A person is immune from civil liability for property damage resulting from his forcible entry into a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor or vulnerable adult from the vehicle if the person has a reasonable good faith belief that forcible entry into the vehicle is necessary because the minor or vulnerable adult is in imminent danger of suffering harm.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-700
Immunity for property damage incurred in rescue from locked vehicle
2016 Act No. 133 (H.3145), SECTION 1, eff February 16, 2016.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.