South Carolina § 30-1-30 Unlawful removing, defacing or destroying public records.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 30-1-30 — Unlawful removing, defacing or destroying public records.

South Carolina § 30-1-30

Title 30PUBLIC RECORDS

Ch. 1PUBLIC RECORDS, REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 30-1-30 (2026).

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A person who unlawfully removes a public record from the office where it usually is kept or alters, defaces, mutilates, secretes, or destroys it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Magistrates and municipal courts have jurisdiction to try violations of this section.

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A person who unlawfully removes a public record from the office where it usually is kept or alters, defaces, mutilates, secretes, or destroys it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Magistrates and municipal courts have jurisdiction to try violations of this section.