Sham legal processes involving persons impersonating government officials or employees, or by persons falsely asserting authority of law; remedies.

  1. Law
  2. South Carolina Code of Laws
  3. Civil Remedies and Procedures
  4. Suits Involving Miscellaneous Acts Of Wrongful Conduct
  5. Sham legal processes involving persons impersonating government officials or employees, or by persons falsely asserting authority of law; remedies.

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A person who is injured by a sham legal process involving a violation of Section 16-17-735 has the following civil remedies against the person who committed the violation or who caused the violation to be committed:

(1) actual damages;

(2) punitive damages;

(3) costs; and

(4) reasonable attorney's fees. The amount of the recovery for the plaintiff is not determinative of the attorney's fee.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 385, Section 4.


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