2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 7 - FEES AND TAXES
Section 38-7-140 - Penalty for failure to pay money due or to supply information required.

(A) It is unlawful for a person, officer or employee of an insurer, or other person, with intent to evade a requirement of this title or a lawful requirement of the director or his designee, to:

(1) fail to pay any fees, taxes, penalties, or interest;

(2) fail to make, sign, or verify a return;

(3) fail to supply required information; or

(4) make, render, sign, or verify false or fraudulent information.

(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-1-70 [1979 Act No. 63] recodified as Section 38-7-140 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 209; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 534.