{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-18-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-18-140","heading":"Exceptions from application of chapter.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) an officer or employee of the federal government, or of this State or a political subdivision of either, excluding school districts, or of a municipal corporation while the employee or officer is engaged in the performance of official duties;\n(2) a person or firm engaged as a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, when gathering, processing, or reporting information directly related to a credit rating or credit status;\n(3) an attorney-at-law while in the performance of his duties; or\n(4) a person, as defined by Section 38-1-20(29), licensed or authorized by the Director of Insurance to transact business within the State, when performing duties directly related to that license or authorization.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 18 Private Security and Investigation Agencies"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c018.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:20:54Z","sha256":"ca83f37e2e7b81f620e8c6a360e3eab7ab9fa43dc9edda89e65d582b87b17e2a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-18-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-18-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}