2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 13 - PRISONERS GENERALLY
Section 24-13-20 - Sheriffs' duties with respect to arrest of escaped convicts; penalty.

The sheriffs of this State under the penalty provided, in this section must arrest in their respective counties, with or without a warrant, all escaped inmates from the state prisons or from the local detention facilities found in their respective counties. Upon an arrest a sheriff must notify immediately the proper authority from whose care the inmate escaped. Upon the wilful neglect or failure by a sheriff to comply with the provisions of this section, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months or must be fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-4; 1952 Code Section 55-4; 1942 Code Section 3545; 1932 Code Sections 1541, 3545; Civ. C. '22 Section 2088; Cr. C. '22 Section 488; Civ. C. '12 Section 1195; Cr. C. '12 Section 561; Civ. C. '02 Section 870; Cr. C. '02 Section 404; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 65, eff June 11, 2010.