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Section 23-3-10. Creation, chief and personnel of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. - There is created the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)....
Section 23-3-15. Additional jurisdiction, authority and responsibilities; exclusive authority; other agencies or departments to assist SLED. - (A) In addition to those authorities and responsibilities set forth...
Section 23-3-20. Bond and oath of chief and agents; reappointment. - Every officer and agent commissioned pursuant to this article shall...
Section 23-3-25. Assignment of personnel; divisions. - The Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division may...
Section 23-3-30. Supervision of security personnel employed by State. - All security personnel employed by the State, other than at...
Section 23-3-40. Recordation and classification of fingerprints taken in criminal investigations. - All sheriff's and police departments in South Carolina shall make...
Section 23-3-45. Acceptance of fingerprints of applicants for admission to bar; exchange of records with Board of Law Examiners. - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is authorized to accept...
Section 23-3-47. South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service; criminal background checks. - A person seeking a covered position, as defined in 45...
Section 23-3-50. Revenue from certain fees and licenses to be remitted to State Treasurer. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all revenue from fees...
Section 23-3-55. Expenditure of revenue. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenue generated by...
Section 23-3-65. South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program to provide counseling services and other support services. - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall administer the South...
Section 23-3-70. Plain language communications requirements for local and state emergency, fire, and law enforcement agencies. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, each local and state emergency,...
Section 23-3-75. Administrative subpoena to a financial institution, public or private utility, or communications provider; disclosure; privacy of information; regulations; applicable federal law. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Attorney General" means...
Section 23-3-80. Repealed by 2011 Act No. 69, Section 16, eff January 1, 2012. - Editor's Note Former Section 23-3-80 was entitled "Negotiation of memorandum...
Section 23-3-85. Confidential communications. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Client" means a...
Section 23-3-110. Creation and functions of statewide criminal information and communication system. - There is hereby established as a department within the State...
Section 23-3-115. Fees for criminal record searches; charitable organizations; school districts. - (A) The State Law Enforcement Division shall charge and collect...
Section 23-3-120. Reports of criminal data and fingerprints by law-enforcement agencies and court officials; taking of fingerprints. - (A) All law enforcement agencies and court officials must report...
Section 23-3-130. Determination of information to be supplied and methods of evaluation and dissemination; promulgation of rules and regulations. - The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to determine the...
Section 23-3-140. Effect of Article on disclosure of information. - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...
Section 23-3-150. Grants and appropriations; contracts with public agencies. - The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to accept, on...
Section 23-3-160. Investigation of injury or death of person under twenty-one when use of beverages containing alcohol suspected. - In any accident involving injury or death of a person...
Section 23-3-170. Investigation of traffic-related injury or death of person where use of illegal drugs or controlled substances suspected. - In any motor vehicle accident involving injury or death of...
Section 23-3-175. Inspection of junkyard, car dealership, parking lot, etc., for purpose of locating stolen vehicle or investigating titling or registration of wrecked or dismantled vehicle. - The State Law Enforcement Division Vehicle Theft Unit is authorized...
Section 23-3-200. Creation of Center; use of FBI file. - There is created a Missing Person Information Center, hereinafter referred...
Section 23-3-210. Definitions. - For the purposes of this article: (1) "Missing child" means...
Section 23-3-220. Chief of State Law Enforcement Division, generally; employees. - The MPIC is under the direction of the Chief of...
Section 23-3-230. Promulgation of regulations. - The MPIC shall promulgate regulations prescribing: (a) procedures for accepting...
Section 23-3-240. Submission of missing person reports to Center. - Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency...
Section 23-3-250. Dissemination of missing persons data by law enforcement agencies. - A law enforcement agency, upon receipt of a missing person...
Section 23-3-260. Responsibilities of Center. - The MPIC shall: (a) Assist local law enforcement agencies with...
Section 23-3-270. Notification requirements when missing person located. - Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency...
Section 23-3-280. Release of information. - The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or...
Section 23-3-290. Fees. - The MPIC may not charge any fee for inquiries made...
Section 23-3-300. Toll-free phone line; instructions to callers; communication with law enforcement agencies. - The MPIC shall provide a toll-free telephone line for anyone...
Section 23-3-310. Improper release of information; penalty. - Any person who knowingly and wilfully releases, or authorizes the...
Section 23-3-320. Missing Person Task Force. - There is created a Missing Person Task Force composed of...
Section 23-3-330. Endangered Person Notification System. - (A) The Endangered Person Notification System is established within the...
Section 23-3-400. Purpose. - The intent of this article is to promote the state's...
Section 23-3-410. Registry; contents and purpose; cross-reference alias names. - (A) The registry is under the direction of the Chief...
Section 23-3-420. Promulgation of regulations. - The State Law Enforcement Division shall promulgate regulations to implement...
Section 23-3-430. Sex offender registry; convictions and not guilty by reason of insanity findings requiring registration. - (A) Any person, regardless of age, residing in the State...
Section 23-3-436. Registration of persons adjudicated delinquent. - (A) A child who is fourteen years of age or...
Section 23-3-437. Removal of certain juveniles from registry. - A juvenile convicted of an offense in family court who...
Section 23-3-440. Notification of sheriff of offender's release, probation or change of residence; juvenile offenders. - (1) Before an offender's release from the Department of Corrections...
Section 23-3-450. Offender registration with sheriff; sheriff's notification of local law enforcement agencies. - The offender shall register with the sheriff of each county...
Section 23-3-460. Bi-annual registration for life subject to provisions of Section 23-3-462 and Section 23-3-463; notification of change of address; notification of local law enforcement agencies. - (A) A person required to register pursuant to this article...
Section 23-3-462. Termination of registration requirements. - (A) After successful completion of the requirements of this section,...
Section 23-3-463. Motion to request order to be removed from requirements of the sex offender registry. - (A) An offender may file a motion with the general...
Section 23-3-465. Residence in campus student housing. - Any person required to register under this article is prohibited...
Section 23-3-470. Failure to register or provide required notifications; penalties. - (A) It is the duty of the offender to contact...
Section 23-3-475. Registering with false information; penalties. - (A) Anyone who knowingly and wilfully gives false information when...
Section 23-3-480. Notice of duty to register; what constitutes; registration following charge of failure to register not a defense. - (A) An arrest on charges of failure to register, service...
Section 23-3-490. Public inspection of offender registry. - (A) Information collected for the offender registry is open to...
Section 23-3-500. Psychiatric or psychological treatment for children adjudicated for certain sex offenses. - A court must order that a child under twelve years...
Section 23-3-510. Persons committing criminal offenses using sex offender registry information; punishment. - A person who commits a criminal offense using information from...
Section 23-3-520. Immunity of public officials, employees, and agencies for acts or omissions under this article; exceptions; duties regarding disclosure of information. - (A) An appointed or elected public official, public employee, or...
Section 23-3-525. Notice by real estate brokerage about obtaining sex offender registry information. - A real estate brokerage and its affiliated licensees is immune...
Section 23-3-530. Protocol manual for sex offender registry; contents. - The State Law Enforcement Division shall develop and maintain a...
Section 23-3-535. Limitation on places of residence of certain sex offenders; exceptions; violations; local government ordinances; school districts required to provide certain information. - (A) As contained in this section: (1) "Children's recreational facility"...
Section 23-3-538. Certain sex offenders prohibited from operating or working for child-oriented businesses; definitions; penalties. - (A) As contained in this section: (1) "Child-oriented business" means...
Section 23-3-540. Electronic monitoring; reporting damage to or removing monitoring device; penalty. - (A) Upon conviction, adjudication of delinquency, guilty plea, or plea...
Section 23-3-545. Effect of conviction of wilfully violating term or condition of active electronic monitoring. - (A) If a person is convicted of wilfully violating a...
Section 23-3-550. Assisting or harboring unregistered sex offender; penalty. - (A) A person who has reason to believe that a...
Section 23-3-555. Internet account, access provider, identifiers reporting requirements; notification of change; failure to comply; punishment; information provided to interactive computer services; judicial limitations on Internet usage by certain r... - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Interactive computer service"...
Section 23-3-600. Short title. - This article may be cited as the State Deoxyribonucleic Acid...
Section 23-3-610. State DNA Database established; purpose. - There is established in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division...
Section 23-3-615. Definitions. - As used in this article: (A) "DNA sample" means the...
Section 23-3-620. When DNA samples required. - (A) Following a lawful custodial arrest, the service of a...
Section 23-3-625. DNA samples of missing persons. - Family members of a missing person may submit DNA samples...
Section 23-3-630. Persons authorized to take DNA sample; immunity from liability. - (A) Only an appropriately trained person may take a sample...
Section 23-3-635. DNA identification, typing, and testing of unidentified person's tissue and fluid samples. - Upon notification by the Medical University of South Carolina or...
Section 23-3-640. Specifications, procedures, and equipment; use of DNA profiles; disposition of samples. - (A) Samples must be taken and submitted to SLED pursuant...
Section 23-3-650. Confidentiality of DNA record and profile; availability; wilful disclosure; penalty. - (A) The DNA record and the results of a DNA...
Section 23-3-660. Expungement of DNA record; grounds for requesting. - (A) A person whose DNA record or DNA profile has...
Section 23-3-670. Cost of collection supplies for processing samples; processing fees. - (A) The cost of collection supplies for processing a sample...
Section 23-3-680. Promulgation of regulations. - SLED shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of...
Section 23-3-690. Promulgation of regulations for processes regarding samples. - SLED shall promulgate regulations for sample testing and analysis and...
Section 23-3-700. Implementation of article contingent on funding and regulations; implementation of DNA sample collection. - Implementation of this article and the requirements under this article...
Section 23-3-810. Vulnerable Adults Investigations Unit established; duties. - (A) The Vulnerable Adults Investigations Unit is established within the...
Section 23-3-1010. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact ratified; State Law Enforcement Division to administer. - (A) In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of...
Section 23-3-1100. Determination of lawfulness of prisoner's presence in United States; notification of Department of Homeland Security of presence of unlawful alien; housing and maintenance expenses; transportation. - (A) If a person is charged with a criminal offense...
Section 23-3-1200. SLED electronic monitoring system; collection, storage and use of information. - (A) The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) shall serve as...
Section 23-3-1300. Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system; creation; requirements; reports; confidentiality. - (A) The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) shall create and...
Section 23-3-1400. Blue alert program established; adoption of guidelines and procedures. - (A) The "Blue Alert Program" is established within the South...