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SC H3519
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Pope
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AI Summary
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Requires South Carolina businesses to comply with subpoenas, court orders, or warrants issued by other states for customer records, electronic data, and communications as if issued by a South Carolina court
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Defines "South Carolina business" to include entities organized under SC law, domiciled in SC, storing electronic data in SC, or doing business in the state
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Authorizes circuit court judges to issue search warrants for electronic data from any business operating in or providing services in South Carolina, regardless of where the data is physically stored
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Search warrants must be executed within 10 days, with signed inventory delivered to the judicial officer and to the person whose property was seized upon request
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Allows warrants to include a Preclusion of Notice Order under federal law (18 U.S.C. Section 2705(b)) and establishes that seized records are admissible at trial with proper certification from a records custodian
Legislative Description
Search warrants, electronic data
Last Action
Scrivener's error corrected
2/5/2025