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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-54-70

Responsibility for damages; level of offense

Known as the Drug Dealer Liability Act

The act spans §§ 44-54-10 to 44-54-90 (13 sections).

1999 Act No. 62, SECTION 1.

Any person whose participation in the marketing of illegal controlled substances constitutes any of the following levels of offense shall be subject to a rebuttable presumption of responsibility in the following amounts:

(1) for a level one offense, twenty-five percent of the damages;

(2) for a level two offense, fifty percent of the damages;

(3) for a level three offense, seventy-five percent of the damages; or

(4) for a level four offense, one hundred percent of the damages.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.