19 chapters · 406 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-13-170 Law enforcement authorization to determine immigration status; reasonable suspicion; procedures; data collection on motor vehicle stops
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(A) If a law enforcement officer of this State or a political subdivision of this State lawfully stops, detains, investigates, or arrests a person for a criminal offense, and during the commission of the stop, detention, investigation, or arrest the officer has reasonable suspici…
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-13-20 Additional circumstances when citizens may arrest; means to be used
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A citizen may arrest a person in the nighttime by efficient means as the darkness and the probability of escape render necessary, even if the life of the person should be taken, when the person: (a) has committed a felony; (b) has entered a dwelling house without express or impli…
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-13-30 Officers may arrest without warrant for offenses committed in view
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The sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of this State may arrest without warrant any and all persons who, within their view, violate any of the criminal laws of this State if such arrest be made at the time of such violation of law or immediately thereafter.
Law enforcement officer jurisdiction when in pursuit of offender; authority, rights, privileges and immunities extended
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(A) When the police authorities of a town or city are in pursuit of an offender for a violation of a municipal ordinance or statute of this State committed within the corporate limits, the authorities may arrest the offender, with or without a warrant, at a place within the corpo…