2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 23-1-20. Employment of peace officers on contingent basis; penalties.
It is unlawful for a peace officer to be employed within the State on a contingent basis upon which he receives any share of fines collected by him or through his efforts as compensation. A peace officer accepting employment on a contingent basis or receiving or accepting any part of the fines collected by him or through his efforts as compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-2; 1952 Code Section 53-2; 1948 (45) 1643; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 196.
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