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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 23 - OFFENSES INVOLVING WEAPONS
Section 16-23-530 - Firearms; possession by or sale to unlawful alien; penalties.
SC Code § 16-23-530 (2012) What's This?
(A) It is unlawful for an alien unlawfully present in the United States to possess, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport into this State a firearm.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport for sale into this State a firearm to a person knowing that such person is not lawfully present in the United States.
(C) A person violating the provisions of subsection (A) of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(D) A person violating the provisions of subsection (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 280, Section 15, eff June 4, 2008.
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