has not attained the age of twenty-one years upon his election, has not become a qualified elector of the county in which he is to be a judge, and has not received a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution or if he has received no degree he must have four years' experience as an employee in a probate judge's office in this State.