It shall be unlawful for any person to place or to cause to be placed in a public place in the State a burning or flaming cross or any manner of exhibit in which a burning or flaming cross, real or simulated, is the whole or a part or to place or cause to be placed on the property of another in the State a burning or flaming cross or any manner of exhibit in which a burning or flaming cross, real or simulated, is the whole or a part, without first obtaining written permission of the owner or occupier of the premises so to do.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-7-120
Placing burning or flaming cross in public place
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Ramsey (1993)
Most recently applied in Black v. Commonwealth (November 2001)
1962 Code SECTION 16-116; 1952 Code SECTION 16-116; 1951 (47) 132.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.