2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 3 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
Section 16-3-1220. Persons ineligible for award.
A person listed in Section 16-3-1210 is not eligible to recover under this article if the person:
(1) committed or aided in the commission of the crime upon which the claim is based or engaged in other unlawful activity which contributed to or aggravated the resulting injury;
(2) is the surviving parent, spouse, or dependent of a deceased victim who would have been barred by subsection (1) had he survived;
(3) is a dependent of the offender who committed the crime upon which the claim is based, and the offender would be a principal beneficiary of the award.
HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2. 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 181, Section 3; 1991 Act No. 144, Section 2; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.H, eff July 1, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.H, substituted "Section 16-3-1210" for "Section 16-3-1210(1)".
