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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-660. Using dry wells for sewerage in towns of 500 or over.

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to keep, maintain or use a dry well or other wells or privy vaults into which sewerage matter is discharged or received in any city, town or village having a population of not less than five hundred, whether incorporated or unincorporated, when such city, town or village has no public general supply of water for personal and domestic uses. Any person who now has or maintains any such well for the discharge or reception of sewerage matter shall, upon fifteen days' notice from any magistrate that complaint thereof has been made, close up such well and discontinue its use entirely. Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not exceeding thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-568; 1952 Code Section 16-568; 1942 Code Section 1488; 1932 Code Section 1488; Cr. C. '22 Section 432; Cr. C. '12 Section 442; 1908 (25) 1117; 1910 (26) 630.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-670. Record kept by dealers in crossties.

Any person within this State dealing in crossties shall keep a book of record which shall be open to the public and in which shall be legibly written the name of the party or parties from whom crossties are purchased, the number of crossties purchased and the lands or premises from which such crossties are cut or harvested. Any person violating the terms of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-571; 1952 Code Section 16-571; 1942 Code Section 1350; 1932 Code Section 1350; Cr. C. '22 Section 238; 1918 (30) 701.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-690. Fortunetelling for purpose of promoting another business.

It shall be unlawful to engage in the business, trade or profession of fortunetelling, palmistry, phrenology, clairvoyance or the prediction of future events by cards or other means or to offer to tell fortunes or predict future events by palmistry, astrology, clairvoyance, cards or other means as an inducement to promote some other business, trade or profession. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-572; 1952 Code Section 16-572; 1945 (44) 60.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-700. Tattooing.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-574; 1966 (54) 2331; 1986 Act No. 395; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 187; 2004 Act No. 250, Section 2, eff June 17, 2004.
Code Commissioner's Note
Section 40-47-60 was deleted by 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1. See now, Section 40-47-30.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-710. Resale of ticket to event; price restriction; exceptions; penalties.

(A) A person or entity who offers for resale or resells a ticket for admission to an event must request or receive no more than one dollar above the price charged by the original ticket seller.
(B) This section does not apply to an open market event ticket offered for resale through an internet website or at a permitted physical location when the person or entity reselling the ticket guarantees to the ticket buyer a full refund of the amount paid for the ticket if:
(1) the event is cancelled, except that ticket delivery and processing charges are not required to be refunded if disclosed in the guarantee;
(2) the buyer is denied admission to the event, unless the denial is due to the act or omission of the buyer; or
(3) the ticket is not delivered to the buyer and the failure results in the buyer's inability to use the ticket to attend the event.
(C) For purposes of this section, the term "open market event ticket" means a ticket to an event other than an event sponsored by or taking place at a venue owned by an institution of higher education. An institution of higher education may designate a ticket as an open market event ticket if the institution approves the resale of the ticket prior to the initial sale or delivery of the ticket and issues a public statement or notice authorizing the resale of the ticket.
(D) For purposes of this section, the term "permitted physical location" is a physical geographic location that is either:
(1) on property not owned by the owner of the venue of the ticketed event or on public property even if the property is the venue of the ticketed event subject to reasonable restrictions or conditions imposed by the owner to protect the safety and welfare of attendees of the ticketed event; or
(2) on private property owned by the owner of the venue of the ticketed event if the owner expressly authorizes in writing such resales to occur on the property. The owner may provide specific locations on the property for resales to occur and provide for any conditions for resales on the property.
(E) A person or entity who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
(F) The resale or offer for resale of each ticket constitutes a separate offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-575; 1968 (55) 2692; 1977 Act No. 64; 2006 Act No. 367, Section 2, eff June 9, 2006.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-720. Impersonating law enforcement officer.

It shall be unlawful for any person other than a duly authorized law enforcement officer to represent to any person that he is a law enforcement officer and, acting upon such representation, to arrest or detain any person, search any building or automobile or in any way impersonate a law enforcement officer or act in accordance with the authority commonly given to such officers. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private citizen from making a citizen's arrest in accordance with the laws of this State.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-576; 1969 (56) 157.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-722. Filing of false police reports; knowledge; offense; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly file a false police report.
(B) A person who violates subsection (A) by falsely reporting a felony is guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.
(C) A person who violates subsection (A) by falsely reporting a misdemeanor is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned not more than thirty days or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
(D) In imposing a sentence under this section, the judge may require the offender to pay restitution to the investigating agency to offset costs incurred in investigating the false police report.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 349, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › 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.

(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.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 87; 2008 Act No. 191, Section 1, eff April 2, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-730. Charges for political advertisements in newspapers.

No newspaper in this State shall charge more for a political advertisement than the local prevailing rate for a commercial advertisement and payment for such advertisement shall be under the same terms and conditions as payment for a commercial advertisement. Any newspaper violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each violation.
HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 146 Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-740. Sale or possession of "cigarette load"; penalty.

It is unlawful for any person to sell or possess a novelty device commonly known as a "cigarette load" which may cause a cigarette or cigar to blow up or explode after being lit.
Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars or by a term of imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.
HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 19.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-750. Failure to carry certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt care; penalty.

(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.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 69, Section 5, eff January 1, 2012.
Validity
For validity of this section, see U.S. v. South Carolina, 840 F.Supp.2d 898 (D.S.C. December 22, 2011).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-760. Knowing and false representation with intent of securing tangible benefit; penalty.

(A) This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Military Service Integrity and Preservation Act".
(B) A person who, with the intent of securing a tangible benefit, knowingly and falsely represents himself through a written or oral communication, including a resume, to have:
(1) served in the Armed Forces of the United States, 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; or
(2) been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished-Service Cross, a Navy Cross, an Air Force Cross, a Silver Star, a Purple Heart, a Combat Infantryman's Badge, a Combat Action Badge, a Combat Medical Badge, a Combat Action Ribbon, or a Combat Action Medal as authorized by Congress or pursuant to federal law for the Armed Forces of the United States, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(C) For purposes of this section, "tangible benefit" includes:
(1) a benefit relating to military service provided by the federal government or a state or local government;
(2) employment or personal advancement;
(3) financial remuneration;
(4) an effect on the outcome of a criminal or civil court proceeding; or
(5) an effect on an election which is presumed if the representation is made by a candidate for public office.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 175 (H.4259), Section 1, eff May 16, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Policy › Section 16-17-770. Impersonating a lawyer; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for a person other than a lawyer, who is licensed to practice law in this State or in another state or jurisdiction in the United States and not disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in any state or jurisdiction, to represent to any person that he is a lawyer for the purpose of soliciting business, obtaining anything of value, or providing legal advice or assistance. A person who violates the provisions of this section:
(1) for a 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) for a second offense, 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; and
(3) for a 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.
(B) The provisions of this section do not alter the provisions of Chapter 5, Title 40, regulating the practice of law.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 64 (H.3215), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-10. Setting up lotteries.

Whoever shall publicly or privately erect, set up, or expose to be played or drawn at or shall cause or procure to be erected, set up, or exposed to be played, drawn, or thrown at any lottery under the denomination of sales of houses, lands, plate, jewels, goods, wares, merchandise, or other things whatsoever or for money or by any undertaking whatsoever, in the nature of a lottery, by way of chances, either by dice, lots, cards, balls, numbers, figures, or tickets or who shall make, write, print or publish, or cause to be made, written, or published any scheme or proposal for any of the purposes aforesaid is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined one thousand dollars and imprisoned for one year. One-third of the fine imposed shall be paid to the person, if any, who informed law enforcement officials or other appropriate authorities about the violation which led to the conviction. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-501; 1952 Code Section 16-501; 1942 Code Section 1231; 1932 Code Section 1231; Cr. C. '22 Section 123; Cr. C. '12 Section 259; Cr. C. '02 Section 199; G. S. 2596; R. S. 185; 1762 (4) 180; 1996 Act No. 292, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-20. Adventuring in lotteries.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-502; 1952 Code Section 16-502; 1942 Code Section 1232; 1932 Code Section 1232; Cr. C. '22 Section 124; Cr. C. '12 Section 260; Cr. C. '02 Section 200; G. S. 2597; R. S. 186; 1762 (4) 180.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-30. Selling lottery tickets.

It shall be unlawful to offer for sale any lottery tickets or to open or keep any office for the sale of lottery tickets, and if any person shall offend against any of the provisions of this section he shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay to the State a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. The county treasurer of the county in which such offense occurs shall prosecute the offender.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-503; 1952 Code Section 16-503; 1942 Code Section 1233; 1932 Code Section 1233; Cr. C. '22 Section 125; Cr. C. '12 Section 261; Cr. C. '02 Section 201; G. S. 2598; R. S. 187; 1846 (11) 368.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-40. Unlawful games and betting.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-504; 1952 Code Section 16-504; 1942 Code Section 1738; 1932 Code Section 1738; Cr. C. '22 Section 720; Cr. C. '12 Section 704; Cr. C. '02 Section 506; G. S. 1715; R. S. 391; 1802 (5) 432; 1816 (6) 27; 1909 (26) 66; 1999 Act No. 125, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-50. Keeping unlawful gaming tables.

Any person who shall set up, keep, or use any (a) 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, (b) roley-poley table, (c) table to play at rouge et noir, (d) faro bank (e) any other gaming table or bank of the like kind or of any other kind for the purpose of gaming, or (f) any machine or device licensed pursuant to Section 12-21-2720 and used for gambling purposes except the games of billiards, bowls, chess, draughts, and backgammon, upon being convicted thereof, upon indictment, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than two hundred dollars.
This section does not apply to the development, manufacture, processing, selling, possessing, provision of technical aid, or transporting of any printed materials, gaming equipment, devices, or other materials, software, or hardware used or designated for use in out-of-state jurisdictions by a gaming device manufacturer. A gaming device manufacturer is a manufacturing entity that is in good standing with the South Carolina Secretary of State's Office, is registered with the United States Department of Justice Gambling Device Registration Unit, is authorized to do business in the State of South Carolina, and has all appropriate business licensure and zoning authorization necessary to operate a manufacturing facility in the jurisdiction in which the manufacturing facility is located. Any transportation of gaming devices authorized in this section must comply with all applicable federal laws. This section may not be construed so as to prohibit communications between persons in this State and persons involved with such legal lotteries or gaming devices relative to such printed materials, equipment, devices, or other materials, software, or hardware.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-505; 1952 Code Section 16-505; 1942 Code Section 1739; 1932 Code Section 1739; Cr. C. '22 Section 721; Cr. C. '12 Section 705; Cr. C. '02 Section 507; G. S. 1716; R. S. 392; 1816 (6) 27; 1999 Act No. 125, Section 7; 2022 Act No. 190 (H.4161), Section 2, eff May 16, 2022.
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 190, Section 2, added the second undesignated paragraph.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-60. Certain social games of tiles, cards, and dice not unlawful under certain circumstances.

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.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 194 (S.779), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-70. Keeping gaming tables open or playing games on the Sabbath.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-506; 1952 Code Section 16-506; 1942 Code Section 1748; 1932 Code Section 1748; Cr. C. '22 Section 729; Cr. C. '12 Section 714; Cr. C. '02 Section 516; G. S. 2592; R. S. 402; 1790 (5) 350.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-80. Forfeiture of wagers.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-507; 1952 Code Section 16-507; 1942 Code Section 1741; 1932 Code Section 1741; Cr. C. '22 Section 723; Cr. C. '12 Section 707; Cr. C. '02 Section 509; G. S. 1718; R. S. 394; 1816 (6) 28; 1909 (26) 67.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-90. Betting on elections.

Any person who shall make any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value or shall have any share or part in any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value upon any election in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one month.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-508; 1952 Code Section 16-508; 1942 Code Section 1740; 1932 Code Sections 1412, 1740; Cr. C. '22 Sections 347, 722; Cr. C. '12 Sections 358, 706; Cr. C. '02 Sections 271, 508; G. S. 1717, 2546; R. S. 235, 393; 1850 (12) 72; 1909 (26) 67.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-100. Imprisonment in case of conviction.

Upon conviction of any person under any of the provisions of Sections 16-19-40, 16-19-50 or 16-19-90, the court before whom such conviction shall take place shall commit such offender to the common jail of the county in which such conviction shall happen for a period not exceeding the time for which such offender has been sentenced, unless such offender shall sooner pay the fine or fines herein imposed, together with the cost of prosecution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-512; 1952 Code Section 16-512; 1942 Code Section 1744; 1932 Code Section 1744; Cr. C. '22 Section 726; Cr. C. '12 Section 711; 1909 (26) 67.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-110. Exoneration for becoming State's evidence.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-513; 1952 Code Section 16-513; 1942 Code Section 1744; 1932 Code Section 1744; Cr. C. '22 Section 726; Cr. C. '12 Section 711; 1909 (26) 67.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-120. Officers shall destroy gambling devices after confiscation.

All officers of the law in whose care, possession or keeping may be placed any gambling or gaming machine or device of any kind whatsoever or any gambling or gaming punchboard of any kind or description whatsoever which has been confiscated for violation of any criminal law or laws of this State shall immediately after conviction of the violator of the law destroy the same.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-514; 1952 Code Section 16-514; 1942 Code Section 1747; 1932 Code Section 1747; 1923 (33) 123.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-130. Betting, pool selling, bookmaking and the like prohibited.

Any person within this State who:
(1) Engages in betting at any race track, pool selling or bookmaking, with or without writing, at any time or place;
(2) Keeps or occupies any room, shed, tenement, booth, building, float or vessel, or any part thereof, or occupies any place or stand of any kind upon any public or private grounds within this State with books, papers, apparatus or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers or of selling pools;
(3) Records or registers bets or wagers or sells pools or makes books, with or without writing, upon the result of any (a) trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, (b) political nomination, appointment or election or (c) lot, chance, casualty, unknown or contingent event whatsoever;
(4) Receives, registers, records or forwards or purports or pretends to receive, register, record or forward, in any manner whatsoever, any money, thing or consideration of value bet or wagered or offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered by or for any other person or sells pools upon any such result;
(5) Being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth, building, float or vessel, or part thereof, or of any grounds within this State knowingly permits the same to be used or occupied for any of these purposes or therein keeps, exhibits or employs any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering such bets or wagers or the selling of such pools or becomes the custodian or depository for gain, hire or reward of any money, property or thing of value staked, wagered or pledged or to be wagered or pledged upon any such result; or
(6) Aids, assists or abets in any manner in any of the aforesaid acts, which are hereby forbidden;
Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-515; 1952 Code Section 16-515; 1942 Code Section 1749; 1932 Code Section 1749; Cr. C. '22 Section 730; 1912 (27) 713.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-140. Violation of Section 16-19-130 constitutes a nuisance.

The violation of any of the provisions of Section 16-19-130 shall be deemed a common nuisance.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-516; 1952 Code Section 16-516; 1942 Code Section 1749; 1932 Code Section 1749; Cr. C. '22 Section 730; 1912 (27) 713.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-150. Punishment of offense covered by Section 16-19-40.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 16-19-130 and 16-19-140, wherever the offense is covered by Section 16-19-40, the punishment there provided shall be imposed, it being the intention to leave the jurisdiction of such gambling as is there specifically prohibited in the courts now having jurisdiction of the same.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-517; 1952 Code Section 16-517; 1942 Code Section 1749; 1932 Code Section 1749; Cr. C. '22 Section 730; 1912 (27) 713.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries › Section 16-19-160. Punchboards for gaming.

It shall be unlawful for any person to use or offer for use any punchboards or other kinds of boards with numbers concealed thereon for the purpose of gaming or chance in this State. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars or imprisoned not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court; provided, that for the second or third offense hereunder the fine shall not be less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment on the public works of the county for a period not exceeding three months.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-518; 1952 Code Section 16-518; 1942 Code Section 1749-1; 1932 Code Section 1749-A; Cr. C. '22 Section 731; 1918 (30) 728.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-10. Altering, forging or counterfeiting certificate of title, registration card or license plate; misrepresentation or concealment in application.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate;
(2) alter or forge an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or on a form the department prescribes;
(3) possess or use a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate, knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or
(4) use a false or fictitious name or address, make a material false statement, fail to disclose a security interest, or conceal any other material fact in an application for a certificate of title or for registration.
(B) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.81; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 38.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-20. Permitting misuse of certificate of title, registration card or license plate; failing to deliver certificate or application; fraudulent application.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:
(1) with fraudulent intent, permits another to use or have possession of a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate who is not entitled to it;
(2) wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application to the department within forty-five days after the time required by Chapter 19 of Title 56;
(3) wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within forty-five days after the time required by Chapter 19 of Title 56; or
(4) commits a fraud in an application for a title or registration.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.82; 1957 (50) 595; 1995 Act No. 42, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-30. Lending certificate of title.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.83; 1957 (50) 595.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-40. Removing or falsifying identification number of vehicle or engine; buying, receiving or selling vehicle or engine.

(A) A person who:
(1) wilfully removes or falsifies an identification number of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle 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.
(2) wilfully and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of a vehicle or engine removes or falsifies an identification number of the vehicle or engine is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.
(3) buys, receives, possesses, sells, or disposes of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, knowing that an identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or falsified, 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.
(4) buys, receives, possesses, sells, or disposes of a vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, with knowledge that an identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vehicle or engine, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.
(B) An identification number may be placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the department without violating this section. An identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Identification number" includes an identifying number, serial number, engine number, or other distinguishing number or mark, placed on a vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or by authority of the department or in accordance with the laws of another state or country;
(2) "Remove" includes deface, cover, and destroy; and
(3) "Falsify" includes alter and forge.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.84; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 39.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-50. Removing or affixing license plates to conceal or misrepresent identity of vehicle or owner.

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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.85; 1957 (50) 595.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Motor Vehicle Titles › Section 16-21-60. Use of vehicle without permission.

(A) It is unlawful for a person not entitled to possession of a vehicle to take, use, or drive a vehicle, without the consent of the owner and with intent to deprive him, temporarily or otherwise, of the vehicle or its possession.
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than three years.
(B) But if the deprivation of the owner was for a temporary purpose only, unconnected with the commission of or intent to commit a crime other than the taking of the vehicle, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.86; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1602; 1971 (57) 914; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 188.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.