S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-90
(A) The following offenses are Class A felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class A felony, not more than thirty years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 10-11-325(B)(2) | Detonating an explosive or destructive device or igniting an incendiary device upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building resulting in death to a person where there was not malice aforethought |
|---|---|
| 16-3-50 | Manslaughter—voluntary |
| 16-3-29 | Attempted murder |
| 16-3-652 | Criminal sexual conduct |
| First degree | |
| 16-3-655(C)(2) | Criminal sexual conduct, 1st degree, with minor less than 16, 2nd offense |
| 16-3-656 | Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct |
| First degree | |
| 16-3-658 | Criminal sexual conduct where victim is legal spouse (separated) |
| First degree | |
| 16-3-910 | Kidnapping |
| 16-3-920 | Conspiracy to commit kidnapping |
| 16-3-1050(F) | Abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death |
| 16-3-1075(B)(2) | Carjacking (great bodily injury) |
| 16-3-2020(B)(2) | Trafficking in persons—2nd offense |
| 16-3-2020(C) | Trafficking in persons in which the victim is under age eighteen—1st offense |
| 16-11-110(A) | Arson in the first degree |
| 16-11-330(A) | Robbery while armed with a deadly weapon |
| 16-11-380(A) | Entering bank with intent to steal money, securities for money, or property, by force, intimidation, or threats |
| 16-11-390 | Safecracking |
| 16-11-523(D)(2) | Injuring real property when illegally obtaining nonferrous metals and the act results in the death of a person |
| 16-13-385(E)(2) | Tampering with a utility meter that results in death of another person |
| 16-23-500(B)(3) | Possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a violent crime, third or subsequent offense |
| 16-23-720(A)(2) | Detonating a destructive device or causing an explosion, or intentionally aiding, counseling, or procuring an explosion by means of detonation of a destructive device which results in the death of a person where there was not malice aforethought |
| 24-13-450 | Taking of a hostage by an inmate |
| 25-7-30 | Giving information respecting national or state defense to foreign contacts in time of war |
| 25-7-40 | Gathering information for an enemy |
| 43-35-85(F),16-3-1050(F) | Abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death |
| 44-53-370 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (b)(1) (narcotic drugs in Schedules I(b) and (c), LSD, and Schedule II) second, third, or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(2)(a)2 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in cocaine, 10 grams or more but less than 28 grams) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(2)(b)2 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in cocaine, 28 grams or more but less than 100 grams) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(a)2 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 100 dosage units or more but less than 500 dosage units) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(b)2 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 500 dosage units or more but less than 1,000 dosage units) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(a)3 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 100 dosage units or more, but less than 500 dosage units) |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(b)3 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 500 dosage units or more, but less than 1,000 dosage units) |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(6)(d) | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in flunitrazepam, 5 kilograms or more) |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(a)(ii) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 500—Second offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(a)(iii) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 500—Third or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(b)(ii) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 1000—Third or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(b)(iii) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 1000—Third or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-370(g)(1)(b) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (distribution of narcotic drugs in Schedules I(b) and (c), LSD, and Schedule II with intent to commit a crime) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(g)(1)(c) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (distribution of narcotic drugs in Schedules I(b) and (c), LSD, and Schedule II with intent to commit a crime) |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-375(B)(2) | Manufacture, distribution of methamphetamine or cocaine base, second offense |
| 44-53-375(B)(3) | Manufacture, distribution, etc., methamphetamine, or cocaine base |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-375(C)(1)(b) | Trafficking in ice, crank, or crack cocaine (10 grams or more but less than 28 grams) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-375(C)(2)(b) | Trafficking in ice, crank, or crack cocaine (28 grams or more but less than 100 grams) |
| 44-53-375(E)(a)(ii)and (iii) | Trafficking in nine grams or more, but less than twenty-eight grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine second of subsequent offense |
| 44-53-375(F)(1)(e) | Trafficking in four hundred grams or more of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine |
| Second offense | |
| 55-1-30(3) | Unlawful removing or damaging of airport facility or equipment when death results |
| 56-5-750(C)(2) | Failure to stop for a law enforcement vehicle when death occurs |
| 56-5-1030(B)(3) | Interference with traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals prohibited when death results from violation |
| 58-7-60(D)(2) | Unlawful appropriation of gas that results in the death of another person |
| 58-7-70(E)(2) | Wrongful use of gas and interference with gas meters that results in death of another person |
| 58-15-870(D) | Injuring a railroad or electric railway resulting in the death of another person |
| 58-17-4090 | Penalty for obstruction of railroad |
(B) The following offenses are Class B felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class B felony, not more than twenty-five years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 10-11-325(B)(3) | Detonating an explosive or destructive device or igniting an incendiary device upon the capitol ground or within the capitol building resulting in injury to a person |
|---|---|
| 10-11-325(B)(4) | Detonating an explosive or destructive device or igniting an incendiary device upon the capitol grounds or within the capitol building resulting in damage to real or personal property |
| 16-3-210(C) | Assault and battery by mob in the second degree |
| 16-11-110(B) | Arson in the second degree |
| 16-11-740(B)(3) | Wilful and malicious injury to telegraph, telephone, or electric utility system resulting in death or bodily injury or an imminent danger to the life, health, or safety of a person |
| 16-13-135(E)(2) | Organized retail crime—second or subsequent offense regardless of the value of the property |
| 16-23-720(A)(3) | Detonating a destructive device, or causing an explosion, or aiding, counseling, or procuring an explosion by means of detonation of a destructive device resulting in injury to a person |
| 16-23-720(B) | Causing an explosion by means of a destructive device, or aiding, counseling, or procuring an explosion by means of a destructive device which results in damage to real or personal property, or attempting to injure a person or damage or destroy real or property by means of a destructive device |
| 35-11-725(A) | Intentionally making a false statement, misrepresentation, false certification, false entry into a record, or violation of a rule or order pursuant to the South Carolina Anti-Money Laundering Act |
| 35-11-725(B) | Knowingly engaging in an activity for which a license is required by the South Carolina Anti-Money Laundering Act without being licensed and receiving more than $500 in compensation within a 30-day period from this activity |
| 44-53-370(e)(1)(a)(3) | Trafficking in marijuana, 10 pounds or more (third or subsequent offense) |
| 44-53-370(e)(2)(b)1 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in cocaine, 28 grams or more, but less than 100 grams) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(3)(a)1 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in illegal drugs, 4 grams or more, but less than 14 grams) |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(b)1 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 500 dosage units or more, but less than 1000 dosage units) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(6)(a)(2) | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in flunitrazepam, 1 gram) |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(6)(c) | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in flunitrazepam, 1000 grams but less than 5 kilograms) |
| 44-53-370(e)(7)(b) | Trafficking in gamma hydroxybutyric acid (second or subsequent offense) |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(b)(i) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 1000—First offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(c) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 1000 or more dosage units |
| 44-53-370(g)(2)(c) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (distribution of controlled substances with intent to commit a crime) |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-375(E)(1)(b)(i)and (c) | Trafficking in twenty-eight grams or more, but less than four hundred grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine |
| 44-53-375(C)(2)(a) | Trafficking in ice, crank, crack cocaine 28 grams or more, but less than 100 grams |
| First offense | |
| 50-21-113(A)(2) | Operating or controlling a moving water device while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both when death results |
| 50-21-130(A)(3) | Failure of an operator of a vessel involved in a collision resulting in death to stop and render assistance |
| 56-5-1210(A)(3) | Failure to stop a vehicle involved in an accident when death occurs |
| 56-5-2945(A)(2) | Causing great bodily injury or death by operating vehicle while under influence of drugs or alcohol, death resulting |
(C) The following offenses are Class C felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class C felony, not more than twenty years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 16-3-70 | Administering or attempting to administer poison |
|---|---|
| 16-3-75 | Unlawful and malicious tampering with human drug product or food |
| 16-3-85(C)(2) | Aiding in the death of a child by abuse or neglect |
| 16-3-95(A) | Inflicting great bodily injury upon a child |
| 16-3-600(B) | Aggravated assault and battery |
| 16-3-653 | Criminal sexual conduct |
| Second degree | |
| 16-3-655(C)(3) | Criminal sexual conduct, 2nd degree, with minor between 11 and 14 or at least 14 and less than 16 if actor in familial or custodial position |
| 16-3-656 | Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct |
| Second degree | |
| 16-3-658 | Criminal sexual conduct in second degree where victim is legal spouse (separated) |
| 16-3-810 | Engaging child under 18 for sexual performance |
| 16-3-1075(B)(1) | Carjacking |
| 16-3-2220(B) | Female mutilation |
| 16-11-330(B) | Attempted armed robbery |
| 16-11-350 | Train robbery by stopping train |
| 16-11-360 | Robbery after entry upon train |
| 16-11-380(B) | Stealing money, securities for money, or property, by force, intimidation, or threats, from a person who has just used a bank night depository, an ATM, or another automated banking device |
| 16-13-135(E)(1)(d) | Organized retail crime—first offense and value of property is greater than $50,000 |
| 16-13-165(B)(4)(b) | Knowingly and intentionally installing, reselling, importing, or selling a counterfeit nonfunctioning airbag that results in causing great bodily harm or death—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-15-395 | Sexual exploitation of a minor |
| 16-15-415 | Promoting prostitution of a minor |
| 16-15-430(B)(3) | Sexual extortion—third or subsequent offense |
| 16-15-430(C)(2) | Aggravated sexual extortion |
| 16-23-500(B)(2) | Possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a violent crime, second offense |
| 16-25-65(B) | Domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature |
| 25-7-30 | Giving information respecting national or state defense to foreign contacts (violation during peacetime) |
| 35-11-740(A)(1)(b)(iii) | Conducting or attempting to conduct financial transactions that involves the proceeds of an unlawful activity when the transactions exceed $100,000 in a 12-month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(2)(b)(iii) | Transporting, transmitting, or transferring or attempting to commit these activities with regard to funds across state or international boundaries unlawfully when the transactions exceed $100,000 in a 12-month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(3)(b)(iii) | Concealing or disguising the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of unlawful activity; conducting or attempting to conduct a financial transaction involving property represented by a law enforcement officer to be proceeds of unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate unlawful activity when the transactions exceed $100,000 in a 12-month period |
| 44-42-320(E) | Knowingly performing genital gender reassignment surgery on person under eighteen years of age (See Section 16-3-95(A)) |
| 44-53-370(b)(2) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (manufacture or possession of other substances in Schedule I, II, III, with intent to distribute) |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(1)(a)2 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in marijuana, 10 pounds or more, but less than 100 pounds) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(6)(b) | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in flunitrazepam, 100 grams but less than 1000 grams) |
| 44-53-370(g)(1)(a) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (distribution of narcotic drugs in Schedules I(b) and (c), LSD, and Schedule II with intent to commit a crime) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(g)(2)(b) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (distribution of controlled substances with intent to commit a crime) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-440 | Distribution of controlled substance under Sections 44-53-370(a) and 44-53-375(B) to persons under 18 |
| 44-53-475 | Transportation or attempt to transfer monetary instruments derived from unlawful drug activity |
| 44-53-475(A)(1) | Financial transactions involving property derived from unlawful drug activity |
| 44-53-475(A)(3) | Concealment of property derived from unlawful drug activity |
| 56-1-1105(B)(2) | Unlawful driving by habitual offender resulting in death |
| 58-15-870(C) | Injuring a railroad or electric railway resulting in endangering another person's life or inflicting great bodily injury on another person |
(D) The following offenses are Class D felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class D felony, not more than fifteen years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 10-11-325(A) | Possessing, having readily accessible, or transporting onto the capitol grounds or within the capitol building an explosive, destructive, or incendiary device |
|---|---|
| 16-1-55 | Accessory after the fact of a Class A, B, or C Felony |
| 16-3-655(C) | Criminal sexual conduct with a minor—3rd degree |
| 16-3-1090(B) | Assist another person in committing suicide |
| 16-3-1045 | Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes |
| 16-3-1050(E) | Abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in great bodily injury |
| 16-3-1730(C) | Stalking within ten years of a conviction of harassment or stalking |
| 16-3-2020(B)(1) | Trafficking in persons - 1st offense |
| 16-11-110(C) | Arson—third degree |
| 16-11-312 | Burglary—second degree |
| 16-11-312(C)(2) | aggravated burglary—second degree |
| 16-11-325 | Common law robbery |
| 16-11-523(D)(1) | Obtaining nonferrous metals unlawfully resulting in great bodily injury |
| 16-11-525(D)(1) | Injuring real property when illegally obtaining nonferrous metals and the act results in great bodily injury to person |
| 16-13-135(F)(2) | Organized retail crime of an aggravated nature |
| 16-13-385(E)(1) | Tampering with a utility meter that results in great bodily injury to another person |
| 16-15-355 | Disseminating obscene material to a minor 12 years or younger |
| 16-23-720(C) | Possessing, manufacturing, transporting, distributing, possessing with the intent to distribute any explosive device, substance, or material configured to damage, injure, or kill a person, or possessing materials which when assembled constitute a destructive device |
| 16-23-720(D) | Threaten by means of a destructive weapon |
| 16-23-720(E) | Harboring one known to have violated provisions relating to bombs, weapons of mass destruction and destructive devises |
| 16-23-730 | Communicating or transmitting to a person that a hoax device or replica is a destructive device or detonator with intent to intimidate or threaten injury, obtain property, or interfere with the ability of a person or government to conduct its affairs |
| 16-23-750 | Communicating or aiding and abetting the communication of a threat or conveying false information concerning an attempt to kill, injure, or intimidate a person or damage property or destroy by means of an explosive, incendiary, or destructive device (second or subsequent offense) |
| 24-3-210 | Furloughs for qualified inmates of state prison system—Failure to return (See section 24-13-410) |
| 24-13-410(B) | Escaping or attempting to escape from prison or possessing tools or weapons used to escape |
| 24-13-470 | Inmate throwing bodily fluids on a correctional facility employee |
| 43-35-85(B) | Abusing or neglecting a vulnerable adult that results in great bodily injury |
| 43-35-85(D),16-3-1050(E) | Abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in great bodily injury |
| 44-53-370(b)(1) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (narcotic drugs in Schedule I (B) and (C), LSD, and Schedule II) |
| 44-53-370(d)(4) | Unlawful possession of more than 2 grains of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance—third or subsequent offense |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (g)(2)(a) (distribution of controlled substances with intent to commit a crime) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-375(B)(1) | Manufacture, distribution, etc., methamphetamine or cocaine |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-445(B)(2) | Distribution, manufacture, sale, or possession of crack cocaine within proximity of a school |
| 44-53-577 | Unlawful to hire, solicit, direct a person under 17 years of age to transport, conceal, or conduct financial transaction relating to unlawful drug activity |
| 50-21-113(A)(1) | Operating a moving water device while under the influence of alcohol or drugs where great bodily injury results |
| 56-5-750(C)(1) | Failure to stop for a law enforcement vehicle when great bodily harm occurs |
| 56-5-2945(A)(1) | Causing great bodily injury by operating vehicle while under influence of drugs or alcohol |
| 58-7-60(D)(1) | Unlawful appropriation of gas that results in great bodily injury to another person |
| 58-7-70(E)(1) | Wrongful use of gas and interference with gas meters that results in great bodily injury to another person |
(E) The following offenses are Class E felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class E felony, not more than ten years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 7-25-50 | Bribery at elections |
|---|---|
| Second offense | |
| 7-25-60 | Procuring or offering to procure votes by bribery |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 7-25-80 | Threatening, intimidating, or abusing voters |
| 8-1-20 | Illegal collecting and retaining rebates, commissions, or discounts (public officers/employees) |
| 8-13-705 | Offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to influence action of public employee, member, or official |
| 9-16-350 | Use of any information concerning State Retirement Systems Investment Panel activities by member or employee to obtain economic interest |
| 15-49-20(H) | Falsifying affidavit in order to obtain employment after having been convicted of an offense requiring registration as a sex offender |
| 16-1-55 | Accessory after the fact of a Class D Felony |
| 16-1-57 | Third or subsequent conviction of certain property crimes |
| 16-3-600(C) | First degree assault and battery |
| 16-3-615 | Spousal sexual battery |
| 16-3-625 | Resisting arrest with deadly weapon |
| 16-3-654 | Criminal sexual conduct |
| Third degree | |
| 16-3-656 | Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct |
| Third degree | |
| 16-3-820 | Promoting, producing, or directing a sexual performance by a child under 18 |
| 16-3-1060 | No person may accept fee, compensation, etc. (for relinquishing the custody of a child for adoption) |
| 16-3-1730(B) | Stalking while injunction or restraining order prohibiting this conduct is in effect |
| 16-7-160(2) | Illegal use of stink bombs or other devices containing foul or offensive odors—bodily harm results |
| 16-8-20(B)(2) | Teaching, demonstrating the use, application, or making of a firearm or destructive device (second or subsequent offense) |
| 16-8-240(B) | Use of or threat of physical violence by criminal gang member |
| 16-8-250(B) | Preventing or attempting to prevent a witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at a trial that concerns criminal gang activity |
| 16-9-220 | Acceptance of bribes by officers |
| 16-9-320(B) | Assaulting police officer serving process or while resisting arrest |
| 16-9-340 | Intimidation of court officials, jurors, or witnesses |
| 16-9-410(C)(1) | Aiding escapes from prison, for prisoners serving term of incarceration |
| 16-11-110(C) | Arson—third degree |
| 16-11-312(C)(1) | Burglary—second degree, dwelling |
| 16-11-313 | Burglary—third degree |
| Second offense | |
| 16-11-510(B)(1) | Malicious injury to animals and personal property (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-11-520(B)(1) | Malicious injury to real property (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-11-523(C)(2) | Injuring real property when illegally obtaining nonferrous metals where the value of the injury is $10,000 or more |
| 16-11-535 | Malicious injury to place of worship |
| 16-11-580(C)(2) | Forest product violation (value more than $1,000 and less than $5,000)—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-11-580(D)(2) | Forest product violation (value at least $5,000)—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-10(B)(1) | Forgery (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-30(B)(2) | Grand larceny (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-40(3) | Stealing of bonds and the like (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-50(A)(1) | Stealing livestock, confiscation of motor vehicle, or other chattel (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-70(B)(1) | Stealing of vessels and equipment, payment of damages (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-110(B)(3) | Shoplifting (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-131(C)(2) | Larceny against a merchant by affixing a fraudulent product code on merchandise—second or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-135(E)(1)(c) | Organized retail crime—first offense when value of property is greater than $20,000 but less than $50,000 |
| 16-13-165(B)(2)(b) | Knowingly and intentionally importing, manufacturing, or selling a counterfeit nonfunctional airbag—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-165(B)(3)(b) | Knowingly and intentionally selling, leasing, trading, or transferring motor vehicle containing counterfeit or nonfunctional airbag—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-165(B)(4)(a) | Knowingly and intentionally installing, reselling, importing, or selling counterfeit non functioning airbags that cause great bodily harm or death—1st offense |
| 16-13-170 | Entering house or vessel without breaking in with intent to steal, attempt to enter |
| 16-13-180(3) | Receiving stolen goods (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-210(B)(1) | Embezzlement of public funds (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-230(B)(3) | Breach of trust with fraudulent intent (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-240(1) | Obtaining signature or property by false pretenses (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-260(1) | Obtaining property under false tokens or letters (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-290(1) | Securing property by fraudulent impersonation of officer (value over $400) |
| 16-13-385 | Tampering with a utility meter for the purpose of growing or manufacturing controlled substances |
| 16-13-420(B)(1) | Failure to return rented objects, fraudulent appropriation (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-430(C)(1) | Fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-13-440(B)(3) | Obtaining a refund with a fraudulent driver's license or identity card regardless of value—second or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-510 | Financial identity fraud |
| 16-15-332(B)(2) | Unauthorized disclosure of an intimate image with intent to cause harm—second or subsequent offense |
| 16-15-335 | Unlawful to hire, employ, use, or permit any person under 18 to do anything violating obscenity statutes |
| 16-15-340 | Luring a child |
| 16-15-342 | Criminal solicitation of a minor |
| 16-15-345 | Unlawful to disseminate obscene material to any person under 18 years of age |
| 16-15-385 | Dissemination of obscene material to minors is unlawful |
| 16-15-387 | Employing a person under eighteen to appear in public in the state of sexually explicit nudity |
| 16-15-390(B) | Knowingly producing, distributing, or possessing material depicting a minor engaging in sexual activity |
| 16-15-390(C) | Knowingly possessing a visual description or representation of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct or attempting or conspiring to do so |
| 16-15-405(D) | Sexual exploitation of a minor |
| Second degree | |
| 16-15-410 | Sexual exploitation of a minor |
| Third degree | |
| 16-15-430(B)(2) | Sexual extortion—second offense |
| 16-17-470(C) | Aggravated voyeurism |
| 16-17-495(D) | Transport of child by physical force or threat of physical force with intent to avoid custody order |
| 16-17-550 | Bribery of athletes and athletic officials |
| 16-17-600(A),(B) | Destruction or desecration of human remains or repositories—destroys, damages, or desecrates human remains and vandalizes, desecrates, injures gravestones or memorials |
| 16-17-640 | Blackmail |
| 16-17-680(C)(10)(b) | Obtaining permit to transport and sell nonferrous metals for the purpose of transporting or selling stolen nonferrous metals |
| 16-17-680(E)(2)(b) | Unlawful purchase of nonferrous metals from seller without valid permit with intent to resell the nonferrous metals to a secondary metals recycler using purchaser's valid permit |
| 16-17-680(G)(5) | Knowingly transporting stolen nonferrous metals while operating vehicle used in the ordinary course of business and presenting a valid or falsified permit to transport and sell nonferrous metals |
| 16-21-80(3) | Receiving, possessing, concealing, selling, or disposing of stolen vehicle (value $10,000 or more) |
| 16-23-220 | Unlawful transportation of machine gun or sawed-off shotgun or rifle (see 16-23-260) |
| 16-23-230 | Unlawful storing, keeping, or possessing machine gun or sawed-off shotgun or rifle (see 16-23-260) |
| 16-23-240 | Unlawful selling, renting, or giving away of machine gun or sawed-off shotgun or rifle (see 16-23-260) |
| 16-23-440(A) | Discharging firearms at or into dwellings |
| 16-23-440(B) | Discharging firearms at or into a vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other device |
| 16-23-530 | Possession of a gun by an illegal alien |
| 16-23-750 | Communicating or aiding and abetting the communication of a threat or conveying false information concerning an attempt to kill, injure, or intimidate a person or damage or destroy property by means of an explosive, incendiary, or destructive device (first offense) |
| 16-25-20(B) | Domestic violence in the first degree |
| 17-13-50 | Right to be informed of grounds for arrest, consequences of refusal to answer or false answer |
| 23-31-340 | Penalties (violation of article regulating use and possession of machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and rifles) |
| 23-31-360 | Unregistered possession of machine guns by licensed manufacturer |
| 23-36-170(b) | Violation of South Carolina Explosives Control Act |
| Second offense | |
| 24-3-910 | Penalty for penitentiary employee's connivance at escape of prisoners |
| 24-3-950 | Contraband (possession by prisoner or furnishing prisoner with or attempt to furnish) |
| 24-3-980(B)(3) | Unlawful possession of telecommunication device by inmate was proximate cause of commission of subsequent felony offense |
| 24-7-155 | Furnishing or possessing contraband in county or municipal prisons prohibited |
| 24-13-420 | Harboring or employing escaped convicts |
| 24-13-430(2) | Participating in riot by prisoners |
| 24-13-440 | Carrying or concealing weapon by inmates |
| 25-7-50 | False reports, insubordination, obstruction of recruiting during war |
| 25-7-70 | Sabotage |
| 32-7-100(A)(2) | Preneed funeral contract violations (value more than $10,000) |
| 34-3-10 | Use of word "bank" or "banking" by other than banking institutions |
| 34-11-60 | Drawing and uttering fraudulent check, draft, or other written order (more than $1,000, see Section 34-11-90(b)) Third and subsequent offenses |
| 34-13-90 | Penalty for improper borrowing by directors or officers |
| 35-1-508(a)(1) | Violation of Title 35, Chapter 1 when investor loses twenty thousand dollars or more |
| 35-11-740(A)(1)(b)(ii) | Conducting or attempting to conduct financial transactions that involve the proceeds of an unlawful activity when the transactions exceed $20,000 but are less than $100,000 in a 12- month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(2)(b)(ii) | Transporting, transmitting or transferring, or attempting to commit those activities with regard to funds across state or international boundaries unlawfully when the transactions exceed $20,000 but are less than $100,000 in a 12-month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(3)(b)(ii) | Concealing or disguising the nature location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of unlawful activity, or conduct, or attempts to conduct a financial transaction involving property represented by a law enforcement officer to be proceeds of unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate unlawful activity if the transactions exceed $20,000 but are less than $100,000 in a 12- month period |
| 36-9-410(C)(3) | Unlawful disposal of personal property that is subject to a perfected security interest whose value is $10,000 or more |
| 37-6-119(E)(3) | Knowingly soliciting the money or property or personal identifying information of a vulnerable adult for purposes of identity fraud (value of $10,000 or more) |
| 38-38-720(3) | Making a false statement or representation regarding a fraternal benefit society (second or subsequent offense) |
| 38-55-170(1) | Presenting false claim for payment (insurance companies) (value $10,000 or more) |
| 38-55-540(A)(4) | Knowingly making false statement or misrepresentation resulting in economic advantage of fifty thousand dollars or more, first offense |
| 38-55-540(A)(5) | Knowingly making false statement or misrepresentation resulting in economic advantage of any amount, second offense |
| 38-73-1120(C) | Insurance, provisions to ensure expenses are allocated and treated properly |
| 39-8-90(A) | Stealing trade secrets |
| 39-9-208(B) | Uniform weights and measures law violation |
| 39-15-1190(B)(1)(a)(iv) | Transferring, distributing, selling, or otherwise disposing of an item having a counterfeit mark on it, Second Offense |
| 39-15-1190(B)(1)(b)(ii) | Trafficking in counterfeit marks, Second or Subsequent Offense |
| 39-22-90(A)(8) | State warehouse system violation if the amount of the violation is $5,000 or more |
| 39-73-325 | Violation of regulation under State Commodity Code |
| 40-83-30(J) | Participating in the use of a false document in connection with acts as an immigration assistant |
| 44-23-1080(2) | Furnishing Office of Mental Health patients or prisoners with firearms or dangerous weapons |
| 44-23-1150(C)(1) | First degree sexual misconduct |
| 44-29-145 | Exposing others to Human Immuno Deficiency Virus |
| 44-52-165(A)(3) | Possession of firearms or dangerous weapons by patient receiving inpatient services operated by Office of Mental Health |
| 44-52-165(B)(1) | Intentionally allowing patient receiving inpatient services by Office of Mental Health to possess alcoholic beverages or controlled substances |
| 44-52-165(B)(2) | Intentionally allowing patient receiving inpatient services by Office of Mental Health to possess firearms or dangerous weapons |
| 44-53-365 | Taking or exercising control over another person's controlled substance—Second offense |
| 44-53-370(b)(2) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (manufacture or possession of other substances in Schedule I, II, III, flunitrazepam, or a controlled substance analogue with intent to distribute) |
| Second offense | |
| 44-53-370(d)(3) | Possession of cocaine, third or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-370(d)(4) | Unlawful possession of more than 2 grains of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance—second offense |
| 44-53-370(e)(1)(a)1 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in marijuana, 10 pounds or more, but less than 100 pounds) |
| 44-53-370(e)(2)(a)1 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in cocaine, 10 grams or more, but less than 28 grams) |
| 44-53-370(e)(4)(a)1 | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (trafficking in methaqualone, 15 grams or more, but less than 150 grams) |
| 44-53-370(e)(5)(a)1 | Prohibited Acts, penalties (trafficking in LSD, 100 dosage units or more, but less than 500 dosage units) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(6)(a)(1) | Prohibited acts, penalties (trafficking in flunitrazepam, 1 gram but less than 100 grams) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(e)(7)(a) | Trafficking in gamma hydroxybutyric acid (first offense) |
| 44-53-370(e)(8)(a)(i) | Trafficking in MDMA or ecstasy, 100 dosage units but less than 500—First offense |
| 44-53-372(A)(2) | Knowingly or intentionally producing, manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to produce, manufacture, or distribute xylazine for human use |
| 44-53-375(A) | Possession of less than one gram of methamphetamine or cocaine base, third or subsequent offense |
| 44-53-375(C)(1)(a) | Trafficking in ice, crank, or crack cocaine 10 grams or more, but less than 28 grams |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-375(E)(1)(a)(i) | Trafficking in nine grams or more, but less than twenty-eight grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, first offense |
| 44-53-376(B) | Knowingly causing to be disposed any waste from the production of methamphetamine or knowingly assisting, soliciting, or conspiring with another to dispose of the waste, Second Offense |
| 44-53-378 | Manufacturing and exposing a child to methamphetamines |
| 44-53-398(H)(5) | Possessing, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, dispensing, administering, purchasing, selling, or possessing with intent to distribute any substance that contains any amount of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine which has been altered from its original condition, Second Offense |
| 44-53-440 | Distribution of controlled substance under Section 44-53-370(a) and (b) to persons under 18 violation |
| 44-53-445(B)(1) | Distribution, manufacture, or sale of controlled substance within proximity of school (other than crack cocaine) |
| 44-53-1530(1)(b) | Distribution of anabolic steroids (second or subsequent offense) |
| 44-53-1530(4)(b) | Possession of anabolic steroids, 100 or more doses (second or subsequent offense) |
| 44-53-1680(B) | Knowingly disclosing information in violation of the Prescription Monitoring Program |
| 44-53-1680(C) | Knowingly using prescription monitoring information in a manner or for a purpose in violation of the Prescription Monitoring Program |
| 44-55-1510 | Discharge of fumes of acids or similar substances |
| 45-2-40(B)(1) | Inflicting $10,000 or more in damages to a lodging establishment while using or possessing a controlled substance, beer, wine, or alcohol |
| 46-1-20(1) | Stealing crops from the field (value $10,000 or more) |
| 46-1-40(1) | Stealing tobacco plants from bed (value $10,000 or more) |
| 46-1-60(B)(1) | Making away with produce before payment (value $10,000 or more) |
| 46-1-70(B)(1) | Factors or commission merchants failing to account for produce (value $10,000 or more) |
| 46-1-160(D)(2) | Knowingly using false information to obtain or use South Carolina Farm Aid Fund funds for ineligible expenses when the value of the property is at least $100,000 |
| 47-19-120(C)(2) | Interference with person performing official duties under chapter on poultry inspection—use of deadly weapon in commission of violation |
| 48-23-265(C)(2) | Forest products violation second or subsequent offense (value at least $5,000) |
| 49-1-50(C)(1) | Sale of drifted timber, lumber ($10,000 or more value) |
| 50-21-115 | Reckless homicide by operation of a boat (reclassified from Class F felony in 2002) |
| 50-21-130(A)(2) | Failure of an operator of a vessel involved in a collision resulting in great bodily injury to stop and render assistance |
| 55-1-30(2) | Unlawful removing or damaging of airport facility or equipment when injury results |
| 55-1-40 | Unlawful entry of aircraft, damaging, or removing equipment |
| 56-1-1105(B)(1) | Unlawful driving by habitual offender resulting in great bodily injury |
| 56-5-750(B)(2) | Failure to stop for a law enforcement vehicle—Second or subsequent offense when no death or injury occurs |
| 56-5-750(B)(3) | Failure to stop for a law enforcement vehicle during a high-speed chase |
| 56-5-1030(B)(2) | Interference with traffic-control devices or railroad sign or signals prohibited—injury results |
| 56-5-1210(A)(2) | Failure to stop a vehicle involved in an accident when great bodily injury results |
| 56-5-2910 | Reckless homicide |
| 56-5-2941(K)(1)(c) | Unlawful operation of a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device |
| 56-5-4975(C) | Operation of unlicensed ambulance without removing exterior markings, sirens, etc., with intent to commit terrorist act |
| 56-29-30(A) | Unlawful to own, operate, or conduct a chop shop or to transport or sell a motor vehicle to a chop shop |
| 58-15-850 | Breaking and entering or shooting into cars |
| 63-5-70 | Unlawful conduct toward a child |
| 63-13-200 | Committing certain crimes near a childcare facility |
| 63-19-1670 | Furnishing contraband to a juvenile in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice |
(F) The following offenses are Class F felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class F felony, not more than five years, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A), apply:
| 2-2-100 | Contempt of the General Assembly |
|---|---|
| 2-2-120 | Criminal contempt of the General Assembly |
| 7-15-420(E) | Publicly reporting results of absentee ballot tabulation before polls are closed |
| 7-25-20 | Fraudulent registration or voting |
| 7-25-50 | Bribery at elections, first offense |
| 7-25-60 | Procuring or offering to procure votes by bribery |
| First offense | |
| 7-25-65 | Providing, offering, or accepting anything of value in exchange for requesting, collecting, or delivering absentee ballots |
| 7-25-110 | Voting more than once at elections |
| 7-25-120 | Impersonating a voter |
| 7-25-160 | Wilful neglect or corrupt conduct on the part of managers |
| 7-25-170 | Wilful neglect or corrupt conduct by officers other than managers |
| 7-25-190 | Illegal conduct at elections generally |
| 8-13-725(B) | Public official disclosing confidential information |
| 8-14-60 | Intentional use of a false document in connection with public employment |
| 8-29-10(F) | Intentional use of a false document or aiding in the use of a false document to obtain a public benefit |
| 11-48-90(A) | Sale or possession of counterfeit cigarettes |
| 12-21-2716 | Unlawful manufacture or sale of slugs to be used in coin-operated devices |
| 12-21-4150 | Posing as a bingo player with the intent to defraud bingo customers |
| 12-21-6000(B) | Marijuana and Controlled Substance Tax Act |
| 12-21-6040(A) | Revealing facts contained in report under Marijuana and Controlled Substance Tax Act |
| 12-54-44(B)(1) | Wilful attempt to evade or defeat tax imposed |
| 12-54-44(B)(2) | Wilful failure to collect or truthfully account for and pay over tax money |
| 12-54-44(B)(6)(a)(i) | Wilfully subscribing to false or fraudulent tax return |
| 12-54-44(B)(6)(a)(ii) | Wilfully assisting in false or fraudulent tax return |
| 12-54-44(B)(6)(b) | Violation of prohibition against preparing returns by person convicted of preparing false return |
| 16-1-55 | Accessory after the fact of a Class E felony |
| 16-3-60 | Involuntary manslaughter |
| 16-3-95(B) | Inflicting great bodily injury on a child by a person responsible for the child's welfare |
| 16-3-755(B) | Sexual battery with a student |
| 16-3-755(D) | Sexual battery with a student |
| 16-3-1040(A) | Threatening life, person or family of public official |
| 16-3-1050(B) | Abuse of a vulnerable adult |
| 16-3-1050(C) | Neglect of a vulnerable adult |
| 16-3-1050(D) | Exploitation of a vulnerable adult |
| 16-3-1080(A) | Committing or attempting to commit a violent crime while wearing body armor |
| 16-3-1085(D)(1) | Violent offender prohibited from purchasing, owning, or using body armor |
| 16-3-1720(C) | Stalking (with prior conviction) |
| 16-3-1730(A) | Stalking |
| 16-3-1910(O) | Violation of a permanent restraining order if the underlying conviction that was the basis for the permanent restraining order was a felony |
| 16-3-1920(N) | Violation of an emergency restraining order if the underlying conviction that was the basis for the emergency restraining order was a felony |
| 16-3-2080(F) | Disclosing information about a trafficking victim or certain shelters or unlawfully entering the grounds of a shelter while possessing a weapon |
| 16-5-10 | Conspiracy against civil rights |
| 16-5-130(1) | Penalties for instigating, aiding or participating in riot—resists enforcement of statute of state or United States, obstruct public officer, Carries weapon, etc. |
| 16-8-20(B)(1) | Demonstrating the use of a bomb (first offense) |
| 16-8-240(A) | Committing or threatening acts of violence with the intent to coerce, induce, or solicit another person to participate in gang activity, second offense |
| 16-9-10(B)(1) | Perjury and subordination of perjury |
| 16-9-30 | False swearing before persons authorized to administer oaths |
| 16-9-210 | Giving or offering bribes to officers |
| 16-9-230 | Acceptance of rebates or extra compensation |
| 16-9-260 | Corrupting jurors, arbitrators, umpires, or referees |
| 16-9-270 | Acceptance of bribes by jurors, arbitrators, umpires, or referees |
| 16-9-460 | Movement and harboring intended to further illegal entry or detection |
| 16-11-20 | Making, mending or possessing tools or other implements capable of being used in crime |
| 16-11-125 | Making false claim or statement in support of claim to obtain insurance benefits for fire or explosion loss |
| 16-11-130 | Burning personal property to defraud insurer |
| 16-11-150 | Burning lands of another without consent |
| Second and subsequent offense | |
| 16-11-170 | Wilfully burning lands of another |
| 16-11-190 | Wilfully and maliciously attempts to burn |
| 16-11-313(B) | Burglary—third degree |
| First offense | |
| 16-11-510(B)(2) | Malicious injury to animals and personal property (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-11-520(B)(2) | Malicious injury to real property (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-11-523(C)(2) | Injuring real property while illegally obtaining nonferrous metals where the value of the injury is greater than $2,000 but less than $10,000 |
| 16-11-617 | Unlawful to cultivate or attempt to cultivate marijuana on land of another |
| 16-11-725(B)(2) | Rummaging through or stealing another person's household garbage |
| 16-11-780 | Entering certain lands to discover, uncover, move, remove, or attempt to remove an archaeological resource-Third or subsequent offense |
| 16-11-910 and16-11-915 | Transfer of recorded sounds for unauthorized use or sale |
| 16-11-930 | Illegal distribution of recording without name and address of manufacturer and designation of featured artist (See Sections 16-11-920(B) and 16-11-940) |
| 16-13-10(B)(1) | Forgery (value more than $10,000) |
| 16-13-30(B)(2) | Grand larceny (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-40(2) | Stealing of bonds and the like (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-50(A)(2) | Stealing livestock, confiscation of motor vehicle or other chattel (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-70(B)(2) | Stealing of vessels and equipment—payment of damages (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-110(B)(2) | Shoplifting (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-135(E)(1)(b) | Organized retail crime—first offense when value of property is greater than $10,000 but less than $20,000 |
| 16-13-160 | Breaking into motor vehicles or tanks, pumps, and other containers where fuel or lubricants are stored |
| 16-13-165(B)(1)(b) | Knowingly and intentionally importing, manufacturing, or selling counterfeit nonconforming airbags—2nd or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-165(B)(2)(a) | Knowingly and intentionally importing, manufacturing, or selling counterfeit nonconforming airbags—1st offense |
| 16-13-165(B)(3)(a) | Knowingly or intentionally selling, leasing, trading, or transferring motor vehicle containing counterfeit or nonfunctional airbag—1st offense |
| 16-13-210(B)(2) | Embezzlement of less than $10,000 in public funds |
| 16-13-230(B)(2) | Breach of trust with fraudulent intent (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-240(2) | Obtaining signature or property by false pretenses (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-260(2) | Obtaining property under false tokens or letters (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-385(B)(3) | Tampering with a utility meter—third or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-385(C)(3) | Tampering with a utility meter for profit—third or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-385(D)(3) | Tampering with a utility meter that results in property damage in excess of $5,000 or results in the risk of great bodily injury or death—third or subsequent offense |
| 16-13-420(B)(2) | Failure to return rented objects, fraudulent appropriation (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-430(C)(2) | Fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-13-440(B)(2) | Obtaining a refund with a fraudulent driver's license or identity card when the value is two thousand dollars or more |
| 16-13-470(B)(2) | Defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test (second or subsequent offense) |
| 16-13-480 | Providing false picture identifications for use by unlawful aliens |
| 16-13-510(E) | Financial identity fraud and identity fraud |
| 16-13-512(C)(2) | Unlawfully printing information on credit and debit card receipts |
| 16-13-525(D) | Display or possession of a false identification or document for the purpose of proving lawful presence—Second and subsequent offense |
| 16-14-20 | Financial transaction card theft |
| 16-14-40 | Financial transaction card forgery |
| 16-14-60(a) | Financial transaction card fraud—value of things of value exceeds five hundred dollars in a six-month period |
| 16-14-60(g) | Financial transaction card fraud |
| 16-14-70 | Criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices |
| 16-14-80(B)(2) | Criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained with financial transaction card (value over $1,000) |
| 16-14-100 | Financial Transaction Card Crime Act violation |
| 16-15-10 | Bigamy |
| 16-15-120 | Buggery |
| 16-15-305(A) | Unlawfully disseminating, processing, or promoting obscenity |
| 16-15-332(B)(2) | Unauthorized disclosure of an intimate image with intent to cause harm—first offense |
| 16-15-332(C)(2) | Unauthorized disclosure of an intimate image without intent to cause harm—second or subsequent offense |
| 16-15-425(C) | Participation in the prostitution of a minor |
| 16-15-430(B)(1) | Sexual extortion—first offense |
| 16-16-20(2) | Computer crime—First degree |
| 16-17-410 | Conspiracy |
| 16-17-470(B)(2) | Voyeurism (second or subsequent offense) |
| 16-17-495(B) | Transporting a child under sixteen years of age with the purpose of concealing the child or avoiding a custody order or statute |
| 16-17-600(C) | Destruction or desecration of human remains or repositories—destroys, tears down, injures fencing, trees, flowers, or shrubs around a repository of human remains |
| 16-17-680(E)(1)(b)(iii) | Unlawful sale of nonferrous metals in any amount to a secondary metals recycler, third or subsequent offense |
| 16-17-680(I)(2)(d) | Unlawful purchase or attempt to purchase a used, detached catalytic converter or any nonferrous part of a catalytic converter, second offense |
| 16-17-722(B) | Knowingly file a false police report regarding a felony |
| 16-17-770(A)(3) | Impersonating a lawyer—Third or subsequent offense |
| 16-21-10 | Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificate of title, registration card, or license plate, misrepresentation or concealment in application |
| 16-21-40(A)(2), (A)(4) | Removing or falsifying identification number of vehicle or engine and buying, receiving, or selling such vehicle or engine |
| 16-21-80(2) | Receiving, possessing, concealing, selling, or disposing of stolen vehicle (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 16-23-20 | Unlawful carrying of pistol, third or subsequent offense (See Section 16-23-50(A)(2)(c)) |
| 16-23-30 | Sale or delivery of pistol to and possession by certain persons unlawful, stolen pistols (See Section 16-23-50) |
| 16-23-50(A)(1) | Handguns |
| 16-23-410 | Pointing firearms at a person |
| 16-23-415 | Taking a firearm, stun gun, or taser device from a law enforcement officer |
| 16-23-420 | Carrying or displaying firearms in public buildings or adjacent areas |
| 16-23-430 | Carrying weapons on school property |
| 16-23-480 | Manufacture or possession of article designed to cause damage by fire or other means |
| 16-23-490 | Possession of firearm or knife during commission or attempt to commit violent crime |
| 16-23-500(B)(1) | Possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a violent crime, first offense |
| 16-23-520 | Use, transportation, manufacture, possession, purchase, or sale of teflon-coated ammunition |
| 16-23-740 | Hindering certain individuals or devices during the detection, disarming, or destruction of a destructive device |
| 16-25-20(B)(3) | Criminal domestic violence—Third offense |
| 16-25-20 | Commission of criminal domestic violence—Third or subsequent offense |
| 16-25-30(B) | Ship, transport, receive, or possess a firearm or ammunition, if the person has been convicted of particular domestic violence offenses |
| 16-25-125(E) | Unlawful entry upon the grounds of a domestic violence shelter while possessing a dangerous weapon |
| 16-27-30 | Animal fighting or baiting |
| 16-27-40 | Presence at facility where animal fighting or baiting is taking place |
| Third and subsequent offenses | |
| 17-13-170 | False, fictitious, fraudulent, or counterfeit picture identification for purpose of offering proof of lawful presence in the U.S., second or subsequent offense |
| 17-15-90(1) | Wilful failure to appear before a court when released in connection with a charge for a felony or while awaiting sentencing |
| 17-15-270 | Committing a violent crime while under a bond or prefile release order for a previous violent crime |
| 17-30-50(A) | Interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications |
| 17-30-55(A) | Sending or manufacturing device for unlawful interception of wire, oral or electronic communications |
| 20-4-60(B)(2) | Possession firearm at time of criminal domestic violence |
| 20-4-375(A) | Making, presenting, filing, or attempting to file a false, fictitious, or fraudulent foreign protection order |
| 23-3-470(B)(3) | Failure of sex offender to register |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 23-3-475(B)(3) | Providing false information when registering as a sex offender |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 23-3-510(2) | Committing a felony by using information obtained from the sex offender registry |
| 23-3-535(D)(3) | Sex offender's failure to vacate a residence that is within one thousand feet of a school, daycare center, children's recreational facility, park, or public playground—Second offense |
| 23-3-538(C)(3) | Sex offender operating or employed by child-oriented business—Third offense |
| 23-3-540(I) | Sex offender failing to comply with reporting requirements |
| 23-3-540(L) | Sex offender removing or tampering with monitoring device |
| 23-3-550 | Assisting or harboring unregistered sex offender |
| 23-3-650(C) | Unlawful disclosure of DNA information from State DNA Database |
| 23-31-160 | False information or evidence on firearms license application (See Section 23-31-190) |
| 23-31-190 | Penalties, violation concerning regulation of pistols |
| 23-31-1040 | Unlawful for a person adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition |
| 23-36-170(a) | Penalty (violation of South Carolina Explosives Control Act) |
| First offense | |
| 23-50-50(B) | Divulging privileged communication, protected information, or a protected identity with intent to obtain monetary gain or other benefit |
| 24-1-270 | Trespass or loitering on or refusal to leave state correctional properties |
| 24-3-980 | Unlawful possession of telecommunication device by inmate, second or subsequent offense |
| 27-32-120(B) | Violation of vacation time sharing plans |
| Third or subsequent offense | |
| 32-7-100(A)(2) | Preneed funeral contract violations (value between $2,000 and $10,000) |
| 33-56-145(A) | Defrauding a charity (second or subsequent offense) |
| 33-56-145(B) | Giving false information with respect to registering a charity (second or subsequent offense) |
| 33-57-170(A) | Person or organization that unlawfully conducts a nonprofit raffle-second or subsequent offense |
| 33-57-170(B) | Person or organization that violates a provision of Title 33, Chapter 57 with the intent to deceive or defraud an individual or nonprofit organization—second or subsequent offense |
| 33-57-170(C) | Person or organization that gives false or misleading information on a registration or report under Title 33, Chapter 57 |
| 34-3-110(B) | Crimes against a federally chartered or insured financial institution |
| 35-1-508(a)(2) | Violation of Title 35, Chapter 1 when an investor loses less than twenty thousand dollars, but more than one thousand dollars |
| 35-11-740(A)(1)(b)(i) | Conducting or attempting to conduct financial transactions that involve the proceeds of an unlawful activity when the transactions exceed $300 but are less than $20,000 in a 12-month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(2)(b)(i) | Transporting, transmitting, or transferring or attempting to commit these activities with regard to funds across state or international boundaries unlawfully when the transactions exceed $300 but are less than $20,000 in a 12-month period |
| 35-11-740(A)(3)(b)(i) | Concealing or disguising the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of unlawful activity; conducting or attempting to conduct financial transactions involving property represented by a law enforcement officer to be proceeds of unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate unlawful activity if the transactions exceed $20,000 in a 12-month period |
| 36-9-410(C)(2) | Unlawful disposal of personal property that is subject to a perfected security interest whose value is more than $2,000 but less than $10,000 |
| 36-9-501(c) | Filing a false or fraudulent financing statement |
| 37-6-119(E)(2) | Knowingly soliciting the money or property or personal identifying information of a vulnerable adult for purposes of identity fraud (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 38-9-150 | Return of deposited securities (making false affidavit) |
| 38-13-170 | Making or aiding in making false statement (Insurance) |
| 38-43-245 | Licensed insurance producer fraudulently submitting application for insurance |
| 38-55-170(2) | Presenting false claim for payment (Insurance) (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 38-55-540(A)(3) | Knowingly making false statement or misrepresentation resulting in economic advantage of between ten and fifty thousand dollars, first offense |
| 39-15-1190(B)(1)(a)(iii) | Transferring, distributing, selling, or otherwise disposing of an item having a counterfeit mark on it, with goods or services having a value of $10000 or more but less than $50000; using any object, tool, machine, or other device to produce or reproduce a counterfeit mark |
| 39-15-1190(B)(1)(b)(i) | Trafficking in counterfeit marks, First Offense |
| 39-22-90(A)(1)-(4), (9) | Prohibited acts. State Warehouse System (See Section 39-22-90(B)) |
| 39-23-80(B)(2) | Adulterated, misbranded, or new drugs and devices |
| Second offense | |
| 39-23-80(B)(3) | Adulterated, misbranded, or new drugs and devices—with intent to defraud or mislead |
| 40-5-310 | Unlawful practice of law by a person |
| 41-8-70 | Intentional use of a false document in connection with private employment |
| 43-35-85(B), (C), (D),16-3-1050(B), (C), (D) | Abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult |
| 44-23-1150(C)(2) | Second degree sexual misconduct |
| 44-41-80 | Performing unlawful abortion |
| 44-41-85(A) | Performing a partial-birth abortion |
| 44-43-375(A) | Purchase or sale of body part for transplantation or therapy |
| 44-43-380 | Falsification of document of gift or refusal for financial gain |
| 44-53-40(B) | Obtaining certain drugs, devices, preparations, or compounds by fraud, deceit, or the like |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-365 | Taking or exercising control over another person's controlled substance-First offense |
| 44-53-370(b)(2) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (manufacture or possession of other substances in Schedule I, II, III, flunitrazepam, or a controlled substance analogue with intent to distribute) |
| First offense | |
| 44-53-370(b)(3) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (manufacture or possession of Schedule IV drugs except for flunitrazepam with intent to distribute) |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-370(d)(1) | Prohibited Acts A, penalties (possession of narcotic drugs in Schedule I (b), (c), LSD, and Schedule II) |
| Second, third, or subsequent offenses | |
| 44-53-370(d)(3) | Possession of cocaine, second offense |
| 44-53-370(d)(4) | Unlawful possession of more than 2 grains of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance - first offense |
| 44-53-375(A) | Possession of less than one gram of methamphetamine or cocaine base, second offense |
| 44-53-376(B) | Knowingly causing to be disposed any waste from the production of methamphetamine or knowingly assisting, soliciting, or conspiring with another to dispose of the waste, First Offense |
| 44-53-378(B) | Exposing child to methamphetamine |
| 44-53-379(B) | Unlawful possession of a firearm by person convicted of a controlled substance offense |
| 44-53-380 | Prohibited Acts B, penalties |
| 44-53-390 | Prohibited Acts C, penalties |
| 44-53-395 | Prohibited acts, penalties (prescription drugs) |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 44-53-398(H)(5) | Possessing, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, dispensing, administering, purchasing, selling, or possessing with intent to distribute any substance that contains any amount of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine which has been altered from its original condition, First Offense |
| 44-53-1530(1)(a) | Distribution of anabolic steroids (first offense) |
| 44-63-161(B) | Making false statement on or altering official certificate or record |
| 45-2-40(B)(2) | Inflicting more than $2,000 but less than $10,000 in damages to a lodging establishment while using or possessing a controlled substance, beer, wine, or alcohol |
| 46-1-20(2) | Stealing crops from the field (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 46-1-40(2) | Stealing tobacco plants from bed (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 46-1-60(B)(2) | Making away with produce before payment (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 46-1-70(B)(2) | Factors or commission merchants failing to account for produce (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 46-1-75(B)(2) | Maliciously damaging farm product, research facility or equipment valued at $500 or more |
| 46-1-160(D)(2) | Knowingly using false information to obtain or use South Carolina Farm Aid Fund funds for ineligible expenses when the value of the property is greater than $2,000 but less than $10,000 |
| 46-41-30(2) | Unlawful to engage in business as dealer without license (agricultural products) |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 47-1-40(B) | Torture, torment, mutilate, cruelly kill, or inflict excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or suffering upon an animal |
| 47-3-630 | Torturing, mutilating, injuring, disabling, poisoning, or killing a police dog |
| 47-3-760(B)(2) | Penalty for owner of dangerous animal which attacks and injures a human |
| Second or subsequent offense | |
| 49-1-50(C)(2) | Sale of drifted lumber or timber (value over $2,000 up to $10,000) |
| 50-11-95(D) | Engaging in Computer Assisted Remote Hunting, Second and Subsequent Offense |
| 54-7-815 | Unlawful salvage of certain sunken warships |
| 55-1-30(1) | Unlawful removing or damaging of airport facility or equipment |
| 56-1-1100 | Habitual traffic offenders, violation of free vehicle registration for disabled veterans |
| 56-1-2070 | Driving commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order, two violations |
| 56-5-1030(B)(1) | Interference with traffic-control devices or railroad sign or signals |
| 56-5-2780(B)(2) | Unlawful passing a school bus when death results |
| 56-5-2930 | Driving under influence of liquor, drugs, or like substances unlawful (See Section 56-5-2940(4)) |
| 56-5-2933 | Driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration, fourth or subsequent offense |
| 56-5-4975(B) | Operation of unlicensed ambulance without removing exterior markings, sirens, etc., with intent to commit felony |
| Fourth or subsequent offense | |
| 56-29-30(B) | Unlawful to alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, etc. a vehicle identification number |
| 56-29-30(C)(1) | Unlawful to buy, dispose, sell, transfer, or possess a motor vehicle or part with tampered identification number |
| 56-29-30(D) | Attempt to violate Motor Vehicle Chop Shop, Stolen, and Altered Property Act |
| 56-29-30(E) | Conspiracy to violate Motor Vehicle Chop Shop, Stolen, and Altered Property Act |
| 57-1-40 | Department of Transportation, bribery |
| 58-7-60(B)(3) | Unlawful appropriation of gas—third or subsequent offense |
| 58-7-60(C)(1) | Unlawful appropriation of gas that result in property damage in excess of $5,000 or the risk of great bodily injury or death—third or subsequent offense |
| 58-7-60(E)(3) | Aiding, abetting, or assisting another person in withdrawing and appropriating gas—third or subsequent offense |
| 58-7-70(B) | Cheating and defrauding, or altering a meter to withdraw or take gas—third or subsequent offense |
| 58-7-70(C)(3) | Wrongful use of gas and interference with gas meters for profit—third or subsequent offense |
| 58-7-70(D)(3) | Wrongful use of gas and interference with gas meters for profit when violation results in property damage greater than $5,000 or in risk of great bodily injury or death - third or subsequent offense |
| 58-13-740 | Violation of provisions concerning transportation of explosive compounds |
| 58-15-820 | Wilful obstruction of railroad or electric railway |
| 58-15-875(D)(3) | Unlawful conduct relating to railroad track material for recycling, third or subsequent offense |
| 58-17-4100 | Shooting or throwing missile at trains |
| 59-150-260(A) | Intentional making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting a state lottery game ticket |
| 59-150-260(B) | Influencing or attempting to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials |
| 59-150-270(A) | Knowing or intentionally making a material false statement in an application for a license or proposal to conduct lottery activities or a material false entry in a book or record which is compiled or submitted to the lottery board |
| 59-150-400(D) | Conspiracy |
| 63-13-1110(C) | Sex offender unlawfully employed or volunteering at a location involving instruction, supervision, or care of minors |
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 184, SECTION 9; 1993 Act No. 163, SECTION 2; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, SECTION 19B; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, SECTION 70B; 1997 Act No. 136, SECTION 3; 1998 Act No. 372, SECTION 3; 1999 Act No. 56, SECTIONS 2 to 4; 2010 Act No. 289, SECTIONS 2, 3, eff June 11, 2010.
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
The crime classification tables are added by the Code Commissioner pursuant to Section 2-13-66, and updated annually.
2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides:
"Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."