The State Commission of Forestry shall prescribe and prepare a special official summons form to be used exclusively by its law enforcement officers in making arrests for misdemeanors triable in magistrate’s court.

A person charged with these offenses, upon service of the commission summons by a law enforcement officer, shall appear in the court therein named at the time and place designated and the service shall vest in the court jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the charge for which the summons was issued.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-23-95

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
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