S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-1370
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SECTION 22-3-1370. Order restraining defendant from damaging, concealing or removing property.
Official statutory text
The magistrate shall concurrently have served on the defendant, when immediate possession of the subject property is not being taken, an order restraining the defendant from damaging, concealing or removing such property. Upon proper showing that such order has been violated, the defendant shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
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