{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-17-110","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 23-17-110","heading":"Penalties for purchase by sheriff or deputy at sheriff's sale.","body":"It is unlawful for a sheriff or deputy sheriff to be concerned or interested, directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any property sold by him in his official capacity. If a sheriff or deputy sheriff has a concern or interest in the purchase at a sale made by him, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be deprived of his office and fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than two years. A purchase made is null and void.","path":["Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 17 Liabilities of Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:50:29Z","sha256":"d67bb8097399fc695425286181f879eb94da2aa3eb28cc6f8c0d851fc3613d0a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-17-100","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-17-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}