S.C. Code § 40-5-310

Practicing law or soliciting legal cause of another without being enrolled as member of South Carolina Bar.

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SECTION 40-5-310. Practicing law or soliciting legal cause of another without being enrolled as member of South Carolina Bar.


 No person may either practice law or solicit the legal cause of another person or entity in this State unless he is enrolled as a member of the South Carolina Bar pursuant to applicable court rules, or otherwise authorized to perform prescribed legal activities by action of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The type of conduct that is the subject of any charge filed pursuant to this section must have been defined as the unauthorized practice of law by the Supreme Court of South Carolina prior to any charge being filed. A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.


HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 56-141; 1952 Code SECTION 56-141; 1942 Code SECTION 312; 1932 Code SECTION 312; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 268; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3908; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2811; G.S. 2159; R. S. 2287; 1721 (7) 173; 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, SECTION 59; 2009 Act No. 38, SECTION 1.

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