Fifteen days after receipt of a certified letter from the legal custodian of the record or the Director of the Archives, a person in possession of a public record who refuses or fails to deliver as required in this chapter the record to the requesting party is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. In addition, the legal custodian of the public records or the Director of the Archives may apply by verified petition to the court of common pleas in the county of residence of the person withholding the records and the court shall upon proper showing issue orders for the return of the records to the lawful custodian or the Director of the Archives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 30-1-50
Penalty for failure to deliver records
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Willcox v. Stroup (In Re Willcox) (2005)
Most recently applied in Willcox v. Stroup (In Re Willcox) (August 2005)
1962 Code SECTION 1-585; 1973 (58) 350; 1990 Act No. 546, SECTION 1.
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