South Carolina § 16-11-20 Making, mending or possessing tools or other implements capable of being used in crime.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 16-11-20 — Making, mending or possessing tools or other implements capable of being used in crime.

South Carolina § 16-11-20

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 11OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-20 (2026).

Text

It is unlawful for a person to make or mend, cause to be made or mended, or have in his possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, picklock, bit, nippers, nitroglycerine, dynamite cap, coil or fuse, steel wedge, drill, tap-pin, or other implement or thing adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary, larceny, safecracking, or other crime, under circumstances evincing an intent to use, employ, or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a crime, or knowing that the same are intended to be so used. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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It is unlawful for a person to make or mend, cause to be made or mended, or have in his possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, picklock, bit, nippers, nitroglycerine, dynamite cap, coil or fuse, steel wedge, drill, tap-pin, or other implement or thing adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary, larceny, safecracking, or other crime, under circumstances evincing an intent to use, employ, or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a crime, or knowing that the same are intended to be so used. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-302; 1952 Code SECTION 16-302; 1942 Code SECTION 1165; 1932 Code SECTION 1165; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 58; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 195; 1907 (25) 580; 1993 Act No. 184, SECTION 26.