2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
Chapter 75 - SUITS INVOLVING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS OF WRONGFUL CONDUCT
Section 15-75-60 - Sham legal processes involving persons impersonating government officials or employees, or by persons falsely asserting authority of law; remedies.

A person who is injured by a sham legal process involving a violation of Section 16-17-735 has the following civil remedies against the person who committed the violation or who caused the violation to be committed:

(1) actual damages;

(2) punitive damages;

(3) costs; and

(4) reasonable attorney's fees. The amount of the recovery for the plaintiff is not determinative of the attorney's fee.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 385, Section 4.