S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-425 – Unlawful failure to return rented video or cassette tape

(A) A person having a video or cassette tape in his possession or under his control by virtue of a lease or rental agreement, who wilfully and fraudulently fails to return the video or cassette tape within seventy-two hours after the lease or rental agreement has expired, or who fraudulently secretes or appropriates this property to any use or purpose not within the due and lawful execution of his lease or rental agreement is guilty of:
1. (1) petit larceny if the dollar amount of the video or cassette tape lease or rental agreement is one thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined or imprisoned as provided for petit larceny;
2. (2) grand larceny and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the dollar amount of the video or cassette tape lease or rental agreement is more than one thousand dollars but less than five thousand dollars;
3. (3) grand larceny and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the original dollar amount of the video or cassette tape lease or rental agreement is five thousand dollars or more.
(B) As a prerequisite for a warrant to be issued pursuant to this section, notice of the expiration of the lease or rental period must be given by the merchant by certified mail, addressed to the person at the address recorded on the lease or rental contract. The giving of notice is complete upon the expiration of five days after serving the notice. A certificate retained by the merchant showing that the notice was mailed is presumptive proof that the requirements of this subsection have been met, even though the notice may not have been received by the addressee.