S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1740 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1740
SECTION 16-3-1740. Mental health evaluations of persons convicted of stalking or harassment; notice to victim in person of unsupervised release.
Status: in_force

(A) Before sentencing a person convicted of stalking or harassment in the first or second degree, the court may require the person to undergo a mental health evaluation. If the court determines from the results of the evaluation that the person needs mental health treatment or counseling, the court shall require him to undergo mental health treatment or counseling by a court-approved mental health professional, mental health facility, or facility operated by the Office of Mental Health as a part of his sentence. (B) When the court orders a mental health evaluation, the evaluation may not take place until the facility conducting the evaluation has received all of the documentation including, but not limited to, warrants, incident reports, and NCIC reports associated with the charges. (C) If the evaluation results in the unsupervised release of the person, the victim must be notified prior to the person's release. All reasonable efforts must be made to notify the victim personally to assure the notice is received. 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-451 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-451
SECTION 16-13-451. Unlawful submission of documentation required under Section 16-13-450.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to submit documentation as required by subitem 1 of item (a) of subsection (1) of Section 16-13-450, which contains false information. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-740 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-740
SECTION 16-11-740. Wilful and malicious injury to telegraph, telephone, or electric utility system.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section only, "electric utility system" means all plants, facilities, assets, and equipment owned, leased, or operated for the generation, transmission, distribution, or storage of electricity, regardless of generation source, and all natural gas facilities, including natural gas pipeline infrastructure. (B)(1) It is unlawful for a person, without the consent of the owner, to wilfully and maliciously: (a) destroy, damage, or in any way injure a telegraph, telephone, electric utility system, satellite dish, or cable television system, including poles, cables, wires, fixtures, antennas, amplifiers, or other apparatus, equipment, or appliances; (b) obstruct, impede, or impair their services or transmissions; or (c) aid, employ, or conspire with a person to do or cause to be done any of the acts mentioned in this subsection. (2) A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction: (a) if the amount of the damage or loss is less than ten thousand dollars, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; (b) if the amount of the damage or loss is ten thousand dollars or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; (c) if the amount of the damage or loss is twenty-five thousand dollars or more, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (3) A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a felony if the destruction or damage results in the death or bodily injury of a person, or an imminent danger to the life, health, or safety of a person, and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than twenty-five years, or both. (4) Evidence of the amount of damages or loss shall be calculated to include the cost of the repair or replacement of equipment, buildings, or structures damaged, the estimated lost revenue caused by the destructive acts, and any related damages than can reasonably be associated with the interruption of service to affected, dedicated utility customers. (C)(1) It is unlawful for a person, without consent of the owner, to wilfully and maliciously by means of or use of a firearm or destructive device as defined by Section 16-23-710, to: (a) destroy, damage, or in any way injure: (i) an electric utility system; or (ii) a gasoline, natural gas, or propane utility system, including poles, cables, wires, pipelines, storage containers, fixtures, or other apparatus, equipment, or appliances; or (iii) a telegraph, telephone, satellite dish, or cable television system, including poles, cables, wires, fixtures, antennas, amplifiers, or other apparatus, equipment, or appliances; (b) obstruct, impede, or impair their services or transmissions; or (c) aid, employ, or conspire with a person to do or cause to be done any of the acts mentioned in subitems (a) and (b). (2) A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than twenty-five years and may be fined in the discretion of the court. (D) Any person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of this section shall have a right of action on account of such injury done against the person who committed the violation and any person who acts as an accessory before or after the fact, aids or abets, solicits, conspires, or lends material support to the violation of this section. If damages are assessed in such case the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover damages fixed by the verdict, together with costs, including attorneys' fees and, in the discretion of the court, punitive damages. The rights and remedies provided by this subsection are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law. For purposes of this subsection, "damages" includes actual and consequential damages. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 76, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-440 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-440
SECTION 16-17-440. Venue for prosecution under Section 16-17-430.
Status: in_force

Venue for prosecution pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-17-430 shall be either in the county wherein the telephonic communications originated or the county where it was received.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1340 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1340
SECTION 16-3-1340. Attorney for claimant; fees; attorney for Department of Crime Victim Compensation; soliciting employment to pursue claim or award; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A claimant may be represented by an attorney in proceedings under this article. Attorneys' fees must be paid from the Victim Compensation Fund, subject to the approval of the director, except that in the event of an appeal pursuant to Section 16-3-1140, attorneys' fees are subject to the approval of the board or its panel hearing the appeal. Attorneys within the Office of the Attorney General shall represent the Department of Crime Victim Compensation in proceedings under this article. (B) Any person who receives any fee or other consideration or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless the consideration or gratuity is approved by the deputy director, or who makes it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer or for himself in respect to any claim or award for compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction must for each offense, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not more than one year, or both. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.N, rewrote the section, making conforming changes reflecting the restructuring of victim services generally relating to the Victim Compensation Fund and certain responsibilities of the newly created Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-40 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-40
SECTION 16-19-40. Unlawful games and betting.
Status: in_force

If any person shall play at any tavern, inn, store for the retailing of spirituous liquors or in any house used as a place of gaming, barn, kitchen, stable or other outhouse, street, highway, open wood, race field or open place at (a) any game with cards or dice, (b) any gaming table, commonly called A, B, C, or E, O, or any gaming table known or distinguished by any other letters or by any figures, (c) any roley-poley table, (d) rouge et noir, (e) any faro bank (f) any other table or bank of the same or the like kind under any denomination whatsoever or (g) any machine or device licensed pursuant to Section 12-21-2720 and used for gambling purposes, except the games of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts, or whist when there is no betting on any such game of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts, or whist or shall bet on the sides or hands of such as do game, upon being convicted thereof, before any magistrate, shall be imprisoned for a period of not over thirty days or fined not over one hundred dollars, and every person so keeping such tavern, inn, retail store, public place, or house used as a place for gaming or such other house shall, upon being convicted thereof, upon indictment, be imprisoned for a period not exceeding twelve months and forfeit a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, for each and every offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-690 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-690
SECTION 16-11-690. Failure to return boat, flat or tool used for mining phosphate.
Status: in_force

Any person being entrusted with any boat, flat or tools for gathering phosphate rock by the owner thereof for the purpose of mining or gathering phosphate rock who shall fail to return the same to the owner within two days after being required by such owner so to do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court. It shall be a complete defense to any indictment or prosecution instituted under this section if the defendant shall make it appear that his failure to return the property was due to his inability so to return the same, such inability not being the result of the defendant's act, or that the agreed time in which such property was to be returned had not expired at the time of his failure to return the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-220 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 16-23-220
SECTION 16-23-220. Unlawful transportation of machine gun, military firearm, or sawed-off shotgun or rifle within State.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to transport from one place to another in this State or for any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier or any officer, agent, or employee of any of them or other person acting in their behalf knowingly to ship or to transport from one place to another in this State a machine gun or firearm commonly known as a machine gun, military firearm, sawed-off shotgun, or sawed-off rifle, except as provided in Sections 16-23-250 and 23-31-330. A person who violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be punished pursuant to Section 16-23-260.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-240 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 16-9-240
SECTION 16-9-240. Taking of consideration or the like by sheriff or other officer for not performing duties.
Status: in_force

If a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other officer authorized to serve legal process receives from the defendant or any other person any money or other valuable thing as a consideration, reward or inducement for omitting or delaying to arrest a defendant or to carry him before a magistrate, for delaying to take a person to prison, for postponing the sale of property under an execution or for omitting or delaying to perform any duty pertaining to his office he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-580 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-580
SECTION 16-11-580. Cutting, removing, or transporting forest products without consent of landowner; fraudulently acquiring forest products; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly and wilfully: (1) cut, destroy, or remove forest products without the consent of the landowner; (2) aid, hire, or counsel another person to cut, destroy, or remove forest products without the consent of the landowner; (3) obtain or acquire forest products under false pretenses or with fraudulent intent; or (4) transport forest products if the person knows that the forest products have been cut, removed, obtained, or acquired from the property of a landowner in violation of the provisions of this subsection. (B) If the value of the forest products is one thousand dollars or less, a person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense, must be fined not more than fifteen hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both; and (2) for a second or subsequent offense, must be fined not less than two thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both. (C) If the value of the forest products is more than one thousand dollars but less than five thousand dollars, a person who violates the provisions of subsection (A): (1) for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and (2) for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years. (D) If the value of the forest products is five thousand dollars or more, a person who violates the provisions of subsection (A): (1) for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and (2) for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years. (E) As used in this section, "forest products" include, but are not limited to, timber, trees, logs, lumber, or pine straw or any other products in the forest, whether merchantable or nonmerchantable, and which are located on any land in this State, whether publicly or privately owned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-450 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 16-3-450
SECTION 16-3-450. Persons concerned in duel as witnesses.
Status: in_force

When two or more persons shall be charged in any indictment for fighting a duel or being concerned therein either of such persons may be used as a witness in behalf of the State by having his name stricken out of the indictment, or otherwise, at the discretion of the Attorney General or solicitor or other attorney acting for the State conducting such prosecution, of which an entry shall immediately be made on the minutes of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-385 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-385
SECTION 16-15-385. Disseminating harmful material to minors and exhibiting harmful performance to minor defined; defenses; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A person commits the offense of disseminating harmful material to minors if, knowing the character or content of the material, he: (1) sells, furnishes, presents, or distributes to a minor material that is harmful to minors; or (2) allows a minor to review or peruse material that is harmful to minors. A person does not commit an offense under this subsection when he employs a minor to work in a theater if the minor's parent or guardian consents to the employment and if the minor is not allowed in the viewing area when material harmful to minors is shown. (B) A person commits the offense of exhibiting a harmful performance to a minor if, with or without consideration and knowing the character or content of the performance, he allows a minor to view a live performance which is harmful to minors. (C) Except as provided in item (3) of this subsection, mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section. It is an affirmative defense under this section that: (1) the defendant was a parent or legal guardian of a minor, but this item does not apply when the parent or legal guardian exhibits or disseminates the harmful material for the sexual gratification of the parent, guardian, or minor. (2) the defendant was a school, church, museum, public, school, college, or university library, government agency, medical clinic, or hospital carrying out its legitimate function, or an employee or agent of such an organization acting in that capacity and carrying out a legitimate duty of his employment. (3) before disseminating or exhibiting the harmful material or performance, the defendant requested and received a driver's license, student identification card, or other official governmental or educational identification card or paper indicating that the minor to whom the material or performance was disseminated or exhibited was at least eighteen years old, and the defendant reasonably believed the minor was at least eighteen years old. (D) 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 or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-659 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-659
SECTION 16-3-659. Criminal sexual conduct; males under fourteen not presumed incapable of committing crime of rape.
Status: in_force

The common law rule that a boy under fourteen years is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape shall not be enforced in this State. Provided, that any person under the age of 14 shall be tried as a juvenile for any violations of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1. SECTION 16-3-659.1. Criminal sexual conduct; admissibility of evidence concerning victim's sexual conduct. (1) Evidence of specific instances of the victim's sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim's sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim's sexual conduct is not admissible in prosecutions under Sections 16-3-615 and 16-3-652 to 16-3-656; however, evidence of the victim's sexual conduct with the defendant or evidence of specific instances of sexual activity with persons other than the defendant introduced to show source or origin of semen, pregnancy, or disease about which evidence has been introduced previously at trial is admissible if the judge finds that such evidence is relevant to a material fact and issue in the case and that its inflammatory or prejudicial nature does not outweigh its probative value. Evidence of specific instances of sexual activity which would constitute adultery and would be admissible under rules of evidence to impeach the credibility of the witness may not be excluded. (2) If the defendant proposes to offer evidence described in subsection (1), the defendant, prior to presenting his defense shall file a written motion and offer of proof. The court shall order an in-camera hearing to determine whether the proposed evidence is admissible under subsection (1). If new evidence is discovered during the presentation of the defense that may make the evidence described in subsection (1) admissible, the judge may order an in-camera hearing to determine whether the proposed evidence is admissible under subsection (1).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-280 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 16-9-280
SECTION 16-9-280. Offering bribe for purpose of inducing another to procure public office.
Status: in_force

If any person shall, directly or indirectly, offer to give or engage to pay any sum of money or other valuable consideration to another in order to induce such other person to procure for him by his interest, influence or any other means whatsoever any office or place of trust within this State, whether such office is to be obtained through any general, special or primary election or from any elective tribunal, or shall offer, give, promise or bestow any reward by meat, drink or otherwise, for the aforesaid purpose, and be thereof convicted, he shall forfeit the sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars and suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-240 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 16-23-240
SECTION 16-23-240. Unlawful sale, rental, or giving away of machine gun, military firearm, or sawed-off shotgun or rifle; exceptions.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to sell, rent, give away, or participate in any manner, directly or indirectly, in the sale, renting, giving away, or otherwise disposing of a machine gun, or firearm commonly known as a machine gun, military firearm, sawed-off shotgun, or sawed-off rifle, except as provided in Sections 16-23-250 and 23-31-330. A person who violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be punished pursuant to Section 16-23-260.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-50
SECTION 16-15-50. Seduction under promise of marriage.
Status: in_force

A male over the age of sixteen years who by means of deception and promise of marriage seduces an unmarried woman in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined at the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year. There must not be a conviction under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged, and no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste. If the defendant in any action brought under this section contracts marriage with the woman, either before or after the conviction, further proceedings of this section are stayed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-50
SECTION 16-21-50. Removing or affixing license plates to conceal or misrepresent identity of vehicle or owner.
Status: in_force

A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use on it, in either case with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vehicle or its owner, is guilty of a misdemeanor. As used in this section "remove" includes deface, cover and destroy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-640 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-640
SECTION 16-11-640. Unlawful entry into enclosed places.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person not an occupant, owner or invitee to enter any private property enclosed by walls or fences with closed gates between the hours of six P.M. and six A.M. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any justifiable emergency entry or to premises which are not posted with clearly visible signs prohibiting trespass upon the enclosed premises. The provisions of this section are supplemental to existing law relating to trespass and punishment therefor. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-512 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 16-13-512
SECTION 16-13-512. Printing credit and debit card numbers on sales receipts; exceptions; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in this section, a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any other entity which accepts credit cards or debit cards for the transaction of business must not print on a receipt provided to the cardholder at the point of sale: (1) more than five digits of the credit card or debit card account number; and (2) the expiration date of the credit card or debit card. (B) This section does not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording the cardholder's credit card or debit card account number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit card or debit card. (C)(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 that 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. (D) This section, in compliance with Public Law 108-159, Section 113 of Title 1, is effective: (1) three years after its enactment as to a cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for credit card or debit card transactions and that is in use before January 1, 2005; or (2) one year after its enactment for those machines and devices first put into use on or after January 1, 2005.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-50
SECTION 16-27-50. Applicability of cruelty provisions; presumption of cruelty.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of Section 47-1-150 apply to this chapter. (B) For purposes of a hearing to determine whether the owner is able to provide adequately for the animal and is fit to have custody of the animal, any animal found to be owned, trained, possessed, purchased, sold, transported, or bred in violation of this chapter must be considered cruelly treated and the owner must be deemed unfit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1310 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1310
SECTION 16-3-1310. Payment of award to victim or intervenor confined in correctional facility.
Status: in_force

No award of any kind must be made under this article to a victim or intervenor injured while confined in any federal, state, county, or municipal jail, prison, or other correctional facility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-20
SECTION 16-19-20. Adventuring in lotteries.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall be adventurer in or shall pay any moneys or other consideration or shall in any way contribute unto or upon account of any sales or lotteries shall forfeit for every such offense the sum of one hundred dollars to be recovered with costs of suit, by action or indictment in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State, one moiety thereof to and for the use of the State and the other moiety thereof to the person who shall inform and sue for the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-495 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-495
SECTION 16-23-495. Concealable weapon offense.
Status: in_force

(A) A person convicted of committing or attempting to commit a crime involving a concealable weapon, as defined by Section 23-31-210(5), in violation of an offense listed in Chapter 23, Title 16, or a violation of Section 10-11-320, must be imprisoned not to exceed three years. A term of imprisonment imposed for violating this section must be served consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for the underlying offense, and may not exceed the actual sentence imposed for the underlying offense. (B) This section does not apply to a person with a valid permit to carry a concealable weapon issued pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23, provided that the permit was valid at the time the crime was committed. (C) The additional punishment may not be imposed unless the indictment alleged as a separate count that the person was in possession of a concealable weapon without a valid concealed weapon permit during the commission of the crime and conviction was had upon this count in the indictment. The penalties prescribed in this section may not be imposed unless the person convicted was at the same time indicted and convicted of the underlying crime. (D) The State Law Enforcement Division shall develop a document and distribute it to retailers that are federally licensed to engage in the business of dealing in or selling firearms in South Carolina. Such retailers shall provide the document to gun purchasers in South Carolina to inform them that South Carolina law provides a process for gun owners to obtain a concealed weapon permit and allows law-abiding gun owners to carry their weapons without a permit. The document must inform gun purchasers that if a gun owner commits a crime involving a concealable weapon, and the owner does not have a valid concealed weapon permit, then there may be an additional criminal penalty for the underlying offense. (E) The State Law Enforcement Division must conduct a regular, statewide marketing campaign to inform South Carolinians that South Carolina law provides a process for gun owners to obtain a concealed weapon permit and allows law-abiding gun owners to carry their weapons without a permit. The campaign must inform gun purchasers that if a gun owner commits a crime involving a concealable weapon, and the owner does not have a valid concealed weapon permit, then there may be an additional criminal penalty for the underlying offense. 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."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1690 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 16-3-1690
SECTION 16-3-1690. Submission of complaints; appeals.
Status: in_force

Complaints regarding any allegations against the Office of the Attorney General, Crime Victim Services Division or any of its affiliated departments concerning crime victim services should be submitted in writing to the Crime Victim Ombudsman, who shall cause a rotating three-person panel of the Crime Victim Services Coordinating Council chosen by him to record, review, and respond to the allegations. Appeal of the three-person panel's response or any decision made by the panel regarding the allegations will be heard by the State Inspector General under the authority provided by the provisions of Chapter 6, Title 1. The State Inspector General shall provide the procedures for this appeal process, including, but not limited to, a written finding at the end of the appeal process, which must be provided to the complainant and to the Attorney General and the Director of the Crime Victim Services Division.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-25-520 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 16-25-520
SECTION 16-25-520. Purpose of community domestic violence coordinating council.
Status: in_force

The purpose of a community domestic violence coordinating council is to: (1) increase the awareness and understanding of domestic violence and its consequences; (2) reduce the incidence of domestic violence in the county or area served; and (3) enhance and ensure the safety of battered individuals and their children.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-415 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-415
SECTION 16-23-415. Taking firearm or other weapon from law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

An individual who takes a firearm, stun gun, or taser device from the person of a law enforcement officer or a corrections officer is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both, if all of the following circumstances exist at the time the firearm is taken: (1) the individual knows or has reason to believe the person from whom the weapon is taken is a law enforcement officer or a corrections officer; (2) the law enforcement officer or corrections officer is performing his duties as a law enforcement officer or a corrections officer, or the individual's taking of the weapon is directly related to the law enforcement officer's or corrections officer's professional responsibilities; (3) the individual takes the weapon without consent of the law enforcement officer or corrections officer; (4) the law enforcement officer is authorized by his employer to carry the weapon in the line of duty; and (5) the law enforcement officer or corrections officer is authorized by his employer to carry the weapon while off duty and has identified himself as a law enforcement officer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1560 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1560
SECTION 16-3-1560. Notification to victim of post-conviction proceedings affecting probation, parole, or release, and of victim's right to attend.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, or the Department of Juvenile Justice, as appropriate, reasonably must attempt to notify each victim, who has indicated a desire to be notified, of post-conviction proceedings affecting the probation, parole, or release of the offender, including proceedings brought under Chapter 48 of Title 44, and of the victim's right to attend and comment at these proceedings. This notification must be made sufficiently in advance to allow the victim to exercise his rights as they pertain to post-conviction proceedings. (B) The Attorney General, upon receiving notice of appeal or other post-conviction action by an offender convicted of or adjudicated guilty for committing an offense involving one or more victims, must request from the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, or the Department of Juvenile Justice, as appropriate, the victim's personal information. (C) The Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, or the Department of Juvenile Justice, upon receipt of request for the victim's personal information from the Attorney General in an appeal or post-conviction proceeding, must supply the requested information within a reasonable period of time. (D) The Attorney General must confer with victims regarding the defendant's appeal and other post-conviction proceedings, including proceedings brought under Chapter 48 of Title 44. (E) The Attorney General must keep each victim reasonably informed of the status and progress of the appeal or other post-conviction proceedings, including proceedings brought under Chapter 48 of Title 44, until their resolution. (F) The Attorney General reasonably must attempt to notify a victim of all post-conviction proceedings, including proceedings brought under Chapter 48 of Title 44, and of the victim's right to attend. This notification must be made sufficiently in advance to allow the victim to exercise his rights pertaining to post-conviction proceedings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-120 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-120
SECTION 16-15-120. Buggery.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall commit the abominable crime of buggery, whether with mankind or with beast, shall, on conviction, be guilty of felony and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for five years or shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-600 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-600
SECTION 16-3-600. Assault and battery; definitions; degrees of offenses.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Great bodily injury" means bodily injury which causes a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ. (2) "Moderate bodily injury" means physical injury that involves prolonged loss of consciousness, or that causes temporary or moderate disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a bodily member or organ, or injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires the use of regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation. Moderate bodily injury does not include one-time treatment and subsequent observation of scratches, cuts, abrasions, bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive medical care. (3) "Private parts" means the genital area or buttocks of a male or female or the breasts of a female. (B)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature if the person unlawfully injures another person, and: (a) great bodily injury to another person results; or (b) the act is accomplished by means likely to produce death or great bodily injury. (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than twenty years. (3) Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature is a lesser-included offense of attempted murder, as defined in Section 16-3-29. (C)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery in the first degree if the person unlawfully: (a) injures another person, and the act: (i) involves nonconsensual touching of the private parts of a person, either under or above clothing, with lewd and lascivious intent; or (ii) occurred during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft; or (b) offers or attempts to injure another person with the present ability to do so, and the act: (i) is accomplished by means likely to produce death or great bodily injury; or (ii) occurred during the commission of a robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or theft. (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years. (3) Assault and battery in the first degree is a lesser-included offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in subsection (B)(1), and attempted murder, as defined in Section 16-3-29. (D)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery in the second degree if the person unlawfully injures another person, or offers or attempts to injure another person with the present ability to do so, and: (a) moderate bodily injury to another person results or moderate bodily injury to another person could have resulted; or (b) the act involves the nonconsensual touching of the private parts of a person, either under or above clothing. (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. (3) Assault and battery in the second degree is a lesser-included offense of assault and battery in the first degree, as defined in subsection (C)(1), assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in subsection (B)(1), and attempted murder, as defined in Section 16-3-29. (E)(1) A person commits the offense of assault and battery in the third degree if the person unlawfully injures another person, or offers or attempts to injure another person with the present ability to do so. (2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both. (3) Assault and battery in the third degree is a lesser-included offense of assault and battery in the second degree, as defined in subsection (D)(1), assault and battery in the first degree, as defined in subsection (C)(1), assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, as defined in subsection (B)(1), and attempted murder, as defined in Section 16-3-29. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 58, SECTION 3, rewrote (A)(2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-60
SECTION 16-13-60. Stealing dogs.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to steal a dog in which any other person has a right of property. (2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-2020 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 19 / Section 16-3-2020
SECTION 16-3-2020. Trafficking in persons; penalties; minor victims; defenses.
Status: in_force

(A) A person is guilty of trafficking in persons if he: (1) recruits, entices, solicits, isolates, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains, or so attempts, a victim, knowing that the victim will be subjected to, or for the purposes of, sex trafficking, forced labor or services, involuntary servitude or debt bondage through any means or who benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in this subsection, is guilty of trafficking in persons; (2) aids, abets, or conspires with another person to violate the criminal provisions of this section; or (3) knowingly gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value so that any person may engage in commercial sexual activity with another person when he knows that the other person is a victim of trafficking in persons. (B) A person convicted of a violation of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction: (1) for a first offense, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years; (2) for a second offense, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years; (3) for a third or subsequent offense, must be imprisoned not more than forty-five years. (C) If the victim of an offense contained in this section is under the age of eighteen, the person convicted under this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years. For a second or subsequent offense, if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person convicted under this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than forty-five years. (D) A business owner who uses his business in a way that participates in a violation of this article, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years in addition to the penalties provided in this section for each violation. (E) A plea of guilty or the legal equivalent entered pursuant to a provision of this article by an offender entitles the victim of trafficking in persons to all benefits, rights, and compensation granted pursuant to Section 16-3-1110. (F) In a prosecution or adjudication of a person who is a victim of trafficking in persons, it is an affirmative defense that he was under duress or coerced into committing the offenses for which he is subject to prosecution or adjudication, if the offenses were committed as a direct result of, or interrelated to trafficking. A victim of trafficking in persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a violation of this article, prostitution, or any other nonviolent misdemeanor or Class F felony offenses may motion the court to expunge the record of the conviction or adjudication for a nonviolent misdemeanor or Class F felony offense committed as a direct result of, or interrelated to trafficking. The court may grant the motion on a finding by a preponderance of evidence that the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of or interrelated to being a victim of trafficking. The court may consider any prior rulings made by a court on the petitioners use of the affirmative defense provided in this section. An alleged victim of trafficking who files a motion to expunge the record pursuant to this subsection must file reasonable notice of the motion with the original prosecuting agency for the underlying offense and reasonable notice must be given or attempted to be given to any victims pursuant to the Victim's Bill of Rights. For purposes of this subsection, nonviolent misdemeanor offense or Class F felony means all offenses listed in Section 16-1-20(A)(6), (7), (8), and (9). (G) If the victim was a minor under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense, the victim of trafficking in persons may not be prosecuted in court or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of this article, a prostitution offense, or for any other nonviolent misdemeanor or Class F felony offense if it is determined after investigation that the victim committed the offense as a direct result of, or interrelated to trafficking. For purposes of this subsection, nonviolent misdemeanor offense or Class F felony means all offenses listed in Section 16-1-20(A)(6), (7), (8), and (9). However, if the victim is still under the age of eighteen, the victim must be referred by law enforcement or the prosecuting agency to the Department of Social Services in accordance with Sections 63-7-20, 63-7-310, 63-7-630, 63-7-980 and 63-11-2400. The department must assess the referral and proceed according to the provisions in Title 63. (H) The human trafficking specialized service providers must be certified by the Attorney General through criteria established by the Human Trafficking Task Force. The Attorney General, through the task force, must also establish necessary criteria for Human Trafficking Acute Crisis Care and Resource Centers to be established in the communities of South Carolina. Once the service providers are certified and the assessment centers are open, the information must be disseminated to the family court bench and bar as well as law enforcement to be utilized in carrying out the mandates of this statute. The court must determine the most appropriate way to provide specialized services to the juveniles to address the concerns relating to human trafficking. (I) Evidence of the following facts or conditions do not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation of this article, nor does the evidence preclude a finding of a violation: (1) the victim's sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity, the specific instances of the victim's sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim's sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim's sexual conduct; (2) the victim's connection by blood or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim's trafficking; (3) the implied or express consent of a victim to acts which violate the provisions of this section do not constitute a defense to violations of this section; (4) age of consent to sex, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age; and (5) mistake as to the victim's age, even if the mistake is reasonable. (J) A person who violates the provisions of this section may be prosecuted by the State Grand Jury, pursuant to Section 14-7-1600, when a victim is trafficked in more than one county or a trafficker commits the offense of trafficking in persons in more than one county. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 213, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. The rights delineated under SECTION 2 of this act shall apply retroactively." Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 74, SECTION 1, in (E), added a comma following "and"; in (G), added the second sentence; and in (J), added the last three sentences. 2018 Act No. 238, SECTION 2, rewrote the section, restructuring the offense of trafficking in persons, providing a penalty when the victim is a minor under the age of eighteen, and ensuring the protection of minor victims. 2024 Act No. 213, SECTION 2, rewrote (F) and (G).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1530 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1530
SECTION 16-3-1530. Notification of victim of release, escape or transfer of accused.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, except the provisions contained in Section 16-3-1525(D) relating to juvenile detention: (1) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 22-5-510, a department or agency having custody or custodial supervision of a person accused, convicted, or adjudicated guilty of committing an offense involving one or more victims reasonably must attempt to notify each victim, upon request, before the release of the person; (2) a department or agency having custody or custodial supervision of a person accused of committing an offense involving one or more victims reasonably must attempt to notify each victim, upon request, of an escape by the person; (3) a department or agency having custody of a person accused, convicted, or adjudicated guilty of committing an offense involving one or more victims must inform each victim, upon request, before any nonintradepartmental transfer of the person to a less secure facility or to a diversionary program including, but not limited to, a drug court program or a mental health court. The provisions of this item do not apply to transfers to other law enforcement agencies and transfers to other nonlaw enforcement locations if the person remains under security supervision. All victims, upon request, must be notified of intradepartmental transfers after the transfer occurs; and (4) a department or agency having custody or custodial supervision of a person convicted or adjudicated guilty of committing an offense involving one or more victims must reasonably attempt to notify each victim and prosecution witness, upon request, of an escape by the person. (B) Notification of a victim pursuant to the provisions of this section may not be only by electronic or other automated communication or recording except in the case of an intradepartmental transfer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-5-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-20
SECTION 16-5-20. Punishment for commission of additional crimes.
Status: in_force

If in violating any of the provisions of Sections 16-5-10 or 16-5-50 any other crime, misdemeanor or felony shall be committed, the offender or offenders shall, on conviction thereof, be subjected to such punishment for the same as is attached to such crime, misdemeanor and felony by the existing laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-140 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-140
SECTION 16-19-140. Violation of Section 16-19-130 constitutes a nuisance.
Status: in_force

The violation of any of the provisions of Section 16-19-130 shall be deemed a common nuisance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-8-210 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 16-8-210
SECTION 16-8-210. Citation of article.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Criminal Gang Prevention Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-95 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-95
SECTION 16-3-95. Infliction or allowing infliction of great bodily injury upon a child; penalty; definition; corporal punishment and traffic accident exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to inflict great bodily injury upon a child. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than twenty years. (B) It is unlawful for a child's parent or guardian, person with whom the child's parent or guardian is cohabitating, or any other person responsible for a child's welfare as defined in Section 63-7-20 knowingly to allow another person to inflict great bodily injury upon a child. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years. (C) For purposes of this section, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious or permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. (D) This section may not be construed to prohibit corporal punishment or physical discipline which is administered by a parent or person in loco parentis in a manner which does not cause great bodily injury upon a child. (E) This section does not apply to traffic accidents unless the accident was caused by the driver's reckless disregard for the safety of others.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-651 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-651
SECTION 16-3-651. Criminal sexual conduct; definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1: (a) "Actor" means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct. (b) "Aggravated coercion" means that the actor threatens to use force or violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the victim or another person, if the victim reasonably believes that the actor 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 victim or any other person. (c) "Aggravated force" means that the actor uses physical force or physical violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the victim or includes the threat of the use of a deadly weapon. (d) "Intimate parts" includes the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, or buttocks of a male or female human being and the breasts of a female human being. (e) "Mentally defective" means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect which renders the person temporarily or permanently incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct. (f) "Mentally incapacitated" means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct whether this condition is produced by illness, defect, the influence of a substance or from some other cause. (g) "Physically helpless" means that a person is unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act. (h) "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. (i) "Victim" means the person alleging to have been subjected to criminal sexual conduct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-390 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 16-11-390
SECTION 16-11-390. Safecracking.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to use explosives, tools, or any other implement in or about a safe used for keeping money or other valuables with intent to commit larceny or any other crime. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-80 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-80
SECTION 16-19-80. Forfeiture of wagers.
Status: in_force

All and every sum or sums of money staked, betted or pending on the event of any such game or games as aforesaid are hereby declared to be forfeited.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-280 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 16-23-280
SECTION 16-23-280. Manufacture and sale of machine guns by licensed manufacturer.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, machine guns or military firearms manufactured by a firm licensed by the federal government and subject to the Federal Gun Control Act may be legally manufactured, transported, possessed, and sold within the State by the manufacturer thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-730 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-730
SECTION 16-11-730. Malicious injury to or interference with microwave radio or television facilities; unauthorized use of facilities.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall (1) wilfully or maliciously break, injure or otherwise destroy or damage any of the posts, wires, towers or other materials or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable, or a microwave radio system or a community antenna television system or (2) wilfully or maliciously interfere with such structure so erected or (3) in any way attempt to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof properly belonging to or in use or in readiness to be made use of for the purposes of using said electrical signal from any television coaxial cable company or microwave system or a community antenna television system or owner of such property shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-715 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 7 / Section 16-23-715
SECTION 16-23-715. Possession, threatened or attempted use of weapon of mass destruction for act of terrorism; penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who, without lawful authority, possesses, uses, threatens, or attempts or conspires to possess or use a weapon of mass destruction in furtherance of an act of terrorism is guilty of a felony and upon conviction: (1) in cases resulting in the death of another person, must be punished by death or by imprisonment for life; or (2) in cases which do not result in the death of another person, must be punished by imprisonment for not less than twenty-five years nor more than life.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1770 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 16-3-1770
SECTION 16-3-1770. Form and content of temporary restraining order.
Status: in_force

(A) A temporary restraining order granted without notice must be endorsed with the date and hour of issuance and entered of record with the magistrates court. (B) The terms of the restraining order must protect the plaintiff and may include temporarily enjoining the defendant from: (1) abusing, threatening to abuse, or molesting the plaintiff or members of the plaintiff's family; (2) entering or attempting to enter the plaintiff's place of residence, employment, education, or other location; and (3) communicating or attempting to communicate with the plaintiff in a way that would violate the provisions of this article. (C) A restraining order issued pursuant to this article conspicuously must bear the following language: (1) "Violation of this order is a criminal offense punishable by thirty days in jail, a fine of five hundred dollars, or both."; and (2) "Pursuant to Section 16-25-125, it is unlawful for a person who has been charged with or convicted of criminal domestic violence or criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, who is subject to an order of protection, or who is subject to a restraining order, to enter or remain upon the grounds or structure of a domestic violence shelter in which the person's household member resides or the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices. A person who violates this provision 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.". (D) A restraining order issued by a court may not contain the social security number of a party to the order and must contain as little identifying information as is necessary of the party it seeks to protect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-490 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-490
SECTION 16-17-490. Contributing to delinquency of a minor.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person over eighteen years of age to knowingly and wilfully encourage, aid or cause or to do any act which shall cause or influence a minor: (1) To violate any law or any municipal ordinance; (2) To become and be incorrigible or ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the control of his or her parent, guardian, custodian or other lawful authority; (3) To become and be habitually truant; (4) To without just cause and without the consent of his or her parent, guardian or other custodian, repeatedly desert his or her home or place of abode; (5) To engage in any occupation which is in violation of law; (6) To associate with immoral or vicious persons; (7) To frequent any place the existence of which is in violation of law; (8) To habitually use obscene or profane language; (9) To beg or solicit alms in any public places under any pretense; (10) To so deport himself or herself as to wilfully injure or endanger his or her morals or health or the morals or health of others. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both, in the discretion of the court. This section is intended to be cumulative and shall not be construed so as to defeat prosecutions under any other law which is applicable to unlawful acts embraced herein. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any school board of trustees promulgating rules and regulations as authorized by Section 59-19-90(3) which prescribe standards of conduct and behavior in the public schools of the district. Provided, however, that any such rule or regulation which contravenes any portion of the provisions of this section shall first require the consent of the parent or legal guardian of the minor or minors concerned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-910 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-910
SECTION 16-11-910. Prohibitions relative to sound recordings; application of section.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) knowingly and wilfully transfer or cause to be transferred, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, without the consent of the owner, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, with intent to sell or cause to be sold, or to use or cause to be used for profit through public performance, the article on which such sounds are transferred; (2) advertise, offer for sale or resale, or sell or resell, or cause the sale or resale, or rent or cause the rental of, or possess for any of these purposes any article described in item (1) with the knowledge that the sounds on it have been transferred without the consent of the owner; (3) offer or make available for a fee, rental, or other form of compensation, directly or indirectly, any equipment or machinery with the knowledge that it will be used by another to reproduce, without the consent of the owner, a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds have been transferred. The provisions of this item do not apply to reproduction in the home for private use and with no purpose of otherwise capitalizing commercially on the reproduction; or (4) transport for commercial advantage or private financial gain within this State or cause to be transported within this State an article with the knowledge that the sounds on it have been transferred without the consent of the owner. A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided for in Section 16-11-920. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, any communications media including, but not limited to, radio or television, broadcasters or licensees, newspapers, magazines, or other publications, or media which offer facilities for the purposes stated in this chapter, or other legal entity. (2) "Owner" means the person who owns the original fixed sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film, or other article used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, or other articles on which sound is or can be recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived. (3) "Fixed" means embodied in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in an article, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. (4) "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. This section neither enlarges nor diminishes the right of parties in private litigation nor does it apply to the transfer by a radio or television broadcaster of any sounds (other than from the sound tract of a motion picture) intended for, or in connection with, broadcast transmission or related uses or for archival purposes. An owner of a record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article or device which is transferred unlawfully or used in violation of this section has a cause of action in the circuit court of this State against the party committing the violation for all damages resulting therefrom, including actual, compensatory, incidental, and punitive.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1320 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1320
SECTION 16-3-1320. Payment of award as not constituting ordinary income for tax purposes.
Status: in_force

An award made pursuant to this article shall not constitute a payment which is treated as ordinary income under either the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the 1976 Code, or to the extent lawful, under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-700 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-700
SECTION 16-3-700. Reading deposition to jury.
Status: in_force

Such deposition shall be read to the jury upon the trial and shall be considered by them as though such testimony had been given orally in court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-430 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 6 / Section 16-11-430
SECTION 16-11-430. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term: (1) "Dwelling" means a building or conveyance of any kind, including an attached porch, whether the building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, which has a roof over it, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging there at night. (2) "Great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ. (3) "Residence" means a dwelling in which a person resides either temporarily or permanently or is visiting as an invited guest. (4) "Vehicle" means a conveyance of any kind, whether or not motorized, which is designed to transport people or property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-850 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 16-3-850
SECTION 16-3-850. Film processor or computer technician to report film or computer images containing sexually explicit pictures of minors.
Status: in_force

Any retail or wholesale film processor or photo finisher who is requested to develop film, and any computer technician working with a computer who views an image of a child younger than eighteen years of age or appearing to be younger than eighteen years of age who is engaging in sexual conduct, sexual performance, or a sexually explicit posture must report the name and address of the individual requesting the development of the film, or of the owner or person in possession of the computer to law enforcement officials in the state and county or municipality from which the film was originally forwarded. Compliance with this section does not give rise to any civil liability on the part of anyone making the report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-16-40 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-16-40
SECTION 16-16-40. Applicability of other criminal law provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter must not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of this State, which presently applies or may in the future apply, to any transaction which violates this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-10
SECTION 16-15-10. Bigamy.
Status: in_force

Any person who is married who shall marry another person shall, unless: (1) His or her husband or wife has remained continually for seven years beyond the sea or continually absented himself or herself from such person for the space of seven years together, such person not knowing his or her wife or husband to be living within that time; (2) He or she was married before the age of consent; (3) His or her wife or husband is under sentence of imprisonment for life; or (4) His or her marriage has been annulled or he or she has been divorced by decree of a competent tribunal having jurisdiction both of the cause and the parties; On conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for not more than five years nor less than six months or by imprisonment in the jail for six months and by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-502 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-502
SECTION 16-17-502. Distribution of tobacco product samples.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to distribute a tobacco product sample to a person under the age of eighteen years. (B) A person engaged in sampling shall demand proof of age from a prospective recipient if an ordinary person would conclude on the basis of appearance that the prospective recipient may be under the age of eighteen years. (C) A person violating this section is subject to the penalties set forth in Section 16-17-500(E). (D) A tobacco retail establishment violating this section is subject to administrative penalties as provided in Section 16-17-500(E)(3). Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 38, SECTIONS 1, 3 to 4, and 13, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Omnibus Tobacco Enforcement Act of 2023'." "SECTION 3. Laws, ordinances, or rules enacted by political subdivisions of this State prior to December 31, 2020, pertaining to ingredients, flavors, or licensing, related to the sale of cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, e-liquid, vapor products, tobacco products, or any other products containing nicotine that can be ingested into the body by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, or by any means, and municipal code amendments to said laws, ordinances, or rules, are exempt from the preemption imposed by this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority to determine its own public-use policies relating to any of the products referenced in this act. "SECTION 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority under Chapter 29, Title 6, including, without limitation, with respect to land use regulation, land development regulation, zoning, or permitting." "SECTION 13. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor except SECTION 2, SECTION 3, and SECTION 4 which take effect upon approval by the Governor." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 38, SECTION 7, in (A), deleted "or an alternative nicotine product" following "tobacco product"; rewrote (C); and added (D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-70
SECTION 16-3-70. Administering or attempting to administer poison.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) maliciously administer to, attempt to administer to, aid or assist in administering to, or cause to be taken by, another person a poison or other destructive thing, with intent to kill that person; or (2) counsel, aid, or abet a person under item (1) of this subsection. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than twenty years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-365 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-365
SECTION 16-15-365. Exposure of private parts in lewd and lascivious manner, aiding or procuring person to perform an act, or permitting use of premises for an act prohibited; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who wilfully and knowingly exposes the private parts of his person in a lewd and lascivious manner and in the presence of any other person, or aids or abets any such act, or who procures another to perform such act, or any person, who as owner, manager, lessee, director, promoter, or agent, or in any other capacity knowingly hires, leases, or permits the land, building, or premises of which he is owner, lessee, or tenant, or over which he has control, to be used for purposes of any such act, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-850 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 16-11-850
SECTION 16-11-850. Receipt of signals from air by use of satellite dish or antenna.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article makes it unlawful to receive or capture signals from the air by use of a satellite dish, antenna, or otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-735 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-735
SECTION 16-17-735. Persons impersonating officials or law enforcement officers; persons falsely asserting authority of law; offenses; punishment.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to impersonate a state or local official or employee or a law enforcement officer in connection with a sham legal process. A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity commits a misdemeanor if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he: (1) subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien, or other infringement of personal or property rights; or (2) denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity. A person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (B) It is unlawful for a person falsely to assert authority of state law in connection with a sham legal process. A person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (C) It is unlawful for a person to act without authority under state law as a Supreme Court Justice, a court of appeals judge, a circuit court judge, a master-in-equity, a family court judge, a probate court judge, a magistrate, a clerk of court or register of deeds, a commissioned notary public, or other authorized official in determining a controversy, adjudicating the rights or interests of others, or signing a document as though authorized by state law. A person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (D) It is unlawful for a person falsely to assert authority of law, in an attempt to intimidate or hinder a state or local official or employee or law enforcement officer in the discharge of official duties, by means of threats, harassment, physical abuse, or use of a sham legal process. A person violating this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than one year and not more than three years, or both. (E) For purposes of this section: (1) "Law enforcement officer" is as defined in Section 16-9-310. (2) "State or local official or employee" means an appointed or elected official or an employee of a state agency, board, commission, department, in a branch of state government, institution of higher education, other school district, political subdivision, or other unit of government of this State. (3) "Sham legal process" means the issuance, display, delivery, distribution, reliance on as lawful authority, or other use of an instrument that is not lawfully issued, whether or not the instrument is produced for inspection or actually exists, which purports to: (a) be a summons, subpoena, judgment, lien, arrest warrant, search warrant, or other order of a court of this State, a law enforcement officer, or a legislative, executive, or administrative agency established by state law; (b) assert jurisdiction or authority over or determine or adjudicate the legal or equitable status, rights, duties, powers, or privileges of a person or property; or (c) require or authorize the search, seizure, indictment, arrest, trial, or sentencing of a person or property. (4) "Lawfully issued" means adopted, issued, or rendered in accordance with the applicable statutes, rules, regulations, and ordinances of the United States, a state, an agency, or a political subdivision of a state.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-700 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-700
SECTION 16-17-700. Tattooing.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to tattoo any part of the body of another person unless the tattoo artist meets the requirements of Chapter 34 of Title 44. However, it is not unlawful for a licensed physician or surgeon to tattoo part of the body of a person of any age if in the physician's or surgeon's medical opinion it is necessary or appropriate; and it is not unlawful for a physician to delegate tattooing procedures to an employee in accordance with Section 40-47-60, subject to the regulations of the State Board of Medical Examiners. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined up to two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Code Commissioner's Note Section 40-47-60 was deleted by 2006 Act No. 365, SECTION 1. See now, Section 40-47-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-60
SECTION 16-3-60. Involuntary manslaughter; "criminal negligence" defined.
Status: in_force

With regard to the crime of involuntary manslaughter, criminal negligence is defined as the reckless disregard of the safety of others. A person charged with the crime of involuntary manslaughter may be convicted only upon a showing of criminal negligence as defined in this section. A person convicted of involuntary manslaughter must be imprisoned not more than five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-330 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-330
SECTION 16-13-330. Stealing or damaging works of literature or objects of art.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall steal or unlawfully take or wilfully or maliciously write upon, cut, tear, deface, disfigure, soil, obliterate, break or destroy, or who shall sell or buy or receive, knowing it to have been stolen, any book, pamphlet, document, newspaper, periodical, map, chart, picture, portrait, engraving, statue, coin, medal, equipment, specimen, recording, film or other work of literature or object of art belonging to or in the care of a library, gallery, museum, collection, exhibition or belonging to or in the care of any department or office of the State or local government, or belonging to or in the care of a library, gallery, museum, collection or exhibition which belongs to any incorporated college or university or which belongs to any institution devoted to educational, scientific, literary, artistic, historical or charitable purposes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-640 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-640
SECTION 16-17-640. Blackmail.
Status: in_force

Any person who verbally or by printing or writing or by electronic communications: (1) accuses another of a crime or offense; (2) exposes or publishes any of another's personal or business acts, infirmities, or failings; or (3) compels any person to do any act, or to refrain from doing any lawful act, against his will; with intent to extort money or any other thing of value from any person, or attempts or threatens to do any of such acts, with the intent to extort money or any other thing of value, shall be guilty of blackmail and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-310 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-310
SECTION 16-13-310. Taking official records without authority.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall take any record from the office of the clerk of the court, judge of probate or master in equity without the consent of the officer having control of such record shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and for the second and any subsequent offense by a fine of one hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-8-340 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 16-8-340
SECTION 16-8-340. Community anti-gang matching grants program.
Status: in_force

There is established in the appropriate office of the Department of Administration a Community Safety Anti-Gang Matching Grants program to provide funding for local programs to prevent youth idleness and intervene with at-risk youth. These grants may be awarded to counties and municipalities upon application for after school programs, summer youth employment programs, and police and sheriff anti-gang task forces. Grants must be awarded on a two-for-one matching basis with the local match component consisting of cash. Grant applications must be reviewed and rated by the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, Crime, and Delinquency, but responsibility for the award of grants is solely with the board. Funding for these grants must be in the amount as the General Assembly shall provide by law. 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-110 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-110
SECTION 16-15-110. Prostitution; violations.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of Sections 16-15-90 and 16-15-100 must, upon conviction, be punished as follows: (1) for the first offense, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or confinement in prison for a period of not more than thirty days; (2) for the second offense, a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both; (3) for the third or any subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than one year, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-535 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-535
SECTION 16-11-535. Malicious injury to place of worship.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall wilfully, unlawfully, and maliciously vandalize, deface, damage, or destroy or attempt to vandalize, deface, damage, or destroy any place, structure, or building of worship or aid, agree with, employ, or conspire with any person to do or cause to be done any of the acts mentioned above is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-460 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 16-9-460
SECTION 16-9-460. Unlawful entry into the United States; furthering illegal entry by or avoidance of detection of undocumented alien; penalties; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) It is a felony for a person who has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law to allow themselves to be transported, moved, or attempted to be transported within the State or to solicit or conspire to be transported or moved within the State with intent to further the person's unlawful entry into the United States or avoiding apprehension or detection of the person's unlawful immigration status by state or federal authorities. (B) It is a felony for a person knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that another person has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law to transport, move, or attempt to transport that person within the State or to solicit or conspire to transport or move that person within the State with intent to further that person's unlawful entry into the United States or avoiding apprehension or detection of that person's unlawful immigration status by state or federal authorities. (C) It is a felony for a person who has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law to conceal, harbor, or shelter themselves from detection or to solicit or conspire to conceal, harbor, or shelter themselves from detection in any place, including a building or means of transportation, with intent to further that person's unlawful entry into the United States or avoiding apprehension or detection of the person's unlawful immigration status by state or federal authorities. (D) It is a felony for a person knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that another person has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law to conceal, harbor, or shelter from detection or to solicit or conspire to conceal, harbor, or shelter from detection that person in any place, including a building or means of transportation, with intent to further that person's unlawful entry into the United States or avoiding apprehension or detection of that person's unlawful immigration status by state or federal authorities. (E) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed five years, or both. (F) A person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or enters into a plea of nolo contendere to a violation of this section must not be permitted to seek or obtain any professional license offered by the State or any agency or political subdivision of the State. (G) This section does not apply to programs, services, or assistance including soup kitchens, crisis counseling, and intervention; churches or other religious institutions that are recognized as 501(c)(3) organizations by the Internal Revenue Service; or short-term shelters specified by the United States Attorney General, in the United States Attorney General's sole discretion after consultation with appropriate federal agencies and departments, which: (i) deliver in-kind services at the community level, including through public or private nonprofit agencies; (ii) do not condition the provision of assistance, the amount of assistance provided, or the cost of assistance provided on the individual recipient's income or resources; and (iii) are necessary for the protection of life or safety. Shelter provided for strictly humanitarian purposes or provided under the Violence Against Women Act is not a violation of this section, so long as the shelter is not provided in furtherance of or in an attempt to conceal a person's illegal presence in the United States. (H) Providing health care treatment or services to a natural person who is in the United States unlawfully is not a violation of this section. Validity For validity of this section, see U.S. v. South Carolina, 840 F.Supp.2d 898 (D.S.C. December 22, 2011).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-60
SECTION 16-19-60. Certain social games of tiles, cards, and dice not unlawful under certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is not unlawful for persons who are members of a club or other social organization to gather for the purpose of engaging in games of tiles, cards, or dice including, but not limited to, canasta, mahjong, and bridge, where the games are played among members in a private residence, home, or community clubhouse or similar structure; no mechanical or electronic devices or machines of any kind, slot machines, pull tabs, punch boards, pull boards, or video games, devices, or machines of any kind are used or incorporated in any way; no person or entity of any kind receives any direct or indirect economic, financial, or monetary benefit of any kind; the host of the game or owner or lessee of the location in which the games are played does not receive any direct or indirect economic, financial, or monetary benefit of any kind; there is no betting, wagering, or gambling of any kind; a bona fide social relationship among the participants exists; and, except for the advantage of skill or luck, the risks of losing or winning are the same for all parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1650 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 16-3-1650
SECTION 16-3-1650. Cooperation with the criminal and juvenile justice systems and victim assistance programs.
Status: in_force

All elements of the criminal and juvenile justice systems and victim assistance programs shall cooperate with the ombudsman in carrying out the duties described in Sections 16-3-1620 and 16-3-1630. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 7, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-700 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-700
SECTION 16-11-700. Dumping litter on private or public property prohibited; exceptions; responsibility for removal; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A person, from a vehicle or otherwise, may not dump, throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter or other solid waste, as defined by Section 44-96-40(2), (6), (32), (33), (43), (46), (73), and (74), and including cigarette butts and cigarette component litter, upon waters or public or private property in the State for which he is not the legal owner or a person otherwise granted permission by the legal owner including, but not limited to, a highway, park, beach, campground, forest land, recreational area, trailer park, road, street, or alley except: (1) on property designated by the State for the disposal of litter and other solid waste and the person is authorized to use the property for that purpose; or (2) into a litter receptacle in a manner that the litter is prevented from being carried away or deposited by the elements upon a part of the private or public property or waters. (B) Responsibility for the removal of litter from property or receptacles is upon the person convicted pursuant to this section of littering the property or receptacles. If there is no conviction for littering, the responsibility is upon the owner of the property. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section in an amount not more than fifteen pounds, including cigarette butts and cigarette components, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition to the fine or term of imprisonment, the court also must impose eight hours of litter-gathering labor or other form of community service. (D) The fine for a deposit of a collection of litter or garbage in an amount not more than fifteen pounds in an area or facility not intended for public deposit of litter or garbage is not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred and fifty dollars. The provisions of this subsection apply to a deposit of litter or solid waste, as defined by Section 44-96-40(2), (6), (32), (33), (43), (46), (73), and (74), including cigarette butts and cigarette components, in an area or facility not intended for public deposit of litter or garbage. This subsection does not prohibit a private property owner from depositing litter or garbage as a property enhancement if the depositing does not violate applicable local or state health and safety regulations. In addition to a fine and for each offense pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, the court also shall impose a minimum of sixteen hours of litter-gathering labor or other form of community service. (1) The court, instead of payment of the monetary fine imposed for a violation of this section, may direct the substitution of additional litter-gathering labor or other form of community service. (2) In addition to other punishment authorized by this section, in the discretion of the court in which conviction is obtained, the person may be directed by the judge to pick up and remove from any public place or any private property, with prior permission of the legal owner of the property upon which it is established by competent evidence that the person has deposited litter, all litter deposited on the place or property by any person before the date of execution of sentence. (E) A person who violates the provisions of this section in an amount exceeding fifteen pounds, but not exceeding five hundred pounds on any public or private property, any portion of the road right of way, fresh-water lake, river, canal or stream, or tidal or coastal waters of the State must be charged with illegal dumping of litter and is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition, the court shall require the violator to complete sixteen hours of litter-gathering labor or perform other community service. For a second conviction, the person must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition, the court shall require the violator to complete twenty-four hours of litter-gathering labor or other community service. For a third or subsequent conviction, the person must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition, the court shall require the violator to complete thirty-two hours of litter-gathering labor or other community service. (F)(1) A person who violates the provisions of this section in an amount exceeding five hundred pounds 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. In addition, the court may order the violator to: (a) remove or render harmless the litter that he dumped in violation of this subsection; (b) repair or restore property damaged by, or pay damages for damage arising out of, his dumping of litter in violation of this subsection; or (c) perform community service relating to the removal of litter dumped in violation of this subsection or relating to the restoration of an area polluted by litter dumped in violation of this subsection. (2) A court may enjoin a violation of this subsection. (3) A motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, container, crane, winch, or machine involved in the disposal of more than five hundred pounds of litter in violation of this subsection is declared contraband and is subject to seizure and summary forfeiture to the State. (4) If a person sustains damages in connection with a violation of this subsection that gives rise to a felony against the person or his property, a court, in a civil action for those damages, shall order the wrongdoer to pay the injured party threefold the actual damages or two hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater. In addition, the court shall order the wrongdoer to pay the injured party's court costs and attorney's fees. (5) A fine imposed pursuant to this subsection must not be suspended, in whole or in part. (G)(1) When the penalty for a violation of this section includes litter-gathering labor in addition to a fine or imprisonment, the litter-gathering portion of the penalty is mandatory and must not be suspended; however, the court, upon the request of a person convicted of violating this section, may direct that the person pay an additional monetary penalty instead of the litter-gathering portion of the penalty that must be equal to the amount of fifteen dollars an hour of litter-gathering labor. Probation must not be granted instead of the litter-gathering requirement, except for a person's physical or other incapacities. (2) Funds collected pursuant to this subsection instead of the mandatory litter-gathering labor must be remitted to the county or municipality where the littering violation took place. The money collected may be used for the litter-gathering supervision. (H) A prior violation within the meaning of this section means only a violation of this section which occurred within a period of five years including and immediately preceding the date of the last violation. (I) Magistrates and municipal courts have jurisdiction to try violations of subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F). (J)(1) This section shall not apply to the discarding of deceased fish, game, or wildlife, or the parts or remains thereof, taken as a result of legal hunting or fishing pursuant to Title 50. The exception provided for by this subsection does not apply to deceased animals, animal parts, or remains thereof that are deposited or discarded onto the private lands or waters of another without the owner's permission. (2) For the purposes of subsections (E) and (F), illegal dumping is defined as disposing of more than fifteen pounds of any collection of solid waste, litter, or other materials defined in subsection (A), including discarded, deceased animals or deceased animal parts which create a hazard to the public health and welfare, but not defined as a careless, scattered littering of smaller items. (K)(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the authority of a local government to enforce ordinances relating to the upkeep of property pursuant to Section 4-9-25 and Section 5-7-80. (2) If a conflict occurs between this section and the Solid Waste Policy and Management Act as contained in Chapter 96, Title 44, the latter controls. (L) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain statistical information regarding citations issued pursuant to this section. (M) Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting any cause of action against the State, any political subdivision, or any employee thereof acting in their official capacity to an individual performing community service under this section who is completing litter pickup without direct oversight, including any claim under Workers' Compensation. Routine follow up to ensure completion of litter pickup by a county, municipality, or state employee is not considered oversight. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 214, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, restructuring the offenses to include cigarette butts, cigarette component litter, and deceased animals in the purview of the statute and restructuring penalties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-911 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 16-11-911
SECTION 16-11-911. Definitions; unlawful recording of motion pictures.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "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. (2) "Audiovisual recording device" means any device, camera, or audio or video recorder with the capability of recording, transferring, or transmitting sounds or images of a motion picture in part or in whole, including any device now existing or later developed. (3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, or other legal entity. (4) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue used primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture but does not include the lobby or other common areas, a personal residence, or retail establishment. (5) "Theater owner" means the owner, operator, or lessee of a motion picture theater and includes an employee or agent of the owner, operator, or lessee. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and wilfully operate an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater, with intent to record a motion picture, without written consent from the theater owner. (C) In any action brought by reason of having been delayed by a theater employee or agent on or near the premises of a theater establishment for the purpose of investigation concerning the unlawful operation of an audiovisual recording device, it shall be a defense to such action if: (1) the person was delayed in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time to permit such investigation; and (2) reasonable cause existed to believe that the person delayed had committed the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device. (D) This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative agency, law enforcement agency, protective services agency, or intelligence-gathering agency of the local, state, or federal government from operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater where a motion picture is being exhibited as part of a lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence-gathering activity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-480 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-480
SECTION 16-23-480. Manufacture or possession of article designed to cause damage by fire or other means.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, or possess any object or article which is designed to cause damage by fire or any other means to person or property either by ignition, detonation, or other means. It is unlawful for a person to possess any object or article solely for the purpose of causing damage by fire or other means to person or property either by ignition, detonation, or other means. A person who violates the provisions of this section 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1180 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1180
SECTION 16-3-1180. Amount of award; apportionment among multiple claimants; rejection of application for award.
Status: in_force

(A) An award may be made for: (1) reasonable and customary charges as periodically determined by the board for medical services, including mental health counseling, required and rendered as a direct result of the injury on which the claim is based, as long as these services are rendered by a licensed professional. Payment for mental health counseling is limited to the number of sessions during a one hundred eighty-day period beginning on the date of the first counseling session or twenty sessions, whichever is greater. Upon recommendation of the director, the board may allow victims who max out the current benefit of twenty mental health counseling sessions to request up to an additional twenty sessions for a total of forty sessions; (2) reasonable and customary charges as periodically determined by the board for other services required and rendered as a direct result of the injury upon which the claim is based, as long as the service is rendered by a professional or paraprofessional who holds a license, certificate, or other documentary evidence of specific training and qualification in a field of service which, by regulation, the board recognizes as a service required by and beneficial to crime victims; (3) loss of earning or support, provided that: (a) claimant is deprived of that income for at least two consecutive weeks; (b) the loss is not reimbursable; (c) the amount may not exceed the maximum rate provided in Section 42-1-50; (d) conditions (a), (b), and (c) may be waived in severe hardship cases; (4) reasonable and customary charges for employment-oriented retraining or rehabilitative services incurred as a direct result of the injury; and (5) burial expenses not to exceed four thousand dollars. (B) If there are two or more family members as specified in Section 16-3-1210(c) who are entitled to an award as a result of the death of a person, the award must be apportioned among the claimants; however, the amount awarded for burial expenses must be paid to or on behalf of the person who has paid or is responsible for that expense. (C) The aggregate of award to and on behalf of victims may not exceed fifteen thousand dollars unless the Crime Victim Advisory Board, by two-thirds vote, and the director concur that extraordinary circumstances exist. In this case, the award may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. (D) An award may be made only if and to the extent that the amount of compensable loss exceeds one hundred dollars; however, this limitation may be waived in the interest of justice and must be waived upon a showing that the claimant is at least sixty-five years old. (E) A previously decided award may be reopened for the purpose of increasing the compensation previously awarded, subject to the maximum provided in this article. In this case the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation shall send immediately to the claimant a copy of the notice changing the award. This review may not affect the award as regards any monies paid, and the review may not be made after eighteen months from the date of the last payment of compensation pursuant to an award under this article unless the director or deputy director determines there is a need to reopen the case as specified in Section 16-3-1120(B)(3). Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.G, in (C), substituted "Victim" for "Victim's"; in (E), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation" for "State Office of Victim Assistance", inserted "deputy director", and substituted "16-3-1120(B)(3)" for "16-3-1120(4)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-300 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 16-9-300
SECTION 16-9-300. Trial of offenses against Sections 16-9-280 and 16-9-290.
Status: in_force

All offenses against the provisions of Sections 16-9-280 and 16-9-290 shall be heard, tried and determined before the court of general sessions after the indictment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-110 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-110
SECTION 16-19-110. Exoneration for becoming State's evidence.
Status: in_force

Any person who might be subject or liable to the fines and penalties imposed herein, either for gaming at or keeping a gaming table or tables, shall, upon being permitted by the circuit solicitor to become evidence in behalf of the State, be freed and exonerated from the same.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 16-11-20
SECTION 16-11-20. Making, mending or possessing tools or other implements capable of being used in crime.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to make or mend, cause to be made or mended, or have in his possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, picklock, bit, nippers, nitroglycerine, dynamite cap, coil or fuse, steel wedge, drill, tap-pin, or other implement or thing adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary, larceny, safecracking, or other crime, under circumstances evincing an intent to use, employ, or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a crime, or knowing that the same are intended to be so used. A person who violates the provisions of this section 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-10
SECTION 16-27-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known and may be cited as "The Animal Fighting and Baiting Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-610 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-610
SECTION 16-11-610. Entry on another's lands for various purposes without permission.
Status: in_force

Any person entering upon the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting; for gathering fruit, wild flowers, cultivated flowers, shrubbery, straw, turf, vegetables or herbs; or for cutting timber on such land, without the consent of the owner or manager, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall, for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, for a second offense, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and, for a third or subsequent offense, be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months or both. A first or second offense prosecution resulting in a conviction shall be reported by the magistrate or city recorder hearing the case to the communications and records division of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division which shall keep a record of such conviction so that any law enforcement agency may inquire into whether or not a defendant has a prior record. Only those offenses which occurred within a period of ten years, including and immediately preceding the date of the last offense, shall constitute prior offenses within the meaning of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1270 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1270
SECTION 16-3-1270. Restitution by offender; lien against offender; filing of lien.
Status: repealed

If a person is unable at the time of sentencing or at any other time the court may set to pay a restitution charge imposed by the court pursuant to Sections 24-23-210 through 24-23-230, such restitution charge shall constitute a lien against the offender and against any real or personal property of the offender. A restitution charge shall not constitute a lien if it is waived by the Director pursuant to Section 24-23-210. Such lien may be filed by the Attorney General in the respective offices of the clerks of court and registers of deeds of this State in the same manner state tax liens are filed and may be enforced and collected by the Attorney General in the same manner state tax liens are enforced and collected. Editor's Note Section 24-23-210 was repealed by 1994 Act No. 497, Part II SECTION 36.U, and section 24-23-220 was repealed by 1996 Act No. 292, SECTION 6.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-70 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 19 / Section 16-19-70
SECTION 16-19-70. Keeping gaming tables open or playing games on the Sabbath.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall keep or suffer to be kept any gaming table or permit any game or games to be played in his house on the Sabbath day, on conviction thereof before any court having jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for on behalf of, and to be recovered for the use of, the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-820 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 16-3-820
SECTION 16-3-820. Producing, directing or promoting sexual performance by child; penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person to produce, direct, or promote a performance that includes sexual conduct by a child younger than eighteen years of age. (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of criminal sexual conduct of the third degree and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 16-3-654.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1660 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 16-3-1660
SECTION 16-3-1660. Grounds for dismissal.
Status: in_force

A victim's exercise of rights granted by this article is not grounds for dismissing a criminal proceeding or setting aside a conviction or sentence. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 7, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 16-23-60
SECTION 16-23-60. Construction.
Status: in_force

Provisions of this article must not be construed to grant any additional police powers not authorized by law, and do not in any manner affect the powers of constables commissioned by the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-760 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-760
SECTION 16-11-760. Parking on private property without permission; removal of vehicles; lien for towing and storage; sale of vehicles; penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to park a vehicle, as defined in Section 56-5-5630, on the private property of another without the owner's consent. If the property is for commercial use, the owner must post a notice in a conspicuous place on the borders of the property near each entrance prohibiting parking. Proof of the posting is considered notice conclusive against the person making entry. (B) A vehicle found parked on private property may be towed and stored at the expense of the registered owner or lienholder, subject to the limitations on allowed storage charges set forth in Section 29-15-10, and charges for towing, storing, preserving the vehicle, and expenses incurred if the owner and lienholder are notified pursuant to Section 29-15-10 constitute a lien against the vehicle, provided that the towing company makes notification to the law enforcement agency pursuant to Section 56-5-2525. (C) If the vehicle is not claimed by the owner, lienholder, or his agent, the vehicle must be sold pursuant to Section 29-15-10 by a magistrate in the county in which the vehicle was towed or stored. (D) A person violating the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. This punishment is in addition to the other remedies authorized in this section. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 233, SECTION 1, in (B), inserted "subject to the limitations on allowed storage charges set forth in Section 29-15-10,".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1535 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1535
SECTION 16-3-1535. Summary court's duty to notify victim of victim's rights; form for victim impact statement.
Status: in_force

(A) The summary court, upon retaining jurisdiction of an offense involving one or more victims, reasonably must attempt to notify each victim of his right to: (1) be present and participate in all hearings; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) pursue civil remedies; and (4) submit an oral or written victim impact statement, or both, for consideration by the summary court judge at the disposition proceeding. (B) The summary court must provide to each victim who wishes to make a written victim impact statement a form that solicits pertinent information regarding the offense, including: (1) the victim's personal information and supplementary contact information; (2) an itemized list of the victim's economic loss and recovery from any insurance policy or any other source; (3) details of physical or psychological injuries, or both, including their seriousness and permanence; (4) identification of psychological services requested or obtained by the victim; (5) a description of any changes in the victim's personal welfare or family relationships; and (6) any other information the victim believes to be important and pertinent. (C) The summary court judge must inform a victim of the applicable procedures and practices of the court. (D) The summary court judge reasonably must attempt to notify each victim related to the case of each hearing, trial, or other proceeding. (E) A law enforcement agency and the summary court must return to a victim personal property recovered or taken as evidence as expeditiously as possible, substituting photographs of the property and itemized lists of the property including serial numbers and unique identifying characteristics for use as evidence when possible. (F) The summary court judge must recognize and protect the rights of victims and witnesses as diligently as those of the defendant. (G) In cases in which the sentence is more than ninety days, the summary court judge must forward, as appropriate and within fifteen days, a copy of each victim's impact statement or the name, mailing address, and telephone number of each victim, or both, to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or the Board of Juvenile Parole, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a diversion program. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of victims and prosecution witnesses contained in the records of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, and the Department of Juvenile Justice are confidential and must not be disclosed directly or indirectly, except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as necessary to provide notifications, or services, or both, between these agencies, these agencies and the prosecuting agency, or these agencies and the Attorney General. Editor's Note 1996 Act No. 437, SECTION 8, eff January 1, 1997, provides as follows: "Implementation of the changes in law effectuated by this act to Sections 16-3-1110, 16-3-1535, 17-25-322, 17-25-324, and 24-21-490 of the 1976 Code and the requirements thereunder or in any new provisions of law contained herein which would necessitate funding are contingent upon appropriations of sufficient funding by the General Assembly. Nothing herein shall relieve the various agencies and authorities within the offices of the respective clerks of court or judicial, correctional, and parole systems of this State from continuing to meet, enforce, and address those provisions of law related to restitution in effect prior to the enactment hereof."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-570 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-570
SECTION 16-17-570. Interference with fire and police alarm boxes; giving false alarms.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall wilfully, maliciously or mischievously interfere with, cut or injure any pole, wire, insulator or alarm box, give a false alarm from such box or by use of a telephone or break the glass in such box of any fire or police alarm system in this State or any of the appliances or apparatus connected therewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to hard labor in the State Penitentiary or on the chain gang in a county having a chain gang for a term of not less than sixty days or the payment of a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-170 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 16-11-170
SECTION 16-11-170. Wilfully burning lands of another.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and maliciously set fire to or burn any grass, brush, or other combustible matter, causing any woods, fields, fences, or marshes of another person to be set on fire or cause the burning or fire to spread to or to be transmitted to the lands of another, or to aid or assist in such conduct. 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. A person convicted under this section is liable to any person who may have sustained damage.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-57 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-57
SECTION 16-1-57. Classification of third or subsequent conviction of certain property crimes.
Status: in_force

A person convicted of an offense for which the term of imprisonment is contingent upon the value of the property involved must, upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense, be punished as prescribed for a Class E felony.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-60
SECTION 16-27-60. Inapplicability of chapter to certain activities and to game fowl.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of Section 16-27-30 do not apply to any person: (1) using any animal to pursue or take wildlife or to participate in hunting in accordance with the game and wildlife laws of this State and regulations of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; (2) using any animal to work livestock for agricultural purposes; (3) properly training or using dogs for law enforcement purposes or protection of persons and private property. (b) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to game fowl. 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. § 16-3-1290 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1290
SECTION 16-3-1290. Victim Compensation Fund; payment of claims, expenses and administrative costs.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby created a special fund to be known as the Victim Compensation Fund for the purpose of providing for the payment of all necessary and proper expenses incurred by the operation of the fund and the payment of claims. The State Treasurer is the custodian of the fund and all monies in the fund are held by the State Treasurer. (B) The funds placed in the Victim Compensation Fund shall consist of all money appropriated by the General Assembly, if any, for the purpose of compensating claimants under this article and money recovered on behalf of the State pursuant to this article by subrogation or other action, recovered by court order, received from the federal government, received from additional court costs, received from assessments or fines, or received from any other public or private source, pursuant to this article. (C) All administrative costs of this article, except the director's salary, must be paid out of money collected pursuant to this article which has been deposited in the fund. (D) Interest earned on all monies held in the fund shall be remitted to the general fund of the State. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.L, redesignated the paragraph identifiers; in (A), substituted "Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund" and "fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund"; in (B), substituted "Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund"; in (C), substituted "fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund"; in (D), substituted "fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-550 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-550
SECTION 16-17-550. Bribery of athletes and athletic officials.
Status: in_force

(1) Unlawful to bribe athletes or athletic officials or to accept such bribes. —It shall be unlawful to bribe or offer to bribe any player, manager, coach, referee, umpire or any other participant or official of any athletic contest with intent to influence the play, action, conduct, or decision of any such person or for any such person to accept or agree to accept such bribe or offer for the purpose of losing, trying to lose or trying to limit the margin of victory or defeat in any athletic contest or to aid or abet or assist in any manner whatsoever in any such bribe. (2) Section to be cumulative to other laws. —This section shall not be construed as repealing or modifying any other provisions of law but shall be cumulative to such other provisions of law. (3) Penalties. —Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than ten years or both in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-412 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-412
SECTION 16-15-412. Crimes or offenses concerning images or exploitation of minors; arrest warrants.
Status: in_force

Any warrant for arrest for an alleged crime or offense that concerns a morphed image or an identifiable minor under Section 16-15-395, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor; Section 16-15-405, second degree sexual exploitation of a minor; or, Section 16-15-410, third degree sexual exploitation of a minor may only be issued upon: (1) a return of a "true bill" of an indictment by the state grand jury, or (2) a finding of probable cause following an investigation conducted by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in conjunction with the Attorney General's Office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-25 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-25
SECTION 16-3-25. Punishment for murder; review by Supreme Court of imposition of death penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) Whenever the death penalty is imposed, and upon the judgment becoming final in the trial court, the sentence shall be reviewed on the record by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The clerk of the trial court, within ten days after receiving the transcript, shall transmit the entire record and transcript to the Supreme Court of South Carolina together with a notice prepared by the clerk and a report prepared by the trial judge. The notice shall set forth the title and docket number of the case, the name of the defendant and the name and address of his attorney, a narrative statement of the judgment, the offense, and the punishment prescribed. The report shall be in the form of a standard questionnaire prepared and supplied by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. (B) The Supreme Court of South Carolina shall consider the punishment as well as any errors by way of appeal. (C) With regard to the sentence, the court shall determine: (1) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor, and (2) Whether the evidence supports the jury's or judge's finding of a statutory aggravating circumstance as enumerated in Section 16-3-20, and (3) Whether the sentence of death is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant. (D) Both the defendant and the State shall have the right to submit briefs within the time provided by the court and to present oral arguments to the court. (E) The court shall include in its decision a reference to those similar cases which it took into consideration. In addition to its authority regarding correction of errors, the court, with regard to review of death sentences, shall be authorized to: (1) Affirm the sentence of death; or (2) Set the sentence aside and remand the case for resentencing by the trial judge based on the record and argument of counsel. The records of those similar cases referred to by the Supreme Court of South Carolina in its decision, and the extracts prepared as hereinafter provided for, shall be provided to the resentencing judge for his consideration. If the court finds error prejudicial to the defendant in the sentencing proceeding conducted by the trial judge before the trial jury as outlined under Item (B) of Section 16-3-20, the court may set the sentence aside and remand the case for a resentencing proceeding to be conducted by the same or a different trial judge and by a new jury impaneled for such purpose. In the resentencing proceeding, the new jury, if the defendant does not waive the right of a trial jury for the resentencing proceeding, shall hear evidence in extenuation, mitigation or aggravation of the punishment in addition to any evidence admitted in the defendant's first trial relating to guilt for the particular crime for which the defendant has been found guilty. (F) The sentence review shall be in addition to direct appeal, if taken, and the review and appeal shall be consolidated for consideration. The court shall render its decision on all legal errors, the factual substantiation of the verdict, and the validity of the sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-250 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-250
SECTION 16-13-250. Effect when obtaining signature or property by false pretenses amounts to larceny.
Status: in_force

If upon the trial of any person indicted for a misdemeanor under the provisions of Section 16-13-240 it shall be proved that he obtained the property in such a manner as to amount in law to larceny he shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor. No person tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for larceny upon the same facts.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-390 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-390
SECTION 16-13-390. Cheating producers of electricity.
Status: in_force

Any person who (a) has a contract, agreement, license or permission, oral or written, with or from any person authorized to manufacture, sell or use electricity for the purpose of light, heat or power or with or from any authorized agent of such person for the use of the electrical current belonging to or produced or furnished by any such person, for certain specified purposes and (b) shall wilfully and intentionally withdraw or cause to be withdrawn, in any manner, and appropriate to his own use or to the use of any other person electrical current for purposes other than those specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in SECTION 16-13-380. And any such person to whom such electrical current is furnished from or by means of a meter who shall wilfully and with intention to cheat and defraud any person, alter or interfere with such meter or by any contrivance whatsoever withdraw or take off electrical current in any manner except through such meter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished as provided in SECTION 16-13-380.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-100 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-100
SECTION 16-1-100. Crimes classified as misdemeanors.
Status: in_force

(A) The following offenses are Class A misdemeanors and the maximum terms established for a Class A misdemeanor, not more than three years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply: (B) The following offenses are Class B misdemeanors and the maximum terms established for a Class B misdemeanor, not more than two years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply: (C) The following offenses are Class C misdemeanors and the maximum terms established for a Class C misdemeanor, not more than one year, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply: Code Commissioner's Note The crime classification tables are added by the Code Commissioner pursuant to Section 2-13-66, and updated annually.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-415 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-415
SECTION 16-15-415. Promoting prostitution of a minor defined; defenses; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) An individual commits the offense of promoting prostitution of a minor if he knowingly: (1) entices, forces, encourages, or otherwise facilitates a minor to participate in prostitution; or (2) supervises, supports, advises, or promotes the prostitution of or by a minor. (B) Mistake of age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section. (C) An individual 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 may be suspended nor is the individual convicted eligible for parole until he has served the minimum sentence. Sentences imposed pursuant to this section must run consecutively with and must commence at the expiration of another sentence being served by the individual sentenced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1150 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1150
SECTION 16-3-1150. Emergency awards.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-3-1130, if it appears to the deputy director that the claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made and undue hardship will result to the claimant, if immediate payment is not made, the deputy director may make one or more emergency awards to the claimant pending a final decision in the case, provided that: (1) the amount of each emergency award shall not exceed five hundred dollars; (2) the total amount of such emergency awards shall not exceed one thousand dollars; (3) the amount of such emergency awards must be deducted from any final award made to the claimant; and (4) the excess of the amount of any emergency award over the amount of the final award, or the full amount of any emergency award if no final award is made, must be repaid by the claimant to the Victim Compensation Fund as created by this article. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.D, made nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-420 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-420
SECTION 16-23-420. Possession of firearm on school property.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to possess a firearm of any kind on any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, other post-secondary institution, or in any publicly owned building, without the express permission of the authorities in charge of the premises or property. The provisions of this subsection related to any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, or other post-secondary institution, do not apply to when the firearm 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. (B) It is unlawful for a person to enter the premises or property described in subsection (A) and to display, brandish, or threaten others with a firearm. (C) 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. (D) This section does not apply to a guard, law enforcement officer, or member of the armed forces, or student of military science. A married student residing in an apartment provided by the private or public school whose presence with a firearm in or around a particular building is authorized by persons legally responsible for the security of the buildings is also exempted from the provisions of this section. (E) For purposes of this section, the terms "premises" and "property" do not include state or locally owned or maintained roads, streets, or rights-of-way of them, running through or adjacent to premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, or other post-secondary institution, which are open full time to public vehicular traffic. (F) This section does not apply to a person when upon any premises, property, or building that is part of an interstate highway rest area facility. 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 6, in (A), in the second sentence, substituted "when the firearm remains" for "a person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23 when the weapon remains"; in (D), in the second sentence, substituted "firearm" for "weapon"; and in (F), deleted "who is authorized to carry concealed weapons pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, or Title 23".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-460 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 16-3-460
SECTION 16-3-460. Pleading in bar by State's witness to subsequent indictment.
Status: in_force

In case any such person so used as a witness in behalf of the State in any prosecution for fighting a duel or for being concerned therein shall afterwards be indicted for the same offense, the fact of his having been used as a witness in the former prosecution for the same offense may be pleaded in bar to such subsequent indictment and, on proof thereof by competent evidence, such person shall be thereof acquitted and discharged.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1050 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 16-3-1050
SECTION 16-3-1050. Failure to report, perpetrating or interfering with an investigation of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A person required to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult under Chapter 35 of Title 43 who has actual knowledge that abuse, neglect, or exploitation has occurred and who knowingly and wilfully fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year. A person required to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult under Chapter 35 of Title 43 who has reason to believe that abuse, neglect, or exploitation has occurred or is likely to occur and who knowingly and wilfully fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation is subject to disciplinary action as may be determined necessary by the appropriate licensing board. (B) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (E) and (F), a person who knowingly and wilfully abuses a vulnerable adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years. (C) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (E) and (F), a person who knowingly and wilfully neglects a vulnerable adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years. (D) A person who knowingly and wilfully exploits a vulnerable adult 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, and may be required by the court to make restitution. (E) A person who knowingly and wilfully abuses or neglects a vulnerable adult resulting in great bodily injury is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years. (F) A person who knowingly and wilfully abuses or neglects a vulnerable adult resulting in death is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years. (G) A person who threatens, intimidates, or attempts to intimidate a vulnerable adult subject of a report, a witness, or any other person cooperating with an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years. (H) A person who wilfully and knowingly obstructs or in any way impedes an investigation conducted pursuant to Chapter 35 of Title 43, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years. As used in this section, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-440 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 6 / Section 16-11-440
SECTION 16-11-440. Presumption of reasonable fear of imminent peril when using deadly force against another unlawfully entering residence, occupied vehicle or place of business.
Status: in_force

(A) A person is presumed to have a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury to himself or another person when using deadly force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily injury to another person if the person: (1) against whom the deadly force is used is in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or has unlawfully and forcibly entered a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or if he removes or is attempting to remove another person against his will from the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle; and (2) who uses deadly force knows or has reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act is occurring or has occurred. (B) The presumption provided in subsection (A) does not apply if the person: (1) against whom the deadly force is used has the right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle including, but not limited to, an owner, lessee, or titleholder; or (2) sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship, of the person against whom the deadly force is used; or (3) who uses deadly force is engaged in an unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further an unlawful activity; or (4) against whom the deadly force is used is a law enforcement officer who enters or attempts to enter a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle in the performance of his official duties, and he identifies himself in accordance with applicable law or the person using force knows or reasonably should have known that the person entering or attempting to enter is a law enforcement officer. (C) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in another place where he has a right to be, including, but not limited to, his place of business, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another person or to prevent the commission of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60. (D) A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter a person's dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60. (E) A person who by force enters or attempts to enter a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle in violation of an order of protection, restraining order, or condition of bond is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act regardless of whether the person is a resident of the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle including, but not limited to, an owner, lessee, or titleholder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-504 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-504
SECTION 16-17-504. Implementation; local laws.
Status: in_force

(A) Sections 16-17-500, 16-17-502, 16-17-503, and 16-17-506 must be enforced to ensure the eligibility for and receipt of federal funds or grants the State receives or may receive relating to the sections. Any laws, ordinances, or rules enacted pertaining to tobacco products may not supersede state law or regulation. Nothing in this section affects the right of any person having ownership or otherwise controlling private property to allow or prohibit the use of tobacco products on the property. (B) Smoking ordinances in effect before the effective date of this act are exempt from the requirements of subsection (A). Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 38, SECTIONS 1, 3 to 4, and 13, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Omnibus Tobacco Enforcement Act of 2023'." "SECTION 3. Laws, ordinances, or rules enacted by political subdivisions of this State prior to December 31, 2020, pertaining to ingredients, flavors, or licensing, related to the sale of cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, e-liquid, vapor products, tobacco products, or any other products containing nicotine that can be ingested into the body by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, or by any means, and municipal code amendments to said laws, ordinances, or rules, are exempt from the preemption imposed by this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority to determine its own public-use policies relating to any of the products referenced in this act. "SECTION 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with a political subdivision's authority under Chapter 29, Title 6, including, without limitation, with respect to land use regulation, land development regulation, zoning, or permitting." "SECTION 13. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor except SECTION 2, SECTION 3, and SECTION 4 which take effect upon approval by the Governor." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 38, SECTION 9, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "16-17-503, and 16-17-506 must be" for "and 16-17-503 must be implemented in an equitable and uniform manner throughout the State and", and in the second and third sentences, deleted "or alternative nicotine products" following "tobacco products".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-105 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-105
SECTION 16-13-105. Definitions; shoplifting and similar offenses.
Status: in_force

When used in Sections 16-13-110, 16-13-120 and 16-13-140 the terms listed below shall have the following meanings: (1) "Conceal" means to hide merchandise on the person or among the belongings of a person so that, although there may be some notice of its presence, it is not visible through ordinary observation. (2) "Full retail value" means the merchant's stated or advertised price of merchandise. (3) "Merchandise" means any goods, chattels, foodstuffs or wares of any type and description, regardless of value. (4) "Merchant" means an owner or operator of any retail mercantile establishment or any agent, employee, lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee or independent contractor of the owner or operator. (5) "Store or other retail mercantile establishment" means a place where merchandise is displayed, held, stored or sold or offered to the public for sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-810 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 16-11-810
SECTION 16-11-810. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Theft of Cable Television Service Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-420 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 16-9-420
SECTION 16-9-420. Aiding escape from custody of officers.
Status: in_force

Whoever aids or assists a prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from an officer or person who has the lawful custody of such prisoner shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, at hard labor, not exceeding two years or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-840 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 16-3-840
SECTION 16-3-840. Methods of judicial determination of age of child.
Status: in_force

When it becomes necessary for the purposes of this article to determine whether a child who participated in sexual conduct was younger than eighteen years of age, the court or jury may make this determination by any of the following methods: (1) personal inspection of the child; (2) inspection of the photograph or motion picture that shows the child engaging in the sexual performance; (3) oral testimony by a witness to the sexual performance as to the age of the child based on the child's appearance at the time; (4) expert medical testimony based on the appearance of the child engaging in the sexual performance; or (5) any other method authorized by law or by rules of evidence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-340 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-340
SECTION 16-13-340. Failure to return books, newspapers, magazines and the like borrowed from library and other institutions.
Status: in_force

Whoever borrows from any county library or municipal, school, college or other institutional library or gallery, museum, collection or exhibition any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film or other article belonging to or in the care of such library, gallery, museum, collection or exhibition under any agreement to return it and thereafter fails to return such book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film or other article shall be given written notice, mailed to his last known address or delivered in person, to return such book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film or other article within fifteen days, and in the event that such person shall thereafter wilfully and knowingly fail to return such borrowed article within fifteen days, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, provided the notice required by this section shall bear upon its face a copy of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-725 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-725
SECTION 16-17-725. Making false complaint to law enforcement officer; giving false information to rescue squad or fire department; misrepresenting identity to law enforcement officer during traffic stop or to avoid arrest or criminal charge.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly make a false complaint to a law enforcement officer concerning the alleged commission of a crime by another, or for a person to knowingly give false information to a rescue squad or fire department concerning the alleged occurrence of a health emergency or fire. (B) It is unlawful for a person to misrepresent his identification to a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop or for the purpose of avoiding arrest or criminal charges. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1900 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 16-3-1900
SECTION 16-3-1900. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article: (1) "Complainant" means a victim of a criminal offense that occurred in this State, a competent adult who resides in this State on behalf of a minor child who is a victim of a criminal offense that occurred in this State, or a witness who assisted the prosecuting entity in the prosecution of a criminal offense that occurred in this State. (2) "Conviction" means a conviction, adjudication of delinquency, guilty plea, nolo contendere plea, or forfeiture of bail. (3) "Criminal offense" means an offense against the person of an individual when physical or psychological harm occurs, including both common law and statutory offenses contained in Sections 16-3-1700, 16-3-1710, 16-3-1720, 16-3-1730, 16-25-20, 16-25-30, 16-25-65 and 23-3-430; criminal sexual conduct offenses pled down to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; domestic violence offenses pled down to assault and battery or assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; and the common law offense of attempt, punishable pursuant to Section 16-1-80. (4) "Family" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, or a person who regularly resides in the same household. (5) "Respondent" means a person who was convicted of a criminal offense for which the victim was the subject of the crime or the witness who assisted the prosecuting entity in prosecuting the criminal offense. (6) "Victim" means: (a) a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as a result of the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense; or (b) the spouse, parent, child, or lawful representative of a victim who is deceased, a minor, incompetent, or physically or psychologically incapacitated. "Victim" does not include a person who is the subject of an investigation for, charged with, or has been convicted of the offense in question; a person, including a spouse, parent, child, or lawful representative, who is acting on behalf of a suspect, juvenile offender, or defendant, unless such actions are required by law; or a person who was imprisoned or engaged in an illegal act at the time of the offense. (7) "Witness" means a person who has been or is expected to be summoned to testify for the prosecution, or who by reason of having relevant information is subject to being called or likely to be called as a witness for the prosecution, whether or not any action or proceeding has been commenced.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-500 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 16-13-500
SECTION 16-13-500. Citation of article.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Personal Financial Security Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-30 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 16-11-30
SECTION 16-11-30. Possession of master keys and nonowner key sets.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section: (1) "Master key" means a key which unlocks more than one locking device. (2) "Nonowner key sets" means a set of keys designed to open locking devices in a group of products, machines, or vehicles of a particular manufacturer, which differ in configuration from the keys issued by the manufacturer at the time of sale for the locking devices. (B) A person who has in his possession, actual or constructive, while engaged in the commission of a crime against the person or property of another, a master key or nonowner key set as defined in subsection (A), or if a master key is used in the commission of any such offense against the laws of this State, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-520 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-520
SECTION 16-11-520. Malicious injury to tree, house, outside fence, or fixture; trespass upon real property.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and maliciously cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure a tree, house, outside fence, or fixture of another or commit any other trespass upon real property 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. § 16-17-750 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 16-17-750
SECTION 16-17-750. Failure to carry certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt care; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person eighteen years of age or older to fail to carry in the person's personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to the person pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Section 1304 while the person is in this State. (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both. Validity For validity of this section, see U.S. v. South Carolina, 840 F.Supp.2d 898 (D.S.C. December 22, 2011).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-360 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 16-11-360
SECTION 16-11-360. Robbery after entry upon train.
Status: in_force

Any and all persons who may hereafter enter upon any locomotive engine or car on any railroad in this State and by threats, the exhibition of deadly weapons or the discharge of any pistol or gun on or near any such engine or car induce or compel any person on such engine or car to submit and deliver up or allow to be taken therefrom or from him or them anything of value shall be guilty of train robbery and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary not less than ten years nor more than twenty years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-14-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 14 / Section 16-14-50
SECTION 16-14-50. Possession of two or more cards falsely made or embossed prima facie evidence of violation.
Status: in_force

(a) When a person, other than the purported issuer, possesses two or more financial transaction cards which are falsely made or falsely embossed, such possession shall be prima facie evidence that such cards were obtained in violation of Section 16-14-40(a)(1) or Section 16-14-40(a)(2). (b) When a person, other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him possesses two or more financial transaction cards which are signed, such possession shall be prima facie evidence that such cards were obtained in violation of Section 16-14-40(a)(3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-1-10
SECTION 16-1-10. Categorization of felonies and misdemeanors; exemptions.
Status: repealed

(A) Felonies are classified, for the purpose of sentencing, into the following six categories: (1) Class A felonies (2) Class B felonies (3) Class C felonies (4) Class D felonies (5) Class E felonies (6) Class F felonies (B) Misdemeanors are classified, for the purpose of sentencing, into the following three categories: (1) Class A misdemeanors (2) Class B misdemeanors (3) Class C misdemeanors (C) All offenses with a term of imprisonment of less than one year are misdemeanors and exempt from the classification system. (D) The following offenses are classified as exempt under subsections (A) and (B): Code Commissioner's Note The crime classification tables are added by the Code Commissioner pursuant to Section 2-13-66, and updated annually. 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." 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. § 16-13-530 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 16-13-530
SECTION 16-13-530. Exceptions from application of article.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article may be construed to apply to: (1) the lawful acquisition and use of credit or other information in the course of a bona fide consumer or commercial transaction or in connection with an account by any financial institution or entity defined in or required to comply with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Section 1681, or the Federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act, 113 Stat. 1338; (2) the lawful, good faith exercise of a security interest or a right to offset exercised by a creditor, agency, or financial institution; or (3) the lawful, good faith compliance by a party when required by a warrant, levy, attachment, court order, or other judicial or administrative order, decree, or directive.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-29 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-29
SECTION 16-3-29. Attempted murder.
Status: repealed

A person who, with intent to kill, attempts to kill another person with malice aforethought, either expressed or implied, commits the offense of attempted murder. A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than thirty years. A sentence imposed pursuant to this section may not be suspended nor may probation be granted. 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."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-5-40 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-40
SECTION 16-5-40. Duty of officers to execute warrants.
Status: in_force

All sheriffs, constables, and other officers specially empowered shall obey and execute all warrants and other processes issued under the provisions of Sections 16-5-10, 16-5-20, or 16-5-50 and directed to them. If a sheriff, constable, or other officer specially empowered refuses to receive a warrant or other process when tendered to him or neglects or refuses to execute the same, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years. Fines collected are for use of citizens deprived of the rights secured by the provisions of this chapter. Warrants and other processes run with and are executed by officers anywhere within the circuit or county in which they are issued.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-55 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 16-23-55
SECTION 16-23-55. Procedure for returning found handgun.
Status: repealed

(A) A handgun that is found and turned over to a law enforcement agency must be held for a period of ninety days. During that period, the agency shall make a diligent effort to determine: (1) if the handgun is stolen; (2) if the handgun has been used in the commission of a crime; and (3) the true owner of the handgun. (B) At least twice during the ninety-day holding period, the agency shall advertise the handgun with its full description in a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the handgun was found. (C) After the ninety days have elapsed from publication of the first advertisement, and upon request of the individual who found and turned over the handgun, the agency shall return the handgun to this person if the individual pays all advertising and other costs incidental to returning the handgun. (D) Notwithstanding subsection (C), the agency shall not return a handgun to the individual who found and turned it in if that individual is prohibited under state or federal law from possessing or receiving a handgun. The agency may dispose of any handgun that is not reclaimed or returned under this section by sale in accordance with Sections 27-21-20 and 27-21-22. Editor's Note Section 23-31-140, referenced in subsections (C) and (D), was repealed by 2012 Act No. 285. 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 5, in (C), in the first sentence, deleted "fully completes the application process as described in Section 23-31-140 and in federal law, and" following "if the individual", and deleted the second sentence, which had provided that no handgun may be returned until the individual fully completes the application; and rewrote (D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-10 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-10
SECTION 16-13-10. Forgery.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) falsely make, forge, or counterfeit; cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited; or wilfully act or assist in the false making, forging, or counterfeiting of any writing or instrument of writing; (2) utter or publish as true any false, forged, or counterfeited writing or instrument of writing; (3) falsely make, forge, counterfeit, alter, change, deface, or erase; or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, altered, changed, defaced, or erased any record or plat of land; or (4) willingly act or assist in any of the premises, with an intention to defraud any person. (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 amount of the forgery 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 amount of the forgery is less than ten thousand dollars. (C) If the forgery does not involve a dollar amount, the person is 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, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-130 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-130
SECTION 16-15-130. Indecent exposure; breastfeeding.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully, maliciously, and indecently expose his person in a public place, on property of others, or to the view of any person on a street or highway. (2) This subsection does not apply to a woman who breastfeeds her own child in a public place, on property of others, to the view of any person on a street or highway, or any other place where a woman and her child are authorized to be. (B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-385 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-385
SECTION 16-13-385. Altering, tampering with or bypassing electric, gas or water meters; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for an unauthorized person to alter, tamper with, or bypass a meter which has been installed for the purpose of measuring the use of electricity, gas, or water. A meter found in a condition which would cause electricity, gas, or water to be diverted from the recording apparatus of the meter or to cause the meter to inaccurately measure the use of electricity, gas, or water or the attachment to a meter or distribution wire of any device, mechanism, or wire which would permit the use of unmetered electricity, gas, or water or would cause a meter to inaccurately measure the use is prima facie evidence that the person in whose name the meter was installed or the person for whose benefit electricity, gas, or water was diverted caused the electricity, gas, or water to be diverted from going through the meter or the meter to inaccurately measure the use of the electricity, gas, or water. (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section for a: (1) first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days; (2) second offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and (3) third or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (C) A person who violates the provisions of this section for profit or income on behalf of a person in whose name the meter was installed or a person for whose benefit electricity, gas, or water was diverted for a: (1) first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both; (2) second offense, is guilty of misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years or both; and (3) third or subsequent offense, 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. (D) A person who violates the provisions of this section and the violation results in property damage in excess of five thousand dollars or results in the risk of great bodily injury or death from fire, explosion, or electrocution for a: (1) first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both; (2) second offense, is guilty of misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years or both; and (3) third or subsequent offense, 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. (E) A person who violates the provisions of this section and the violation results in: (1) great bodily injury to another person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. For purposes of this item, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ; and (2) the death of another person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years. (F) This section does not apply to licensed and certified contractors while performing usual and ordinary service in accordance with recognized standards. (G) A person who violates the provisions of this section for the purpose of growing or manufacturing controlled substances listed, or to be listed, in the schedules in Sections 44-53-190, 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250, and 44-53-270 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-160 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 16-11-160
SECTION 16-11-160. Carrying fire on lands of another without permit.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a lighted torch, chunk or coals of fire in or under any mill or wooden building or over and across any of the enclosed or unenclosed lands of another person at any time without the special permit of the owner of such lands, mill or wooden building, whether any damage result therefrom or not. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days or to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-5 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 16-3-5
SECTION 16-3-5. Person causing injury which results in death at least three years later not to be prosecuted for homicide.
Status: in_force

A person who causes bodily injury which results in the death of the victim is not criminally responsible for the victim's death and must not be prosecuted for a homicide offense if at least three years intervene between the injury and the death of the victim.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-290 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 16-13-290
SECTION 16-13-290. Securing property by fraudulent impersonation of officer.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person, with intent to defraud either the State, a county, or municipal government or any person, to act as an officer and demand, obtain, or receive from a person or an officer of the State, county, or municipal government any money, paper, document, or other valuable things. 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 property or thing obtained has a value of more than four hundred dollars. (2) 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, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days if the property or thing obtained has a value of four hundred dollars or less.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-310 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 16-17-310
SECTION 16-17-310. Imitation of organizations' names, emblems and the like.
Status: in_force

No person, society or organization shall assume, use, adopt, become incorporated under or continue to use the name and style or emblems of any incorporated benevolent, fraternal, social, humane or charitable organization previously existing in this State or a name and style or emblem so nearly resembling the name and style of such incorporated organization as to be a colorable imitation thereof. When two or more of such societies, associations or corporations claim the right to the same name or to a name substantially similar as above provided, the organization which was first organized and used the name and first became incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state of the Union, whether incorporated in this State or not, shall be entitled in this State to the prior and exclusive use of such name, and the rights of such societies, associations or corporations and of their individual members shall be fixed and determined accordingly. Any person who shall wear a badge, button or other emblem or shall use the name or claim to be a member of any benevolent, fraternal, social, humane or charitable organization which is entitled to the exclusive use of such name and emblems under this section, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance thereto as to be a colorable imitation of such emblems and name, unless entitled so to do under the laws, rules and regulations of such organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than thirty days nor more than one year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-20 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 27 / Section 16-27-20
SECTION 16-27-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (a) "Animal" means any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild. (b) "Fighting" means an attack with violence by an animal against another animal or a human. (c) "Baiting" means to provoke or to harass an animal with one or more animals with the purpose of training an animal for, or to cause an animal to engage in, fights with or among other animals or between animals and humans. (d) "Person" means every natural person or individual and any firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-530 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-530
SECTION 16-11-530. Malicious injury to real property; school trustees deemed owners of school property.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining whether or not any school property has been maliciously injured as the offense of malicious mischief is defined in Section 16-11-520 and as to whether or not there has been a trespass upon such property as this offense is defined in Section 16-11-600 and for all prosecutions under these penal statutes and other statutes of a like nature, the trustees of the respective school districts in this State in their official capacity shall be deemed to be the owners and possessors of all school property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-60 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 16-15-60
SECTION 16-15-60. Adultery or fornication.
Status: in_force

Any man or woman who shall be guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication shall be liable to indictment and, on conviction, shall be severally punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-140 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 16-7-140
SECTION 16-7-140. Violations of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120.
Status: in_force

A person who violates any provision of Sections 16-7-110 and 16-7-120 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed twelve months.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-21-30 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 21 / Section 16-21-30
SECTION 16-21-30. Lending certificate of title.
Status: in_force

No person shall lend to another any certificate of title issued to him if the person desiring to borrow the certificate would not be entitled to the use thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit the use of any such certificate by one not entitled thereto. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-2060 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 19 / Section 16-3-2060
SECTION 16-3-2060. Civil action for victim of trafficking; statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who is a victim of trafficking in persons may bring a civil action in the court of common pleas. The court may award actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and other appropriate relief. A prevailing plaintiff also must be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages must be awarded on proof of actual damages when the defendant's acts were wilful and malicious. (B) Pursuant to Section 16-3-1110, the applicable statute of limitations for a crime victim who has a cause of action against an incarcerated offender is tolled and does not expire until three years after the offender's sentence is completed, including probation and parole, or three years after release from commitment pursuant to Chapter 48, Title 44, whichever is later. However, this provision does not shorten any other tolling period of the statute of limitations which may exist for the victim. (C) The statute of limitations for the filing of a civil suit does not begin to run until a minor victim has reached the age of majority. (D) If a victim entitled to sue is under a disability at the time the cause of action accrues, so that it is impossible or impractical for him to bring an action, then the time of the disability is not part of the time limited for the commencement of the action. Disability includes, but is not limited to, insanity, imprisonment, or other incapacity or incompetence. (E) The running of the statute of limitations may be suspended when a victim could not have reasonably discovered the cause of action due to circumstances resulting from the trafficking situation, such as psychological trauma, cultural and linguistic isolation, and the inability to access services. (F) A defendant is estopped to assert a defense of the statute of limitations when the expiration of the statute is due to conduct by the defendant inducing the victim to delay the filing of the action or placing the victim under duress.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-450 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 23 / Article 5 / Section 16-23-450
SECTION 16-23-450. Placing loaded trap gun, spring gun or like device.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, set or place a loaded trap gun, spring gun or any like device in any manner in any building or in any place within this State, and any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1260 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 16-3-1260
SECTION 16-3-1260. Reimbursement of State by convicted person for payment by Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division.
Status: in_force

(A) A payment of benefits to, or on behalf of, a victim or intervenor, or eligible family member under this article creates a debt due and owing to the State by a person as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, who has committed the criminal act. (B) The circuit court, when placing on probation a person who owes a debt to the State as a consequence of a criminal act, may set as a condition of probation the payment of the debt or a portion of the debt to the State. The court also may set the schedule or amounts of payments subject to modification based on change of circumstances. (C) The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall also have the right to make payment of the debt or a portion of the debt to the State a condition of parole or community supervision. (D) When a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent in a Family Court proceeding involving a crime upon which a claim under this article can be made, the family court, in its discretion, may order that the juvenile pay the debt to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, as created by this article, as an adult would have to pay had an adult committed the crime. Any assessments ordered may be made a condition of probation as provided in Section 63-19-1410. (E) Payments authorized or required under this section must be paid to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division. The Director of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, together with the Deputy Director of the Department of Crime Victim Compensation, shall coordinate the development of policies and procedures for the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the South Carolina Office of Court Administration, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, and the South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to assure that victim restitution programs are administered in an effective manner to increase payments into the fund. (F) Restitution payments to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund may be made by the Department of Corrections from wages accumulated by offenders in its custody who are subject to this article, except that offenders' wages must not be used for this purpose if monthly wages are at or below minimums required to purchase basic necessities. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, SECTION 5.K, redesignated the paragraph identifiers; in (D), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation" for "State Office of Victim Assistance"; in (E), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division" for "State Office of Victim Assistance", "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, together with the Deputy Director of the Department of Crime Victim Compensation," for "State Office of Victim Assistance", and "fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance"; in (F), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "State Office of Victim Assistance"; and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-653 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-653
SECTION 16-3-653. Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the actor uses aggravated coercion to accomplish sexual battery. (2) Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty years according to the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1545 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 16-3-1545
SECTION 16-3-1545. Juvenile cases; notification to victims of right to submit victim impact statement for disposition proceeding; form of statement; other required information for victims.
Status: in_force

(A) The prosecuting agency, when a juvenile case is referred or a general sessions charge is received involving one or more victims, reasonably must attempt to notify each victim of his right to submit an oral or written victim impact statement, or both, for consideration by the circuit or family court judge at the disposition proceeding. The victim also must be informed that a written victim impact statement may be submitted at any postadjudication proceeding by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, or the Department of Juvenile Justice. The prosecuting agency must provide to each victim who wishes to make a written victim impact statement a form that solicits pertinent information regarding the offense that may include: (1) the victim's personal information and supplementary contact information; (2) an itemization of the victim's economic loss and recovery from any insurance policy or another source; (3) details of physical or psychological injuries, or both, including their seriousness and permanence; (4) identification of psychological services requested or obtained by the victim; (5) a description of any changes in the victim's personal welfare or family relationships; and (6) any other information the victim believes to be important and pertinent. (B) The prosecuting agency must offer the victim assistance in preparing a comprehensive victim impact statement and assistance in reviewing and updating the statement, as appropriate, before the case is disposed. (C) The prosecuting agency must inform victims and witnesses of the applicable procedures and practices of the criminal or juvenile justice system, or both. (D) The prosecuting agency must inform each victim of his right to legal counsel and of any available civil remedies. (E) A law enforcement agency, the prosecuting agency, and the circuit and family courts must return to a victim personal property recovered or taken as evidence as expeditiously as possible, substituting photographs of the property and itemized lists of the property including serial numbers and unique identifying characteristics to use as evidence when possible. (F) The prosecuting agency must inform victims and prosecution witnesses of financial assistance, compensation, and fees to which they may be entitled and must offer to the victims and witnesses assistance with applications for these items. (G) The prosecuting agency, upon request, must make a reasonable attempt to keep each victim informed of the status and progress of a case, with the exception of preliminary hearings, from the time a juvenile case is referred to, or a general sessions charge is received by, the prosecuting agency for disposition of the case in general sessions or family court. (H) The prosecuting agency must discuss a case with the victim. The agency must confer with each victim about the disposition of the case including, but not limited to, diversions and plea negotiations. (I) The prosecuting agency reasonably must attempt to notify each victim of each hearing, trial, or other proceeding. This notification must be made sufficiently in advance to allow the victim to exercise his rights contained in this article. When proceedings are canceled or rescheduled, the prosecuting agency must reasonably attempt to inform victims and witnesses in a timely manner. (J) The prosecuting agency victim advocate, upon request, may intercede with, and seek special consideration from, employers of victims and witnesses to prevent loss of pay or benefits, or both, resulting from their participation in the criminal or juvenile justice system and with the victim's creditors, landlord, school, and other parties, as appropriate, throughout the prosecution process. (K) If a victim or witness is threatened, the prosecuting agency immediately must refer the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agency for prompt investigation and make a reasonable attempt to prosecute the case. (L) The prosecuting agency must take reasonable and appropriate steps to minimize inconvenience to victims and witnesses throughout court preparation and court proceedings and must familiarize victims and witnesses with courtroom procedure and protocol. (M) The prosecuting agency must refer victims to counselors, social service agencies, and victim assistance providers, as appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-345 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 16-15-345
SECTION 16-15-345. Disseminating obscene material to person under age eighteen prohibited; penalties.
Status: in_force

An individual eighteen years of age or older who knowingly disseminates to a person under the age of eighteen years 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 ten years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-720 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-720
SECTION 16-3-720. Destruction of deposition.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court in which such case is tried, in the event no appeal is taken, shall, as soon as the time for appealing has elapsed, withdraw the deposition from the record of the case and destroy it. And in case there is an appeal, as soon as the case is finally disposed of, the clerk shall destroy the depositions herein provided for.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-710 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16-11-710
SECTION 16-11-710. Acceptance of cash bond in lieu of immediate court appearance in litter control prosecutions.
Status: in_force

When any person is charged with a violation of 16-11-700 or any county ordinance relating to litter control, any officer authorized to enforce such law or ordinance may accept a cash bond in lieu of requiring an immediate court appearance. Such bond shall not exceed the maximum fine provided for a conviction of the offense charged and may be forfeited to the court by the enforcement officer if the person charged fails to appear in court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-230 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 16-9-230
SECTION 16-9-230. Acceptance of rebates or extra compensation.
Status: in_force

No person holding an office or position of trust or profit in this State or in the public institutions thereof shall accept rebates or extra compensation in addition to that provided by law. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than five years. This section shall not apply to officers accepting rebates not for their individual use but for the benefit and in behalf of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-5-50 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 16-5-50
SECTION 16-5-50. Penalty for hindering officers or rescuing prisoners.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall (a) hinder, prevent, or obstruct any officer or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or other process issued under the provisions of this chapter in arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant or other process may have been issued, (b) rescue or attempt to rescue such person from the custody of the officer or person or persons lawfully assisting him, as aforesaid, (c) aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested, as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custody of the officer or person or persons assisting him, as aforesaid, or (d) harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or other process shall have been issued, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact of the issuing of such warrant or other process, shall, on conviction for any such offense, be subject to a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than three years, or both, at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-610 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16-3-610
SECTION 16-3-610. Certain offenses committed with a carried or concealed deadly weapon.
Status: repealed

If a person is convicted of an offense pursuant to Section 16-3-29, 16-3-600, or manslaughter, and the offense is committed with a deadly weapon of the character as specified in Section 16-23-460 carried or concealed upon the person of the defendant, the judge shall, in addition to the punishment provided by law for such offense, sentence the person to imprisonment for the misdemeanor offense for not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or a fine of not less than two hundred dollars, or both. 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."
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-30 — SC Code / Title 16 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 16-9-30
SECTION 16-9-30. False swearing before persons authorized to administer oaths.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and knowingly swear falsely in taking any oath required by law that is administered by a person directed or permitted by law to administer such oath. A person who violates the provisions of this section 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.