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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-570: Larceny; jurisdiction.

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  1. Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES
  2. CHAPTER 3 Jurisdiction and Procedure in Magistrates' Courts
  3. ARTICLE 5 Criminal Jurisdiction

Magistrates have jurisdiction of petit larceny and all other larcenies involving personal property including, but not limited to:

(1) money;

(2) goods or chattels;

(3) bank note, bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, or other bill;

(4) order or certificate;

(5) book of accounts;

(6) deed or writing containing a conveyance of land;

(7) other valuable contract in force;

(8) receipt;

(9) release or defeasance; or

(10) any writ, process, or public record.

The value of the property stolen must be one thousand dollars or less.

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