South Carolina S 726: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

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2025-2026 Bill 726 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 726

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 44-53-520, RELATING TO FORFEITURES, SO AS TO INCLUDE THAT MORE THAN TWO 
GRAINS OF FENTANYL OR A FENTANYL-RELATED MUST BE FOUND FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TO 
BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FORFEITURE.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 44-53-520 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
44-53-520. (a) The following are 
subject to forfeiture:

 (1) 
all controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, 
or acquired in violation of this article;

 (2) 
all raw materials, products, and equipment of any kind which are used, or which 
have been positioned for use, in manufacturing, producing, compounding, 
processing, delivering, importing, or exporting any controlled substance in 
violation of this article;

 (3) 
all property which is used, or which has been positioned for use, as a 
container for property described in items (1) or (2);

 (4) 
All property, both real and personal, which in any manner is knowingly used to 
facilitate production, manufacturing, distribution, sale, importation, 
exportation, or trafficking in various controlled substances as defined in this 
article;

 (5) 
all books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, 
microfilm, tapes, and data which are used, or which have been positioned for 
use, in violation of this article;

 (6) 
all conveyances including, but not limited to, trailers, aircraft, motor 
vehicles, and watergoing vessels which are used or intended for use unlawfully 
to conceal, contain, or transport or facilitate the unlawful concealment, 
possession, containment, manufacture, or transportation of controlled 
substances and their compounds, except as otherwise provided, must be forfeited 
to the State. No motor vehicle may be forfeited to the State under this item 
unless it is used, intended for use, or in any manner facilitates a violation 
of Section 44-53-370(a), involving at least one pound or more of marijuana, one 
pound or more of hashish, more than four grains of opium, more 
than two grains of fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance as described in 
Section 44-53-190 or 44-53-210, more than two grains of heroin, more 
than four grains of morphine, more than ten grains of cocaine, more than fifty 
micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) or its compounds, more than ten 
grains of crack, or more than one gram of ice or crank, as defined in Section 
44-53-110, or unless it is used, intended for use, or in any manner facilitates 
a violation of Section 44-53-370(e) or fifteen tablets, capsules, dosage units, 
or the equivalent quantity of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA);

 (7) 
all property including, but not limited to, monies, negotiable instruments, 
securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by 
any person in exchange for a controlled substance, and all proceeds including, 
but not limited to, monies, and real and personal property traceable to any 
exchange;

 (8) 
all monies seized in close proximity to forfeitable controlled substances, drug 
manufacturing, or distributing paraphernalia, or in close proximity to 
forfeitable records of the importation, manufacturing, or distribution of 
controlled substances and all monies seized at the time of arrest or search 
involving violation of this article. If the person from whom the monies were 
taken can establish to the satisfaction of a court of competent jurisdiction 
that the monies seized are not products of illegal acts, the monies must be 
returned pursuant to court order.

 (b) 
Any property subject to forfeiture under this article may be seized by the 
department having authority upon warrant issued by any court having 
jurisdiction over the property. Seizure without process may be made if:

 (1) 
the seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant or an 
inspection under an administrative inspection warrant;

 (2) 
the property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in 
favor of the State in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding based upon 
this article;

 (3) 
the department has probable cause to believe that the property is directly or 
indirectly dangerous to health or safety; or

 (4) 
the department has probable cause to believe that the property was used or is 
intended to be used in violation of this article.

 (c) 
In the event of seizure pursuant to subsection (b), proceedings under Section 
44-53-530 regarding forfeiture and disposition must be instituted within a 
reasonable time.

 (d) 
Any property taken or detained un