{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-75-60","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 15-75-60","heading":"Sham legal processes involving persons impersonating government officials or employees, or by persons falsely asserting authority of law; remedies.","body":"A person who is injured by a sham legal process involving a violation of Section 16-17-735 has the following civil remedies against the person who committed the violation or who caused the violation to be committed:\n(1) actual damages;\n(2) punitive damages;\n(3) costs; and\n(4) reasonable attorney's fees. The amount of the recovery for the plaintiff is not determinative of the attorney's fee.","path":["Title 15 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 75 Suits Involving Miscellaneous Acts of Wrongful Conduct"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c075.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:43:24Z","sha256":"d0f739b2d96b96d682490c2fefaf9fd1f898bfabd6cd012236549852ef2d76da","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-75-51","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-77-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}