No evidence of conviction of any person for any violation of this chapter shall be admissible in any court in any civil action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6160
Evidence of conviction inadmissible in civil action
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56-5-10 to 56-5-990 (418 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Samuel v. Mouzon (1984)
Most recently applied in Doe v. Doe (August 2001)
1962 Code SECTION 46-686; 1952 Code SECTION 46-686; 1949 (46) 466.
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.