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General Office Procedures
1.1		Opening and Distribution of Mail
1.2		File Stamping
1.3		Receipt of Initiating and Other Documents
	1.3.1	Initiating Documents
	1.3.2	Subsequent Documents
1.4		Financial Aspects of Case Initiation
	1.4.1	Receipts
	1.4.2	Attorney Accounts
1.5		Assigning Case Numbers
1.6		Establishing and Maintaining Case Jackets
	1.6.1	Case Jackets
	1.6.2	Placing Subsequent Documents in the Case Jacket
	1.6.3	Jacket Control
	1.6.4	Active Filing System
	1.6.5	Inactive Records Storage
1.7		Judicial Case Management System and Data Transmission
1.8		Preparing and Distributing Notices
1.9		Time Standards
	1.9.1	Arrest Warrants
	1.9.2	Preliminary Hearings
	1.9.3	Indictments
	1.9.4	General Sessions Cases
	1.9.5	Common Pleas Cases
	1.9.6	Orders of Reference
	1.9.7	365 Day Benchmark in Family Court
1.10		Order Processing
1.10.1		Orders that Include Information to Enroll in the Judgment Index
1.11		Appeals
1.12		Exhibits: Their Acceptance, Storage, and Disposition
1.13		Information Access
	1.13.1	Public Access
	1.13.2	Restricted Access
	1.13.3	Providing Copies
1.14		Reporting Requirements
	1.14.1	Non-Financial
	1.14.2	Financial
1.15		Non-Judicial Recording and Other Duties
	1.15.1	License Issuing
	1.15.2	Registering Commissions
	1.15.3	Other Recording
1.16		Court Security
1.17		Forms Management
1.18		Judgments
	1.18.1	Entry of Judgment
	1.18.2	Enrolling a Judgment
	1.18.3	Transcript of Judgment
	1.18.4	Satisfaction of Judgments
1.19		Change of Venue and Transfer of Case
	1.19.1	Change of Venue
	1.19.2	Transfer of Case to Another County or Magistrate's Court
	1.19.3	Remanding Warrant to Magistrate Court
	1.19.4	Transferring Civil to Magistrate Court
	1.19.5	Federal Court Transfers
1.20		Freedom of Information Act (Title 30, Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976)
1.21		Public Relations
1.22		Court Interpreter Procedural Guidelines
1.23		Self Audit Procedures
1.24		Signature Stamps
1.25		Fraudulent or Sham Legal Documents
1.26		Pro Se Filings When Party is Represented by an Attorney
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		SC Access to Justice: List of things Clerks can and cannot do.