S.C. Code § 25-1-3040

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 25-1-3040 - Larceny; wrongful appropriation

Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person, any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind:

(1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny;
(2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation may be punished as a court-martial may direct.

S.C. Code § 25-1-3040

1985 Act No. 84 Section 34; repealed by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 91)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 75; 1964 (53) 2241; 1962 Code Section 44-95; 1952 Code Section 44-80; 1942 Code Section 1227; 1932 Code Section 1227; Cr. C. '22 Section 115; Section 25-1-1450 (1918 (30) 874; repealed by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 91); 1964 (53) 2241; 1962 Code Section 44-91; 1952 Code Section 44-88; New Section 25-1-3040 [derived from former Section 25-1-1410 (1950 (46) 1881; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Sections 25-1-2550, 25-1-2560 and 25-1-2570 by 1984 Act No. 378; 1962 Code Section 44-204; 1952 Code Section 44-214; Former Section 25-1-3040 [1950 (46) 1881.