{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-27-120","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 23-27-120","heading":"Declaration of purpose; construction of chapter.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to provide adequate police protection for unincorporated villages, towns and thickly populated areas outside of the limits of incorporated municipalities, and this chapter shall be liberally construed and interpreted to carry into effect such purpose.","path":["Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 27 Police Districts in Unincorporated Communities"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c027.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:51:04Z","sha256":"b204a4af83ef5a45f891fb1e59f14e80039dd01b0e14c1b9face3093d3417285","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-27-110","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-27-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}