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Section 16-13-185. Failure to pay for gasoline; penalties.

SC Code § 16-13-185 (2019) (N/A)
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(A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which gasoline offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle unless due payment or authorized charge for the gasoline so dispensed has been made.

(B) A person who intentionally violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, and, at the discretion of the sentencing judge, the person's driver's license may be suspended for a period not to exceed thirty days for a first offense and for a period not to exceed ninety days for a second or subsequent offense.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 223, Section 1.

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Section 16-13-185. Failure to pay for gasoline; penalties.