{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1820","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1820","heading":"Immunity from liability for filing a report or complaint or participating in a judicial proceeding concerning alleged harassment or stalking; rebuttable presumption of good faith.","body":"A person who reports an alleged harassment in the first or second degree or stalking, files a criminal complaint, files a complaint for a restraining order, or who participates in a judicial proceeding pursuant to this article and who is acting in good faith is immune from criminal and civil liability that might otherwise result from these actions. A rebuttable presumption exists that the person was acting in good faith.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person","ARTICLE 17 Harassment and Stalking"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:04Z","sha256":"271d939e1b942c68443c717b13a608689835ad14d7e015a8894efe6df4621156","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1810","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1830"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}