2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Property
Section 16-11-740. Malicious injury to telegraph, telephone or electric utility system.
It is unlawful for a person, without the consent of the owner, to wilfully:
(1) destroy, damage, or in any way injure a telegraph, telephone, electric utility system, satellite dish, or cable television system, including poles, cables, wires, fixtures, antennas, amplifiers, or other apparatus, equipment, or appliances;
(2) obstruct, impede, or impair their services or transmissions or;
(3) aid, agree with, employ, or conspire with a person to do or cause to be done any of the acts mentioned in this section.
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-399; 1969 (56) 651; 1989 Act No. 21, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 29.
