This ruling presently only applies in that court, but the case will go higher. Hopefully the laws are changed as they should be, and like other States have done.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/sto...es/3988345002/

From the article...

► Nearly 800 times when police seized money or property, no related criminal charge was filed. In another 800 cases, someone was charged with a crime but not convicted. As part of recent reforms, 15 states have made forfeiture dependent on a criminal conviction; South Carolina has not, though efforts to reform the practice are ongoing in the state Legislature.
going in the state Legislature.