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S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-60: Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- CHAPTER 15 General Powers and Duties of Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
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.
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