S.C. Code § 16-9-240
Taking of consideration or the like by sheriff or other officer for not performing duties
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 16, Chapter 9 — Offenses Against Public Justice · Status: effective
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- S.C. Code § 16-9-240, Taking of consideration or the like by sheriff or other officer for not performing duties, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1571971
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If a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other officer authorized to serve legal process receives from the defendant or any other person any money or other valuable thing as a consideration, reward or inducement for omitting or delaying to arrest a defendant or to carry him before a magistrate, for delaying to take a person to prison, for postponing the sale of property under an execution or for omitting or delaying to perform any duty pertaining to his office he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.