{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-38-55-520","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 38-55-520","heading":"Purpose of article.","body":"The purpose of this article is to confront aggressively the problem of insurance fraud in South Carolina by facilitating the detection of insurance fraud; to allow reporting of suspected insurance fraud; to grant immunity for reporting suspected insurance fraud; to prescribe penalties for insurance fraud; to require restitution for victims of insurance fraud; to establish a division within the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute insurance fraud; and to require the investigation of alleged insurance fraud by State Law Enforcement Division.","path":["Title 38 - INSURANCE","CHAPTER 55 Conduct of Insurance Business","ARTICLE 5 Insurance Fraud and Reporting Immunity"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t38c055.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:13:54Z","sha256":"69d6e28d2d1a2c50cefa0eaa49ed2d24dfedc4f7eb42b61935f0bd034df5b122","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-38-55-510","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-38-55-530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}