South Carolina § 22-9-170 Oppression in office or other misconduct; punishment.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 22-9-170 — Oppression in office or other misconduct; punishment.

South Carolina § 22-9-170

Title 22MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES

Ch. 9CONSTABLES

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 22-9-170 (2026).

Text

For oppression in office, whether by undue personal violence, cruelty or taking an amount of property in unreasonable proportion to the sum to be collected, or for any willful official misconduct, habitual negligence, habitual drunkenness or fraud, when established to the satisfaction of a jury upon indictment, a constable shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court.

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For oppression in office, whether by undue personal violence, cruelty or taking an amount of property in unreasonable proportion to the sum to be collected, or for any willful official misconduct, habitual negligence, habitual drunkenness or fraud, when established to the satisfaction of a jury upon indictment, a constable shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 43-330; 1952 Code SECTION 43-330; 1942 Code SECTION 3742-1; 1932 Code SECTION 1552; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 500; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 572; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 415; G. S. 869; R. S. 330; 1835 (11) 81.