This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Sexually Violent Predator Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-48-10
Short title
Known as the Sexually Violent Predator Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (19 sections).
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case State v. Gaster (2002)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Campbell (June 2019)
1998 Act No. 321, SECTION 1; 2004 Act No. 176, SECTION 1, eff February 18, 2004.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.