Procedure and penalty in cases of criminal carelessness.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-190
in effectIf the officer shall consider that the fire be due to criminal carelessness, the person responsible for it shall be indicted before a magistrate for a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the same, may be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten days.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c025.phpFetched: 10/17/2026
