Section 61-6-4025. Possession of unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors in vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

SC Code § 61-6-4025 (2019) (N/A)
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It is unlawful for a person to keep, store, have in possession, carry, ship, or transport in a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other chattel, any unlawfully acquired or manufactured alcoholic liquors.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows:

(a) for a first offense, by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months;

(b) for a second offense, by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year; and

(c) for a third or subsequent offense, by a fine of three thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 415, Section 1.