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SC Code § 23-3-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-280. Release of information.

 The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the MPIC:  (a) Any police, law enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report of a missing or unidentified person or child, whether living or deceased.  (b) A court, upon a finding by the court that access to the data, information, or records of the MPIC may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court.  (c) Any solicitor of a judicial circuit in this State or the solicitor's designee or representative.  (d) Any person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the Chief; provided, no names or addresses may be supplied to this person.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 9.
SC Code § 23-3-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-290. Fees.

 The MPIC may not charge any fee for inquiries made to it pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 10.
SC Code § 23-3-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-300. Toll-free phone line; instructions to callers; communication with law enforcement agencies.

 The MPIC shall provide a toll-free telephone line for anyone to report the disappearance of any individual or the sighting of any missing child or missing person. MPIC personnel shall instruct the caller, in the case of a report concerning the disappearance of an individual, of the requirements contained in Section 23-3-240 of first having to submit a missing person report on the individual to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing. Any law enforcement agency may retrieve information imparted to the MPIC by means of this phone line. The MPIC must directly communicate any report of a sighting of a missing person or a missing child to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the area of disappearance or sighting.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 11.
SC Code § 23-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-310. Improper release of information; penalty.

 Any person who knowingly and wilfully releases, or authorizes the release of, any data, information, or records maintained or possessed by the MPIC to any agency, entity, or person other than as specifically permitted by this article or in violation of any regulation promulgated by the MPIC is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 12.
SC Code § 23-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-320. Missing Person Task Force.

 There is created a Missing Person Task Force composed of five members appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall designate a member as chairman. The Task Force shall study information gathered from the MPIC and the FBI/NCIC in order to make long-range plans concerning the gathering, maintaining, and processing of information and data on missing persons and missing children, concerning the effectiveness of efforts to determine the whereabouts of missing persons and missing children through the efforts of the MPIC, and concerning related matters. The Task Force shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Joint Legislative Committee on Children on or before July 1, 1986. After submission of this report, the Missing Person Task Force is dissolved. The Task Force may meet as frequently as its chairman or a majority of its members considers necessary. Members of the Task Force are allowed the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 13.
SC Code § 23-3-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-330. Endangered Person Notification System.

 (A) The Endangered Person Notification System is established within the Missing Person Information Center. The purpose of the Endangered Person Notification System is to provide a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding a missing person who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.  (B) If the center receives a report that involves a missing person who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment, for the protection of the person from potential abuse or other physical harm, neglect, or exploitation, the center shall issue a notification providing for the appropriate dissemination of information regarding the person.  (C) The center shall adopt guidelines and develop procedures for issuing notifications for missing persons believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment, provide education and training to local law enforcement agencies, and encourage radio and television broadcasters to participate in the notifications.  (D) The center shall consult with the Department of Transportation and develop a procedure for the use of overhead permanent changeable message signs to provide information on a missing person who is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment when the person's vehicle and license tag information is available. The Department of Transportation shall utilize current protocol for the content, length, and frequency of any message to be placed on an overhead permanent changeable message sign.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 192, Section 4, eff May 28, 2010.
SC Code § 23-3-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-400. Purpose.

 The intent of this article is to promote the state's fundamental right to provide for the public health, welfare, and safety of its citizens. Notwithstanding this legitimate state purpose, these provisions are not intended to violate the guaranteed constitutional rights of those who have violated our nation's laws.  The sex offender registry will provide law enforcement with the tools needed in investigating criminal offenses. Statistics show that sex offenders often pose a high risk of re-offending. Additionally, law enforcement's efforts to protect communities, conduct investigations, and apprehend offenders who commit sex offenses are impaired by the lack of information about these convicted offenders who live within the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-410. Registry; contents and purpose; cross-reference alias names.

 (A) The registry is under the direction of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and shall contain information the chief considers necessary to assist law enforcement in the location of persons convicted of certain offenses. SLED shall develop and operate the registry to: collect, analyze, and maintain information; make information available to every enforcement agency in this State and in other states; and establish a security system to ensure that only authorized persons may gain access to information gathered under this article.  (B) SLED shall include and cross-reference alias names in the registry.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 141, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-420. Promulgation of regulations.

 The State Law Enforcement Division shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-450. Offender registration with sheriff; sheriff's notification of local law enforcement agencies.

 The offender shall register with the sheriff of each county in which he resides, owns real property, is employed, or attends, is enrolled, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation at any public or private school, including, but not limited to, a secondary school, adult education school, college or university, and any vocational, technical, or occupational school. To register, the offender must provide information as prescribed by SLED. The sheriff in the county in which the offender resides, owns real property, is employed, or attends, is enrolled, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation at any public or private school shall forward all required registration information to SLED within three business days. A copy of this information must be kept by the sheriff's department. The county sheriff shall ensure that all information required by SLED is secured and shall establish specific times of the day during which an offender may register. An offender shall not be considered to have registered until all information prescribed by SLED has been provided to the sheriff. The sheriff in the county in which the offender resides, owns real property, is employed, or attends, is enrolled, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation at any public or private school shall notify all local law enforcement agencies, including college or university law enforcement agencies, within three business days of an offender who resides, owns real property, is employed, or attends, is enrolled, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation at any public or private school within the local law enforcement agency's jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 141, Section 4; 2010 Act No. 212, Section 4, eff June 7, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 23-3-465 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-465. Residence in campus student housing.

 Any person required to register under this article is prohibited from living in campus student housing at a public institution of higher learning supported in whole or in part by the State.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 94, Section 2.
SC Code § 23-3-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-470. Failure to register or provide required notifications; penalties.

 (A) It is the duty of the offender to contact the sheriff in order to register, provide notification of change of permanent or temporary address, or notification of change of employment, or in attendance, enrollment, employment, volunteer status, intern status, or vocation status at any public or private school, including, but not limited to, a kindergarten, elementary school, middle school or junior high, high school, secondary school, adult education school, college or university, and any vocational, technical, or occupational school. If an offender fails to register, provide notification of change of address, or notification of permanent or temporary change in employment, or attendance, enrollment, employment, volunteer status, intern status, or vocation status at any public or private school, as required by this article, he must be punished as provided in subsection (B).  (B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court.  (2) A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted.  (3) A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of five years, three years of which shall not be suspended nor probation granted.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 141, Section 6; 2008 Act No. 333, Section 2, eff June 16, 2009; 2010 Act No. 212, Section 6, eff June 7, 2010.  Editor's Note  2008 Act No. 333, Section 4, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and ninety days after the State Law Enforcement Division has certified that sex offender mapping software has been implemented."  2009 Act No. 77, Section 2 provides as follows:  "SECTION 2 of Act 333 of 2008 shall take effect upon approval of this act by the Governor. All other sections of Act 333 of 2008 shall take effect as provided in SECTION 4 of Act 333 of 2008."  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in paragraph (B)(1), substituted "may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both" for "must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of ninety days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted".  The 2010 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 23-3-475 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-475. Registering with false information; penalties.

 (A) Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when registering as an offender pursuant to this article must be punished as provided in subsection (B).  (B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court.  (2) A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted.  (3) A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of five years, three years of which shall not be suspended nor probation granted.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 212, Section 7, eff June 7, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (B)(1); and, in subsection (B)(2), substituted "three hundred sixty-six days," for "one year" following "a mandatory period of".
SC Code § 23-3-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-480. Notice of duty to register; what constitutes; registration following charge of failure to register not a defense.

 (A) An arrest on charges of failure to register, service of an information or complaint for failure to register, or arraignment on charges of failure to register constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A person charged with the crime of failure to register who asserts as a defense the lack of notice of the duty to register shall register immediately following actual notice through arrest, service, or arraignment. Failure to register after notice as required by this article constitutes grounds for filing another charge of failure to register. Registering following arrest, service, or arraignment on charges does not relieve the offender from the criminal penalty for failure to register before the filing of the original charge.  (B) Section 23-3-470 shall not apply to a person convicted of an offense provided in Section 23-3-430 prior to July 1, 1994, and who was released from custody prior to July 1, 1994, unless the person has been served notice of the duty to register by the sheriff of the county in which the person resides. This person shall register within ten days of the notification of the duty to register.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 112A; 1996 Act No. 444, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-500. Psychiatric or psychological treatment for children adjudicated for certain sex offenses.

 A court must order that a child under twelve years of age who is convicted of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is adjudicated for an offense listed in Section 23-3-430(C) be given appropriate psychiatric or psychological treatment to address the circumstances of the offense for which the child was convicted, pled guilty or nolo contendere, or adjudicated.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-510. Persons committing criminal offenses using sex offender registry information; punishment.

 A person who commits a criminal offense using information from the sex offender registry disclosed to him pursuant to Section 23-3-490, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:  (1) For a misdemeanor offense, the maximum fine prescribed by law for the offense may be increased by not more than one thousand dollars, and the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the offense may be increased by not more than six months.  (2) For a felony offense, the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the offense may be increased by not more than five years.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-520. Immunity of public officials, employees, and agencies for acts or omissions under this article; exceptions; duties regarding disclosure of information.

 (A) An appointed or elected public official, public employee, or public agency is immune from civil liability for damages for any act or omission under this article unless the official's, employee's, or agency's conduct constitutes gross negligence.  (B) Nothing in this chapter imposes an affirmative duty on a person to disclose to a member of the public information from the sex offender registry other than on those persons responsible for providing registry information pursuant to their official duties as provided for in this chapter.  (C) Nothing in this section may be construed to mean that information regarding persons on the sex offender registry is confidential except as otherwise provided by law.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 384, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-525 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-525. Notice by real estate brokerage about obtaining sex offender registry information.

 A real estate brokerage and its affiliated licensees is immune from liability for any act or omission related to the disclosure of information under this chapter if the brokerage or its affiliated licensees in a timely manner provides to its clients and customers written notice that they may obtain information about the sex offender registry and persons registered with the registry by contacting the county sheriff. The notice may be included as part of a listing agreement, buyer representation agreement, or sales agreement.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 141, Section 7.
SC Code § 23-3-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-530. Protocol manual for sex offender registry; contents.

 The State Law Enforcement Division shall develop and maintain a protocol manual to be used by contributing agencies in the administration of the sex offender registry. The protocol manual must include, but is not limited to, the following:  (1) procedures for the verification of addresses by the sheriff's department in the county where the person resides; and  (2) specific requirements for registration and reregistration including, but not limited to, the following:  (a) the name, social security number, age, race, sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color; address of permanent residence, address of current temporary residence, within the State or out of state, including rural route address and post office box, which may not be provided instead of a physical residential address; date and place of employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number, including work vehicles that are used the majority of the employee's work time, and the permanent or frequent location where all vehicles are kept; fingerprints and palm prints; Internet identifiers; passport and immigration documents; and a photograph;  (b) the name, address, and county of each institution of higher learning, including the specific campus location, if the person is enrolled, employed, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation there;  (c) the vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number, and a description, including the color scheme, if the person lives in a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home and the permanent or frequent location where all vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, and manufactured homes are kept;  (d) the hull identification number, the manufacturer's serial number, the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, the registration number, and a description of the color scheme, if the person lives in a vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; and  (e) the tail number, manufacturer's serial number, and model of any aircraft, and a description of the aircraft, including the color scheme, and the permanent or frequent location where all aircraft are kept, if the person owns or operates an aircraft.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 110, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 342, Section 5, eff July 1, 2006; 2010 Act No. 212, Section 8, eff June 7, 2010.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 342, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as the 'Sex Offender Accountability and Protection of Minors Act of 2006'."  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment added items (1) and (2) setting forth required contents.  The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (2).