Title 22, Magistrates and Constables

In the trial of any case before a magistrate the testimony of all witnesses must be taken down in writing and signed by the witnesses except when the defendant waives the taking and signing of the testimony. In any case before any magistrate in which a stenographer takes down the…

Notwithstanding the limitations of Sections 17-25-100 and 24-21-410, after a conviction or plea for an offense within a magistrate's jurisdiction the magistrate at the time of sentence may suspend the imposition or execution of a sentence upon terms and conditions the magistrate …

In the event a magistrate who has separate and exclusive territorial jurisdiction becomes incapacitated, any magistrate of an adjoining magisterial district within the same county may assume the jurisdiction of the incapacitated magistrate during such time as the incapacity conti…

Whenever in a case in the court of a magistrate (a) either party in a civil case, after giving to the adverse party two days' notice that he intends to apply for a change of venue or (b) the prosecutor or accused in a criminal case shall file with the magistrate issuing the warra…

Any magistrate, on the application of a party to a cause pending before the magistrate, must issue a summons citing any person whose testimony may be required in the cause and who resides in the county to appear before the magistrate at a certain time and place to give evidence. …

In case it shall appear to the satisfaction of any magistrate that the attendance of any witness whose testimony may be required in any case before him cannot be had (a) by reason of (i) extreme age, (ii) sickness or infirmity or (iii) indispensable absence on public official dut…

Every magistrate shall have power to enforce the observance of decorum in his court while holding the same and for that purpose he may punish for contempt any person who, in the presence of the court, shall offer an insult to the magistrate or a juror or who is wilfully guilty of…

Any magistrate may grant a new trial in any case tried in his court for reasons for which new trials have usually been granted in the courts of law of this State. The granting of a new trial shall in no wise affect the right and duty of such magistrate to change the venue of a ca…