{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-830","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-830","heading":"Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense.","body":"It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this article that the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed that the person who engaged in the sexual conduct was eighteen years of age or older.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person","ARTICLE 8 Sexual Performance by Children"],"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":"a61ae1e8433d60555ad407fc6ce91ab0bc6b3b1b000ec7efe9767e818682da15","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-820","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-840"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}