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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-770. Illegal graffiti vandalism; penalty; removal or restitution.

(A) As used in this section, "illegal graffiti vandalism" means an inscription, writing, drawing, marking, or design that is painted, sprayed, etched, scratched, or otherwise placed on structures, buildings, dwellings, statues, monuments, fences, vehicles, or other similar materials that are on public or private property and that are publicly viewable, without the consent of the owner, manager, or agent in charge of the property.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the offense of illegal graffiti vandalism and, upon conviction, for a:
(1) first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days;
(2) second offense, within ten years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year; and
(3) third or subsequent offense within ten years of a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years.
(C) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (B), a person convicted of the offense of illegal graffiti vandalism also may be ordered by the court to remove the illegal graffiti, pay the cost of the removal of the graffiti, or make further restitution in the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 82, Section 9, eff June 12, 2007; 2018 Act No. 204 (S.959), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 204, Section 1, in (B), in (1), substituted "not more than thirty days" for "not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-815. Definitions.

As used in this article, "cable television service" includes (1) services provided by or through the facilities of any cable television system or closed circuit coaxial cable communication system, and (2) any transmission service used in connection with any cable television system or similar closed circuit coaxial cable communication system.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-820. Use of service without authorization or payment; presumption arising from connection of device to cable or closed circuit system.

It is unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or use cable television service without the authorization of, or payment to, the operator of the service. It is permissible to infer that the existence of any connection, wire, conductor, or other device whatsoever, between facilities of a cable television system or closed circuit coaxial cable communication system and the premises occupied by the person which makes possible the use of cable television service by any person without that use being specifically authorized by, or compensation paid to, the operator of cable television service indicates that the occupant of the premises has violated this section. If any person pays the amount charged for service provided by the operator of the cable television system, whether or not the amount billed is in conformity with the established charges for the service, the person is not guilty of any offense hereunder by reason of the use of the service.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407; 1987 Act No. 95 Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-825. Unauthorized connection or use of device to cable television system.

It is unlawful for any person to make or use a connection not authorized by the operator of a cable television service, whether physical, electrical, mechanical, electronic, induction, or otherwise, or to attach any unauthorized device, or permit the attachment of any unauthorized connection or device to any cable, wire, or other component of a cable television system or service or to a television set connected into the system or service, for the purpose of permitting the reception and viewing of signals which are intended to be received and viewed only upon payment to the operator of the cable television system of the lawful charge therefor.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-830. Aiding or abetting another person in obtaining cable service without payment.

It is unlawful for any person to assist, instruct, aid or abet, or attempt to assist, instruct, aid or abet any other person in obtaining any cable television service without payment of the lawful charge therefor.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-835. Sale, lease, or advertising of equipment for avoidance of cable service charge.

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to advertise, promote the sale of, sell, rent, install, or use any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same, designed or adapted to avoid the lawful charge for any cable television service.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-840. Unauthorized device designed to decode or descramble cable television signal.

It is unlawful for any person, without the express authorization of a franchised or other duly licensed cable television system, knowingly and wilfully to manufacture, import into this State, distribute, sell, offer to sell, possess for sale, advertise for sale, or install any device, or any plan or kit for a device or for a printed circuit, designed in whole or in part to decode, descramble, or otherwise make intelligible any encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal carried by that cable television system. For the purposes of this section, "encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal" includes, but is not limited to, any type of signal not intended to produce an intelligible program or service without the aid of a decoder, descrambler, filter, trap, or similar device.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-845. Use, sale, or installation of converter for unauthorized reception of intelligible signals.

It is unlawful for any person (a) to use a converter or similar device for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system, (b) to sell a converter or similar device to any other person with knowledge that the person intends to use it for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system or, (c) to install a converter or similar device for any other person with knowledge that the person intends to use it for the reception of intelligible signals without the authorization of the operator of the cable television system. This section does not prohibit the manufacture, distribution, or sale of any television receiver in which a converter has been incorporated by the manufacturer.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-855. Penalties.

Any person who violates any section of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for a first offense must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and for a second and subsequent offense fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 407.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-911. Definitions; unlawful recording of motion pictures.

(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Article" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes any original phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are or can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.
(2) "Audiovisual recording device" means any device, camera, or audio or video recorder with the capability of recording, transferring, or transmitting sounds or images of a motion picture in part or in whole, including any device now existing or later developed.
(3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, or other legal entity.
(4) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue used primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture but does not include the lobby or other common areas, a personal residence, or retail establishment.
(5) "Theater owner" means the owner, operator, or lessee of a motion picture theater and includes an employee or agent of the owner, operator, or lessee.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and wilfully operate an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater, with intent to record a motion picture, without written consent from the theater owner.
(C) In any action brought by reason of having been delayed by a theater employee or agent on or near the premises of a theater establishment for the purpose of investigation concerning the unlawful operation of an audiovisual recording device, it shall be a defense to such action if:
(1) the person was delayed in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time to permit such investigation; and
(2) reasonable cause existed to believe that the person delayed had committed the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device.
(D) This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative agency, law enforcement agency, protective services agency, or intelligence-gathering agency of the local, state, or federal government from operating an audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater where a motion picture is being exhibited as part of a lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence-gathering activity.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 64, Section 1, eff May 23, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-920. Penalties.

(A) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-911 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction:
(1) for a first offense, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both;
(2) for a second offense, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both;
(3) for a third and each subsequent offense, must be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the offense:
(1) involves at least one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or sixty-five unauthorized audio visual articles during any one hundred eighty-day period; or
(2) is a second or subsequent conviction under Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915.
(C) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, if the offense involved:
(1) more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound during any one hundred eighty-day period; or
(2) more than ten but less than sixty-five unauthorized audiovisual articles during any one hundred eighty-day period.
(D) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars for a first offense and not more than ten thousand dollars for a second or subsequent offense if the offense or both offenses involve not more than:
(1) twenty-five unauthorized articles embodying sound during any one hundred eighty-day period; or
(2) ten unauthorized audiovisual articles during any one hundred eighty- day period.
(E) A person who violates any other provision of Section 16-11-910 or 16-11-915 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(F) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-11-910, 16-11-911, or 16-11-915, the court shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all:
(1) infringing articles;
(2) implements, devices, and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing articles.
These penalties are not exclusive but are in addition to other penalties provided by law.
HISTORY: 1975 (59) 592; 1989 Act No. 92, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 93; 2005 Act No. 64, Section 2, eff May 23, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-930. Illegal distribution of recordings without name and address of manufacturer and designation of featured artist.

It is unlawful for a person to manufacture or knowingly sell, distribute, circulate, or cause to be sold, distributed, or circulated, advertise, resell or offer for sale or resale, or cause the sale or resale, or rent or cause the rental, or transport or cause to be transported, or possess for any of these purposes for commercial advantage or private financial gain, a phonograph record, tape, album of phonograph records or tapes, or any other article without the actual name and street address of the manufacturer, and the name of the actual performer or group prominently disclosed on the outside cover, box, or jacket containing the record, tape, album of records or tapes, or any other article. A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided for in Section 16-11-940. A law enforcement officer in this State, when charging a person with a violation of this section, if possible at the time of arrest, shall confiscate any records, tapes, albums, or other articles and, upon conviction of the person, the records, tapes, albums, or other articles must be destroyed.
As used in this section:
(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.
(2) "Manufacturer" means a person who actually transfers or causes the transfer of any sound or images recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded or assembles and transfers any product containing such transferred sounds or images as a component of it.
(3) "Article" means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes any original phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are or can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.
HISTORY: 1975 (59) 592; 1989 Act No. 92, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property › Section 16-11-940. Penalties for violations of Section 16-11-930.

(A) A person who violates the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the offense involves at least one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or at least sixty-five unauthorized audio-visual articles, or is a second or subsequent conviction under Section 16-11-930.
(B) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, if the offense involves more than one hundred but less than one thousand unauthorized articles embodying sound or more than ten but less than sixty-five unauthorized audio-visual articles.
(C) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars for a first offense and not more than ten thousand dollars for a second or subsequent offense if the offense or both offenses involve not more than twenty-five unauthorized articles embodying sound or not more than ten unauthorized audio-visual articles.
(D) A person violating the provisions of Section 16-11-930 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in any other case.
(E) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 16-11-930, the court shall order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all:
(1) infringing articles;
(2) implements, devices, and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the infringing articles.
The penalties provided in this section are not exclusive and are in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
(F) Each violation of Section 16-11-930 constitutes a separate offense.
HISTORY: 1975 (59) 592; 1989 Act No. 92, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 94.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-10. Forgery.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) falsely make, forge, or counterfeit; cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited; or wilfully act or assist in the false making, forging, or counterfeiting of any writing or instrument of writing;
(2) utter or publish as true any false, forged, or counterfeited writing or instrument of writing;
(3) falsely make, forge, counterfeit, alter, change, deface, or erase; or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, altered, changed, defaced, or erased any record or plat of land; or
(4) willingly act or assist in any of the premises, with an intention to defraud any person.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:
(1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the amount of the forgery is ten thousand dollars or more;
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the amount of the forgery is less than ten thousand dollars.
(C) If the forgery does not involve a dollar amount, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor under the jurisdiction of the magistrates or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-351; 1952 Code Section 16-351; 1942 Code Section 1211; 1932 Code Section 1211; Cr. C. '22 Section 99; Cr. C. '12 Section 528; Cr. C. '02 Section 373; G. S. 2527; R. S. 295; 1736-7 (3) 470-1 Sections 3-7; 1783 (4) 543; 1801 (5) 397; 1845 (11) 341; 1930 (36) 1203; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 106; 1995 Act No. 7, Part I Section 5; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.D, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-15. Falsifying or altering transcript or diploma; fraudulent use of falsified or altered transcript or diploma; penalty.

(A) It is unlawful for any person to falsify or alter a transcript, a diploma, or the high school equivalency diploma known as the GED from any high school, college, university, or technical college of this State, from the South Carolina Department of Education, or from any other transcript or diploma issuing entity.
(B) It is also unlawful for any person to use in this State a falsified or altered transcript, diploma, or high school equivalency diploma known as the GED from the South Carolina Department of Education, or from any in-state or out-of-state high school, college, university, or technical school, or from any other transcript or diploma issuing entity with the intent to defraud or mislead another person.
(C) Any person who violates the provisions of this section 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.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 295; 2002 Act No. 219, Section 1, eff April 22, 2002.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-30. Petit larceny; grand larceny.

(A) Simple larceny of any article of goods, choses in action, bank bills, bills receivable, chattels, or other article of personalty of which by law larceny may be committed, or of any fixture, part, or product of the soil severed from the soil by an unlawful act, or has a value of two thousand dollars or less, is petit larceny, a misdemeanor, triable in the magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
(B) Larceny of goods, chattels, instruments, or other personalty valued in excess of two thousand dollars is grand larceny. Upon conviction, the person is guilty of a felony and must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than:
(1) five years if the value of the personalty is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars;
(2) ten years if the value of the personalty is ten thousand dollars or more.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-353; 1952 Code Section 16-353; 1942 Code Section 1160; 1932 Code Section 1160; Cr. C. '22 Section 53; Cr. C. '12 Section 203; Cr. C. '02 Section 164; G. S. 2498; R. S. 160; 1866 (13) 407; 1887 (19) 820; 1964 (53) 1725; 1981 Act No. 76, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 171, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 107; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.E, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-35. Presumed value of credit card subject to larceny.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal prosecution where a credit card currently in force is the subject of a larceny, the value of the same shall be prima facie presumed to be greater than fifty dollars.
As used in this section "credit card" shall mean an identification card, credit number, credit device or other credit document issued to a person by a business organization which permits such person to purchase or obtain goods, property or services on the credit of such organization.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 526.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-40. Stealing of bonds and the like.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to steal or take by robbery a bond, warrant, bill, or promissory note for the payment or securing the payment of money belonging to another.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section 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 instrument stolen or taken has a value of 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;
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years if the value of the instrument stolen or taken 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 if the instrument stolen or taken has a value of ten thousand dollars or more.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-354; 1952 Code Section 16-354; 1942 Code Section 1142; 1932 Code Section 1142; Cr. C. '22 Section 36; Cr. C. '12 Section 181; Cr. C. '02 Section 147; G. S. 2486; R. S. 144; 1737 (3) 470; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 108; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.F, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-50. Stealing livestock; confiscation of motor vehicle or other chattel.

(A) A person convicted of the larceny of a horse, mule, cow, hog, or any other livestock is guilty of a:
(1) felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than twenty-five hundred dollars, or both, if the value of the livestock is ten thousand dollars or more;
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both, if the value of the livestock is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars;
(3) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the value of the livestock 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.
(B) A motor vehicle or other chattel used by or found in possession of a person engaged in the commission of a crime under this section is subject to confiscation and must be confiscated and sold under the provisions of Section 27-21-10.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-355; 1952 Code Section 16-355; 1942 Code Section 1144; 1932 Code Section 1144; Cr. C. '22 Section 38; Cr. C. '12 Section 183; Cr. C. '02 Section 149; G. S. 2489; R. S. 146; 1878 (16) 632; 1929 (36) 101; 1954 (48) 1705; 1964 (53) 1722; 1971 (57) 478; 1993 Act No. 171, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 109; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.G, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-60. Stealing dogs.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to steal a dog in which any other person has a right of property.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-355.1; 1972 (57) 2354.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-65. Aquaculture operations; stealing or damaging products or facilities.

(A) All wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, and plant species held and cultivated by bonafide aquaculture operations remain the private property of the culturist until sold, traded, or bartered.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to steal or attempt to steal or otherwise take without prior authorization any cultured wildlife including finfish, shellfish, crustacean, or plants from a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State.
(C) It is unlawful for a person to transfer, damage, vandalize, poison, or attempt to transfer, damage, vandalize, or poison the product or facilities of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may cast or cause to be cast poison, impurities, or other substances which are injurious to aquaculture species into the waters or water supply of a bonafide aquaculture operation, posted as such, in this State. No person may attempt to impair or impede an aquaculturist or his employees while in pursuit of lawful activities associated with aquaculture.
Nothing in this section precludes the enforcement of or the applicability of a statute contained in Title 50.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 121, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-66. Penalties for violating Section 16-13-65.

(A) A person violating the provision of Section 16-13-65 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction:
(1) for the first offense, must be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one year, or both, and shall pay restitution to the culturist an amount determined by the court. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, an offense punishable under this item may be tried in magistrates or municipal court.
(2) for a second offense, must be fined an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars or imprisoned for a term not less than two months and thirty days community service nor more than one year, or both, and shall pay restitution to the culturist an amount determined by the court. Furthermore, all equipment, including, but not limited to, vehicles, fishing devices, coolers, and nets must be seized and forfeited to the court.
(3) for a third or subsequent offense, must be fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars or imprisoned for a term not less than six months nor more than two years, or both, and shall pay restitution to the culturist an amount determined by the court. Furthermore, all equipment, including, but not limited to, vehicles, fishing devices, coolers, and nets must be seized and forfeited to the court.
(B) If the value of such property stolen or damaged is less than two hundred dollars, the case shall be tried in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and the punishment shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 121, Section 2; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.H, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-70. Stealing of vessels and equipment; payment of damages.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to steal, take away, or let loose any boat, piragua, or canoe; or steal or take away any grappling, painter, rope, sail, or oar from any landing or place where the owner or person in whose service or employ the thing stolen, taken away, or let loose was last attached or laid, except boats or canoes let loose from another boat, canoe, or vessel.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:
(1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years if the value of the property is ten thousand dollars or more;
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years if the value of the property is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars;
(3) misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the value of the property 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.
(C) In addition to the punishment specified in this section, the person must make good to the person injured all damages sustained and, if the matter be a trespass only, the person committing the offense shall make good to the person injured all damages that accrued.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-356; 1952 Code Section 16-356; 1942 Code Section 1143; 1932 Code Section 1143; Cr. C. '22 Section 37; Cr. C. '12 Section 182; Cr. C. '02 Section 148; G. S. 2488; R. S. 145; 1695 (2) 105; 1897 (22) 422; 1963 (53) 551; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 110; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.I, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-80. Larceny of bicycles.

The larceny of a bicycle is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person must be punishable at the discretion of the court. When the value of the bicycle is less than two thousand dollars, the case is triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-357; 1952 Code Section 16-357; 1942 Code Section 1145; 1932 Code Section 1145; Cr. C. '22 Section 39; Cr. C. '12 Section 184; Cr. C. '02 Section 150; 1901 (23) 749; 1919 (31) 215; 1931 (37) 343; 1964 (53) 1720; 1981 Act No. 76, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 171, Section 7; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.J, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-100. Stealing crude turpentine.

Whoever shall steal any crude turpentine of the value of five dollars, whether dipped or scraped from the trees or not or whether barreled or not, from any place whatsoever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359; 1952 Code Section 16-359; 1942 Code Section 1207; 1932 Code Section 1207; Cr. C. '22 Section 95; Cr. C. '12 Section 257; Cr. C. '02 Section 197; R. S. 184; 1893 (21) 506.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-105. Definitions; shoplifting and similar offenses.

When used in Sections 16-13-110, 16-13-120 and 16-13-140 the terms listed below shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Conceal" means to hide merchandise on the person or among the belongings of a person so that, although there may be some notice of its presence, it is not visible through ordinary observation.
(2) "Full retail value" means the merchant's stated or advertised price of merchandise.
(3) "Merchandise" means any goods, chattels, foodstuffs or wares of any type and description, regardless of value.
(4) "Merchant" means an owner or operator of any retail mercantile establishment or any agent, employee, lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee or independent contractor of the owner or operator.
(5) "Store or other retail mercantile establishment" means a place where merchandise is displayed, held, stored or sold or offered to the public for sale.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 507 Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-110. Shoplifting.

(A) A person is guilty of shoplifting if he:
(1) takes possession of, carries away, transfers from one person to another or from one area of a store or other retail mercantile establishment to another area, or causes to be carried away or transferred any merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of the possession, use, or benefit of the merchandise without paying the full retail value;
(2) alters, transfers, or removes any label, price tag marking, indicia of value, or any other markings which aid in determining value affixed to any merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale in a store or other retail mercantile establishment and attempts to purchase the merchandise personally or in consort with another at less than the full retail value with the intention of depriving the merchant of the full retail value of the merchandise;
(3) transfers any merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment from the container in which it is displayed to any other container with intent to deprive the merchant of the full retail value.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section 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, and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is two thousand dollars or less;
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is more than two thousand dollars but less than ten thousand dollars;
(3) felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is ten thousand dollars or more.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359.1; 1956 (49) 1770; 1978 Act No. 507 Section 2; 1985 Act No. 67; 1993 Act No. 171, Section 8; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 111; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 16.K, eff June 2, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-111. Reports of shoplifting convictions.

A first offense shoplifting prosecution or second offense resulting in a conviction shall be reported by the magistrate or city recorder hearing the case to the Communications and Records Division of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division which shall keep a record of such conviction so that any law enforcement agency can inquire into whether or not a defendant has a prior record.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 507 Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-120. Shoplifting; presumptions from concealment of unpurchased goods.

It is permissible to infer that any person wilfully concealing unpurchased goods or merchandise of any store or other mercantile establishment either on the premises or outside the premises of the store has concealed the article with the intention of converting it to his own use without paying the purchase price thereof within the meaning of Section 16-13-110. It is also permissible to infer that the finding of the unpurchased goods or merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of the person is evidence of wilful concealment. If the person conceals or causes to be concealed the unpurchased goods or merchandise upon the person or among the belongings of another, it is also permissible to infer that the person so concealing such goods wilfully concealed them with the intention of converting them to his own use without paying the purchase price thereof within the meaning of Section 16-13-110.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359.2; 1956 (49) 1770; 1987 Act No. 95 Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-130. Sections 16-13-110 and 16-13-120 cumulative.

The offense created by Section 16-13-110 and the inferences provided in Section 16-13-120 are not exclusive and are in addition to previously existing offenses and those rights and presumptions as were heretofore provided by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359.3; 1956 (49) 1770; 1987 Act No. 95 Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-131. Product code creation to fraudulently obtain goods or merchandise for less than the actual sales price; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to create or conspire with another person to create a product code for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining goods or merchandise from a merchant at less than its actual sale price.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to commit or conspire with another person to commit larceny against a merchant by affixing a product code created for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining goods or merchandise from a merchant at less than its actual sale price.
(C) A person who violates this section:
(1) for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both; and
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.
HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 82, Section 1, eff June 13, 2013.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-135. Retail theft; penalties.

(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Retail property" means a new article, product, commodity, item, or component intended to be sold in retail commerce.
(2) "Retail property fence" means a person or business that buys retail property knowing or believing that the retail property is stolen.
(3) "Theft" means to take possession of, carry away, transfer, or cause to be carried away the retail property of another with the intent to steal the retail property.
(4) "Value" means the retail value of an item as offered for sale to the public by the affected retail establishment and includes all applicable taxes.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) commit theft of retail property from a retail establishment, with a value exceeding two thousand dollars aggregated over a ninety-day period, with the intent to sell the retail property for monetary or other gain, and sell, barter, take, or cause the retail property to be placed in the control of a retail property fence or other person in exchange for consideration;
(2) conspire with another person to commit theft of retail property from a retail establishment, with a value exceeding two thousand dollars aggregated over a ninety-day period, with the intent to:
(a) sell, barter, or exchange the retail property for monetary or other gain; or
(b) place the retail property in the control of a retail property fence or other person in exchange for consideration; or
(3) receive, possess, or sell retail property that has been taken or stolen in violation of item (1) or (2) while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property is stolen. A person is guilty of this offense whether or not anyone is convicted of the property theft.
(C) Acts committed in different counties that have been aggregated in one count may be indicted and prosecuted in any one of the counties in which the acts occurred. In a prosecution for a violation of this section, the State is not required to establish and it is not a defense that some of the acts constituting the crime did not occur within one city, county, or local jurisdiction.
(D) Property, funds, and interest a person has acquired or maintained in violation of this section are subject to forfeiture pursuant to the procedures for forfeiture as provided in Section 44-53-530.
(E) A person who violates this section:
(1) for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both; and
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both.
HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 82, Section 2, eff June 13, 2013.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-140. Defense to action for delay to investigate ownership of merchandise.

In any action brought by reason of having been delayed by a merchant or merchant's employee or agent on or near the premises of a mercantile establishment for the purpose of investigation concerning the ownership of any merchandise, it shall be a defense to such action if: (1) The person was delayed in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time to permit such investigation, and (2) reasonable cause existed to believe that the person delayed had committed the crime of shoplifting.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359.4; 1965 (54) 537.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-150. Purse snatching.

It is unlawful for a person to snatch suddenly and carry away from another a purse or other thing of value with intent to deprive the owner or person lawfully in possession of the article in circumstances not constituting grand larceny or robbery.
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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-359.5; 1965 (54) 266; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 175.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-160. Breaking into motor vehicles or tanks, pumps and other containers where fuel or lubricants are stored.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) break or attempt to break into a motor vehicle or its compartment with the intent to steal it or anything of value from it, or attached or annexed to it, or used in connection with it or in the perpetration of any criminal offense; or
(2) break or attempt to break any tank, pump, or other vessel where kerosene, gasoline, or lubricating oil is stored or kept with intent to steal any such product.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-360; 1952 Code Section 16-360; 1942 Code Section 1154-1; 1935 (39) 478; 1936 (39) 1342; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 30.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 13 - Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses And Cheats › Section 16-13-170. Entering house or vessel without breaking with intent to steal; attempt to enter.

It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) enter, without breaking, or attempt to enter a house or vessel, with intent to steal or commit any other crime; or
(2) conceal himself in a house or vessel, with intent to commit a crime.
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 ten years, or both.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-361; 1952 Code Section 16-361; 1942 Code Section 1154; 1932 Code Section 1154; Cr. C. '22 Section 48; Cr. C. '12 Section 198; 1905 (24) 849; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 31.