It shall be lawful for the sheriff or his deputy to break and enter any house, after request and refusal, to arrest the person or to seize the goods of anyone in such house; provided, such sheriff or his deputy have process requiring him to arrest such person or seize such goods.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-15-60
Breaking into house to arrest person or seize goods
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Payton v. New York (1980)
Most recently applied in Payton v. New York (April 1980)
1962 Code SECTION 53-198; 1952 Code SECTION 53-198; 1942 Code SECTION 3527; 1932 Code SECTION 3527; Civ
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