S.C. Code § 16-11-310

Current through 2024 Act No. 120.

Section 16-11-310 - Definitions

For purposes of Sections 16-11-311 through 16-11-313:

(1) "Building" means any structure, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft:

(a) Where any person lodges or lives; or

(b) Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, public transportation, or public use or where goods are stored. Where a building consists of two or more units separately occupied or secured, each unit is deemed both a separate building in itself and a part of the main building.

(2) "Dwelling" means its definition found in Section 16-11-10 and also means the living quarters of a building which is used or normally used for sleeping, living, or lodging by a person.

(3) "Enters a building without consent" means:

(a) To enter a building without the consent of the person in lawful possession; or

(b) To enter a building by using deception, artifice, trick, or misrepresentation to gain consent to enter from the person in lawful possession.

S.C. Code § 16-11-310

1985 Act No. 159, Section 1; 1883 (18) 290; R. S. 141; G. S. 2481; Cr. C. '02 Section 144; Cr. C. '12 Section 177; Cr. C. '22 Section 32; 1932 Code Section 1138; 1942 Code Section 1138; 1952 Code Section 16-331; 1962 Code Section 16-331.