{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-11-310","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-310","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of Sections 16-11-311 through 16-11-313:\n(1) \"Building\" means any structure, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft:\n(a) Where any person lodges or lives; or\n(b) Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, public transportation, or public use or where goods are stored. Where a building consists of two or more units separately occupied or secured, each unit is deemed both a separate building in itself and a part of the main building.\n(2) \"Dwelling\" means its definition found in Section 16-11-10 and also means the living quarters of a building which is used or normally used for sleeping, living, or lodging by a person.\n(3) \"Enters a building without consent\" means:\n(a) To enter a building without the consent of the person in lawful possession; or\n(b) To enter a building by using deception, artifice, trick, or misrepresentation to gain consent to enter from the person in lawful possession.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 11 Offenses Against Property","ARTICLE 5 Burglary, Housebreaking, Robbery and the Like"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c011.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:29Z","sha256":"73d8ff5b743d9e6ca5cb6721b279fc0c62b8107c5fe183bfea88a178a20c78b5","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-11-200","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-11-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}