§ 11-26. Damage, etc., to real or personal property.

It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, mutilate, injure, damage, deface, hurt, mar, disfigure, efface or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any school building, church building or other public building, or any private building or residence, or any furniture, furnishings, fixtures, ornaments, decorations or other property located in any such building, or any fence, tree, shrub or other property, on the grounds thereof, or elsewhere, or any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property of another, without the consent of the owner thereof.

(Code 1979, § 15-23)

State law reference

Malicious injury to property, S.C. Code 1976, § 16-11-510 et seq.

Cross reference

Damaging grass or flowers in parks, § 12-2; damaging streets, § 14-1; defacing street signs, § 14-7; liability for damage to highway, § 16-8.