South Carolina § 23-3-475 Registering with false information; penalties.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-3-475 — Registering with false information; penalties.

South Carolina § 23-3-475

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 3SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-475 (2026).

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(A)Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when registering as an offender pursuant to this article must be punished as provided in subsection (B).

(B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court.

(2)A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted.

(3)A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a

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(A) Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when registering as an offender pursuant to this article must be punished as provided in subsection (B). (B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court. (2) A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted. (3) A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of five years, three years of which shall not be suspended nor probation granted.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 444, SECTION 16; 1998 Act No. 384, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 212, SECTION 7, eff June 7, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (B)(1); and, in subsection (B)(2), substituted "three hundred sixty-six days," for "one year" following "a mandatory period of".