(A) For the purposes of obtaining:
(1) a recreational license, permit, or tag with a duration of three years or less, "resident", unless otherwise specified, means a United States citizen or a citizen of a foreign country lawfully in the United States who:
(a) has been domiciled in this State for thirty consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application;
(b) is a regularly enrolled full-time student in a high school, technical school, college, or university within this State; or
(c) is an active member of the United States Armed Forces, or the member's dependent, stationed in this State for thirty consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application;
(2) a lifetime recreational license, "resident" means a United States citizen who has been domiciled in this State for one hundred eighty consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application;
(3) a disability recreational license, "resident" means a United States citizen who has been domiciled in this State for three hundred sixty-five consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application;
(4)(a) a commercial license, permit, or tag, "resident" means a United States citizen who has been domiciled in this State for three hundred sixty-five consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application; and
(b) a commercial license or permit issued for a business, "resident" means a business that has been incorporated and operating in this State for three hundred sixty-five days or more immediately preceding the date of application.
(B) An applicant for a resident license must furnish proof of residency as may be required by the department.
(C) "Nonresident" means an individual or business that is not a resident under subitem (A).
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-18; 1976 Act No. 742, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 101, Section 5; 1991 Act No. 57, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1261; 1996 Act No. 372, Section 2; 2010 Act No. 183, Section 2, eff May 28, 2010; 2010 Act No. 200, Section 6, eff May 28, 2010; 2010 Act No. 233, Section 2, eff July 1, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 3, eff July 1, 2013.
Code Commissioner's Note
The three 2010 amendments were read together. They rewrote the section making identical changes except for nonsubstantive differences.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment rewrote subsections (A) and (C).
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 9 - Hunting And Fishing Licenses
Section 50-9-10. Unlicensed activities; violations; penalties.
Section 50-9-30. Residency requirements.
Section 50-9-35. Persons licensed by another state; transfer of residency.
Section 50-9-40. License procedures and fees.
Section 50-9-45. Licenses for South Carolinians in the Armed Services.
Section 50-9-50. Possession on person of license, permit, tag, or stamp; violations.
Section 50-9-60. Borrowing or lending of license, permit, tag, or stamp; violations.
Section 50-9-75. Surrender of combination licenses.
Section 50-9-80. Replacement licenses, permits, or tags.
Section 50-9-310. Program contents.
Section 50-9-320. Certificate of completion required for license.
Section 50-9-330. Lifetime hunting and fishing combination licenses.
Section 50-9-340. Shooting preserves.
Section 50-9-350. Apprentice hunting license.
Section 50-9-410. Freshwater commercial fishing license.
Section 50-9-420. Requirements for taking shad, herring, or eels for commercial purposes.
Section 50-9-430. Cost of scientific collection permit.
Section 50-9-450. Commercial fur license required; exceptions.
Section 50-9-460. Alligator propagation facility permits.
Section 50-9-510. Hunting and fishing licenses.
Section 50-9-515. Combination licenses; sportsman's licenses.
Section 50-9-520. Lifetime statewide combination licenses; fees.
Section 50-9-525. Licenses for disabled residents.
Section 50-9-530. Gratis, senior, and Catawba licenses.
Section 50-9-535. Conversion of lifetime licenses to senior lifetime license.
Section 50-9-545. Type of license required for taking shad, herring, or eels.
Section 50-9-550, 50-9-560. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 8, eff July, 1, 2010.
Section 50-9-570. Unlawful to hunt migratory game birds without permit; exception.
Section 50-9-610. Additional requirements for attempting to take nongame freshwater fish.
Section 50-9-630. Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp required; endorsement; fee.
Section 50-9-640. Wild turkey tag fees.
Section 50-9-650. Deer hunting.
Section 50-9-655. Pig transport and release permit; pig enclosure permit.
Section 50-9-675. Falconry permit.
Section 50-9-710. Children under sixteen years of age; private ponds; pay-to-fish businesses.
Section 50-9-715. Exemptions from recreational saltwater fishing license requirements.
Section 50-9-740. Designation of youth hunting days; requirements.
Section 50-9-750. Special authorization for hunting and fishing.
Section 50-9-910. Revenue from fines and forfeitures.
Section 50-9-920. Revenues from the sale of privileges, licenses, permits, and tags.
Section 50-9-925, 50-9-940. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 11, eff July 1, 2010.
Section 50-9-950. Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund.
Section 50-9-955. Fish and Wildlife Deferred License Fund.
Section 50-9-960. Marine Resources Fund.
Section 50-9-965. Marine Resources Deferred License Fund.
Section 50-9-970. County Game and Fish Fund created.
Section 50-9-1110. "Conviction" defined.
Section 50-9-1120. Point system for violations.
Section 50-9-1130. Deduction of accumulated points.
Section 50-9-1140. Suspension of hunting and fishing privileges.
Section 50-9-1150. Notice of suspension; review by department.
Section 50-9-1160. Review by circuit judge.
Section 50-9-1170. Expiration of suspension period.
Section 50-9-1180. Administration; promulgation of regulations.
Section 50-9-1190. Other laws of the State.
Section 50-9-1200. Hunting or fishing while under suspension; violations; penalties.