{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-9-203","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 39-9-203","heading":"Civil penalties; civil action to recovery penalty.","body":"A person who by himself, by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person commits one or more of the acts enumerated in Section 39-9-200 may be subject to a civil penalty. A civil action may be brought by the Commissioner of Agriculture in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover a civil penalty of not less than:\n(1) one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for a first offense;\n(2) two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for a second offense within two years from the date of the first offense;\n(3) one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars for a third offense within two years from the date of the first offense.","path":["Title 39 - TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 9 Weights and Measures"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:16:54Z","sha256":"c1d3838badb929f803593c11de7929b31a942bb86cc588ae0eaad2b6cf534036","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-9-200","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-39-9-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}