South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 9 - Hunting And Fishing Licenses
Section 50-9-510. Hunting and fishing licenses.

(A) For the privilege of hunting:
(1) a resident must purchase:
(a) an annual statewide hunting license for twelve dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(b) a three year statewide hunting license for thirty-six dollars, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(c) a lifetime statewide hunting license for three hundred dollars at designated licensing locations; or
(d) any other license which grants statewide hunting privileges;
(2) a resident who meets the qualifications as an apprentice hunter must purchase an annual statewide apprentice hunting license for twelve dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(3) a nonresident must purchase:
(a) a three day temporary statewide hunting license for forty dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(b) a ten day temporary statewide hunting license for seventy-five dollars, two dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(c) an annual statewide hunting license for one hundred twenty-five dollars, two dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
(d) any other license which grants statewide hunting privileges;
(4) a nonresident who meets the qualifications as an apprentice hunter must purchase a three-day temporary statewide apprentice hunting license for fifty dollars, two dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain.
(B) For the privilege of hunting big game:
(1) a resident must purchase in addition to the required hunting license:
(a) an annual big game permit for six dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(b) a three year big game permit for eighteen dollars, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
(c) any other license which grants big game privileges;
(2) a nonresident must purchase in addition to the required hunting license:
(a) an annual big game permit for one hundred dollars, two dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
(b) any other license which grants big game privileges.
(C) For the privilege of hunting on wildlife management areas:
(1) a resident must purchase in addition to the required hunting license:
(a) an annual wildlife management area permit for thirty dollars and fifty cents, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(b) a three year wildlife management area permit for ninety-one dollars and fifty cents, three dollars of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
(c) any other license which grants wildlife management area privileges;
(2) the department may issue residents temporary wildlife management area permits from the department's designated licensing locations for department specified hunting events for five dollars and fifty cents, fifty cents of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(3) a nonresident must purchase in addition to the required hunting license:
(a) a wildlife management area permit for seventy-six dollars, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain; or
(b) any other license which grants wildlife management area privileges.
(D) For the privilege of hunting migratory game birds, in addition to the required hunting license:
(1) a resident must obtain an annual migratory game bird permit at no cost;
(2) a nonresident must obtain an annual migratory game bird permit at no cost.
Text of (E) effective until December 31, 2027. See, also, text of (E) effective January 1, 2028.
(E) For the privilege of hunting migratory waterfowl, in addition to the required hunting license and permits and any required federal stamp or permit:
(1) a resident must purchase a migratory waterfowl permit for fifteen dollars and fifty cents, fifty cents of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(2) a nonresident must purchase a migratory waterfowl permit for fifteen dollars and fifty cents, fifty cents of which the issuing sales vendor may retain.
Text of (E) effective January 1, 2028. See, also, text of (E) effective until December 31, 2027.
(E) For the privilege of hunting migratory waterfowl, in addition to the required hunting license and permits and any required federal stamp or permit:
(1) a resident must purchase a migratory waterfowl permit for five dollars and fifty cents, fifty cents of which the issuing sales vendor may retain;
(2) a nonresident must purchase a migratory waterfowl permit for five dollars and fifty cents, fifty cents of which the issuing sales vendor may retain.
(F) For the privilege of hunting only the authorized released species on a licensed shooting preserve, in lieu of a hunting license, an individual may purchase an annual statewide shooting preserve license for eight dollars and fifty cents, one dollar of which the issuing sales vendor may retain.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 233, Section 8, eff July 1, 2010; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 5, eff July 1, 2013; 2020 Act No. 155 (H.3800), Section 2, eff November 27, 2020; 2022 Act No. 147 (H.4177), Section 3, eff July 1, 2022.
Sunset
2022 Act No. 147, Section 5, provides: "SECTION 5. The amendments contained in SECTIONS 3 and 4 of this act are repealed on December 31, 2027, and the text of these SECTIONS therefore shall revert back to the language as contained in the South Carolina Code of Laws as of January 1, 2020."

Editor's Note
Prior laws: 1919 (31) 269; 1920 (31) 1117; Cr. C. '22 Section 741; 1924 (33) 942; 1927 (35) 277; 1929 (36) 282; 1932 Code Sections 1758, 1759, 1761; 1935 (39) 242; 1936 (39) 1317; 1937 (40) 198, 303, 586; 1938 (40) 1659, 1688, 1763, 1814; 1939 (41) 531; 1942 Code Sections 1767, 1778; 1947 (45) 190; 1952 (47) 2179; 1952 Code Section 28-556; 1957 (50) 593; 1962 Code Section 28-556; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1261; 1996 Act No. 372, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Sections 12 to 14, 48; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 26; 2005 Act No. 83, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 263, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 268, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 8A.1.
Effect of Amendment
The 2013 amendment rewrote subsections (A), (B), (C), and (E).
2020 Act No. 155, Section 2, in (A)(4), substituted "a three-day temporary" for "an annual" and "fifty dollars" for "one hundred twenty-five dollars".
2022 Act No. 147, Section 3, in (E), in (1) and (2), substituted "fifteen dollars" for "five dollars".

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