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2025-2026 Bill 209 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 209

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 14-23-1040, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROBATE JUDGES, SO 
AS TO REENACT SECTION 14-23-1040 AND PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE ENFORCEABLE BEGINNING 
ON JULY 1, 2026.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 14-23-1040 of the S.C. Code as amended by 1988 
Act No. 678, Part IV, Section 3, relating to eligibility requirements for 
Probate Judges, is reenacted to read:

 Section 
14-23-1040. 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.

SECTION 2. Section 
14-23-1040 of the S.C. Code as reenacted by this act is enforceable beginning 
on July 1, 2026.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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