S.C. Code § 16-3-1820

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 16-3-1820 - Immunity from liability for filing a report or complaint or participating in a judicial proceeding concerning alleged harassment or stalking; rebuttable presumption of good faith

A person who reports an alleged harassment in the first or second degree or stalking, files a criminal complaint, files a complaint for a restraining order, or who participates in a judicial proceeding pursuant to this article and who is acting in good faith is immune from criminal and civil liability that might otherwise result from these actions. A rebuttable presumption exists that the person was acting in good faith.

2005 Act No. 106, Section 7, eff 1/1/2006; 1995 Act No. 94, Section 1.