South Carolina § 16-23-30 Sale or delivery of handgun to and possession by certain persons unlawful; stolen handguns.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 16-23-30 — Sale or delivery of handgun to and possession by certain persons unlawful; stolen handguns.

South Carolina § 16-23-30

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 23OFFENSES INVOLVING WEAPONS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-30 (2026).

Text

(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 in

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(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.

Legislative History

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.