{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-13-332","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-332","heading":"Library personnel exempt from liability for arrest of persons suspected of concealment or removal of library property.","body":"A library or agent or employee of the library causing the arrest of any person pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-13-331 shall not be held civilly liable for unlawful detention, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false arrest, or assault and battery of the person so arrested, unless excessive or unreasonable force is used; whether such arrest takes place on the premises by such agent or employee; provided that, in causing the arrest of such person, the library or agent or employee of the library had at the time of such arrest probable cause to believe that the person committed willful concealment of books or other library property.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 13 Forgery, Larceny, Embezzlement, False Pretenses and Cheats","ARTICLE 1 Miscellaneous Offenses"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c013.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:34Z","sha256":"3b5bc5a503c686ffbe60f9cec7eb17e99f3050ef5ca175358e4898db5d9b9d6c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-13-331","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-13-340"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}