a. Definition. For the purpose of this article, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PETIT LARCENY. Any article of goods, choses in action, bank bills, bills receivable, chattels or other article of personalty of which, by law, larceny may be committed or of any such fixture or part or product of the soil, severed from the soil by an unlawful act, or has a value of $1,000.
b. Prohibited. The act shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(S.C. Code § 16-13-30) (Prior Code, § 14.804)