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Court Staff Policies
Permitted Services
Court staff are allowed to:
- Explain and answer questions about how the court works
- Provide you with the number of the local referral service, legal services program, and other services where you can get legal information
- Give you general information about court rules, procedures, and practices
- Provide court schedules and information on how to get a case scheduled
- Provide you information from your case file
- Provide you with court forms and instructions that are available
- Usually answer questions about court deadlines and how to compute them
Prohibited Services
Court staff are not allowed to:
- Tell you whether or not you should bring your case to court
- Tell you what words to use in your court papers, however, they can check your papers for completeness
- Tell you what to say in court
- Give you an opinion about what will happen if you bring your case to court
- Talk to the judge for you
- Let you talk to the judge outside of court
- Change an order signed by the judge or change a disposition / sentence by a judge
For More Information
Since court staff may not know the answers to all questions about court rules, procedures, and practices, staff have been instructed not to answer questions if we do not know the correct answers. For additional information, please contact a lawyer or your local law library, or call South Carolina Lawyer Referral Service at 800-868-2274 or the Public Defender at 864-467-8522.