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(2) Statutes which have not yet been codified should be cited by the number of the Act, and
the year and page number where it appears in the South Carolina Acts and Joint
Resolutions in the following form: Act No. 100, 1985 S.C. Acts 277.
(3) Regulations which appear in the Code of Laws of South Carolina should be cited in the
following manner: 23 S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 19-501 (1976). Regulations which appear in
the supplement to the Code of Laws of South Carolina should be cited in the following
manner: 24A S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 61-40 (Supp. 1988). The date used in the citation shall
be the latest copyright date of the volume or supplement.
(c) Court Rules. Court rules should be cited by the rule number and the abbreviations shown:
(1) South Carolina Appellate Court Rules: Rule ___, SCACR.
(a) Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule ___, RPC, Rule 407, SCACR.
(b) Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule ___, RLDE, Rule 413 SCACR.
(c) Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule ___, CJC, Rule 501, SCACR.
(d) Rules for Judicial Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule ___, RJDE, Rule 502, SCACR.
(2) South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule ___, SCRCP.
(3) South Carolina Rules of Criminal Procedure: Rule ___, SCRCrimP.
(4) South Carolina Rules of Family Court: Rule ___, SCRFC.
(5) South Carolina Rules of Probate Court: Rule ___, SCRPC.
(6) South Carolina Rules of Magistrates Court: Rule ___, SCRMC.
(7) South Carolina Rules of Evidence: Rule ___, SCRE.
(d) Appellate Court Decisions.
(1) Published opinions or orders of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals should be cited
in the following manner: State v. Williams, 297 S.C. 404, 377 S.E.2d 309 (1989); Andrews
v. Piedmont Air Lines, 297 S.C. 367, 377 S.E.2d 127 (Ct. App. 1989). If a published
opinion does not appear in a reporter, it should be cited in the following manner: Donahue
v. Donahue, Op. No. 23083 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed Sept. 25, 1989); Satcher v. Berry, Op. No.
1383 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 31, 1989). Further, if the opinion has been published in the
Advance Sheets published by the Supreme Court, the opinion should be cited in the
following manner: State v. Victor, Op. No. 23118 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed Dec. 11, 1989)
(Davis Adv. Sh. No. 29 at 5). If a published order does not appear in a reporter, it should be
cited by its order number: State v. Smith, 89-OR-25 (S.C. Ct. App. dated March 1, 1989), or
by reference to the date of the order if no order number has been assigned: State v. Smith,
S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated March 1, 1989. Further, if the order has been published on the
front of the Advance Sheets the order should be cited in the following manner: State v.
Foster, S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated June 9, 1989 (Davis Adv. Sh. No. 14).
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