S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-3400
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SECTION 56-1-3400. False or fictitious information or fraud a violation.
Official statutory text
Any person who shall use a false or fictitious name or give a fictitious address in any application for an identification card or renewal thereof, or knowingly make a false statement or conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months.
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