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.
Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-60, under Title 23, Chapter 15.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-60