Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 15 - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Section 23-15-60 - Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods

S.C. Code § 23-15-60

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Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 23-15-60 - Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods

It shall be lawful for the sheriff or his deputy to break and enter any house, after request and refusal, to arrest the person or to seize the goods of anyone in such house; provided, such sheriff or his deputy have process requiring him to arrest such person or seize such goods.

S.C. Code § 23-15-60

1839 (11) 43; R. S. 732; G. S. 669; Civ. C. '02 Section 852; Civ. C. '12 Section 1177; Civ. C. '22 Section 2070; 1932 Code Section 3527; 1942 Code Section 3527; 1952 Code Section 53-198; 1962 Code Section 53-198.