South Carolina § 8-1-50 - Allowing records to be taken from office.
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§ 8-1-50. Allowing records to be taken from office.
If any clerk of any court of record, judge of probate, master, register of deeds or sheriff shall allow any record, or any part thereof, to be taken or removed from their respective offices by any person whomsoever, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof he shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and for the second and any subsequent offense by a fine of one hundred dollars. Nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to the attendance of any of such officers with any of the records of their respective offices in any court when the actual production of such record is required by the proper process of such court for the purpose of evidence in any trial then proceeding therein nor shall the provisions of this section apply to the taking or removal of any books or records when done under any order of a circuit judge for the better preservation or protection of such books or records.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 50-5; 1952 Code SECTION 50-5; 1942 Code SECTION 1526; 1932 Code SECTION 1526; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 473; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 547; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 390; G. S. 2557; R. S. 307; 1882 (18) 871; 1885 (19) 415; 1997 Act No. 34, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 1998.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-1-50 ("Allowing records to be taken from office.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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