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2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 21 - Fees And Costs Generally
Section 8-21-30. Liability for ten times fee illegally charged.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 8-21-30 (2020)
If any officer herein named shall charge any other fee or fees for any services herein mentioned, such officer shall be liable to forfeit ten times the amount so improperly charged, to be recovered by suit in the court of common pleas, by attachment or by sale when the penalty does not exceed twenty dollars.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 27-3; 1952 Code Section 27-3; 1942 Code Section 4921; 1932 Code Section 4962; Civ. C. '22 Section 5764; Civ. C. '12 Section 4239; Civ. C. '02 Section 3129; G. S. 2446; R. S. 2570; 1878 (16) 631.
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