{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-27-39-300","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 27-39-300","heading":"Damages for unreasonable and excessive distress.","body":"Any lessor or landlord who makes unreasonable and excessive distress shall be liable for all damages sustained by the tenant whose goods are distrained by reason of such excessive distress. Such damage may be recovered by an action in any court of competent jurisdiction.","path":["Title 27 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES","CHAPTER 39 Rent","ARTICLE 3 Collection of Rent by Distraint"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c039.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:57:09Z","sha256":"c046792d0fde5d93bfabda5806dd989cca9b2e7853e6e20edbab50a287ec4d97","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-27-39-290","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-27-39-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}