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      "id": "learn_r807_south_carolina_age_verification_laws_sc_statutes_index",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina's statutes are published on the official South Carolina Legislature site at scstatehouse.gov under 'South Carolina Code of Laws', which lists 63 titles including Title 63 'South Carolina Children's Code'.",
      "body": "South Carolina's statutes are published on the official South Carolina Legislature site at scstatehouse.gov under 'South Carolina Code of Laws', which lists 63 titles including Title 63 'South Carolina Children's Code'.\n\nWhat South Carolina General Assembly, Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“South Carolina Code of Laws”\n\nNote: Anchor record for batch 807. Official code index page at scstatehouse.gov (scstatehouse.gov domain verified by lawsource_law_sources). Page states 'The South Carolina Code, consisting only of Code text, numbering, history...may be copied' and lists Title 1 through Title 63 including 'Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code'. The statute index lists 63 titles total. The age-verification provision would be expected under Title 63 (Children's Code) or Title 16 (Crimes and Offenses) or Title 37 (Consumer Protection Code).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Carolina General Assembly, Legislative Council",
      "evidence_quote": "South Carolina Code of Laws",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "807-south-carolina-age-verification-laws",
      "subject": "South Carolina",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-sc"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "safety.legal"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r807_south_carolina_age_verification_laws_sc_title61_index",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina's Code of Laws, Title 61, governs alcoholic beverages and is available on the official Legislative Information site.",
      "body": "South Carolina's Code of Laws, Title 61, governs alcoholic beverages and is available on the official Legislative Information site.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“Title 61 - ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES”\n\nNote: Anchor record.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/title61.php",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency",
      "evidence_quote": "Title 61 - ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "South Carolina",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
      "applies_to_country": "us-sc",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
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        ],
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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        ],
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    {
      "id": "learn_r807_south_carolina_age_verification_laws_sc_61_2_100_e",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: licensee age requirement",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The department may not issue a license or permit to an individual under twenty-one years of age or a business with an individual principal under twenty-one years of age.",
      "body": "The department may not issue a license or permit to an individual under twenty-one years of age or a business with an individual principal under twenty-one years of age.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“(E) The department may not issue a license or permit under this title to an individual under twenty-one years of age or a business with an individual principal under twenty-one years of age.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t61c002.php",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency",
      "evidence_quote": "(E) The department may not issue a license or permit under this title to an individual under twenty-one years of age or a business with an individual principal under twenty-one years of age.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "South Carolina",
      "topic": "licensee age requirement",
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