(A) Any person may apply to the department for a permit to engage in the business of propagating alligators for commercial purposes. A permit allows the purchase of live alligators or alligator eggs from legal sources, the sale of live alligators within the State to other department-permitted alligator propagators only, the sale of live alligators to other states where the purchase of those animals is lawful, the sale of the carcasses, raw parts, or skins of captive-raised alligators to any person for resale or processing into finished products, including sale for food, and the exhibition of live alligators.
(B) The capture, use, purchase, or sale of wild alligators or wild alligator eggs within this State for the purpose of alligator propagation is prohibited.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (A), the sale of alligator eggs is prohibited.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species
Section 50-15-10. Definitions.
Section 50-15-15. Native reptiles; regulations; unlawful acts.
Section 50-15-55. Nonnative reptiles; regulations; unlawful acts; exceptions.
Section 50-15-60. Promulgation of regulations.
Section 50-15-65. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
Section 50-15-70. Native turtles; unlawful acts; possession limits.
Section 50-15-75. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
Section 50-15-90. Article not retroactive; certain importation not prohibited.
Section 50-15-310. Definitions.
Section 50-15-330. Application; issuance of permit; expiration of permit.
Section 50-15-340. Tagging and labeling requirements; bond.
Section 50-15-350. Records; inspection; seizure.
Section 50-15-360. Retention of records by retailers.
Section 50-15-370. Unlawful possession of alligator hide or carcass; forfeiture; annual reports.
Section 50-15-380. Shipping of raw alligator skins in state must be tagged; penalties.
Section 50-15-390. Unlawful acts.
Section 50-15-400. Construction of permits if endangered species status changes.
Section 50-15-410. Forfeiture.
Section 50-15-430. Regulations.
Section 50-15-500. Legislative findings; alligator management program.