(A) No person shall buy or receive any goods, chattels or other property knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the property to have been stolen or knowing that the seller thereof has not good and lawful title to the property, or without having made a reasonable and careful inquiry into the title or ownership of the property.
(B) No person shall purchase any goods, chattels or other property from or through any minor without the written permission of the parent or guardian of any minor.
(C) The purchase or possession of any stolen goods, chattels or other property shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge that the same was stolen and the burden of proof to show facts justifying a belief that the property was not stolen property shall be upon the party purchasing or in possession of the property.
(1985 Code, § 14-39) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Receiving stolen goods, see S.C. Code § 16-13-180