(A) Defined. For purposes of this section, the term PETIT LARCENY means any article of goods, choses in action, bank bills, bills receivable, chattels or other articles of personalty of which, by law, larceny (i.e., the taking of almost anything of value without the owner’s consent with the intent to permanently deprive him or her of the value of the property taken) 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 or less.
(B) Prohibited. The act of petit larceny as described in subsection (A) above is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor.
Statutory reference:
Petit larceny, see S.C. Code § 16-13-30