S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-210 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 16-23-210
SECTION 16-23-210. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this article: (a) "Machine gun" applies to and includes any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any combination or parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. (b) "Sawed-off shotgun" means a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than eighteen inches in length or a weapon made from a shotgun which as modified has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches or a barrel or barrels of less than eighteen inches in length. (c) "Shotgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger. The term includes any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell but does not include an antique firearm as defined in this section. (d) "Sawed-off rifle" means a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than sixteen inches in length or a weapon made from a rifle which as modified has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches or a barrel or barrels of less than sixteen inches in length. (e) "Rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger. The term includes any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge but does not include an antique firearm as described in this section. (f) "Antique firearm" means any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. (g) "Military firearm" means any military weapon, firearm, or destructive device, other than a machine gun, that is manufactured for military use by a firm licensed by the federal government pursuant to a contract with the federal government and does not include a pistol, rifle, or shotgun which fires only one shot for each pull of the trigger.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-250 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 16-9-250
SECTION 16-9-250. Unlawful acceptance of remuneration by peace officers for performing official duties.
Status: in_force

It shall be a misdemeanor for any sheriff or other peace officer in South Carolina to make any charge for the arrest, detention, conveying or delivering of any person charged with the commission of crime in this State, except the mileage and necessary expenses as now provided by law. Any sheriff or other officer who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days and not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-70
SECTION 16-1-70. Nonviolent crimes.
Status: in_force

For purposes of definition under South Carolina law a nonviolent crime is all offenses not specifically enumerated in Section 16-1-60.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 16-23-50
SECTION 16-23-50. Penalties; disposition of fines; forfeiture and disposition of handguns.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) A person, including a dealer, who violates the provisions of this article, except Section 16-23-20, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (2) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-23-20 is guilty of: (a) a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for a first offense; (b) a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years for a second offense; or (c) a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years for a third or subsequent offense. (B) In addition to the penalty provided in this section, the handgun involved in the violation of this article must be confiscated. The handgun must be delivered to the chief of police of the municipality or to the sheriff of the county if the violation occurred outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The law enforcement agency that receives the confiscated handgun may use it within the agency, transfer it to another law enforcement agency for the lawful use of that agency, trade it with a retail dealer licensed to sell handguns in this State for a handgun or any other equipment approved by the agency, or destroy it. A weapon must not be disposed of in any manner until the results of any legal proceeding in which it may be involved are finally determined. If the State Law Enforcement Division seized the handgun, the division may keep the handgun for use by its forensic laboratory. Records must be kept of all confiscated handguns received by the law enforcement agencies under the provisions of this article. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 111, SECTIONS 1 and 24, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024'." "SECTION 24. No provision in this act should be construed as the General Assembly discouraging responsible gun ownership; and the General Assembly, in fact, encourages all gun owners to pursue and receive appropriate gun safety training before carrying a firearm or weapon." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 4, in (A), rewrote (2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-525 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-525
SECTION 16-17-525. Wilfully, knowingly or maliciously disturbing funeral service; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully, knowingly, or maliciously disturb or interrupt a funeral service. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. This subsection applies to a wilful, knowing, or malicious disturbance or interruption within: (1) one thousand feet of the funeral service; and (2) a time period of one-half hour before the funeral service until one- half hour after the funeral service. (B) It is unlawful for a person to undertake an activity at a public or privately owned cemetery, other than the decorous participation in a funeral service or visitation of a burial space, without the prior written approval of the public or private owner. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. (C) For purposes of this section, "funeral service" means any ceremony, procession, or memorial held in connection with the memorialization, burial, cremation, or other disposition of a deceased person's body.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-510 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 16-13-510
SECTION 16-13-510. Financial identity fraud or identity fraud; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to commit the offense of financial identity fraud or identity fraud. (B) A person is guilty of financial identity fraud when the person, without the authorization or permission of another individual, and with the intent of unlawfully: (1) appropriating the financial resources of the other individual to the person's own use or the use of a third party; (2) devising a scheme or artifice to defraud; or (3) obtaining money, property, or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises obtains or records identifying information which would assist in accessing the financial records of the other individual or accesses or attempts to access the financial resources of the other individual through the use of identifying information as defined in subsection (D). (C) A person is guilty of identity fraud when the person uses identifying information, as defined in subsection (D), of another individual for the purpose of obtaining employment or avoiding identification by a law enforcement officer, criminal justice agency, or another governmental agency, including, but not limited to, law enforcement, detention, and correctional agencies or facilities. (D) "Personal identifying information" includes, but is not limited to: (1) social security numbers; (2) driver's license numbers or state identification card numbers issued instead of a driver's license; (3) checking account numbers; (4) savings account numbers; (5) credit card numbers; (6) debit card numbers; (7) personal identification (PIN) numbers; (8) electronic identification numbers; (9) digital signatures; (10) dates of birth; (11) current or former names, including first and last names, middle and last names, or first, middle, and last names, but only when the names are used in combination with, and linked to, other identifying information provided in this section; (12) current or former addresses, but only when the addresses are used in combination with, and linked to, other identifying information provided in this section; or (13) other numbers, passwords, or information which may be used to access a person's financial resources, numbers, or information issued by a governmental or regulatory entity that uniquely will identify an individual or an individual's financial resources. (E) "Financial resources" includes: (1) existing money and financial wealth contained in a checking account, savings account, line of credit, or otherwise; (2) a pension plan, retirement fund, annuity, or other fund which makes payments monthly or periodically to the recipient; and (3) the establishment of a line of credit or an amount of debt whether by loan, credit card, or otherwise for the purpose of obtaining goods, services, or money. (F) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. The court may order restitution to the victim pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-25-322. (G) Venue for the prosecution of offenses pursuant to this section is in the county in which: (1) the victim resided at the time the information was obtained or used; or (2) the information is obtained or used. (H) In a prosecution for a violation of this section, the State is not required to establish and it is not a defense that some of the acts constituting the crime did not occur in this State or within one city, county, or local jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-90 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-90
SECTION 16-19-90. Betting on elections.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall make any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value or shall have any share or part in any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value upon any election in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one month.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1045 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 16-3-1045
SECTION 16-3-1045. Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for any person at least eighteen years of age to knowingly and intentionally: (1) use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD; (2) conspire to use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD. (B) Any person who violates subsections (A)(1) or (A)(2) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. (C) The felonies established in this section are supplemental to and do not supersede any other provisions of law which make the conduct referred to in subsection (A) unlawful.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1540 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1540
SECTION 16-3-1540. Department of Juvenile Justice to confer with victims before taking certain actions.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Juvenile Justice, upon referral of a juvenile accused of committing an offense involving one or more victims, must make a reasonable effort to confer with each victim before: (1) placing the juvenile in a diversion program; (2) issuing a recommendation for diversion; (3) referring the juvenile to the prosecuting agency for prosecution; (4) issuing a recommendation for evaluation at the agency's reception and evaluation center; or (5) taking other action. (B) The Department of Juvenile Justice must make a reasonable effort to keep each victim reasonably informed of the status and progress of a case from the time it is referred by law enforcement until it is referred to the prosecuting agency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1120 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1120
SECTION 16-3-1120. Director of Crime Victim Services Division; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(A) A director of the South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division must be appointed by the Attorney General and shall serve at his pleasure. The director is responsible for administering the provisions of this article. Included among the duties of the director is the responsibility, with approval of the South Carolina Crime Victim Advisory Board as established in this article, for developing and administering a plan for informing the public of the availability of the benefits provided under this article and procedures for filing claims for the benefits. (B) The director, upon approval by the South Carolina Crime Victim Advisory Board, has the following additional powers and duties: (1) to appoint a deputy director of the Department of Crime Victim Compensation, and staff necessary for the operation of the department, and to contract for services. The director shall recommend the salary for the deputy director and other staff members, as allowed by statute or applicable law; (2) to request from the Attorney General, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, solicitors, magistrates, judges, county and municipal police departments, and any other agency or department such assistance and data as will enable the director to determine whether, and the extent to which, a claimant qualifies for awards. Any person, agency, or department listed above is authorized to provide the director with the information requested upon receipt of a request from the director. Any provision of law providing for confidentiality of juvenile records does not apply to a request of the deputy director, the director, the board, or a panel of the board pursuant to this section; (3) to reopen previously decided award cases as the director or deputy director considers necessary; (4) to require the submission of medical records as are needed by the board, a panel of the board, or deputy director or his staff and, when necessary, to direct medical examination of the victim; (5) to take or cause to be taken affidavits or depositions within or without the State. This power may be delegated to the deputy director or the board or its panel; (6) to render each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly a written report of the activities of the Department of Crime Victim Compensation and the Victim Compensation Fund pursuant to this article; (7) to delegate the authority to the deputy director to reject incomplete claims for awards or assistance; (8) to render awards to victims of crime or to those other persons entitled to receive awards in the manner authorized by this article. The power may be delegated to the deputy director; (9) to apply for funds from, and to submit all necessary forms to, any federal agency participating in a cooperative program to compensate victims of crime; (10) to delegate to the board or a panel of the board on appeal matters any power of the director or deputy director. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.B, inserted the (A) and (B) identifiers; in (A), substituted "South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division" for "Victim's Compensation Fund", "Attorney General" for "Governor", and "Victim" for "Victim's"; in (B), substituted "Victim" for "Victim's"; in (B)(1), substituted "Department of Crime Victim Compensation" for "Victim's Compensation Fund" and "of the department" for "thereof"; deleted (B)(2), relating to regulations and redesignated accordingly; in (B)(3), deleted "investigate or" prior to "reopen" and inserted "director or"; and, in (B)(6), substituted "Department of Crime Victim Compensation and the Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-330 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 16-9-330
SECTION 16-9-330. Refusal or wilful failure to obey subpoena; refusal to take oath or answer questions as required by court.
Status: in_force

Any person who: (a) Being duly served with a subpoena legally issued in any cause pending in any court or in any matter before any legal authority, shall refuse or wilfully fail to obey such subpoena or shall secret himself shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both; (b) Being present before any court and being called upon to give testimony, shall refuse to take an oath or affirmation or, being sworn or affirmed, shall refuse to answer any questions required by such court shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Nothing in this item shall be construed to prohibit or punish the exercise by any person of his right not to be compelled to incriminate himself, as set forth in the Constitutions of this State and the United States and construed by the courts of this State and the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-355 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-355
SECTION 16-15-355. Disseminating obscene material to minor twelve years of age or younger prohibited; penalties.
Status: in_force

An individual eighteen years of age or older who knowingly disseminates to a minor twelve years of age or younger material which he knows or reasonably should know to be obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-370 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 16-11-370
SECTION 16-11-370. Robbery of operators of motor vehicles for hire.
Status: in_force

A person who, while armed with a pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other deadly weapon, robs or attempts the robbery of a person engaged in the performance of his duties as an operator of a motor vehicle being used for the transportation of passengers for hire is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be sentenced as provided by Section 16-11-330.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-140 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-140
SECTION 16-21-140. Accessories, aiders or abettors.
Status: in_force

A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act under a provision of this chapter is guilty of the principal offense and must be punished accordingly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 16-25-20
SECTION 16-25-20. Acts prohibited; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to: (1) cause physical harm or injury to a person's own household member; or (2) offer or attempt to cause physical harm or injury to a person's own household member with apparent present ability under circumstances reasonably creating fear of imminent peril. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person commits the offense of domestic violence in the first degree if the person violates the provisions of subsection (A) and: (1) great bodily injury to the person's own household member results or the act is accomplished by means likely to result in great bodily injury to the person's own household member; (2) the person violates a protection order and in the process of violating the order commits domestic violence in the second degree; (3) has two or more prior convictions of domestic violence within ten years of the current offense; (4) the person uses a firearm in any manner while violating the provisions of subsection (A); or (5) in the process of committing domestic violence in the second degree one of the following also results: (a) the offense is committed in the presence of, or while being perceived by a minor; (b) the offense is committed against a person known, or who reasonably should have been known, by the offender to be pregnant; (c) the offense is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft; (d) the offense is committed by impeding the victim's breathing or air flow; or (e) the offense is committed using physical force or the threatened use of force against another to block that person's access to any cell phone, telephone, or electronic communication device with the purpose of preventing, obstructing, or interfering with: (i) the report of any criminal offense, bodily injury, or property damage to a law enforcement agency; or (ii) a request for an ambulance or emergency medical assistance to any law enforcement agency or emergency medical provider. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years. Domestic violence in the first degree is a lesser included offense of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in Section 16-25-65. (C) A person commits the offense of domestic violence in the second degree if the person violates subsection (A) and: (1) moderate bodily injury to the person's own household member results or the act is accomplished by means likely to result in moderate bodily injury to the person's own household member; (2) the person violates a protection order and in the process of violating the order commits domestic violence in the third degree; (3) the person has one prior conviction for domestic violence in the past ten years from the current offense; or (4) in the process of committing domestic violence in the third degree one of the following also results: (a) the offense is committed in the presence of, or while being perceived by, a minor; (b) the offense is committed against a person known, or who reasonably should have been known, by the offender to be pregnant; (c) the offense is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft; (d) the offense is committed by impeding the victim's breathing or air flow; or (e) the offense is committed using physical force or the threatened use of force against another to block that person's access to any cell phone, telephone, or electronic communication device with the purpose of preventing, obstructing, or interfering with: (i) the report of any criminal offense, bodily injury, or property damage to a law enforcement agency; or (ii) a request for an ambulance or emergency medical assistance to any law enforcement agency or emergency medical provider. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. Domestic violence in the second degree is a lesser-included offense of domestic violence in the first degree, as defined in subsection (B), and domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in Section 16-25-65. Assault and battery in the second degree pursuant to Section 16-3-600(D) is a lesser-included offense of domestic violence in the second degree as defined in this subsection. (D) A person commits the offense of domestic violence in the third degree if the person violates subsection (A). (1) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, and 22-3-550, an offense pursuant to the provisions of this subsection may be tried in summary court. (2) Domestic violence in the third degree is a lesser-included offense of domestic violence in the second degree, as defined in subsection (C), domestic violence in the first degree, as defined in subsection (B), and domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in Section 16-25-65. (3) Assault and battery in the third degree pursuant to Section 16-3-600(E) is a lesser-included offense of domestic violence in the third degree as defined in this subsection. (4) A person who violates this subsection is eligible for pretrial intervention pursuant to Chapter 22, Title 17. (E) When a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-25-20(B) or (C) or Section 16-25-65, the circuit court may suspend execution of all or part of the sentence and place the offender on probation, or if a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-25-20(D), the court may suspend execution of all or part of the sentence, conditioned upon: (1) the offender's mandatory completion, to the satisfaction of the court, of a domestic violence intervention program designed to treat batterers in accordance with the provisions of subsection (G); (2) fulfillment of all the obligations arising under court order pursuant to this section and Section 16-25-65; (3) other reasonable terms and conditions of probation as the court may determine necessary to ensure the protection of the victim; and (4) making restitution as the court deems appropriate. (F) In determining whether or not to suspend the imposition or execution of all or part of a sentence as provided in this section, the court must consider the nature and severity of the offense, the number of times the offender has repeated the offense, and the best interests and safety of the victim. (G) An offender who participates in a domestic violence intervention program pursuant to this section, shall participate in a program offered through a government agency, nonprofit organization, or private provider selected and approved by the Circuit Solicitor with jurisdiction over the offense or the Attorney General if the offense is prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office. If the offender moves to a different circuit after entering a treatment program selected by the Circuit Solicitor, the Circuit Solicitor for the county in which the offender resides shall have the authority to select and approve the batterer's treatment program. The offender shall pay a reasonable fee, if required, for participation in the program but no person may be denied participation due to inability to pay. If the offender suffers from a substance abuse problem or mental health concern, the judge may order, or the program may refer, the offender to supplemental treatment coordinated through the Office of Substance Use Services with the local alcohol and drug treatment authorities pursuant to Section 61-12-20 or the Office of Mental Health or Veterans' Hospital, respectively. The offender must pay a reasonable fee for participation in the substance abuse treatment or mental health program, if required, but no person may be denied participation due to inability to pay. (H) A person who violates the terms and conditions of an order of protection issued in this State pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 20, the "Protection from Domestic Abuse Act", or a valid protection order related to domestic or family violence issued by a court of another state, tribe, or territory is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty days and fined not more than five hundred dollars. (I) Unless the complaint is voluntarily dismissed or the charge is dropped prior to the scheduled trial date, a person charged with a violation provided in this chapter must appear before a judge for disposition of the case or be tried in the person's absence. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 58, SECTION 4, rewrote (B), deleted former (C), redesignated former (D) through (H) as (C) through (G), and added (H) and (I).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-65 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-65
SECTION 16-13-65. Aquaculture operations; stealing or damaging products or facilities.
Status: in_force

(A) All wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, and plant species held and cultivated by bonafide aquaculture operations remain the private property of the culturist until sold, traded, or bartered. (B) It is unlawful for a person to steal or attempt to steal or otherwise take without prior authorization any cultured wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, or plants from a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. (C) It is unlawful for a person to transfer, damage, vandalize, poison, or attempt to transfer, damage, vandalize, or poison the product or facilities of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may cast or cause to be cast poison, impurities, or other substances which are injurious to aquaculture species into the waters or water supply of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may attempt to impair or impede an aquaculturist or his employees while in pursuit of lawful activities associated with aquaculture. Nothing in this section precludes the enforcement of or the applicability of a statute contained in Title 50.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-440 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 16-9-440
SECTION 16-9-440. Officer permitting prisoner to be taken by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons.
Status: in_force

If any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, shall be seized and taken from such officer through his negligence, permission or connivance by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons and at their hands suffering bodily violence or death, the officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon true bill found, shall be deposed from his office pending his trial and, upon conviction, shall forfeit his office and shall, unless pardoned by the Governor, be ineligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-425 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-425
SECTION 16-15-425. Participating in prostitution of a minor defined; defenses; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual commits the offense of participating in the prostitution of a minor if he is not a minor and he patronizes a minor prostitute. As used in this section, "patronizing a minor prostitute" means: (1) soliciting or requesting a minor to participate in prostitution; (2) paying or agreeing to pay a minor, either directly or through the minor's agent, to participate in prostitution; or (3) paying a minor, or the minor's agent, for having participated in prostitution, pursuant to a prior agreement. (B) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than two years nor more than five years. No part of the minimum sentence may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum term. Sentences imposed pursuant to this section shall run consecutively with and shall commence at the expiration of any other sentence being served by the individual sentenced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 16-11-10
SECTION 16-11-10. "Dwelling house" defined in case of burglary, arson and other criminal offenses.
Status: in_force

With respect to the crimes of burglary and arson and to all criminal offenses which are constituted or aggravated by being committed in a dwelling house, any house, outhouse, apartment, building, erection, shed or box in which there sleeps a proprietor, tenant, watchman, clerk, laborer or person who lodges there with a view to the protection of property shall be deemed a dwelling house, and of such a dwelling house or of any other dwelling house all houses, outhouses, buildings, sheds and erections which are within two hundred yards of it and are appurtenant to it or to the same establishment of which it is an appurtenance shall be deemed parcels.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 16-17-50
SECTION 16-17-50. Article is cumulative.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as repealing any existing statute or the common law of this State with respect to the subject matter of any of the provisions hereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-130 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-130
SECTION 16-19-130. Betting, pool selling, bookmaking and the like prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any person within this State who: (1) Engages in betting at any race track, pool selling or bookmaking, with or without writing, at any time or place; (2) Keeps or occupies any room, shed, tenement, booth, building, float or vessel, or any part thereof, or occupies any place or stand of any kind upon any public or private grounds within this State with books, papers, apparatus or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers or of selling pools; (3) Records or registers bets or wagers or sells pools or makes books, with or without writing, upon the result of any (a) trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, (b) political nomination, appointment or election or (c) lot, chance, casualty, unknown or contingent event whatsoever; (4) Receives, registers, records or forwards or purports or pretends to receive, register, record or forward, in any manner whatsoever, any money, thing or consideration of value bet or wagered or offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered by or for any other person or sells pools upon any such result; (5) Being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth, building, float or vessel, or part thereof, or of any grounds within this State knowingly permits the same to be used or occupied for any of these purposes or therein keeps, exhibits or employs any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering such bets or wagers or the selling of such pools or becomes the custodian or depository for gain, hire or reward of any money, property or thing of value staked, wagered or pledged or to be wagered or pledged upon any such result; or (6) Aids, assists or abets in any manner in any of the aforesaid acts, which are hereby forbidden; Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-725 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-725
SECTION 16-11-725. Rummaging through or stealing household garbage for purposes of committing identity theft; penalty; exception for officers of the law.
Status: repealed

(A) It is unlawful for a person to rummage through or steal another person's household garbage or litter, as defined in Section 44-67-30(4), for the purpose of committing financial identity fraud or identity fraud or identity theft as defined in Sections 16-13-510 and 37-20-110. (B)(1) A person that violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for the first violation and one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. (2) A person who knowingly and wilfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class F felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years and fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both. (C) A conviction pursuant to the provisions of this section and the possession of identifying information as defined in Section 16-13-510 is prima facie evidence of financial identity fraud, identity fraud, or identity theft pursuant to Sections 16-13-510 and 37-20-110. (D) This section does not prohibit a duly constituted officer of the law from performing his official duties in ferreting out offenders or suspected offenders against violating the laws of this State or a county or municipality for the purpose of apprehending the suspected violator. The provisions of this section must not be construed to give an officer any additional rights or powers upon private property but must be construed as preserving only his previous powers. Editor's Note Section 44-67-30(4), referenced in (A), was repealed by 2015 Act No. 8.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-5-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-70
SECTION 16-5-70. Indemnity for property destroyed by mob or riot.
Status: in_force

When any dwelling house, building or other property, real or personal, shall be destroyed in consequence of any mob or riot it shall be lawful for any person owning or interested in such property to bring a suit against the county in which such property was situated and being for the recovery of such damages as he may have sustained by reason of the destruction thereof. The amount which shall be recovered in such action shall be paid in the manner provided by SECTION 16-5-60.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-720 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 16-23-720
SECTION 16-23-720. Use, counseling or soliciting others to use, possessing, or threatening to use destructive device; harboring terrorist.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person intentionally to use a destructive device or cause an explosion, or intentionally to aid, counsel, solicit another, or procure the use of a destructive device. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction: (1) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was malice aforethought, must be punished by death, by imprisonment for life, or by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for thirty years; (2) in cases resulting in the death of another person where there was not malice aforethought, must be imprisoned not less than ten years nor more than thirty years; and (3) in cases resulting in injury to a person, must be imprisoned for not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years. (B) A person who intentionally causes an explosion by means of a destructive device or aids, counsels, solicits another, or procures an explosion by means of a destructive device, which results in damage to a building or other real or personal property, or a person who attempts to injure another or damage or destroy a building or other real or personal property by means of a destructive device, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years. (C) A person who knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, distributes, or possesses with the intent to distribute a destructive device or any explosive, incendiary device, or over-pressure device or toxic substance or material which has been configured to cause damage, injury, or death, or a person who possesses parts, components, or materials which when assembled constitute a destructive device is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than two years nor more than fifteen years. (D) A person who threatens, solicits another to threaten, or conspires to threaten to cause damage, injury, or death or to cause damage to or destroy a building or other real or personal property by means of destructive device is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years. (E) A person who knowingly protects, harbors, or conceals another who is known by the person to have planned, executed, or committed any violation of the provisions of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than fifteen years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-510 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-510
SECTION 16-11-510. Malicious injury to animals and other personal property.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and maliciously cut, shoot, maim, wound, or otherwise injure or destroy any horse, mule, cattle, hog, sheep, goat, or any other kind, class, article, or description of personal property, or the goods and chattels of another. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a: (1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the injury to the property or the property loss is worth ten thousand dollars or more; (2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the injury to the property or the property loss is worth more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars; (3) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the injury to the property or the property loss is worth two thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, not more than thirty days, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-755 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-755
SECTION 16-3-755. Sexual battery with a student.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Aggravated coercion" means that the person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity threatens to use force or violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the student, if the student reasonably believes that the person has the present ability to carry out the threat, or threatens to retaliate in the future by the infliction of physical harm, kidnapping, or extortion, under circumstances of aggravation, against the student. (2) "Aggravated force" means that the person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity uses physical force or physical violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the student or includes the threat of the use of a deadly weapon. (3) "Person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity" means an administrator, teacher, substitute teacher, teacher's assistant, student teacher, law enforcement officer, school bus driver, guidance counselor, or coach who is affiliated with a public or private secondary school but is not a student enrolled in the school. (4) "Secondary school" means either a junior high school or a high school. (5) "Sexual battery" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, except when such intrusion is accomplished for medically recognized treatment or diagnostic purposes. (6) "Student" means a person who is enrolled in a school. (B) If a person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity engages in sexual battery with a student enrolled in the school who is sixteen or seventeen years of age, and aggravated coercion or aggravated force is not used to accomplish the sexual battery, the person affiliated with the public or private secondary school in an official capacity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years. (C) If a person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity engages in sexual battery with a student enrolled in the school who is eighteen years of age or older, and aggravated coercion or aggravated force is not used to accomplish the sexual battery, the person affiliated with the public or private secondary school in an official capacity is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for thirty days, or both. (D) If a person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity has direct supervisory authority over a student enrolled in the school who is eighteen years of age or older, and the person affiliated with the public or private secondary school in an official capacity engages in sexual battery with the student, and aggravated coercion or aggravated force is not used to accomplish the sexual battery, the person affiliated with the public or private secondary school in an official capacity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years. (E) This section does not apply if the person affiliated with a public or private secondary school in an official capacity is lawfully married to the student at the time of the act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-70
SECTION 16-27-70. Relationship to other laws.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and not in lieu of any other provision of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-332 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-332
SECTION 16-15-332. Disseminating intimate images without consent.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who intentionally disseminates an intimate image or a digitally forged intimate image of another person without the effective consent of the depicted person is guilty of the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images. A person intentionally disseminates an intimate image or a digitally forged intimate image if he has knowledge that the image was obtained or created under circumstances when he knew or reasonably should have known the person depicted had a reasonable expectation of privacy. Any dissemination of multiple intimate images of the same individual as part of a common act is a single offense. The fact that the identifiable individual: (1) provided affirmative consent for the creation of the intimate image shall not establish that the individual provided effective consent for the dissemination of the intimate image; and (2) disclosed the intimate image to another individual shall not establish that the identifiable individual provided effective consent for the dissemination of the intimate image by the person alleged to have violated this section. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section, with the intent to cause physical, mental, economic, or reputational harm to the individual portrayed in the image, or for the purpose of profit or pecuniary gain, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, for a: (1) first offense, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; or (2) second or subsequent offense, after an intervening conviction or adjudication for a previous violation of the provisions of this section, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than one year but not more than ten years, or both. No part of the minimum sentence may be suspended nor probation granted. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section, without the intent to cause physical, mental, economic, or reputational harm to the individual portrayed in the image, or for the purpose of profit or pecuniary gain, for a: (1) first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or (2) second or subsequent offense, after an intervening conviction or adjudication for a previous violation of the provisions of this section, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (D) Intimate images or digitally forged intimate images cannot be duplicated for the purpose of criminal discovery requests and motions. (E) A violation of this section is not a lesser-included offense of any other applicable offense but is a separate offense and does not preclude charges under another applicable provision of law. (F) The provisions of this section do not apply to any intimate image or digitally forged intimate image created by law enforcement pursuant to a criminal investigation which is otherwise lawful.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-340 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-340
SECTION 16-15-340. Luring a child; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, "child" means a person under sixteen years of age. (B) A person eighteen years of age or older who, with the intent to harm a child or for any other unlawful purpose, lures, entices, or attempts to lure or entice a child, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (C) Mistake of age is not a defense to prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this section. However, it is an affirmative defense to prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this section if the: (1) person lured, enticed, or attempted to lure or entice, the child for a lawful purpose; or (2) person's actions were otherwise reasonable under the circumstances, and the person did not have the intent to harm the child. (D) The penalties provided in this section are in addition to other penalties as provided by law for kidnapping or any other offense, as warranted. The offense of luring a child is not intended to be a lesser included offense of kidnapping or any other offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-2220 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 20 / Section 16-3-2220
SECTION 16-3-2220. Female mutilation; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) knowingly mutilate or attempt to mutilate a female who is under eighteen years of age or who is unable to consent; (2) knowingly facilitate the mutilation of a female who is under eighteen years of age or who is unable to consent; or (3) knowingly transport or facilitate the transportation of a female who is under eighteen years of age or who is unable to consent from this State for the purpose of mutilation. (B) Any person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (C) Section 63-5-330 does not apply to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1750 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1750
SECTION 16-3-1750. Action seeking a restraining order against a person engaged in harassment or stalking; jurisdiction and venue; forms; enforceability.
Status: in_force

(A) Pursuant to this article, the magistrates court has jurisdiction over an action seeking a restraining order against a person engaged in harassment in the first or second degree or stalking. (B) An action for a restraining order must be filed in the county in which: (1) the defendant resides when the action commences; (2) the harassment in the first or second degree or stalking occurred; or (3) the plaintiff resides if the defendant is a nonresident of the State or cannot be found. (C) A complaint and motion for a restraining order may be filed by any person. The complaint must: (1) allege that the defendant is engaged in harassment in the first or second degree or stalking and must state the time, place, and manner of the acts complained of, and other facts and circumstances upon which relief is sought; (2) be verified; and (3) inform the defendant of his right to retain counsel to represent him at the hearing on the complaint. (D) The magistrates court must provide forms to facilitate the preparation and filing of a complaint and motion for a restraining order by a plaintiff not represented by counsel. The court must not charge a fee for filing a complaint and motion for a restraining order against a person engaged in harassment or stalking. However, the court shall assess a filing fee against the nonprevailing party in an action for a restraining order. The court may hold a person in contempt of court for failure to pay this filing fee. (E) A restraining order remains in effect for a fixed period of time of not less than one year, as determined by the court on a case-by-case basis. (F) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a restraining order or a temporary restraining order issued pursuant to this article is enforceable throughout this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-370 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-370
SECTION 16-13-370. Cumulative effect of Sections 16-13-330 to 16-13-360.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 16-13-330 to 16-13-360 are not intended as a substitute for or a replacement of any penalties now provided by law, but shall be considered accumulative and in addition thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-680 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-680
SECTION 16-3-680. Sheriff shall secure attendance of accused; absence of counsel.
Status: in_force

The sheriff of the county shall secure the personal attendance of the accused at the time and place of taking such depositions, and the absence of either the attorney for the State or for the accused, after notice prescribed in the order, shall not prevent or delay the taking of such depositions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-420 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-420
SECTION 16-13-420. Failure to return leased or rented property; fraudulent appropriation of leased or rented property.
Status: in_force

(A) A person having any property in his possession or under his control by virtue of a lease or rental agreement is guilty of larceny if he: (1) wilfully and fraudulently fails to return the property within seventy-two hours after the lease or rental agreement has expired; (2) fraudulently secretes or appropriates the property to any use or purpose not within the due and lawful execution of the lease or rental agreement. The provisions of this section do not apply to lease-purchase agreements or conditional sales type contracts. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a: (1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the value of the rented or leased item is ten thousand dollars or more; (2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the value of the rented or leased item is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars; (3) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the value of the rented or leased item is two thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-170 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 16-7-170
SECTION 16-7-170. Entering public building for purpose of destroying records or other property.
Status: in_force

Any person who enters into any private or public school, college or university building, or a public building, for the purpose of destroying records or other property, or destroys or damages records or other property, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-220 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-220
SECTION 16-13-220. Embezzlement of public funds; presumption on proof of failure to account for receipts.
Status: in_force

In trials under Section 16-13-210, upon production of evidence tending to prove that any such officer or other person has received public funds and failed to account for the funds as required by law, it is permissible to infer that the funds received and unaccounted for have been fraudulently appropriated by the officer or person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-2080 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 19 / Section 16-3-2080
SECTION 16-3-2080. Unlawful disclosure; trespassing notice; unlawful entrance or presence on grounds of domestic violence or trafficking shelter; exceptions; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Domestic violence shelter" means a facility whose purpose is to serve as a shelter to receive and house persons who are victims of criminal domestic violence and that provides services as a shelter. (2) "Trafficking shelter" means a confidential location which provides emergency housing for victims of trafficking in persons. (3) "Grounds" means the real property of the parcel of land upon which a domestic violence or trafficking shelter or a domestic violence or trafficking shelter's administrative offices are located, whether fenced or unfenced. (B) A person who maliciously or with criminal negligence publishes, disseminates, or otherwise discloses the location of a trafficking victim, a trafficking shelter, a domestic violence shelter, or another place designated as a trafficking shelter or domestic violence shelter, without the authorization of that trafficking victim, trafficking shelter, or domestic violence shelter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years. (C) It is unlawful for a person who has been charged with or convicted of a violation of Section 16-3-2020 to enter or remain upon the grounds or structure of a domestic violence or trafficking shelter in which the victim resides or the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices or the trafficking shelter's administrative offices. (D) The domestic violence shelter and trafficking shelter must post signs at conspicuous places on the grounds of the domestic violence shelter, trafficking shelter, the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices, and the trafficking shelter's administrative offices which, at a minimum, must read substantially as follows: "NO TRESPASSING—VIOLATORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES". (E) This section does not apply if the person has legitimate business or any authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain upon the grounds or structure of the domestic violence or trafficking shelter or the domestic violence or trafficking shelter's administrative offices. (F) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. If the person is in possession of a dangerous weapon at the time of the violation, the person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-14-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 14 / Section 16-14-80
SECTION 16-14-80. Criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to receive money, goods, and services, or anything else of value fraudulently obtained in violation of Section 16-14-60(a) and with the knowledge or belief that the same were obtained in violation of Section 16-14-60(a). (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a: (1) misdemeanor under the jurisdiction of the magistrates or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and, upon conviction, must be sentenced pursuant to Section 16-14-100(a) if the value of the money, goods, services, and anything else of value, is one thousand dollars or less in any six-month period; (2) felony and, upon conviction, must be sentenced pursuant to Section 16-14-100(b) if the value of the money, goods, services, or anything of value is more than one thousand dollars in any six-month period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1360 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1360
SECTION 16-3-1360. Debt collection activities prohibited until award is made or denied; suspension of statute of limitations; definition.
Status: in_force

(A) When a person files a claim pursuant to this article, a health care provider that has received written notice of a pending claim is prohibited from all debt collection activities relating to medical and psychological treatment received by the person in connection with the claim until an award is made on the claim or the claim is determined to be noncompensable and is denied, or ninety days have passed after the health care provider first received notice of a pending claim. The statute of limitations for collection of the debt is suspended during the period in which the applicable health care provider is required to refrain from debt collection activities. (B) For purposes of this section, "debt collection activities" means repeatedly calling or writing to the claimant and threatening to turn the matter over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for collection, enforcement, or filing of other process. The term does not include routine billing or inquiries about the status of the claim.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-10
SECTION 16-21-10. Altering, forging or counterfeiting certificate of title, registration card or license plate; misrepresentation or concealment in application.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate; (2) alter or forge an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or on a form the department prescribes; (3) possess or use a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate, knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or (4) use a false or fictitious name or address, make a material false statement, fail to disclose a security interest, or conceal any other material fact in an application for a certificate of title or for registration. (B) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1220 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1220
SECTION 16-3-1220. Persons ineligible for award.
Status: in_force

A person listed in Section 16-3-1210 is not eligible to recover under this article if the person: (1) committed or aided in the commission of the crime upon which the claim is based or engaged in other unlawful activity which contributed to or aggravated the resulting injury; (2) is the surviving parent, spouse, or dependent of a deceased victim who would have been barred by subsection (1) had he survived; (3) is a dependent of the offender who committed the crime upon which the claim is based, and the offender would be a principal beneficiary of the award. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.H, substituted "Section 16-3-1210" for "Section 16-3-1210(1)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-465 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-465
SECTION 16-23-465. Additional penalty for unlawfully carrying pistol or firearm onto premises of business selling alcoholic liquor, beer or wine for on-premises consumption; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the penalties provided for by Sections 16-11-330, 16-11-620, 23-31-220, and Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 16, a person convicted of knowingly carrying a firearm into a business which sells alcoholic liquor, beer, or wine for consumption on the premises is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. In addition to the penalties described above, a person who violates this section while carrying a concealable weapon pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23 must have his concealed weapon permit revoked for a period of five years. (B)(1) This section does not apply to a person otherwise lawfully carrying a firearm who does not consume alcoholic liquor, beer, or wine while carrying the concealable weapon on the business' premises. A person who violates this item may be charged with a violation of subsection (A). (2) A property owner, holder of a lease interest, or operator of a business may prohibit the carrying of concealable weapons into the business by posting a "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" sign in compliance with Section 23-31-235. A person who carries a concealable weapon into a business with a sign posted in compliance with Section 23-31-235 may be charged with a violation of subsection (A). (3) A property owner, holder of a lease interest, or operator of a business may request that a person carrying a concealable weapon leave the business' premises, or any portion of the premises, or request that a person carrying a concealable weapon remove the concealable weapon from the business' premises, or any portion of the premises. A person carrying a concealable weapon who refuses to leave a business' premises or portion of the premises when requested or refuses to remove the concealable weapon from a business' premises or portion of the premises when requested may be charged with a violation of subsection (A). Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 111, SECTIONS 1 and 24, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024'." "SECTION 24. No provision in this act should be construed as the General Assembly discouraging responsible gun ownership; and the General Assembly, in fact, encourages all gun owners to pursue and receive appropriate gun safety training before carrying a firearm or weapon." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 8, in (A), deleted "16-23-460," following "16-11-620", inserted "knowingly" following "convicted of", and made a nonsubstantive change; and in (B), in (1), substituted "otherwise lawfully carrying a firearm who does not consume" for "carrying a concealable weapon pursuant to and in compliance with Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23; however, the person shall not consume".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-360 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 16-9-360
SECTION 16-9-360. Unauthorized recording of grand or petit jury proceedings.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and wilfully, without authorization of the court, by any means or device, records or attempts to record the proceedings of any grand or petit jury in any court of this State while such jury is investigating or deliberating shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-375 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-375
SECTION 16-15-375. Definitions applicable to Sections 16-15-385 through 16-15-425.
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply to Section 16-15-385, disseminating or exhibiting to minors harmful material or performances; Section 16-15-387, employing a person under the age of eighteen years to appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity in a public place; Section 16-15-395, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Section 16-15-405, second degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Section 16-15-410, third degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Section 16-15-412, morphed image of an identifiable minor; arrest warrant; Section 16-15-415, promoting prostitution of a minor; and Section 16-15-425, participating in prostitution of a minor. (1) "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any material or performance that depicts sexually explicit nudity or sexual activity and that, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics: (a) the average adult person applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest of minors in sex; and (b) the average adult person applying contemporary community standards would find that the depiction of sexually explicit nudity or sexual activity in the material or performance is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community concerning what is suitable for minors; and (c) to a reasonable person, the material or performance taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. (2) "Material" means pictures, drawings, video recordings, films, digital electronic files, computer-generated images or pictures, or other visual depictions or representations but not material consisting entirely of written words. (3) "Minor" means an individual who is less than eighteen years old. (4) "Prostitution" means engaging or offering to engage in sexual activity with or for another in exchange for anything of value. (5) "Sexual activity" includes any of the following acts or simulations thereof: (a) masturbation, whether done alone or with another human or animal; (b) vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse, whether done with another human or an animal; (c) touching, in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or sexual abuse, of the clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of another person or the clothed or unclothed breasts of a human female; (d) an act or condition that depicts bestiality, sado-masochistic abuse, meaning flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in a costume which reveals the pubic hair, anus, vulva, genitals, or female breast nipples, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of the one so clothed; (e) excretory functions; (f) the insertion of any part of a person's body, other than the male sexual organ, or of any object into another person's anus or vagina, except when done as part of a recognized medical procedure. (6) "Sexually explicit nudity" means the showing of: (a) uncovered, or less than opaquely covered human genitals, pubic area, or buttocks, or the nipple or any portion of the areola of the human female breast; or (b) covered human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. (7) "Identifiable minor": (a) means a person who: (1) was a minor at the time the image was created, adapted, or modified, or whose image as a minor was used in the creating, adapting, or modifying of the image; and (2) is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark, or other recognizable feature; (b) shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor. (8) "Morphed image" means any visual depiction or representation, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where such visual depiction or representation has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexual conduct or sexually explicit activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 1, in the first undesignated paragraph, inserted "Section 16-15-412, morphed image of an identifiable minor; arrest warrant;" preceding "Section 16-15-415"; in (2), inserted "computer-generated images or pictures," following "electronic files,"; and added (7).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-181 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-181
SECTION 16-13-181. Action for damages resulting from violation of Section 16-13-180.
Status: in_force

Any person who has been injured or suffered damages because of a violation of Section 16-13-180 may bring an action in the circuit court against the person convicted of the violation for three times the amount of damages suffered, if any, plus costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-410 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-410
SECTION 16-15-410. Third degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; penalties; exception.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual commits the offense of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material, he possesses material that contains a visual representation of a minor or a morphed image of an identifiable minor engaging in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation. (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted as a minor through its title, text, visual representation, or otherwise, is a minor. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years. (D) This section does not apply to an employee of a law enforcement agency, including the State Law Enforcement Division, a prosecuting agency, including the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, or the South Carolina Department of Corrections who, while acting within the employee's official capacity in the course of an investigation or criminal proceeding, is in possession of material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaging in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation. The employee's official capacity in the course of such investigation or criminal proceeding includes making material available for inspection to the defendant's counsel in response to discovery requests. (E) The offense is a misdemeanor to be heard by the family court if the person charged under the provisions of subsection (A) is a minor and the offense is the minor's first charge related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. The family court may order behavioral health counseling from an appropriate agency or provider, as a condition of adjudicating a minor. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 4, in (A), inserted "or a morphed image of an identifiable minor" preceding "engaged"; added the last sentence in (D); and added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-930 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-930
SECTION 16-11-930. Illegal distribution of recordings without name and address of manufacturer and designation of featured artist.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to manufacture or knowingly sell, distribute, circulate, or cause to be sold, distributed, or circulated, advertise, resell or offer for sale or resale, or cause the sale or resale, or rent or cause the rental, or transport or cause to be transported, or possess for any of these purposes for commercial advantage or private financial gain, a phonograph record, tape, album of phonograph records or tapes, or any other article without the actual name and street address of the manufacturer, and the name of the actual performer or group prominently disclosed on the outside cover, box, or jacket containing the record, tape, album of records or tapes, or any other article. A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided for in Section 16-11-940. A law enforcement officer in this State, when charging a person with a violation of this section, if possible at the time of arrest, shall confiscate any records, tapes, albums, or other articles and, upon conviction of the person, the records, tapes, albums, or other articles must be destroyed. As used in this section: (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. (2) "Manufacturer" means a person who actually transfers or causes the transfer of any sound or images recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded or assembles and transfers any product containing such transferred sounds or images as a component of it. (3) "Article" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes any original phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are or can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-60
SECTION 16-1-60. Violent crimes defined.
Status: repealed

For purposes of definition under South Carolina law, a violent crime includes the offenses of: murder (Section 16-3-10); attempted murder (Section 16-3-29); assault and battery by mob, first degree, resulting in death (Section 16-3-210(B)), criminal sexual conduct in the first and second degree (Sections 16-3-652 and 16-3-653); criminal sexual conduct with minors, first, second, and third degree (Section 16-3-655); assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, first and second degree (Section 16-3-656); assault and battery with intent to kill (Section 16-3-620); assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (Section 16-3-600(B)); kidnapping (Section 16-3-910); trafficking in persons (Section 16-3-2020); voluntary manslaughter (Section 16-3-50); armed robbery (Section 16-11-330(A)); attempted armed robbery (Section 16-11-330(B)); carjacking (Section 16-3-1075); drug trafficking as defined in Section 44-53-370(e) or trafficking cocaine base as defined in Section 44-53-375(C); manufacturing or trafficking methamphetamine as defined in Section 44-53-375; arson in the first degree (Section 16-11-110(A)); arson in the second degree (Section 16-11-110(B)); burglary in the first degree (Section 16-11-311); burglary in the second degree (Section 16-11-312(B)); engaging a child for a sexual performance (Section 16-3-810); homicide by child abuse (Section 16-3-85(A)(1)); aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse (Section 16-3-85(A)(2)); inflicting great bodily injury upon a child (Section 16-3-95(A)); allowing great bodily injury to be inflicted upon a child (Section 16-3-95(B)); domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature (Section 16-25-65); domestic violence in the first degree (Section 16-25-20(B)); abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death (Section 43-35-85(F)); abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in great bodily injury (Section 43-35-85(E)); taking of a hostage by an inmate (Section 24-13-450); detonating a destructive device upon the capitol grounds resulting in death with malice (Section 10-11-325(B)(1)); spousal sexual battery (Section 16-3-615); producing, directing, or promoting sexual performance by a child (Section 16-3-820); sexual exploitation of a minor first degree (Section 16-15-395); sexual exploitation of a minor second degree (Section 16-15-405); promoting prostitution of a minor (Section 16-15-415); participating in prostitution of a minor (Section 16-15-425); aggravated voyeurism (Section 16-17-470(C)); detonating a destructive device resulting in death with malice (Section 16-23-720(A)(1)); detonating a destructive device resulting in death without malice (Section 16-23-720(A)(2)); boating under the influence resulting in death (Section 50-21-113(A)(2)); vessel operator's failure to render assistance resulting in death (Section 50-21-130(A)(3)); damaging an airport facility or removing equipment resulting in death (Section 55-1-30(3)); failure to stop when signaled by a law enforcement vehicle resulting in death (Section 56-5-750(C)(2)); interference with traffic-control devices, railroad signs, or signals resulting in death (Section 56-5-1030(B)(3)); hit and run resulting in death (Section 56-5-1210(A)(3)); felony driving under the influence or felony driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration resulting in death (Section 56-5-2945(A)(2)); putting destructive or injurious materials on a highway resulting in death (Section 57-7-20(D)); obstruction of a railroad resulting in death (Section 58-17-4090); accessory before the fact to commit any of the above offenses (Section 16-1-40); and attempt to commit any of the above offenses (Section 16-1-80). Only those offenses specifically enumerated in this section are considered violent offenses. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29." Section 16-3-620, referenced in the text, was repealed by 2010 Acts No. 273, SECTION 5. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 7, SECTION 6.B, substituted "16-3-2020" for 16-3-930". 2015 Act No. 58, SECTION 6, substituted "trafficking in persons (Section 16-3-2020)" for "trafficking in persons (Section 16-3-930)"; deleted "criminal" before "domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature (Section 16-25-65)"; and added "domestic violence in the first degree (Section 16-25-20(B))".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1630 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 16-3-1630
SECTION 16-3-1630. Ombudsman; responsibilities; authority; annual report.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a written complaint that contains specific allegations and is signed by a victim of criminal activity within the state's jurisdiction, the ombudsman shall forward copies of the complaint to the person, program, and agency against whom it makes allegations, and conduct an inquiry into the allegations stated in the complaint. In carrying out the inquiry, the ombudsman is authorized to request and receive information and documents from the complainant, elements of the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and victim assistance programs that are pertinent to the inquiry. Following each inquiry, the ombudsman shall issue a report verbally or in writing to the complainant and the persons or agencies that are the object of the complaint and recommendations that in the ombudsman's opinion will assist all parties. The persons or agencies that are the subject of the complaint shall respond, within a reasonable time, to the ombudsman regarding actions taken, if any, as a result of the ombudsman's report and recommendations. The ombudsman shall prepare a public annual report, not identifying individual agencies or individuals, summarizing his activity. The annual report must be submitted directly to the Governor, General Assembly, elements of the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and victim assistance programs. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 7, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-8-290 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 16-8-290
SECTION 16-8-290. Notification of police or sheriff of release of criminal gang member from prison.
Status: in_force

When a criminal gang member is released from the custody of a jail, prison, or corrections facility, and the criminal gang member was in the custody of the jail, prison, or corrections facility for a violation of the provisions of this article, the jail, prison, or corrections facility must transmit notice of the release of the criminal gang member to the sheriff of the county in which the crime was committed. Notice also must be given to a sheriff that the criminal gang member is being released and has provided an address within the jurisdiction of that sheriff for the county in which the criminal gang member intends to reside. If the crime was committed in a municipality, or if the criminal gang member will reside in a municipality upon release, that law enforcement agency must transmit the same notice to the chiefs of police of those municipalities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-750 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-750
SECTION 16-11-750. Unlawful injury or interference with electric lines.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person within this State, wilfully and wantonly and without the consent of the owner, (a) to take down, remove, injure, obstruct, displace or destroy any line erected or constructed for the transmission of electrical current or any poles, towers, wires, conduits, cables, insulators or support upon which wires or cables may be suspended or any part of any such line or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith, (b) to sever any wire or cable thereof or in any manner interrupt the transmission of electrical current over and along any such line, (c) to take down, remove, injure or destroy any house, shop, building or other structure or machinery connected with or necessary to the use of any line erected or constructed for the transmission of electrical current or (d) to wantonly or wilfully cause injury to any of the property mentioned in this section by means of fire. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. But nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent any person from removing any such wires or apparatus affixed to his private property without his consent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-5-120 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-120
SECTION 16-5-120. Penalty for engaging in riot when weapon not used.
Status: in_force

Any person, upon conviction of engaging in a riot, rout or affray when no weapon was actually used and no wound inflicted shall be subject and liable for each offense to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-730 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 16-23-730
SECTION 16-23-730. Hoax device or replica of destructive device or detonator; manufacture, possession or transport; threat to use; penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly manufactures, possesses, transports, distributes, uses or aids, or counsels, solicits another, or conspires with another in the use of a hoax device or replica of a destructive device or detonator which causes any person reasonably to believe that the hoax device or replica is a destructive device or detonator is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. A person who communicates or transmits to another person that a hoax device or replica is a destructive device or detonator with the intent to intimidate or threaten injury, to obtain property of another, or to interfere with the ability of another person to conduct or carry on his life, business, trade, education, religious worship, or to interfere with the operations and functions of any government entity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than two years nor more than fifteen years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-950 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-950
SECTION 16-11-950. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article do not apply to sounds or calls of wild birds or animals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-630 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-630
SECTION 16-17-630. Exemption of solicitors of household or domestic employees.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-17-610 it shall be lawful for any person to solicit without a license household or domestic employees for out-of-State employment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-30 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 16-17-30
SECTION 16-17-30. Liability of corporations and unincorporated associations.
Status: in_force

As used in Section 16-17-10 the term "person" shall include corporations and unincorporated associations, and the statutes and laws of this State pertaining to criminal liability and enforcement thereof against corporations shall apply to any unincorporated association convicted of barratry.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1790 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1790
SECTION 16-3-1790. Service of certified copies of restraining orders.
Status: in_force

A magistrates court shall serve the defendant with a certified copy of an order issued pursuant to this article and provide a copy to the plaintiff and to the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the area where the plaintiff resides. Service must be made without charge to the plaintiff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-405 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-405
SECTION 16-15-405. Second degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; presumptions; defenses; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual commits the offense of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material, he: (1) records, photographs, films, develops, duplicates, produces, or creates digital electronic file material that contains a visual representation of a minor or a morphed image of an identifiable minor engaged in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; or (2) distributes, transports, exhibits, receives, sells, purchases, exchanges, or solicits material that contains a visual representation of a minor or a morphed image of an identifiable minor engaged in sexual activity or appearing in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation. (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted in material as a minor through its title, text, visual representations, or otherwise, is a minor. (C) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section. (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than two years nor more than ten years. No part of the minimum sentence may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum sentence. (E) The offense is a misdemeanor to be heard by the family court if the person charged under the provisions of subsection (A) is a minor and the offense is the minor's first charge related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. The family court may order behavioral health counseling from an appropriate agency or provider, as a condition of adjudicating a minor. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 3, in (A)(1) and (A)(2), inserted "or a morphed image of an identifiable minor" preceding "engaged"; and added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-350 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 16-9-350
SECTION 16-9-350. Attempting to influence juror by written or oral communication; communications authorized by court not prohibited.
Status: in_force

Any person who attempts personally or through third parties to influence the action or decision of any grand or petit juror of any court in this State or any prospective juror, upon any issue or matter which is or may be pending before such juror or before the jury of which he is or may become a member, by writing or sending him any written communication or making any oral communication relating to such issue or matter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the communication of a request to appear before the grand jury, or other communication authorized by the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-710 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 16-25-710
SECTION 16-25-710. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committees".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-540 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 16-3-540
SECTION 16-3-540. Consent not a defense.
Status: in_force

The implied or express consent of a person to acts which violate Section 16-3-510 does not constitute a defense to violations of Sections 16-3-510 or 16-3-520.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-180 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 16-11-180
SECTION 16-11-180. Negligently allowing fire to spread to lands or property of another.
Status: in_force

Any person who carelessly or negligently sets fire to or burns any grass, brush, leaves, or other combustible matter on any lands so as to cause or allow fire to spread or to be transmitted to the lands or property of another, or to burn or injure the lands or property of another, or who causes the burning to be done or who aids or assists in the burning, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than five days nor more than thirty days or be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. For a second or subsequent offense the sentence must be imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-2090 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 19 / Section 16-3-2090
SECTION 16-3-2090. Forfeiture.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The following are subject to forfeiture: (a) all monies used, or intended for use, in violation of Section 16-3-2020; (b) all property constituting the proceeds obtained directly or indirectly, for a violation of Section 16-3-2020; (c) all property derived from the proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, from any sale or exchange for pecuniary gain from a violation of Section 16-3-2020; (d) all property used or intended for use, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate the commission of a violation for pecuniary gain of Section 16-3-2020; (e) all books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or which have been positioned for use, in violation of Section 16-3-2020; (f) all conveyances including, but not limited to, trailers, aircraft, motor vehicles, and watergoing vessels, which are used or intended for use unlawfully to conceal or transport or facilitate a violation of Section 16-3-2020. No motor vehicle may be forfeited to the State under this item unless it is used, intended for use, or in any manner facilitates a violation of Section 16-3-2020; (g) all property including, but not limited to, monies, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for any kind of services under Section 16-3-2020, and all proceeds including, but not limited to, monies, and real and personal property traceable to any exchange under Section 16-3-2020; and (h) overseas assets of persons convicted of trafficking in persons also are subject to forfeiture to the extent they can be retrieved by the government. (2) Any property subject to forfeiture may be seized by the investigating agency having authority upon warrant issued by any court having jurisdiction over the property. Seizure without process may be made if the: (a) seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant or an inspection under an administrative inspection warrant; (b) property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the State in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding based upon Section 16-3-2020; (c) the investigating agency has probable cause to believe that the property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or safety; or (d) the investigating agency has probable cause to believe that the property was used or is intended to be used in violation of Section 16-3-2020. (3) In the event of seizure, proceedings under this section regarding forfeiture and disposition must be instituted within a reasonable time. (4) Any property taken or detained under this section is not subject to replevin but is considered to be in the custody of the investigating agency making the seizure subject only to the orders of the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings. Property is forfeited and transferred to the government at the moment of illegal use. Seizure and forfeiture proceedings confirm the transfer. (5) For the purposes of this section, whenever the seizure of property subject to seizure is accomplished as a result of a joint effort by more than one law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency initiating the investigation is considered to be the agency making the seizure. (6) Law enforcement agencies seizing property pursuant to this section shall take reasonable steps to maintain the property. Equipment and conveyances seized must be removed to an appropriate place for storage. Monies seized must be deposited in an interest bearing account pending final disposition by the court unless the seizing agency determines the monies to be of an evidential nature and provides for security in another manner. (7) When property and monies of any value as defined in this article or anything else of any value is seized, the law enforcement agency making the seizure, within ten days or a reasonable period of time after the seizure, shall submit a report to the appropriate prosecution agency. (a) The report must provide the following information with respect to the property seized: (i) description; (ii) circumstances of seizure; (iii) present custodian and where the property is being stored or its location; (iv) name of owner; (v) name of lienholder; and (vi) seizing agency. (b) If the property is a conveyance, the report shall include the: (i) make, model, serial number, and year of the conveyance; (ii) person in whose name the conveyance is registered; and (iii) name of any lienholders. (c) In addition to the report, the law enforcement agency shall prepare for dissemination to the public upon request a report providing the following information: (i) a description of the quantity and nature of the property and money seized; (ii) the seizing agency; (iii) the make, model, and year of a conveyance; and (iv) the law enforcement agency responsible for the property or conveyance seized. (d) Property or conveyances seized by a law enforcement agency or department may not be used by officers for personal purposes. (B)(1) Forfeiture of property must be accomplished by petition of the Attorney General or his designee or the circuit solicitor or his designee to the court of common pleas for the jurisdiction where the items were seized. The petition must be submitted to the court within a reasonable time period following seizure and shall provide the facts upon which the seizure was made. The petition shall describe the property and include the names of all owners of record and lienholders of record. The petition shall identify any other persons known to the petitioner to have interests in the property. Petitions for the forfeiture of conveyances also shall include the make, model, and year of the conveyance, the person in whose name the conveyance is registered, and the person who holds the title to the conveyance. A copy of the petition must be sent to each law enforcement agency which has notified the petitioner of its involvement in effecting the seizure. Notice of hearing or rule to show cause must be directed to all persons with interests in the property listed in the petition, including law enforcement agencies which have notified the petitioner of their involvement in effecting the seizure. Owners of record and lienholders of record may be served by certified mail, to the last known address as appears in the records of the governmental agency which records the title or lien. (2) The judge shall determine whether the property is subject to forfeiture and order the forfeiture confirmed. The Attorney General or his designee or the circuit solicitor or his designee has the burden of proof to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the property is subject to forfeiture. If the judge finds a forfeiture, he shall then determine the lienholder's interest as provided in this article. The judge shall determine whether any property must be returned to a law enforcement agency pursuant to this section. (3) If there is a dispute as to the division of the proceeds of forfeited property among participating law enforcement agencies, this issue must be determined by the judge. The proceeds from a sale of property, conveyances, and equipment must be disposed of pursuant to this section. (4) All property, conveyances, and equipment which will not be reduced to proceeds may be transferred to the law enforcement agency or agencies or to the prosecution agency. Upon agreement of the law enforcement agency or agencies and the prosecution agency, conveyances and equipment may be transferred to any other appropriate agency. Property transferred may not be used to supplant operating funds within the current or future budgets. If the property seized and forfeited is an aircraft or watercraft and is transferred to a state law enforcement agency or other state agency pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, its use and retainage by that agency is at the discretion and approval of the Department of Administration. (5) If a defendant or his attorney sends written notice to the petitioner or the seizing agency of his interest in the subject property, service may be made by mailing a copy of the petition to the address provided, and service may not be made by publication. In addition, service by publication may not be used for a person incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility, a county detention facility, or other facility where inmates are housed for the county where the seizing agency is located. The seizing agency shall check the appropriate institutions after receiving an affidavit of nonservice before attempting service by publication. (6) Any forfeiture may be effected by consent order approved by the court without filing or serving pleadings or notices provided that all owners and other persons with interests in the property, including participating law enforcement agencies, entitled to notice under this section, except lienholders and agencies, consent to the forfeiture. Disposition of the property may be accomplished by consent of the petitioner and those agencies involved. Persons entitled to notice under this section may consent to some issues and have the judge determine the remaining issues. (7) Disposition of forfeited property under this section must be accomplished as follows: (a) Property forfeited under this subsection shall first be applied to payment to the victim. The return of the victim to his home country or other absence of the victim from the jurisdiction shall not prevent the victim from receiving compensation. (b) The victim and the South Carolina Victim Compensation Fund shall each receive one-fourth, and law enforcement shall receive one-half of the value of the forfeited property. (c) If no victim is named, or reasonable attempts to locate a named victim for forfeiture and forfeiture fails, then all funds shall revert to the South Carolina Victim Compensation Fund and law enforcement to be divided equally. (d) If federal law enforcement becomes involved in the investigation, they shall equitably split the share local law enforcement receives under this section, if they request or pursue any of the forfeiture. The equitable split must be pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 881(e)(1)(A) and (e)(3), 18 U.S.C. Section 981(e)(2), and 19 U.S.C. Section 1616a. (C)(1) An innocent owner, manager, or owner of a licensed rental agency or any common carrier or carrier of goods for hire may apply to the court of common pleas for the return of any item seized. Notice of hearing or rule to show cause accompanied by copy of the application must be directed to all persons and agencies entitled to notice. If the judge denies the application, the hearing may proceed as a forfeiture hearing. (2) The court may return any seized item to the owner if the owner demonstrates to the court by a preponderance of the evidence: (a) in the case of an innocent owner, that the person or entity was not a consenting party to, or privy to, or did not have knowledge of, the use of the property which made it subject to seizure and forfeiture; or (b) in the case of a manager or an owner of a licensed rental agency, a common carrier, or a carrier of goods for hire, that any agent, servant, or employee of the rental agency or of the common carrier or carrier of goods for hire was not a party to, or privy to, or did not have knowledge of, the use of the property which made it subject to seizure and forfeiture. If the licensed rental agency demonstrates to the court that it has rented the seized property in the ordinary course of its business and that the tenant or tenants were not related within the third degree of kinship to the manager or owner, or any agents, servants, or employees of the rental agency, then it is presumed that the licensed rental agency was not a party to, or privy to, or did not have knowledge of, the use of the property which made it subject to seizure and forfeiture. (3) The lien of an innocent person or other legal entity, recorded in public records, shall continue in force upon transfer of title of any forfeited item, and any transfer of title is subject to the lien, if the lienholder demonstrates to the court by a preponderance of the evidence that he was not a consenting party to, or privy to, or did not have knowledge of, the involvement of the property which made it subject to seizure and forfeiture. (D) A person who uses property or a conveyance in a manner which would make the property or conveyance subject to forfeiture except for innocent owners, rental agencies, lienholders, and the like as provided for in this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. The penalties prescribed in this section are cumulative and must be construed to be in addition to any other penalty prescribed by another provision of this article. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015. Pursuant to 2017 Act No. 96, SECTION 14, the references to "Victim's Compensation Fund" in (B)(7)(b) and (B)(7)(c) were changed to "Victim Compensation Fund".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-520 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-520
SECTION 16-23-520. Use, transportation, manufacture, possession, purchase, or sale of teflon-coated ammunition.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to use, transport, manufacture, possess, distribute, sell, or buy any ammunition or shells that are coated with polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon). A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-70
SECTION 16-21-70. Use of bicycle or certain other vehicles without permission.
Status: in_force

Whoever knowingly and wilfully shall take and use any bicycle or other vehicle, except as defined in Section 56-19-10, without the consent of the owner thereof, but without intent to steal such vehicle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1760 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1760
SECTION 16-3-1760. When temporary restraining orders may be granted without notice; notice and hearing on motion seeking restraining order.
Status: in_force

(A) Within twenty-four hours after the filing of a complaint and motion seeking a restraining order pursuant to Section 16-3-1750, the court, for good cause shown, may hold an emergency hearing and, if the plaintiff proves his allegation by a preponderance of the evidence, may issue a temporary restraining order without giving the defendant notice of the motion for the order. A prima facie showing of present danger of bodily injury, verified by supporting affidavits, constitutes good cause. (B) A temporary restraining order granted without notice must be served upon the defendant together with a copy of the complaint and a Rule to Show Cause why the order should not be extended for the full one-year period. The Rule to Show Cause must provide the date and time of the hearing for the Rule to Show Cause. The defendant must be served within five days before the hearing in the same manner required for service as provided in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. (C) In cases not provided in subsection (A), the court shall cause a copy of the complaint and motion to be served upon the defendant at least five days before the hearing in the same manner required for service as provided in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. (D) The court shall hold a hearing on a motion for a restraining order within fifteen days of the filing of a complaint and motion, but not sooner than five days after service has been perfected upon the defendant. (E) Upon motion of a party, the court may determine that a temporary restraining order was improperly issued due to unknown facts. The court may order the temporary restraining order vacated and all records of the improperly issued restraining order destroyed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-260 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 16-23-260
SECTION 16-23-260. Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-80
SECTION 16-3-80. Fentanyl-induced homicide.
Status: repealed

(A) A person who knowingly and unlawfully delivers, dispenses, or otherwise provides fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance as defined in Section 44-53-190(B) and Section 44-53-210(c)(6) to another person, in violation of the provisions of Section 44-53-370, commits the felony offense of fentanyl-induced homicide if the proximate cause of the death of any other person is the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of the fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance that was unlawfully delivered, dispensed, or otherwise provided. (B) A person convicted of a fentanyl-induced homicide pursuant to the provisions of this section must be imprisoned not more than thirty years. (C) It is not a defense pursuant to this section that a decedent contributed to his own death by his purposeful, knowing, reckless, or negligent injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of the controlled substance or by his consenting to the administration of the controlled substance by another person, unless there exists clear and convincing evidence that the decedent intended to commit suicide. This section does not prohibit a person from being arrested, charged, or prosecuted for any other applicable offense, whether or not the offense arises from the same circumstances as provided in this section. (D) A person who knowingly injects, inhales, absorbs, or ingests any amount of fentanyl along with another consenting person, which is the proximate cause of the death of the consenting person, shall not be prosecuted under this section. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 61, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-450 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-450
SECTION 16-17-450. Refusal to relinquish party telephone line for emergency call.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who shall wilfully refuse to relinquish immediately a party telephone line when informed that such line is needed for an emergency call to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. (2) It shall constitute a defense to a prosecution under subsection (1) that the accused did not know of the emergency in question, or that the accused was using the party telephone line for an emergency call. (3) Any person who requests another to relinquish a telephone party line on the pretext that he must place an emergency call, knowing such pretext to be false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. (4) As used in this section The term "party line" shall mean a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number. The term "emergency" shall mean a situation in which property or human life are in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 16-9-10
SECTION 16-9-10. Perjury and subornation of perjury.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully give false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath in any court of record, judicial, administrative, or regulatory proceeding in this State. (2) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully give false, misleading, or incomplete information on a document, record, report, or form required by the laws of this State. (B)(1) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (2) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not less than one hundred dollars, or both. (C) A person may be convicted under this section if he induces, procures, or persuades another person to commit perjury or if he commits perjury by his own act, consent, or agreement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1190 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1190
SECTION 16-3-1190. Reduction of award.
Status: in_force

Any award made pursuant to this article may be reduced by or set off by the amount of any payments received or to be received as a result of the injury (a) from or on behalf of the person who committed the crime, (b) from any other private or public source, including an award of workers' compensation pursuant to the laws of this State or (c) as an emergency award pursuant to Section 16-3-1150; provided, that private sources shall not include contributions received from family members, or persons or private organizations making charitable donations to a victim.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-920 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-920
SECTION 16-11-920. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-911 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; (2) for a second offense, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; (3) for a third and each subsequent offense, must be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (B) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the offense: (1) involves at least one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or sixty-five unauthorized audio visual articles during any one hundred eighty-day period; or (2) is a second or subsequent conviction under Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915. (C) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, if the offense involved: (1) more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound during any one hundred eighty-day period; or (2) more than ten but less than sixty-five unauthorized audiovisual articles during any one hundred eighty-day period. (D) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars for a first offense and not more than ten thousand dollars for a second or subsequent offense if the offense or both offenses involve not more than: (1) twenty-five unauthorized articles embodying sound during any one hundred eighty-day period; or (2) ten unauthorized audiovisual articles during any one hundred eighty- day period. (E) A person who violates any other provision of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (F) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-11-910, 16-11-911, or 16-11-915, the court shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all: (1) infringing articles; (2) implements, devices, and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing articles. These penalties are not exclusive but are in addition to other penalties provided by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-150 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-150
SECTION 16-19-150. Punishment of offense covered by Section 16-19-40.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 16-19-130 and 16-19-140, wherever the offense is covered by Section 16-19-40, the punishment there provided shall be imposed, it being the intention to leave the jurisdiction of such gambling as is there specifically prohibited in the courts now having jurisdiction of the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-445 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-445
SECTION 16-15-445. Seizure and forfeiture of equipment used in committing violation; hearing; disposition of forfeited property; allocation of sale proceeds.
Status: in_force

(A) All equipment used directly by a person in committing a violation of Sections 16-15-305, 16-15-342, 16-15-395, 16-15-405, or 16-15-410, including necessary software, may be seized by the law enforcement agency making the arrest and ordered forfeited by the court in which the conviction was obtained. (B) Prior to entering a forfeiture order, the court must conduct a hearing to determine ownership and the rights of innocent third parties with respect to the property, and notice of the hearing must be given to all interested parties. The court must incorporate into its forfeiture order provisions necessary to protect the interests of innocent third parties. (C) Subject to the limitations of subsection (B), property forfeited pursuant to court order must be destroyed by the arresting law enforcement agency, unless that law enforcement agency can show good cause for retaining the property. Ownership of property so retained vests in the arresting law enforcement agency which may use the property in the performance of its duties, destroy it, or sell it at public auction. Retained property may be sold at public auction after giving notice, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, of the date, time, and place of the auction and a description of the property to be auctioned. After payment of the expenses of the auction, one-half of the net proceeds may be retained by the arresting law enforcement agency, and one-half must be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit to the credit of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 9, in (C), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-100 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-100
SECTION 16-13-100. Stealing crude turpentine.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall steal any crude turpentine of the value of five dollars, whether dipped or scraped from the trees or not or whether barreled or not, from any place whatsoever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-130 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-130
SECTION 16-1-130. Persons not eligible for diversion program.
Status: in_force

(A) A person may not be considered for a diversion program, including, but not limited to, a drug court program or a mental health court, if the: (1) person's current charge is for a violent offense as defined in Section 16-1-60 or a stalking offense pursuant to Article 17, Chapter 3, Title 16; (2) person has a prior conviction for a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, or a harassment or stalking offense pursuant to Article 17, Chapter 3, Title 16; (3) person is subject to a restraining order pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, Chapter 3, Title 16 or a valid order of protection pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 20; (4) person is currently on parole or probation for a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60; or (5) consent of the victim has not been obtained unless reasonable attempts have been made to contact the victim and the victim is either nonresponsive or cannot be located after a reasonable search. (B) The provisions of this section do not apply to a diversion program administered by the South Carolina Prosecution Coordination Commission or by a circuit solicitor. Editor's Note 2005 Act No. 106, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as 'Mary Lynn's Law'." 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 66, provides in part: "The provisions of Part II take effect on January 1, 2011, for offenses occurring on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-437 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-437
SECTION 16-13-437. False statement or representation as to income to public housing agency to obtain or retain public housing or with respect to determining rent; misdemeanor; penalties; restitution.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person knowingly to make a false statement or representation with respect to the person's individual or family income to a public housing agency in obtaining or retaining public housing or with respect to the determination of rent due from the person for public housing. For purposes of this section public housing includes private housing provided through a housing program managed by a public housing agency. For purposes of this section, public housing agency means an agency of state, regional, county, or municipal government, including housing authorities, which administer state or federal housing programs. A person violating this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than one thousand dollars and the person convicted must be ordered to pay restitution to the public housing agency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-30 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-30
SECTION 16-27-30. Acts or omissions constituting felonies; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who: (a) owns an animal for the purpose of fighting or baiting; (b) is a party to or causes any fighting or baiting of any animal; (c) purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise acquires or obtains the use of any structure, facility, or location for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal; or (d) knowingly allows or permits or makes available any structure, facility, or location to be used for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal is guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars or imprisoned for five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-165 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-165
SECTION 16-13-165. Unlawful actions involving counterfeit or nonfunctional airbags; penalties; definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) knowingly and intentionally import, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in a motor vehicle, a counterfeit airbag, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that the person knows was not designed to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 208 (49 CFR 571.208), as amended, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle; (2) knowingly and intentionally sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in any motor vehicle a device that causes a motor vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag; (3) knowingly and intentionally sell, lease, trade, or transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit airbag, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that the person knows was not designed to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 208 (49 CFR 571.208), as amended, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle has been installed as part of the motor vehicle's inflatable restraint system. (B)(1) A person who violates the provisions of this section by knowingly and intentionally installing or reinstalling an airbag that is counterfeit, nonfunctional, does not comply with the federal regulations described in subsection (A), or installs or reinstalls a device that causes a motor vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag is: (a) for a first offense, guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both; (b) for a second or subsequent offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. (2) A person who violates the provisions of this section by knowingly and intentionally importing, manufacturing, selling, or offering to sell, an airbag that is counterfeit, nonfunctional, does not comply with the federal regulations described in subsection (A), or a device that causes a motor vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag is: (a) for a first offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; (b) for a second or subsequent offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. (3) A person who violates the provisions of this section by knowingly and intentionally selling, leasing, trading, or transferring a motor vehicle when the person knows that the motor vehicle contains an airbag that is counterfeit, nonfunctional, or does not comply with the federal regulations described in subsection (A), is: (a) for a first offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; (b) for a second or subsequent offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. (4) A person whose violation of subsection (B)(2) or (B)(3) results in great bodily harm or death is: (a) for a first offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; (b) for a second or subsequent offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both. (5) Persons other than individuals who violate the provisions of subsection (A) are: (a) for a first offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one million dollars or imprisoned subject to the discretion of the judge, or both; (b) for a second or subsequent offense, guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten million dollars or imprisoned subject to the discretion of the judge, or both. (C) For purposes of this section: (1) "Airbag" means an inflatable restraint system, or portion of an inflatable restraint system including, but not limited to, the cushion material, cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, and wiring that (a) operates in the event of a crash, and (b) is designed in accordance with federal motor vehicle safety standards for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in which it is or will be installed. (2) "Counterfeit airbag" means an airbag that bears without authorization a mark identical or substantially similar to the genuine mark of the manufacturer of a motor vehicle or a supplier of parts to the manufacturer of a motor vehicle. (3) "Nonfunctional airbag" means a replacement airbag that has been previously deployed or damaged or that has an electrical fault that is detected by the vehicle diagnostic system after the installation procedure is completed. A nonfunctional airbag also includes any object, including a counterfeit or repaired airbag, airbag component, or other component intended to deceive a vehicle owner or operator into believing that it is a functional airbag. (4) "Person" or "persons" means an individual, a group of individuals, whether incorporated or not, a corporation, a company, an association, an organization, a partnership, or any other form of legal entity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 16-25-70
SECTION 16-25-70. Warrantless arrest or search; admissibility of evidence.
Status: in_force

(A) A law enforcement officer may arrest, with or without a warrant, a person at the person's place of residence or elsewhere if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person is committing or has freshly committed a misdemeanor or felony pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-25-20, 16-25-65, or 16-25-125, even if the act did not take place in the presence of the officer. The officer may, if necessary, verify the existence of probable cause related to a violation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by telephone or radio communication with the appropriate law enforcement agency. A law enforcement agency must complete an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter even if the law enforcement agency was not notified at the time the alleged violation occurred. The investigation must be documented on an incident report form which must be maintained by the investigating agency. If an arrest warrant is sought, the law enforcement agency must present the results of the investigation and any other relevant evidence to a magistrate who may issue an arrest warrant if probable cause is established. (B) A law enforcement officer may arrest, with or without a warrant, a person at the person's place of residence or elsewhere if physical manifestations of injury to the alleged victim are present and the officer has probable cause to believe that the person is committing or has freshly committed a misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of Section 16-25-20 or 16-25-65 even if the act did not take place in the presence of the officer. A law enforcement officer may not make an arrest if he determines probable cause does not exist after consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (D) and observance that no physical manifestation of injury is present. The officer may, if necessary, verify the existence of an order of protection by telephone or radio communication with the appropriate law enforcement agency. (C) In effecting a warrantless arrest under this section, a law enforcement officer may enter the residence of the person to be arrested in order to effect the arrest where the officer has probable cause to believe that the action is reasonably necessary to prevent physical harm or danger to a family or household member. (D) If a law enforcement officer receives conflicting complaints of domestic or family violence from two or more household members involving an incident of domestic or family violence, the officer must evaluate each complaint separately to determine who was the primary aggressor. If the officer determines that one person was the primary physical aggressor, the officer must not arrest the other person accused of having committed domestic or family violence. In determining whether a person is the primary aggressor, the officer must consider the following factors and any other factors he considers relevant: (1) prior complaints of domestic or family violence; (2) the relative severity of the injuries inflicted on each person taking into account injuries alleged which may not be easily visible at the time of the investigation; (3) the likelihood of future injury to each person; (4) whether one of the persons acted in self-defense; and (5) household member accounts regarding the history of domestic violence. (E) A law enforcement officer must not threaten, suggest, or otherwise indicate the possible arrest of all parties to discourage a party's requests for intervention by law enforcement. (F) A law enforcement officer who arrests two or more persons for a crime involving domestic or family violence must include the grounds for arresting both parties in the written incident report, and must include a statement in the report that the officer attempted to determine which party was the primary aggressor pursuant to this section and was unable to make a determination based upon the evidence available at the time of the arrest. (G) When two or more household members are charged with a crime involving domestic or family violence arising from the same incident and the court finds that one party was the primary aggressor pursuant to this section, the court, if appropriate, may dismiss charges against the other party or parties. (H) Evidence discovered as a result of a warrantless search administered pursuant to a complaint filed under this article is admissible in a court of law: (1) if it is found: (a) in plain view of a law enforcement officer in a room in which the officer is interviewing, detaining, or pursuing a suspect; or (b) pursuant to a search incident to a lawful arrest for a violation of this article or for a violation of Chapter 3, Title 16; or (2) if it is evidence of a violation of this article. An officer may arrest and file criminal charges against a suspect for any offense that arises from evidence discovered pursuant to this section. Unless otherwise provided for in this section, no evidence of a crime found as a result of a warrantless search administered pursuant to a complaint filed under this article is admissible in any court of law. (I) In addition to the protections granted to the law enforcement officer and law enforcement agency under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, a law enforcement officer is not liable for an act, omission, or exercise of discretion under this section unless the act, omission, or exercise of discretion constitutes gross negligence, recklessness, wilfulness, or wantonness. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 58, SECTION 16, in (A), deleted "(A) or (D)" following "16-25-20", and added the second to last sentence, relating to the incident report; in (B), substituted "may arrest" for "must arrest", deleted "(A) or (D)" following "16-25-20", and substituted "officer may not make" for "officer is not required to make".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-330 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-330
SECTION 16-15-330. Definitions applicable to section 16-15-332.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Section 16-15-332, the term: (1) "Digitally forged intimate image" means any intimate image of an identifiable individual that appears to a reasonable person to be indistinguishable from an authentic visual depiction of the individual, and that is generated or substantially modified using machine-learning techniques or any other computer-generated or machine-generated means to falsely depict an individual's appearance or conduct, regardless of whether the visual depiction indicates, through a label or some other form of information published with the visual depiction, that the visual depiction is not authentic. (2) "Effective consent" means the affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give authorization. The disclosure of the intimate image or digitally forged intimate image by the identifiable individual to another person is not sufficient effective consent under this section. (3) "Identifiable individual" means the identity of the depicted person through an intimate image or digitally forged intimate image, or whose identity can be determined through any accompanying or subsequent information or material related to the visual material. (4) "Intimate image" means any still or videographic image of an identifiable individual that depicts wholly or partially uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple or areola of an individual, the display or transfer of semen or vaginal secretion, sexual activity, as defined in Section 16-15-375, or sexually explicit nudity, as defined in Section 16-15-375.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-440 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 16-3-440
SECTION 16-3-440. Principal or second compelled to give testimony.
Status: in_force

Upon the trial of all indictments for dueling any person concerned therein, either as principal or second or as counseling, aiding and abetting in such duel, shall be compelled to give evidence against the person actually indicted, without incriminating himself or subjecting or making himself liable to any prosecution, penalty, forfeiture or punishment on account of his agency in such duel.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-780 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 16-23-780
SECTION 16-23-780. Reporting existence and location of destructive device or weapon of mass destruction.
Status: in_force

All state, county, and municipal law enforcement officers who encounter a known or suspected destructive device, biological or bacteriological weapon or a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction in the course of their employment must immediately report the existence and location of the device or weapon to the State Law Enforcement Division for purposes of disseminating the information to law enforcement agencies, and to the appropriate state and local public health officials for purposes of enabling public health officials to assess the nature and extent of the threat of the device or weapon to public health.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-130 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 16-7-130
SECTION 16-7-130. Exceptions to Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120 shall not affect the following: (1) Any person wearing traditional holiday costume; (2) Any person engaged in a trade or employment in which a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer or because of the nature of the occupation, trade or profession; (3) Any person using a mask in a theatrical production or masquerade ball; or (4) Any person wearing a gas mask prescribed in a civil defense drill or exercise or in an emergency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-320 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 16-9-320
SECTION 16-9-320. Opposing or resisting law enforcement officer serving process; assaulting officer engaged in serving process.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to oppose or resist a law enforcement officer in serving, executing, or attempting to serve or execute a legal writ or process or to resist an arrest being made by one whom the person knows or reasonably should know is a law enforcement officer, whether under process or not. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (B) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly and wilfully assault, beat, or wound a law enforcement officer engaged in serving, executing, or attempting to serve or execute a legal writ or process or to assault, beat, or wound an officer when the person is resisting an arrest being made by one whom the person knows or reasonably should know is a law enforcement officer, whether under process or not. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-8-250 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 16-8-250
SECTION 16-8-250. Preventing witness or victim from testifying; penalty; coerced person's right to bring civil action.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a criminal gang member by threat or force to: (1) prevent a witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at a trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law that concerns or relates to any criminal activity; or (2) attempt to prevent a witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at a trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law that concerns or relates to any criminal activity. (B) A criminal gang member who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. (C) A person who has been coerced, intimidated, threatened, or injured in violation of this section has a civil cause of action against a criminal gang or criminal gang member violating this section for treble the amount of his actual damages, for punitive damages, an injunction, and any other appropriate relief in law or equity. Upon prevailing in the civil action, the plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs from the criminal gang or criminal gang member. (D) Nothing in this section limits prosecution under any other provision of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-210 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 16-3-210
SECTION 16-3-210. Assault and battery by mob; investigation and apprehension; civil liability.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section, a "mob" is defined as the assemblage of two or more persons, without color or authority of law, for the premeditated purpose and with the premeditated intent of committing an act of violence upon the person of another. (B) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in the death of the person, shall constitute the felony crime of assault and battery by mob in the first degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty years. (C) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in serious bodily injury to the person, shall constitute the felony crime of assault and battery by mob in the second degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than twenty-five years. (D) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in bodily injury to the person, shall constitute the misdemeanor crime of assault and battery by mob in the third degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year. (E) When any mob commits an act of violence, the sheriff of the county where the crime occurs and the solicitor of the circuit where the county is located shall act as speedily as possible to apprehend and identify the members of the mob and bring them to trial. (F) The solicitor of any circuit has summary power to conduct any investigation deemed necessary by him in order to apprehend the members of a mob and may subpoena witnesses and take testimony under oath. (G) This article shall not be construed to relieve a member of any such mob from civil liability.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-680 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-680
SECTION 16-11-680. Destruction or removal of geodetic control or property corner monuments.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Geodetic control monuments" means those land surveying monuments which are established by federal, state, and local governments, and private entities, the position of which monuments on the earth's surface has been fixed by high-order surveying and computation for use by the land surveyors. Such monuments may be in the form of, but are not limited to, metal, disks set in concrete, rock, or some other fixed permanent object, the horizontal and vertical positions of which have been published by the agency which established the monument and made available to the public as well as to land surveyors and engineers for public use. (2) "Property corner monuments" means those land surveying monuments which are established by a licensed professional land surveyor to identify property corners or property lines, the location and description of which are made a part of any recorded or unrecorded plat or any instrument pertaining to real property filed in the register of deeds office or other public office of any county of this State. These surveying monuments may be any permanent or semipermanent object or any live or dead tree material including, but not limited to: (a) iron or steel pipes, rebars, spikes, nails, scribed marks in concrete, or metal rods; (b) concrete markers, including highway right of way markers; (c) stone or rock, whether natural or erected; (d) trees, stumps, stakes, and marks, including those marks made on trees, concrete, or metal; (e) and such other monuments as may be described in plats, instruments of record, and federal, state, and local law. (B)(1) It is unlawful for a person to maliciously or fraudulently move, alter, destroy, or remove any certain geodetic control monuments or property corner monuments. Proof that a geodetic control device or property corner monument was unintentionally removed, altered, destroyed, or otherwise tampered with is prima facie evidence of noncriminal intent of the acting party. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, and may be required by the court to make restitution. For the purpose of this section, "restitution" means payment for specific damages and economic losses and expenses sustained by a crime victim resulting from an offender's criminal conduct. Restitution orders do not limit any civil claims a crime victim may file. If the amount of restitution exceeds the magistrates court's limitation on ordering restitution as provided in Section 22-3-550, the court of general sessions has concurrent jurisdiction with the magistrates court and the case may be transferred to the court of general sessions. (2) The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the authorized removal, alteration, destruction, or movement of geodetic control devices or property corner monuments. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 171, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-750 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-750
SECTION 16-3-750. Request that victim submit to polygraph examination.
Status: in_force

A law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer, or other governmental official may request that the victim of an alleged criminal sexual conduct offense as defined under federal or South Carolina law submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as part of the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense if the credibility of the victim is at issue; however, the officer or official must not require the victim to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1250 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1250
SECTION 16-3-1250. Subrogation of State to right of action accruing to claimant, victim, or intervenor.
Status: in_force

Payment of an award pursuant to this article subrogates the State to the extent of the payment to any right of action accruing to the claimant or to the victim or intervenor to recover losses resulting from the crime with respect to which the award is made, except that subrogation shall not reduce the financial recovery by the victim, claimant, or intervenor to less than one hundred percent of actual losses or expenses. The subrogation amount must be reduced if there is a jury award or judicial award in a bench trial, which results in a loss to the victim, claimant, or intervenor. Subrogation shall not be reduced if the action is terminated other than by a jury award or judicial award in a bench trial.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-550 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 16-25-550
SECTION 16-25-550. Revenue generation for operation and administration.
Status: in_force

Each community domestic violence coordinating council is responsible for generating revenue for its operation and administration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1565 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1565
SECTION 16-3-1565. No cause of action against public employees or agencies.
Status: in_force

(A) Nothing in this article creates a cause of action on behalf of a person against a public employee, public agency, the State, or an agency responsible for the enforcement of rights and provision of services set forth in this article. (B) A sentence must not be invalidated because of failure to comply with the provisions of this article. (C) This article must not be construed to create a cause of action for monetary damages.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-430 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-430
SECTION 16-23-430. Carrying weapon on school property.
Status: in_force

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, except state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers or personnel authorized by school officials, to carry on his person, while on any elementary or secondary school property, a knife, with a blade over two inches long, a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, firearms, or any other type of weapon, device, or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death. (B) This section does not apply when the weapon remains inside an attended or locked motor vehicle and is secured in a closed glove compartment, closed console, closed trunk, or in a closed container secured by an integral fastener and transported in the luggage compartment of the vehicle. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Any weapon or object used in violation of this section may be confiscated by the law enforcement division making the arrest. Editor's Note 1990 Act No. 579, SECTION 7, eff June 12, 1990, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act may be cited as the 'Safe Schools Act of 1990'." 2024 Act No. 111, SECTIONS 1 and 24, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024'." "SECTION 24. No provision in this act should be construed as the General Assembly discouraging responsible gun ownership; and the General Assembly, in fact, encourages all gun owners to pursue and receive appropriate gun safety training before carrying a firearm or weapon." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 111, SECTION 7, in (B), deleted "to a person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23" following "does not apply".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-80
SECTION 16-13-80. Larceny of bicycles.
Status: in_force

The larceny of a bicycle is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be punishable at the discretion of the court. When the value of the bicycle is less than two thousand dollars, the case is triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-720 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-720
SECTION 16-17-720. Impersonating law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person other than a duly authorized law enforcement officer to represent to any person that he is a law enforcement officer and, acting upon such representation, to arrest or detain any person, search any building or automobile or in any way impersonate a law enforcement officer or act in accordance with the authority commonly given to such officers. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private citizen from making a citizen's arrest in accordance with the laws of this State. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-331 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-331
SECTION 16-13-331. Unauthorized removal or concealment of library property prohibited; penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever, without authority, with the intention of depriving the library or archive of the ownership of such property, wilfully conceals a book or other library or archive property, while still on the premises of such library or archive, or wilfully or without authority removes any book or other property from any library or archive or collection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor under the jurisdiction of the magistrates or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and, upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with the following: by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months; provided, however, that if the value of the library or archive property is less than one hundred dollars, the punishment shall be a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. Proof of the wilful concealment of any book or other library or archive property while still on the premises of such library or archive shall be prima facie evidence of intent to commit larceny thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-40 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-40
SECTION 16-1-40. Accessory.
Status: in_force

A person who aids in the commission of a felony or is an accessory before the fact in the commission of a felony by counseling, hiring, or otherwise procuring the felony to be committed is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished in the manner prescribed for the punishment of the principal felon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 16-7-20
SECTION 16-7-20. Powers of law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

All law enforcement officers of the State or any of its subdivisions who may be called to duty in the area designated by the Governor in his proclamation, when engaged in the performance of duties in such area, shall have the full powers of constable at all places within such area and may pursue and arrest offenders against the laws of this State or the provisions of the proclamation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-80
SECTION 16-27-80. Applicability of chapter to hunting dogs and certain events.
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter does not apply to dogs used for the purpose of hunting, including, but not limited to, hunting on shooting preserves or wildlife management areas authorized pursuant to Title 50, or to dogs used in field trials, including events more commonly known as "water races", "treeing contests", "coon-on-a-log", "bear-baying", or "fox-pen-trials". Such "fox-pen-trials" must be approved by permit for field trials by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. (B) Except as otherwise provided in Section 16-27-60, this chapter applies to events more commonly known as "hog-dog fights", "hog-dog rodeos", or "hog-dogging" in which bets are placed, or cash, points, titles, trophies, or other awards are given based primarily on the ability of a dog to catch a hog using physical contact in the controlled environment of an enclosure. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 199, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. Nothing in this act may be applied in contradiction to the exemptions and protections provided to hunting dogs, sporting dogs, or working dogs under Section 47-1-40, Section 16-27-60, and Section 16-27-80."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1670 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 16-3-1670
SECTION 16-3-1670. Purpose.
Status: in_force

This article does not create a cause of action on behalf of a person against an element of the criminal and juvenile justice systems, victim assistance programs, the State, or any agency or person responsible for the enforcement of rights and provision of services set forth in this chapter. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II SECTION 7, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-580 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-580
SECTION 16-17-580. Removing State line marks.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall deface, disturb or remove any granite post or marking, whether wood, stone or metal, duly placed by competent authority on the State line of this State shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than six months.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-845 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 16-11-845
SECTION 16-11-845. Use, sale, or installation of converter for unauthorized reception of intelligible signals.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person (a) to use a converter or similar device for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system, (b) to sell a converter or similar device to any other person with knowledge that the person intends to use it for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system or, (c) to install a converter or similar device for any other person with knowledge that the person intends to use it for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system. This section does not prohibit the manufacture, distribution, or sale of any television receiver in which a converter has been incorporated by the manufacturer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-940 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-940
SECTION 16-11-940. Penalties for violations of Section 16-11-930.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the offense involves at least one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or at least sixty-five unauthorized audio-visual articles, or is a second or subsequent conviction under Section 16-11-930. (B) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, if the offense involves more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or more than ten but less than sixty-five unauthorized audio-visual articles. (C) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars for a first offense and not more than ten thousand dollars for a second or subsequent offense if the offense or both offenses involve not more than twenty-five unauthorized articles embodying sound or not more than ten unauthorized audio-visual articles. (D) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in any other case. (E) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-11-930, the court shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all: (1) infringing articles; (2) implements, devices, and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing articles. The penalties provided in this section are not exclusive and are in addition to any other penalties provided by law. (F) Each violation of Section 16-11-930 constitutes a separate offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-28 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-28
SECTION 16-3-28. Punishment for murder; right of defendant to make last argument.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal trial where the maximum penalty is death or in a separate sentencing proceeding following such trial, the defendant and his counsel shall have the right to make the last argument.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-755 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-755
SECTION 16-11-755. Operation of certain motor vehicles on utility rights of way unlawful; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person other than the landowner or someone who specifically acts with his permission, or an employee or agent of the utility which owns the utility right-of-way concerned to operate a mini-bike, motor-bike, motorcycle, jeep, dune buggy, automobile, truck or other power driven vehicle on the land which constitutes the utility right-of-way if the utility, after obtaining permission of the landowner in writing, posts signs at conspicuous places on such right-of-way which read substantially as follows: "NO TRESPASSING It is unlawful to operate a mini-bike, motor-bike, motorcycle, jeep, dune buggy, automobile, or truck upon this right-of-way. Violators will be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars." (2) The prohibition of trespass as provided for in this section does not contradict or in any manner diminish the property rights of the owner of the land subject to the easement or of the utility's rights in its easement. (3) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-730 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 16-25-730
SECTION 16-25-730. Certain meetings closed to public; penalties.
Status: in_force

Meetings of the committee are closed to the public and are not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act when the committee is discussing an individual case. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1430 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 14 / Section 16-3-1430
SECTION 16-3-1430. Victim assistance services; membership of Victim Services Coordinating Council.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification, and Statistical Analysis, in collaboration with the Department of Crime Victim Compensation, is authorized to provide the following victim assistance services, contingent upon the availability of funds in the Victim Compensation Fund: (1) provide information, training, and technical assistance to state and local agencies and groups involved in victim and domestic violence assistance, such as the Attorney General's Office, the solicitors' offices, law enforcement agencies, judges, hospital staff, rape crisis centers, and spouse abuse shelters; (2) provide recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on needed legislation and services for victims; (3) serve as a clearinghouse of victim information; (4) develop ongoing public awareness and programs to assist victims, such as newsletters, brochures, television and radio spots and programs, and news articles; (5) provide staff support for a Victim Services Coordinating Council representative of all agencies and groups involved in victim and domestic violence services to improve coordination efforts, suggest policy and procedural improvements to those agencies and groups as needed, and recommend needed statutory changes to the General Assembly; and (6) coordinate the development and implementation of policy and guidelines for the treatment of victims with appropriate agencies. (B) The Victim Services Coordinating Council shall consist of the following twenty-two members: (1) the Director of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, or his designee, who shall serve as chairperson; (2) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or his designee; (3) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, or his designee; (4) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, or his designee; (5) the Director of the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, or his designee; (6) the deputy directors of the three departments and the ombudsman under the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division; (7) the Director of the South Carolina Sheriffs' Association, or his designee; (8) the President of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association, or his designee; (9) the President of the South Carolina Jail Administrators' Association, or his designee; (10) the President of the Solicitors' Advocate Forum, or his designee; (11) the President of the Law Enforcement Victim Advocate Association, or his designee; (12) the Director of the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, or his designee; (13) the Attorney General, or his designee; (14) three representatives appointed by the State Office of Victim Assistance for a term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified for each of the following categories: (a) one representative of university or campus services; (b) one representative of a statewide child advocacy organization; and (c) one crime victim; and (15) three at-large seats elected upon two-thirds vote of the other eighteen members of the Victim Services Coordinating Council for a term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, at least one of whom must be a crime victim and two of which must be representatives of community-based nongovernmental organizations. The Victim Services Coordinating Council shall solicit input on issues affecting relevant stakeholders when those stakeholders are not explicitly represented. The Victim Services Coordinating Council shall meet at least four times per year. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 6, in (A), substituted "Department of Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification, and Statistical Analysis, in collaboration with the Department of Crime Victim Compensation," for "Victim Compensation Fund", and added "in the Victim Compensation Fund"; in (B)(1), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division" for "State Office of Victim Assistance", and added ", who shall serve as chairperson"; in (B)(6), substituted "deputy directors of the three departments and the Ombudsman under the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division" for "Governor's Crime Victims' Ombudsman, or his designee"; deleted (B)(14), which related to the administrator of the Office of Justice Programs and redesignated accordingly; in (B)(14), substituted "three" for "four"; deleted (B)(14)(b), which related to one representative of a statewide crime victim organization and redesignated accordingly; in (B)(15), substituted "three" for "four"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1830 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1830
SECTION 16-3-1830. Availability of other civil and criminal remedies.
Status: in_force

A proceeding commenced pursuant to this article is in addition to other civil and criminal remedies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-8-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 16-8-20
SECTION 16-8-20. Teaching or demonstrating use of or making of destructive device; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A person may not: (1) teach or demonstrate to another person the use, application, or making of a firearm or destructive device which is capable of causing injury or death if the person knows, has reason to know, or intends that what is taught or demonstrated will be employed unlawfully for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder; nor (2) assemble with one or more persons for the purpose of training, practicing, or instructing in the use of a firearm or destructive device which is capable of causing injury or death to persons if the training, practice, or instruction is used in furtherance of an unlawful purpose or a civil disorder. (B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; (2) for a second or subsequent offense must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-780 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-780
SECTION 16-11-780. Prohibition on entering certain lands to discover, uncover, move, remove, or attempt to remove archaeological resource; definitions; penalty; exception.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Archaeological resource" means all artifacts, relics, burial objects, or material remains of past human life or activities that are at least one hundred years old and possess either archaeological or commercial value, including pieces of pottery, basketry, bottles, weapons, weapon projectiles, tools, structures or portions of structures, rock paintings, rock carving, intaglios, graves, or human skeletal materials. (2) "Archaeological value" means the value of the data associated with the archaeological resource. This value may be appraised in terms of the costs of the retrieval of the scientific information that would have been obtainable prior to the violation. These costs may include, but need not be limited to, the cost of preparing a research design, conducting field work, carrying out laboratory analysis, and preparing reports as would be necessary to realize the information potential. (3) "Commercial value" means the fair market value of the archaeological resource. When a violation has resulted in damage to the archaeological resource, the fair market value may be determined using the condition of the archaeological resource prior to the violation, to the extent its prior condition can be ascertained. (4) "Cost of restoration and repair" means the sum of the costs incurred for emergency restoration or repairs to an archaeological resource, plus those costs projected to be necessary to complete restoration and repair, which may include, but need not be limited to, the costs of the following: (a) reconstruction of the archaeological resource; (b) stabilization of the archaeological resource; (c) ground contour reconstruction and surface stabilization; (d) physical barriers or other protective devices, necessitated by the disturbance of the archaeological resource, to protect it from further disturbance; (e) examination and analysis of the archaeological resource, including recording remaining archaeological information, where necessitated by disturbance, in order to salvage remaining resources that cannot be otherwise conserved; or (f) preparation of reports relating to any of the activities described in this section. (5) "Posted lands" means lands where the State has complied with the notice or warning requirement which must either be posted or given to an offender pursuant to Section 16-11-600. (B) The court may call upon the Office of the State Archaeologist to provide evidence to assist in determining, calculating, or computing archaeological value, commercial value, or the cost of restoration and repair of an archaeological resource. (C) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully, knowingly, or maliciously enter upon the lands of another or the posted lands of the State and disturb or excavate a prehistoric or historic site for the purpose of discovering, uncovering, moving, removing, or attempting to remove an archaeological resource. Each unlawful entry and act of disturbance or excavation of a prehistoric or historic site constitutes a separate and distinct offense. (D) For a first offense, a person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined, imprisoned, or both, pursuant to the jurisdiction of magistrates as provided in Section 22-3-550. (E) For a second offense for violating this section on the same property as the first offense or on another posted property, a person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. (F) For a third or subsequent offense for violating this section on the same property as the first offense or on another posted property, a person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (G) For the purposes of subsections (E) and (F) of this section, a second, third, or subsequent offense on the same property as the first offense or on another posted property must include no offense that occurs more than ten years after conviction for the first offense. (H) All equipment and conveyances including, but not limited to, trailers, motor vehicles, and watergoing vessels that were used in connection with felony violations of this section are subject to forfeiture to the State in the same manner as equipment and conveyances are subject to forfeiture pursuant to Section 44-53-520, if the offender either owns the equipment or conveyance or is a resident of the equipment or conveyance owner's household. (1) All equipment and conveyances subject to confiscation and forfeiture under this section may be confiscated by any law enforcement officer as provided in this section. The confiscating officer shall deliver the confiscated property immediately to the county or municipality where the offense occurred. The county or municipality shall notify the registered owner of the confiscated property by certified mail within seventy-two hours of the confiscation. Upon notice, the registered owner has ten days to request a hearing before the court. The confiscation hearing must be held within ten days from the date of receipt of the request. The confiscated property must be returned to the registered owner if the registered owner shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he did not know the confiscated property was used in the commission of the crime, that he did not give permission for the confiscated property to be used in the commission of the crime, and that the confiscated property had not been used for a previous violation of this section on the posted land where this offense occurred or other posted land. (2) The county or municipality in possession of the confiscated property shall provide notice by certified mail of the confiscation to all lienholders of record within ten days of the confiscation. (3) Forfeiture of property is subordinate in priority to all valid liens and encumbrances. (4) A person whose property is subject to forfeiture under this section is entitled to a jury trial if requested. (I) The landowner, in the case of private lands, or the State, in the case of state lands, may bring a civil action for a violation of this section to recover the greater of the archaeological resource's archaeological value or commercial value, and the cost of restoration and repair of the site where the archaeological resource was located, plus attorney's fees and court costs. (J) Nothing contained in this section shall limit or interfere with a landowner's lawful use of his property or with the state's ability to conduct archaeological investigations or excavations on either state lands or private lands with the consent of the landowner. (K) Nothing contained in this section shall limit or interfere with: (1) a landowner's lawful use of his property; (2) the lawful acts of a landowner's employee, agent, or independent contractor acting in the scope of and in the course of his employment, agreement, or contract; (3) the lawful acts of a utility worker acting in the scope of and in the course of his employment; or (4) the state's ability to conduct archaeological investigations or excavations on either state lands or private lands with the consent of the landowner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-657 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-657
SECTION 16-3-657. Criminal sexual conduct; testimony of victim need not be corroborated.
Status: in_force

The testimony of the victim need not be corroborated in prosecutions under Sections 16-3-652 through 16-3-658.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-395 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-395
SECTION 16-15-395. First degree sexual exploitation of a minor defined; presumptions; defenses; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual commits the offense of first degree sexual exploitation of a minor if, knowing the character or content of the material or performance, he: (1) uses, employs, induces, coerces, encourages, or facilitates a minor to engage in or assist others to engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; (2) permits a minor under his custody or control to engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; (3) transports or finances the transportation of a minor through or across this State with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity or appear in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation for a live performance or for the purpose of producing material that contains a visual representation depicting this activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation; or (4) records, photographs, films, develops, duplicates, produces, or creates a digital electronic file for sale or pecuniary gain material that contains a visual representation depicting a minor or a morphed image of an identifiable minor engaged in sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation. (B) In a prosecution pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may infer that a participant in a sexual activity or a state of sexually explicit nudity depicted in material as a minor through its title, text, visual representations, or otherwise, is a minor. (C) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section. (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than twenty years. No part of the minimum sentence of imprisonment may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum term of imprisonment. Sentences imposed pursuant to this section must run consecutively with and commence at the expiration of another sentence being served by the person sentenced. (E) The offense is a misdemeanor to be heard by the family court if the person charged under the provisions of subsection (A)(4) is a minor and the offense is the minor's first offense related to a morphed image of an identifiable minor. The family court may order behavioral health counseling from an appropriate agency or provider, as a condition of adjudicating a minor. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 58, SECTION 2, in (A)(4), inserted "or a morphed image of an identifiable minor" preceding "engaged"; and added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-610 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-610
SECTION 16-17-610. Soliciting emigrants without licenses.
Status: in_force

No person other than the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce shall carry on the business of emigrant agent in this State without having first obtained a license therefor from the State Treasurer and the county treasurer of each county in which he solicits emigrants. The term "emigrant agent," as used in this section, shall be construed to mean any person engaged in hiring laborers or soliciting emigrants in this State to be employed beyond the limits of the State. Any person shall be entitled to State and county licenses, which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the State Treasury for the use of the State of five hundred dollars for each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants for each year so engaged and upon payment into the county treasury of each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants, for the use of each such county, of two thousand dollars for each year so engaged. Any person other than the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce doing business as an emigrant agent without having first obtained each such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars in case of failure to obtain a State license and one thousand dollars in case of failure to obtain a county license and not more than five thousand dollars in either such case or may be imprisoned in the county jail or, in case of failure to obtain a county license, upon the public works not less than four months or confined in the State Prison, at hard labor, not exceeding two years for each and every offense, within the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-100 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-100
SECTION 16-19-100. Imprisonment in case of conviction.
Status: in_force

Upon conviction of any person under any of the provisions of Sections 16-19-40, 16-19-50 or 16-19-90, the court before whom such conviction shall take place shall commit such offender to the common jail of the county in which such conviction shall happen for a period not exceeding the time for which such offender has been sentenced, unless such offender shall sooner pay the fine or fines herein imposed, together with the cost of prosecution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-350 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-350
SECTION 16-13-350. Posting copies of Sections 16-13-330 to 16-13-370.
Status: in_force

Every county library or municipal, school, college or other institutional library or gallery, museum, collection or exhibition or any such institution belonging to any incorporated college or library or belonging to any incorporated institution devoted to educational, scientific, literary, artistic, historical or charitable purposes whose books, newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, pamphlets, publications, recordings, films or other articles are covered by or protected by Sections 16-13-330 and 16-13-340, shall post and display in at least two public places within such institution or library a copy of Sections 16-13-330 to 16-13-370 so that they may be read by anyone going into, visiting or belonging to such institution and borrowing books or other documents from such institution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-160 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 16-7-160
SECTION 16-7-160. Illegal use of stink bombs or other devices containing foul or offensive odors.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person, other than a peace officer engaged in the discharge of his duty, to place or throw a stink bomb, tear-gas bomb, smoke bomb, or similar device which contains foul or offensive odors, may inflict injury, or cause fear sufficient to incite a riot or conditions of panic in or in close proximity to a public building, storehouse, theater, stadium, arena, motion picture theater, private residence, boardinghouse, or other building or structure where people lodge, congregate, or reside. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a: (1) misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both. (2) felony if he causes serious bodily harm or injury and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. The court may order all or a portion of a fine to be paid to persons injured as a result of the violation to recover necessary medical expenses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-80
SECTION 16-21-80. Receiving, possessing, concealing, selling, or disposing of stolen vehicle.
Status: in_force

A person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle who receives, possesses, conceals, sells, or disposes of it, knowing it to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, is guilty of a: (1) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the value of the vehicle is two thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; (2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the value of the vehicle is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars; (3) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the value of the vehicle is ten thousand dollars or more.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-420 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 16-3-420
SECTION 16-3-420. Carrying or delivering challenge; serving as second.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall (a) willingly or knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge in writing or verbally deliver any message intended as, or purporting to be, such a challenge, (b) be present at the fighting of any duel as a second or (c) aid or give countenance thereto shall, for every such offense, on conviction thereof, be forever disabled from holding any office of honor or trust in this State and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the court, and shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-110 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 16-11-110
SECTION 16-11-110. Arson.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who wilfully and maliciously causes an explosion, sets fire to, burns, or causes to be burned or aids, counsels, or procures a burning that results in damage to a building, structure, or any property specified in subsections (B) and (C), whether the property of the person or another, which results, either directly or indirectly, in death or serious bodily injury to a person is guilty of the felony of arson in the first degree and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than thirty years. (B) A person who wilfully and maliciously causes an explosion, sets fire to, burns, or causes to be burned or aids, counsels, or procures a burning that results in damage to a dwelling house, church or place of worship, public or private school facility, manufacturing plant or warehouse, building where business is conducted, institutional facility, or any structure designed for human occupancy including local and municipal buildings, whether the property of the person or another, is guilty of the felony of arson in the second degree and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than three nor more than twenty-five years. (C) A person commits a violation of the provisions of this subsection who wilfully and maliciously: (1) causes an explosion, sets fire to, burns, or causes a burning which results in damage to a building or structure other than those specified in subsections (A) and (B), a railway car, a ship, boat, or other watercraft, an aircraft, an automobile or other motor vehicle, or personal property; or (2) aids, counsels, or procures a burning that results in damage to a building or structure other than those specified in subsections (A) and (B), a railway car, a ship, boat, or other watercraft, an aircraft, an automobile or other motor vehicle, or personal property with intent to destroy or damage by explosion or fire, whether the property of the person or another. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of the felony of arson in the third degree and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years. (D) For purposes of this section, "damage" means an application of fire or explosive that results in burning, charring, blistering, scorching, smoking, singeing, discoloring, or changing the fiber or composition of a building, structure, or any property specified in this section. Editor's Note 2002 Act No. 224, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date." Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 154, SECTION 1, rewrote (A), (B), and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-40 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 16-7-40
SECTION 16-7-40. Article is cumulative.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to existing criminal laws.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-14-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 14 / Section 16-14-70
SECTION 16-14-70. Criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices.
Status: in_force

(A) A person is guilty of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices when: (1) he is a person other than the cardholder and possesses two or more incomplete financial transaction cards, with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer; (2) he possesses, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be financial transaction cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such financial transaction cards. (B) A financial transaction card is incomplete if part of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the financial transaction card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, encoded, or written upon it. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than three thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-100 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-100
SECTION 16-15-100. Prostitution; further unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

It shall further be unlawful to: (1) Procure a female inmate for a house of prostitution; (2) Cause, induce, persuade or encourage by promise, threat, violence or by any scheme or device a female to become a prostitute or to remain an inmate of a house of prostitution; (3) Induce, persuade or encourage a female to come into or leave this State for the purpose of prostitution or to become an inmate in a house of prostitution; (4) Receive or give or agree to receive or give any money or thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any female to become a prostitute or an inmate in a house of prostitution; (5) Accept or receive knowingly any money or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute; or (6) Aid, abet or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.