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SC Code § 16-21-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-70. Use of bicycle or certain other vehicles without permission.

 Whoever knowingly and wilfully shall take and use any bicycle or other vehicle, except as defined in Section 56-19-10, without the consent of the owner thereof, but without intent to steal such vehicle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.87; 1952 Code Section 46-803; 1942 Code Section 1209; 1932 Code Section 1209; Cr. C. '22 Section 97; Cr. C. '12 Section 228; Cr. C. '02 Section 175; R. S. 170; 1883 (18) 434; 1917 (30) 43-47; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-21-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-80. Receiving, possessing, concealing, selling, or disposing of stolen vehicle.

 A person not entitled to the possession of a vehicle who receives, possesses, conceals, sells, or disposes of it, knowing it to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, is guilty of a:  (1) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the value of the vehicle is two thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both;  (2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the value of the vehicle is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars;  (3) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the value of the vehicle is ten thousand dollars or more.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.88; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 120; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.X, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 16-21-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-90. Damaging or tampering with vehicle.

 A person who, with intent and without right to do so, damages a vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components is guilty of a misdemeanor.  A person who, without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime, tampers with a vehicle or goes in or on it or works or attempts to work any of its parts or components or sets or attempts to set it in motion is guilty of a misdemeanor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.89; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-21-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-100. False reports of stolen or converted vehicles.

 A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a peace officer or to the Department is guilty of a misdemeanor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.90; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-21-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-110. Failing to report unclaimed vehicle in garage, repair shop and the like.

 A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in accordance with Section 56-19-840 is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.91; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-21-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-120. Other violations.

 A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who wilfully violates any other provision of Chapter 19 of Title 56, except as otherwise provided therein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.92; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-21-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-130. Penalties.

 A person who violates the provisions of this chapter, except as specifically provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.93; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1971 (57) 914; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 40.
SC Code § 16-21-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-140. Accessories, aiders or abettors.

 A person who, whether present or absent, aids, abets, induces, procures, or causes the commission of an act under a provision of this chapter is guilty of the principal offense and must be punished accordingly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.94; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 41.
SC Code § 16-21-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles|Section 16-21-150. Admissibility of evidence of prior similar acts.

 In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter evidence that the defendant has committed a prior act or acts of the same kind is admissible to prove criminal intent or knowledge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.95; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 16-23-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-30. Sale or delivery of handgun to and possession by certain persons unlawful; stolen handguns.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport for sale into this State any handgun to:  (1) a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence in any court of the United States, the several states, commonwealths, territories, possessions, or the District of Columbia or who is a fugitive from justice or a habitual drunkard or a drug addict or who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent;  (2) a person who is a member of a subversive organization;  (3) a person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not apply to the issue of handguns to members of the Armed Forces of the United States, active or reserve, National Guard, State Militia, or R. O. T. C., when on duty or training or the temporary loan of handguns for instructions under the immediate supervision of a parent or adult instructor; or  (4) a person who by order of a circuit judge or county court judge of this State has been adjudged unfit to carry or possess a firearm, such adjudication to be made upon application by any police officer, or by any prosecuting officer of this State, or sua sponte, by the court, but a person who is the subject of such an application is entitled to reasonable notice and a proper hearing prior to any such adjudication.  (B) It is unlawful for a person enumerated in subsection (A) to possess or acquire handguns within this State.  (C) A person shall not knowingly buy, sell, transport, pawn, receive, or possess any stolen handgun or one from which the original serial number has been removed or obliterated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-129.2; 1965 (54) 578; 2004 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff August 16, 2004; 2006 Act No. 336, Section 4, eff June 2, 2006; 2008 Act No. 192, Section 1, eff April 2, 2008.
SC Code § 16-23-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-50. Penalties; disposition of fines; forfeiture and disposition of handguns.

 (A)(1) A person, including a dealer, who violates the provisions of this article, except Section 16-23-20, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (2) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-23-20 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  (B) In addition to the penalty provided in this section, the handgun involved in the violation of this article must be confiscated. The handgun must be delivered to the chief of police of the municipality or to the sheriff of the county if the violation occurred outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The law enforcement agency that receives the confiscated handgun may use it within the agency, transfer it to another law enforcement agency for the lawful use of that agency, trade it with a retail dealer licensed to sell handguns in this State for a handgun or any other equipment approved by the agency, or destroy it. A weapon must not be disposed of in any manner until the results of any legal proceeding in which it may be involved are finally determined. If the State Law Enforcement Division seized the handgun, the division may keep the handgun for use by its forensic laboratory. Records must be kept of all confiscated handguns received by the law enforcement agencies under the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-129.7; 1965 (54) 578; 1975 (59) 582; 1976 Act No. 585; 1986 Act No. 367; 1986 Act No. 532, Section 4; 1988 Act No. 457, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 189; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36J; 1998 Act No. 297, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff August 16, 2004.
SC Code § 16-23-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-55. Procedure for returning found handgun.

 (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 fully completes the application process as described in Section 23-31-140 and in federal law, and pays all advertising and other costs incidental to returning the handgun. No handgun may be returned until the individual fully completes the application.  (D) Upon proper completion of the application, the law enforcement agency shall provide copies of the application in compliance with Section 23-31-140.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff August 16, 2004.  Editor's Note  Section 23-31-140, referenced in subsections (C) and (D), was repealed by 2012 Act No. 285.
SC Code § 16-23-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-60. Construction.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-129.8; 1974 (58) 2871; 2004 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff August 16, 2004.
SC Code § 16-23-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-220. Unlawful transportation of machine gun, military firearm, or sawed-off shotgun or rifle within State.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-122; 1952 Code Section 16-122; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1934 (38) 1288; 1975 (59) 135; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 42.
SC Code § 16-23-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-230. Unlawful storing, keeping, or possessing of machine gun, military firearm, or sawed-off shotgun or rifle.

 It is unlawful for a person to store, keep, possess, or have in possession or permit another to store, keep, possess, or have in possession 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-123; 1952 Code Section 16-123; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1934 (38) 1288; 1975 (59) 135; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 43.
SC Code § 16-23-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-240. Unlawful sale, rental, or giving away of machine gun, military firearm, or sawed-off shotgun or rifle; exceptions.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-124; 1952 Code Section 16-124; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1934 (38) 1288; 1975 (59) 135; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 44.
SC Code § 16-23-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-250. Exceptions to application of article.

 The provisions of this article do not apply to the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the United States, the National Guard, and organizations authorized by law to purchase or receive machine guns, military firearms, or sawed-off shotguns or sawed-off rifles, from the United States or from this State and the members of these organizations. Any peace officer of the State or of a county or other political subdivision, state constable, member of the highway patrol, railway policeman or warden, superintendent, head keeper or deputy of a state prison, correction facility, workhouse, county jail, city jail, or other institution for the detention of persons convicted or accused of crime or held as witnesses in criminal cases or persons on duty in the postal service of the United States or a common carrier while transporting direct to a police department, military, or naval organization or person authorized by law to possess or use a machine gun, or sawed-off shotgun, or sawed-off rifle, may possess machine guns, or sawed-off shotguns, or sawed-off rifles, when required in the performance of their duties. The provisions of this section must not be construed to apply to machine guns, or sawed-off shotguns, or sawed-off rifles kept for display as relics and which are rendered harmless and not usable.  The provisions of this article do not apply to any manufacturer of machine guns or military firearms licensed pursuant to the provisions of 18 U. S. C. Section 921 et seq., any person authorized to possess these weapons by the United States Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or any other federal agency empowered to grant this authorization, any common or contract carrier transporting or shipping any machine gun or military firearm to or from the manufacturer if the transportation or shipment is not prohibited by federal law, or persons licensed pursuant to Section 23-31-370.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-125; 1952 Code Section 16-125; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1934 (38) 1288; 1975 (59) 135; 1978 Act No. 541 Section 3; 1986 Act No. 532, Section 1; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 106, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-23-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-260. Penalties.

 A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-127; 1952 Code Section 16-127; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 45.
SC Code § 16-23-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-270. Article not applicable to antique firearms.

 The provisions of this article shall not apply to antique firearms.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 135; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-23-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-280. Manufacture and sale of machine guns by licensed manufacturer.

 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.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 541 Section 1; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-23-405 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-405. Definition of "weapon"; confiscation and disposition of weapons used in commission or in furtherance of crime.

 (A) Except for the provisions relating to rifles and shotguns in Section 16-23-460, as used in this chapter, "weapon" means firearm (rifle, shotgun, pistol, or similar device that propels a projectile through the energy of an explosive), a blackjack, a metal pipe or pole, or any other type of device, or object which may be used to inflict bodily injury or death.  (B) A person convicted of a crime, in addition to a penalty, shall have a weapon used in the commission or in furtherance of the crime confiscated. Each weapon must be delivered to the chief of police of the municipality or to the sheriff of the county if the violation occurred outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The law enforcement agency that receives the confiscated weapon may use it within the agency, transfer it to another law enforcement agency for the lawful use of that agency, trade it with a retail dealer licensed to sell pistols in this State for a pistol or other equipment approved by the agency, or destroy it. A weapon may not be disposed of until the results of all legal proceedings in which it may be involved are finally determined. A firearm seized by the State Law Enforcement Division may be kept by the division for use by its forensic laboratory.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 532, Section 5; 1998 Act No. 297, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 337, Section 1, eff June 25, 2008.
SC Code § 16-23-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-410. Pointing firearm at another person.

 It is unlawful for a person to present or point at another person a loaded or unloaded firearm.  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. This section must not be construed to abridge the right of self-defense or to apply to theatricals or like performances.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-141; 1952 Code Section 16-141; 1942 Code Section 1119; 1932 Code Section 1119; Cr. C. '22 Section 17; Cr. C. '12 Section 162; 1910 (26) 694; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 46.
SC Code § 16-23-415 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-415. Taking firearm or other weapon from law enforcement officer.

 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.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 379, Section 3, eff June 9, 2006.