{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-185","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 43-5-185","heading":"Public officers prohibited from attempting to influence decisions regarding applications for assistance; penalty.","body":"Any public officer not charged with the administration of Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19, and 23 who attempts to influence a decision of the county department or state department respecting the application of any person for assistance or respecting the assistance to be paid or being paid shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. The giving of information within the personal knowledge of such officer, in writing, shall not constitute an offense under this section.","path":["Title 43 - SOCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 5 Public Aid, Assistance and Relief Generally","ARTICLE 1 Public Aid and Assistance"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t43c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:28:44Z","sha256":"1a6b26270612d833f46d89012c6cfc9000c50aa2c214b5d0abaa5b9b957fbe90","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-180","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-5-190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}