South Carolina § 16-13-300 Fraudulent removal or secreting of personal property attached or levied on.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 16-13-300 — Fraudulent removal or secreting of personal property attached or levied on.

South Carolina § 16-13-300

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 13FORGERY, LARCENY, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES AND CHEATS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-300 (2026).

Text

Whoever, with intent to defraud, removes or secretes personal property which has been attached or levied on by the sheriff or any other officer authorized by law to make such attachment or levy shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than sixty days nor more than one year or by fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

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Whoever, with intent to defraud, removes or secretes personal property which has been attached or levied on by the sheriff or any other officer authorized by law to make such attachment or levy shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than sixty days nor more than one year or by fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-370; 1952 Code SECTION 16-370; 1942 Code SECTION 1279; 1932 Code SECTION 1279; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 174; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 452; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 339; G. S. 2516; R. S. 278; 1873 (15) 448; 1879 (17) 2.