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16-13-240 – 16-13-240 | South Carolina Law

Learn about South Carolina's 16-13-240 law, including definitions, penalties, and legal implications.

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16-13-240 – 16-13-240

South Carolina Code of Laws § 16-13-240

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SECTION 16-13-240. Obtaining signature or property by false pretenses. A person who by false pretense or representation obtains the signature of a person to a written instrument or obtains from another person any chattel, money, valuable security, or other property, real or personal, with intent to cheat and defraud a person of that property is guilty of a: (1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years if the value of the
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