South Carolina § 23-3-475 - Registering with false information; penalties.
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§ 23-3-475. Registering with false information; penalties.
(A) Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when registering as an offender pursuant to this article must be punished as provided in subsection (B).
(B)(1) A person convicted for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three hundred sixty-six days, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, or any other provision of law, a first offense may be tried in magistrates court.
(2) A person convicted for a second offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of three hundred sixty-six days, no part of which shall be suspended nor probation granted.
(3) A person convicted for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned for a mandatory period of five years, three years of which shall not be suspended nor probation granted.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 444, SECTION 16; 1998 Act No. 384, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 212, SECTION 7, eff June 7, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (B)(1); and, in subsection (B)(2), substituted "three hundred sixty-six days," for "one year" following "a mandatory period of".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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