{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-13-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-13-20","heading":"Additional circumstances when citizens may arrest; means to be used.","body":"A citizen may arrest a person in the nighttime by efficient means as the darkness and the probability of escape render necessary, even if the life of the person should be taken, when the person:\n(a) has committed a felony;\n(b) has entered a dwelling house without express or implied permission;\n(c) has broken or is breaking into an outhouse with a view to plunder;\n(d) has in his possession stolen property; or\n(e) being under circumstances which raise just suspicion of his design to steal or to commit some felony, flees when he is hailed.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 13 Arrest, Process, Searches and Seizures"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c013.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:45:59Z","sha256":"a512d0ea300e341b67e3836b01bc591e99b6fc5247a9a88aa7d181d58ef2f91d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-13-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-13-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}