S.C. Code Ann. § 8-15-40
Any officer receiving a set of the Code and supplements thereto, upon leaving office, shall deliver to his successor in office the codes and supplements thereto which he received as an officer. Any officer leaving office without turning over to his successor the sets of the codes and supplements thereto delivered to him by virtue of his office shall be liable for them on his official bond. The value of any such set is hereby fixed at twenty-five dollars. The codes and supplements thereto after distribution to such officers shall be and remain the property of the State and shall be returned to the State Librarian by any person who may not be authorized by law to retain them. The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this section and Section 8-15-30.