Any machine, board, or other device prohibited by Section 12-21-2710 must be seized by any law enforcement officer and at once taken before any magistrate of the county in which the machine, board, or device is seized who shall immediately examine it, and if satisfied that it is in violation of Section 12-21-2710 or any other law of this State, direct that it be immediately destroyed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 12-21-2712
Seizure and destruction of unlawful machines, devices, etc
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case State v. 192 Coin-Operated Video Game MacHines (2000)
Most recently applied in South Carolina Department of Revenue v. Meenaxi, Inc. (September 2016)
1986 Act No. 308 SECTION 4; 1999 Act No. 125, SECTION 2.
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Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.