South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft

Section 50-1-85. Use of firearms or archery tackle in criminally negligent manner; penalties; seizure of license; disposition of monetary penalties. - It is unlawful for any person to use a firearm...

Section 50-1-90. Hunting, fishing, or trapping without consent on lands of others; penalties. - If any person, at any time whatsoever, shall hunt or...

Section 50-1-100. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 200, Section 15, eff May 28, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-1-100 was entitled "Fishing or hunting...

Section 50-1-110. Disposition of game and fish unlawfully caught, taken, or killed. - Wildlife unlawfully taken, shipped, or received for shipment, or found...

Section 50-1-125. Wildlife defined; penalties for trafficking in wildlife. - Wildlife, as used in this section, means a wild animal,...

Section 50-1-130. General penalties. - Unless a different penalty is specified, any person who violates...

Section 50-1-135. Effect of forfeiture of bail, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere for violation of fish and game laws. - The entry of any plea of guilty, the forfeiture of...

Section 50-1-136. Penalties for conspiracy. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-17-410 a person who...

Section 50-1-137. Impeding or obstructing hunting, trapping, fishing, or harvesting of marine species unlawful; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person wilfully to impede or...

Section 50-1-140. Receiving portion of fine imposed for violation of game and fish laws. - It shall be unlawful for any enforcement officer or any...

Section 50-1-160. Release of seized property to innocent owner or lienholder. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the department may release...

Section 50-1-180. Consent of General Assembly to Congressional rulemaking. - The consent of the General Assembly is hereby given to...

Section 50-1-190. Agreements with United States respecting wildlife of national forest lands. - The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with the...

Section 50-1-200. Powers of department over national forest lands. - The department may close all hunting and fishing within such...

Section 50-1-210. Violation of department rules pertaining to national forest lands. - Any person violating any of the regulations promulgated by the...

Section 50-1-220. Application of Sections 50-1-180 to 50-1-220 to other federal or state lands. - The provisions of Sections 50-1-180 to 50-1-220 shall also apply...

Section 50-1-240. Assent to act of Congress providing aid for wildlife restoration projects; implementation of act. - The State hereby assents to the provisions of the act...

Section 50-1-250. Acquiring rights of way to certain waters for public use. - The department may contract with owners of land contiguous to...

Section 50-1-260. Vandalizing property seized by department. - It is unlawful to vandalize, tamper with, or enter on...

Section 50-1-270. Liability for gross destruction or injury to wildlife, aquatic life, endangered or threatened species, or state lands or waters. - (A) A person or public or private entity is liable...

Section 50-1-280. Nongame Wildlife and Natural Areas Fund. - (A) The State Treasurer shall credit the total amount transferred...

Section 50-1-285. Admissibility of photographs; authentication. - In any prosecution for a violation of state fish, game,...

Section 50-1-290. Unlawful to buy, sell, or possess for sale protected native wildlife; penalty. - It is unlawful to buy, sell, trade, or barter or...

Section 50-1-295. Removing or defacing buoys marking areas or bottoms; penalty. - A person removing, defacing, injuring, or otherwise disturbing signs, buoys,...

Section 50-1-300. Promulgation of regulations. - Unless specifically authorized, all regulations promulgated under the authority of...

Section 50-1-310. Mitigation Trust Fund. - (A) The Mitigation Trust Fund of South Carolina is created...

Chapter 2 - Forest Management Protection Act

Section 50-2-10. Short title. - This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Forest...

Section 50-2-20. Purpose of Forest Management Protection Act. - The purpose of this act is to encourage and protect...

Section 50-2-30. Definitions. - (A) A forestry operation is an area where forest management...

Section 50-2-40. Application of Forest Management Protection Act. - This act shall apply only to forest management activities on...

Section 50-2-50. Forestry operation as nuisance; established date of operation; local ordinance making forestry operation nuisance null and void. - (A) No established forestry operation is or may become a...

Chapter 3 - Department Of Natural Resources

Section 50-3-10. Former Wildlife and Marine Resources Department transferred to Department of Natural Resources. - The head and governing board of the former South Carolina...

Section 50-3-80. Investigations; reports and recommendations. - The department shall continuously investigate the game and fish conditions...

Section 50-3-90. Conducting game and fish cultural operations and investigations; sampling fish populations. - The authorized agents of the department may conduct game and...

Section 50-3-100. Acquisition, sale or other disposition of real property for game reserves, fish ponds, or other related purposes. - The department may acquire, own, sell, lease, exchange, transfer or...

Section 50-3-110. Supervision of enforcement officers; enforcement of laws. - The department shall have charge of the enforcement officers of...

Section 50-3-120. Wildlife law-enforcement personnel designated as enforcement officers. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all law-enforcement personnel of...

Section 50-3-130. Uniforms and emblems of enforcement officers of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division. - The department shall prescribe a unique and distinctive official uniform,...

Section 50-3-140. Publication of description of uniforms and emblems. - The department shall file with the Secretary of State and...

Section 50-3-150. Use of present uniforms and motor vehicles. - In order to carry out the provisions of Sections 50-3-120...

Section 50-3-160. Injunctions. - Any violation of Sections 50-3-130 to 50-3-160 may be enjoined...

Section 50-3-170. Quarterly reports on county fish and game funds and watercraft funds. - The board shall file a quarterly report to each member...

Section 50-3-180. Mitigation Trust Fund. - (A) The Mitigation Trust Fund of South Carolina is credited...

Section 50-3-190. Statewide Waterfowl Program Manager; duties; requirements. - (A) The Chief of Wildlife shall establish a Statewide Waterfowl...

Section 50-3-195. Waterfowl Advisory Committee established; membership. - (A) The Waterfowl Advisory Committee is established to assist in...

Section 50-3-310. Appointment of enforcement officers; commissions; removal. - The director shall appoint the enforcement officers of the Natural...

Section 50-3-315. Deputy enforcement officers. - (A) The director may appoint deputy enforcement officers who serve...

Section 50-3-316. Criteria for hiring enforcement officers. - In employing enforcement officers, the department shall use the criteria...

Section 50-3-320. Transmittal and delivery of commissions of enforcement officers. - The Secretary of State shall transmit to the department the...

Section 50-3-330. Oath; bond. - Every enforcement officer appointed to protect the property of the...

Section 50-3-340. Statewide authority of enforcement officers. - The enforcement officers, when acting in their official capacity, shall...

Section 50-3-350. Official badge. - The enforcement officers, when acting in their official capacity, shall...

Section 50-3-360. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-3-360 was entitled "Additional deputy enforcement...

Section 50-3-370. Obtaining information on violations; checking bag limits. - All enforcement officers shall obtain information as to all violations...

Section 50-3-380. Search for and seizure of game and fish possessed unlawfully. - A duly commissioned enforcement officer, upon making an affidavit before...

Section 50-3-390. Duty to enforce laws and prosecute. - The enforcement officers shall see that the bird, nonmigratory fish...

Section 50-3-395. Enforcement officers may issue warning tickets. - Enforcement officers may issue warning tickets to violators in cases...

Section 50-3-396. Use of enforcement officers' official summons for littering violations. - The official summons used by enforcement officers may be used...

Section 50-3-400. Enforcement officers granted powers and authorities of constables and authority of inspectors. - The enforcement officer qualified under Sections 50-3-320 and 50-3-330 shall...

Section 50-3-410. Summons; posting of monetary bond in lieu of personal appearance or incarceration. - (A) Department of Natural Resources enforcement and deputy enforcement officers...

Section 50-3-420. Immunity from prosecution. - Neither any officer of the Lake Wylie Marine Commission nor...

Section 50-3-510. Authorization to contract; required findings; approval by State Forester. - The department may, subject to the provisions of this article,...

Section 50-3-515. Exception for lands which were used for agriculture or managed forestland before acquisition by department. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands which were used...

Section 50-3-520. Advertising for bids; rejection of bids; terms of sale. - If the sale is recommended by the State Forester, the...

Section 50-3-525. Ecological or silviculture emergencies or natural disasters. - If an ecological or silviculture emergency or a natural disaster...

Section 50-3-530. Execution of deeds and contracts. - Any deeds or contracts required in carrying out the provisions...

Section 50-3-540. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 186, Section 1, eff May 28, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-3-540 was entitled "State Forester to...

Section 50-3-550. Disposition of proceeds of sale. - Unless otherwise provided, the proceeds of the sale must be...

Section 50-3-710. Wildlife Endowment Fund; purpose. - There is created the South Carolina Wildlife Endowment Fund, the...

Section 50-3-720. Board of Trustees of Wildlife Endowment Fund; State Treasurer as custodian of fund. - There is created the Board of Trustees of the Wildlife...

Section 50-3-730. Source of assets for fund. - The assets of the fund are derived from: (1) the...

Section 50-3-740. Limitations and restrictions on expenditures from fund. - The fund constitutes a special trust derived from a contractual...

Section 50-3-750. Authority of board to accumulate income and direct expenditures from income. - The board may accumulate the investment income of the fund...

Section 50-3-760. Expenditures to be in accordance with general appropriation act. - Expenditure of the income derived from the fund must be...

Section 50-3-770. Fund as supplement to state appropriations. - The fund and income do not take the place of...

Section 50-3-780. Fund not affected by dissolution or substitution of trustee agency or by amendment or repeal of statutes. - If the board of the Department of Natural Resources is...

Section 50-3-790, 50-3-800. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 13, eff July 1, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-3-790 was entitled "Increase in existing...

Section 50-3-900. Creation of Jocassee Gorges Trust Fund; purpose. - There is created the South Carolina Jocassee Gorges Trust Fund,...

Section 50-3-910. Board of Trustees; duties; members. - There is created the Board of Trustees of the Jocassee...

Section 50-3-920. Sources of fund assets. - The assets of the fund are derived from: (1) the...

Section 50-3-930. Expenditures; limitations and restrictions. - The fund constitutes a special trust derived from a contractual...

Section 50-3-940. Investment income; expenditures for specified purposes. - The board may accumulate the investment income of the fund...

Section 50-3-950. Procedure for making expenditures. - Expenditure of the income derived from the fund must be...

Section 50-3-960. Fund and income not to take place of state appropriations or department receipts. - The fund and income do not take the place of...

Section 50-3-970. Alternate trusteeship of fund. - If the board of the Department of Natural Resources is...

Section 50-3-1010. South Carolina Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Trust Fund. - There is created the South Carolina Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center...

Section 50-3-1020. Board of Trustees. - There is created the Board of Trustees of the Tom...

Section 50-3-1030. Assets of fund. - The assets of the fund may be derived from: (1)...

Section 50-3-1040. Restrictions on expenditures from fund. - The fund constitutes a special trust derived from a contractual...

Section 50-3-1050. Expenditure of income. - Expenditure of the income derived from the fund must be...

Section 50-3-1060. State appropriations or department receipts placed in fund. - The fund and income do not take the place of...

Section 50-3-1070. Successor agency. - If the board of the Department of Natural Resources is...

Section 50-3-1110. Conservation Grant Fund established. - There is created in the state treasury a fund separate...

Section 50-3-1120. Board; administration of fund. - The board of the Department of Natural Resources serves ex...

Section 50-3-1130. Funding. - The Conservation Grant Fund shall consist of any monies appropriated...

Section 50-3-1140. Qualification for tax credit as requirement for real property to be subject of grant. - In order for real property to be the subject of...

Section 50-3-1150. Uses of Fund revenues and grants; restrictions. - (A) Revenues in the Conservation Grant Fund may be used...

Section 50-3-1160. Grants; establishment of criteria for awarding; procedures. - The board shall establish the procedures and criteria for awarding...

Chapter 4 - South Carolina Solar Habitat Act

Section 50-4-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Solar...

Section 50-4-20. Voluntary site management practices. - An owner of a ground-mounted commercial solar energy generation site...

Section 50-4-30. Native vegetation habitat and pollinator management plan. - The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, working in conjunction...

Chapter 5 - Marine Resources Act

Section 50-5-10. Citation of chapter. - This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Marine...

Section 50-5-15. Definitions. - As used in this title pertaining to saltwaters: (1) "Anadromous"...

Section 50-5-17. Flounder Population Study Program. - (A) There is established the Flounder Population Study Program to...

Section 50-5-20. Jurisdiction of Department of Natural Resources. - (A) The department has jurisdiction over all saltwater fish, fishing,...

Section 50-5-25. Powers and duties; deposit of revenues. - (A) The department shall enforce all laws for collection of...

Section 50-5-30. Promulgation of regulations; civil offenses; penalties; suspension of permit. - (A) The department may promulgate regulations for the government of...

Section 50-5-32. Closing salt water fishing seasons, areas, or activities in emergency; notice; penalty. - (A) The department has the authority to close any commercial...

Section 50-5-35. Notice of opening or closing of commercial fishing season; health and environmental protection. - (A) In opening or closing any commercial fishing season pursuant...

Section 50-5-40. Unauthorized tagging or marking and releasing of saltwater fish; penalty. - Unless authorized by the department, no person may tag or...

Section 50-5-45. Maintenance and publication of nonindigenous organisms list; introduction of organisms prohibited. - (A) The department shall maintain and publish a list of...

Section 50-5-50. Prosecutions for violations of chapter. - The department may prosecute for violations of this chapter for...

Section 50-5-55. Suspension of privileges; magistrates court jurisdiction; penalties and restitution orders. - (A) Any suspension of privileges under this chapter shall run...

Section 50-5-60. Conspiracy to violate provision of chapter. - A person who conspires to violate a provision of this...

Section 50-5-65. Seizure and disposition of contraband; separate offense defined. - (A) Any fish or fishery product taken or possessed in...

Section 50-5-70. Sale of confiscated device; redemption by owner. - The department shall sell any confiscated device not used or...

Section 50-5-75. Common areas for taking of fish. - The waters and bottoms of the bays, rivers, creeks, and...

Section 50-5-80. Dividing line between salt and fresh water on rivers. - The dividing line between salt water and freshwater on the...

Section 50-5-85. General Trawling Zone; subzones. - (A) The General Trawling Zone consists of the following subzones:...

Section 50-5-90. Authority to enter and inspect buildings or stop and search fishing vessels; penalty for refusal to comply with order. - (A) It is lawful for enforcement officers to enter and...

Section 50-5-95. Unlawful taking of saltwater fish; penalty. - It is unlawful to take or attempt to take saltwater...

Section 50-5-100. Knowingly obtaining saltwater fishery product taken or sold unlawfully. - It is unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or...

Section 50-5-105. Unlawful activities affecting others; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful: (1) to remove, wilfully damage, or...

Section 50-5-110. Use of poison, explosive, or bang stick to take marine resources; penalty. - It is unlawful to use poison, an explosive, or a...

Section 50-5-115. Responsibility for determining location of commercial fishing vessel. - The operator of any vessel engaged in commercial fishing is...

Section 50-5-120. Boarding of vessel by law enforcement officers; penalty for failure to allow boarding and to cooperate. - (A) The operator and crew of any watercraft operating in...

Section 50-5-125. Use of vessel within 300 feet of public fishing pier; penalty. - It is unlawful to use a vessel within three hundred...

Section 50-5-300. Commercial saltwater fishing license requirement for residents; fee; striker exception. - (A) For the privilege of taking or landing anadromous fish,...

Section 50-5-305. Requirements for obtaining resident license; penalty. - (A) To be granted a resident commercial saltwater license authorized...

Section 50-5-310. Commercial saltwater fishing license for nonresidents; fee; striker exception. - (A) For the privilege of taking or landing anadromous fish,...

Section 50-5-315. Saltwater fishing without a license prohibited; penalty. - A person taking or attempting to take saltwater fish or...

Section 50-5-320. State Shellfish Ground licenses; fees. - For the privilege of taking molluscan shellfish from state-owned bottoms...

Section 50-5-325. Commercial equipment licenses and fees; specification of vessel on which used; tagging of equipment; penalties. - (A) Commercial equipment, excluding vessels, used in the salt waters...

Section 50-5-330. Recreational fishing exceptions; minnow traps for commercial purposes; retrieving unattended recreational equipment. - (A) A person may fish or use the following in...

Section 50-5-335. Channel net licenses; restrictions. - (A) The department may grant no more than a cumulative...

Section 50-5-340. Permits; use for commercial purposes and disposition of proceeds; violations and penalties. - (A) The department may grant permits for taking, holding, and...

Section 50-5-345. Commercial license a condition of permit; exceptions; revocation. - (A) In order to obtain any permit authorized under this...

Section 50-5-350. Display of licenses, permits, and vessel's identification decal; transfer of licenses; penalty. - (A) While exercising the privilege of a license or permit...

Section 50-5-355. Bait dealer licenses; fees; inspections; penalties. - (A) For the privilege of taking or landing any saltwater...

Section 50-5-360. Wholesale seafood dealer, peeler crab, and molluscan shellfish licenses; display of license; roadside vendors; brood stock exception; penalties. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (G), a person or...

Section 50-5-365. Licensing requirements applicable to sale or transportation of live or fresh fish or saltwater fishery products; penalties. - (A) A person or entity who: (1) offers for sale...

Section 50-5-366. Documents required to be in possession of persons selling shrimp; exceptions; conspiracies; penalties. - (A) Between September 1 and December 15 a person or...

Section 50-5-367. Sale, offer, or purchase of shrimp taken over bait; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to sell or to offer for...

Section 50-5-370. Purchase or removal from State for commercial purpose of saltwater fishery products not handled by licensed wholesale seafood dealer; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person not licensed as...

Section 50-5-375. Records of wholesale seafood dealers; inspection by department; penalties. - (A) Every wholesale seafood dealer must keep and retain accurate...

Section 50-5-380. Information or report by licensee or permittee to take saltwater fishery product for commercial or scientific purpose; confidentiality; penalties. - (A) A person or entity licensed or permitted by the...

Section 50-5-385. Expiration of licenses and permits. - Licenses authorized under this article expire on June 30th following...

Section 50-5-390. Denial of or limitations on nonresident licenses. - The department may deny issuance of any license or permit...

Section 50-5-500. Use of nets; penalties. - (A) No net may be used in inshore salt waters...

Section 50-5-505. Net use requirements and restrictions; mariculture impoundment net use permit. - (A) A gill net used in the salt waters of...

Section 50-5-510. Channel nets; season; observation of use by department; restrictions as to possession; requirements applicable to use of net and possession of license; penalties. - (A) The season for using channel nets shall be no...

Section 50-5-515. Channel nets to be used only in designated areas; Turtle Excluder Device requirements; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to use channel nets in the...

Section 50-5-520. Channel net violations; forfeiture of license; seizure of equipment. - In addition to any other penalty, a person who violates...

Section 50-5-525. Unlawful deployment of net; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to use or deploy any net...

Section 50-5-530. Placement of stationary and channel nets; time for setting and removal of channel nets; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to set any stationary nets except...

Section 50-5-535. Placement of fishing equipment near public fishing pier or man-made jetty equipped with fishing walkway. - It is unlawful to set any fishing equipment within six...

Section 50-5-540. Use of seine or gill net in state park; shrimp net exception. - It is unlawful to use a seine or gill net...

Section 50-5-545. Commercial blue crab traps; escape vent requirements; peeler trap exemption. - (A) Except as provided in this section, from June 1...

Section 50-5-550. Trap buoy size, material, catch release feature and identification tag or other identifying information requirements; seizure of unmarked traps. - (A) Other than minnow traps not used for a commercial...

Section 50-5-555. Trap placement and attention requirements; department inspection, removal, seizure, and disposal. - (A) No trap may be placed within six hundred feet...

Section 50-5-560. Blue crab traps on Cooper River. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 13 of this title, traps...

Section 50-5-565. Time restrictions for placement of commercial traps. - It is unlawful to set, move, fish, retrieve, or remove...

Section 50-5-570. Use of live bait on lines with more than three hooks. - It is unlawful to use live bait in the salt...

Section 50-5-575. Violation of provision for which no penalty provided; seizure and disposal of unlawful devices. - (A) A person who violates a provision of this article...

Section 50-5-580. Gigging for fish in saltwaters of Georgetown County. - It is unlawful in Georgetown County for a person to...

Section 50-5-581. Gigging for flounder. - It is unlawful for a person to gig for flounder...

Section 50-5-700. Trawling prohibited. - It is unlawful to trawl in the waters of this...

Section 50-5-705. Trawling Zone established. - The following General Trawling Zone is established: Based on National...

Section 50-5-710. Restrictions on trawling for shrimp in General Trawling Zone; prohibition on trawling outside General Trawling Zone; penalties; seizure and disposition of contraband. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by law, it is lawful...

Section 50-5-715. Trawling restriction areas within General Trawling Zone. - (A) In the following areas trawling is restricted in the...

Section 50-5-720. Disposal of trawl bycatch; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to dispose of trawl bycatch or...

Section 50-5-725. Trawling waters description references. - The description of trawling waters in this article refers to...

Section 50-5-730. Trawling near public fishing pier; penalty. - It is unlawful to trawl within one-half nautical mile of...

Section 50-5-735. Night trawling; finfish exception. - (A) Except as provided in this section it is unlawful...

Section 50-5-740. Blue crab trawling season; penalty for trawling out of season; seizure and disposal of contraband. - (A) The department annually may set the season for taking...

Section 50-5-745. Blue crab taken by legal shrimp trawlers. - The operator of a shrimp trawler may take, retain, and...

Section 50-5-750. Crab trawling equipment restrictions; penalty. - It is unlawful to trawl for crabs with equipment with...

Section 50-5-755. Permits to trawl or dredge for finfish, blue crabs, whelks, and horseshoe crabs; limitations and conditions as to equipment; penalty. - (A) The department may grant permits to licensed commercial saltwater...

Section 50-5-760. Illegal trawling. - The operator of any vessel operating in an area or...

Section 50-5-765. Use of turtle excluder devices; penalty. - (A) Except as provided in this section, a turtle excluder...

Section 50-5-770. Shrimp trawl requirements; penalties. - (A) A shrimp trawl made in part or in whole...

Section 50-5-900. Commercial shellfish culture or mariculture permits; term. - (A) The department may grant permits to any state resident...

Section 50-5-905. Permit applications; fee. - (A) A person or entity desiring to acquire a Shellfish...

Section 50-5-910. Permit requirements; lottery; sworn statement as to distribution through properly licensed wholesale seafood dealer. - (A) An applicant for Shellfish Culture Permits and Shellfish Mariculture...

Section 50-5-915. Review of applications; permit requirements or conditions; revocation duties delegated to deputy director for Marine Resources. - (A) In reviewing applications for Shellfish Culture Permits and Shellfish...

Section 50-5-920. Mitigation of adverse impacts on shellfish bottoms and waters. - (A) If this State authorizes any activity or use which...

Section 50-5-925. Publication of notice of application. - Upon conditional approval by the department of the shellfish culture...

Section 50-5-930. Preference. - If a person granted a Shellfish Culture Permit or a...

Section 50-5-935. Fees; late payment penalty. - Each person granted a Shellfish Culture Permit or a Shellfish...

Section 50-5-940. Replanting for Shellfish Culture permittees; notice to department; revocation of permit or reduction of acreage for failure to replant. - (A) Each Shellfish Culture permittee must plant fifty bushels of...

Section 50-5-945. Permit to take shellfish for replanting or use in mariculture; conditions. - (A) Shellfish Culture permittees must acquire a permit to take...

Section 50-5-950. Specification of other terms and conditions. - In addition to the requirements of this article, the department...

Section 50-5-955. Designation and maintenance of Public Shellfish Grounds; areas containing DHEC permitted structure; taking for commercial purpose prohibited. - (A) The Department of Natural Resources may designate and shall...

Section 50-5-960. Rules governing recreational shellfish bottom harvests. - (A) The following provisions apply to the taking and possessing...

Section 50-5-965. Taking shellfish from bottoms designated for commercial harvest; individual harvester permits; written approvals; penalties. - (A) A person who takes shellfish from bottoms or waters...

Section 50-5-970. Mechanical harvest permits; penalties. - It is unlawful to take or attempt to take shellfish...

Section 50-5-975. Commercial and personal harvest limited to areas specified on permit; penalties; voluntary surrender of commercial permit. - (A) A person permitted to harvest shellfish from state- owned...

Section 50-5-980. Erection and maintenance of signs; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person, without approval of the...

Section 50-5-985. Setting season for taking shellfish; bringing shellfish into State during closed season; night harvests; penalties. - (A) The department annually may set the season for taking...

Section 50-5-990. Size limitations for hard clams of the genus Mercenaria; permits for possession and sale of undersized clams; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to take or attempt to take,...

Section 50-5-995. Shellfish mariculture operation permits. - The department may permit persons and entities engaged in shellfish...

Section 50-5-997. Shellfish mariculture permittees; out-of-season harvest permits. - (A) The department may issue an out-of-season harvest permit to...

Section 50-5-1000. Wholesale seafood dealer prohibited from purchasing from unlicensed fisherman or dealer; maintenance of records; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for any wholesale seafood dealer to...

Section 50-5-1005. Shellfish importation permits; conditions; penalties. - (A)(1) The department may grant permits to persons to import...

Section 50-5-1010. Shell removal permits; conditions; remedy in event of significant ecological perturbations; payment. - (A) The department has jurisdiction over all natural shell deposits,...

Section 50-5-1015. Unlawful removal of shell; penalty. - It is unlawful to remove shell from any shell deposits...

Section 50-5-1020. Possession of undersized whelk of genus Busycon taken for commercial purpose prohibited. - It is unlawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase a...

Section 50-5-1100. Lawful and unlawful taking of shrimp; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to catch or take shrimp by...

Section 50-5-1102. Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalty. - (A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain...

Section 50-5-1105. Catch limits; bait dealer taking and possession requirements; penalties. - (A) When taking shrimp over bait, there is a catch...

Section 50-5-1110. Mesh size and stretch measure for shrimp cast nets. - Effective July 1, 2002, when taking shrimp over bait, no...

Section 50-5-1300. Taking of sponge crabs prohibited; import permits; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to take, possess,...

Section 50-5-1305. Blue crabs; commercial taking at night prohibited; penalties. - (A) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful...

Section 50-5-1310. Size limitations for blue crabs; peeler crab and clam mariculture exceptions. - (A) Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful...

Section 50-5-1315. Importation of undersize blue crabs; penalties. - It is lawful for licensed wholesale seafood dealers to import...

Section 50-5-1320. Identification of vessels taking blue crabs by trap; buoy colors; penalty. - (A) Any vessel used in aid of taking blue crabs...

Section 50-5-1325. Stone crabs; claw size, removal and sale limitations; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to take or possess a stone...

Section 50-5-1330. Horseshoe crab permits, taking and handling requirements; penalty. - (A) Taking or possessing horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) is unlawful...

Section 50-5-1335. Use of blue crab traps in certain locations. - It is unlawful to set a trap used for taking...

Section 50-5-1340. Repealed by 2012 Act No. 7, Section 12, March 22, 2013. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1340 was entitled "Commercial use of...

Section 50-5-1500. Regulation of devices for taking shad, herring, or eels. - (A) This article governs specific diadromous fisheries in both freshwaters...

Section 50-5-1505. Taking of shad, herring, or sturgeon. - The department must monitor the various drainage basins and water...

Section 50-5-1506. Zones, seasons, times catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking shad. - In addition to other provisions of law, the following provisions...

Section 50-5-1507. Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking herring. - In addition to other provisions of law, the following provisions...

Section 50-5-1508. Zones, seasons, times, catch limits, size limits, methods, and equipment for taking sturgeon. - In addition to other provisions of law, the following provisions...

Section 50-5-1510. Special provisions as to shad and herring. - (A) The following special provisions apply to shad and herring:...

Section 50-5-1515. Shad hook and line catch limits. - (A) Except as provided in this section, a person taking...

Section 50-5-1520. Herring catch limits. - A person not licensed as a commercial saltwater fisherman taking...

Section 50-5-1525. Unlawful taking of Atlantic sturgeon; penalties. - (A) Any sturgeon taken during the closed season or in...

Section 50-5-1530. Receiving Atlantic sturgeon; record keeping requirements; penalties. - A person who receives Atlantic sturgeon or any part or...

Section 50-5-1535. Taking of shortnose sturgeon prohibited; penalty. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, it is unlawful for...

Section 50-5-1540. Net placement. - (A) No shad, herring, or sturgeon net, including its cables,...

Section 50-5-1545. Removal of nets during off times and periods; penalties. - (A) During times and periods when taking of shad by...

Section 50-5-1550. Seizure of net or seine containing decomposed fish. - Any net or seine set in the waters of this...

Section 50-5-1555. Commercial eel taking permits; conditions; penalty. - (A) The department may grant permits to licensed commercial saltwater...

Section 50-5-1556. Striped bass. - (A) In the inshore waters, except for that portion of...

Section 50-5-1557. Shad, herring, or eel sale requirements. - A commercial fisherman who sells shad, herring, or eels must...

Section 50-5-1560. Penalty for offense for which no penalty prescribed; seizure and disposal of equipment. - (A) A person who violates a provision of this article...

Section 50-5-1700. Taking of saltwater game fish; importation by wholesale or retail seafood dealer of red drum or spotted seatrout. - (A) It is unlawful to sell, purchase, trade, or barter...

Section 50-5-1705. Catch limits. - (A) As used in this article, a day means sunrise...

Section 50-5-1707. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 47, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1707 was entitled "Shark catch limits"...

Section 50-5-1710. Size limits. - (A) The limits established in this article apply to all...

Section 50-5-1711. Repealed by 2007, Act No. 85, Section 4, eff June 15, 2007. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1711 was entitled "Limits on taking,...

Section 50-5-1713. Cobia limits established. - (A) The following limits to cobia (Rachycentron canadum) are: (1)...

Section 50-5-1715. Penalties. - A person who violates this article is guilty of a...

Section 50-5-1900. Article title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Recreational...

Section 50-5-1905, 50-5-1910. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1905 was entitled "Definitions" and was...

Section 50-5-1915. Charter fishing vessel and public pier logs; penalties. - (A) Charter fishing vessels shall maintain a log of the...

Section 50-5-1920, 50-5-1925. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1920 was entitled "Saltwater recreational fisheries...

Section 50-5-1930. Reciprocal recognition of recreational fisheries licenses issued by other coastal states. - If a coastal state which has or establishes a saltwater...

Section 50-5-1935. Commemorative stamps authorized. - The department may produce stamps as commemorative or collectors items...

Section 50-5-1940. Creation and design of stamps, licenses, prints, and related articles. - The department may create and design the stamp and license...

Section 50-5-1945. Repealed by 2009 Act No. 15, Section 10, eff July 1, 2009. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-1945 was entitled "Use of revenue...

Section 50-5-1950. Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee established; composition; compensation; term. - (A) A Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee is established to...

Section 50-5-2017. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 140, Section 3, eff March 31, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-5-2017 was entitled "Flounder Population Study...

Section 50-5-2100. Mariculture permits; penalty for failure to acquire. - (A) The department may grant mariculture permits for collection, importation,...

Section 50-5-2105. Permits for licensed wholesale seafood dealers to sell undersize fish grown in mariculture operation; identification of fish; penalty. - (A) The department may grant permits to licensed wholesale seafood...

Section 50-5-2300. Taking and possessing diamond-backed terrapins; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful to take or possess diamond-backed terrapin...

Section 50-5-2305. Permit to remove live wild rock; penalty. - (A) The department may grant permits to remove wild live...

Section 50-5-2310. Display of dolphins and whales prohibited; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person, which includes a...

Section 50-5-2500. Point values for suspension of saltwater privileges; relation to other penalties. - (A) There are established the following point values to be...

Section 50-5-2505. Point system administration. - (A) Each time a person is convicted of a violation...

Section 50-5-2510. Suspension of saltwater privileges for accumulation of points. - (A) The department must suspend for one year the related...

Section 50-5-2515. Notice of suspension; request for review. - Upon determination by the department that a person or entity...

Section 50-5-2517. Mammalian dolphin or porpoise; prohibited activities; penalty. - Except when authorized by a federal permit, it is unlawful...

Section 50-5-2520. Appeals. - A person or entity whose saltwater privileges have been suspended...

Section 50-5-2525. Points cleared when suspension expires; concurrent running of suspensions. - After the expiration of a period of suspension of saltwater...

Section 50-5-2530. Administering of article. - The department shall administer and enforce this article and may...

Section 50-5-2535. Engaging in prohibited activities while under suspension; penalties. - A person engaging in activities prohibited by this chapter while...

Section 50-5-2536. Other violations while under suspension. - (A) While under suspension for recreational activities, any person found...

Section 50-5-2540. Activities prohibited while under commercial suspension. - (A) It is unlawful for a person whose commercial privileges...

Section 50-5-2545. Prior points and suspensions. - All points received prior to the effective date of the...

Section 50-5-2700. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; members; term; vacancies. - In pursuance of Article III of the Atlantic States Marine...

Section 50-5-2705. Powers of Compact Commission and commissioners. - The Compact Commission and the compact commissioners thereof shall have...

Section 50-5-2710. State officials to cooperate and furnish information. - All officers of this State shall do all things falling...

Section 50-5-2715. Records, reports, and recommendations. - The Compact Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts...

Section 50-5-2720. Audits. - The State Auditor may from time to time examine the...

Section 50-5-2725. Shark catch limits; boat or vessel permit to take sharks for commercial purposes; equipment requirements and prohibitions. - (A) Except as provided in this chapter, the size, catch,...

Section 50-5-2730. Federal fishing regulations declared to be law of State; exceptions. - (A) Unless otherwise provided by law, any regulations promulgated by...

Section 50-5-2740. Penalty for violation of article. - A person who violates this article is guilty of a...

Chapter 9 - Hunting And Fishing Licenses

Section 50-9-10. Unlicensed activities; violations; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt, fish, or take fish or...

Section 50-9-15. Definitions. - For the purposes of this title: (1) "License sales vendor"...

Section 50-9-20. Duration of hunting and fishing licenses, permits, and tags for recreational purposes. - (A) The duration for hunting and fishing licenses, permits, and...

Section 50-9-30. Residency requirements. - (A) For the purposes of obtaining: (1) a recreational license,...

Section 50-9-35. Persons licensed by another state; transfer of residency. - Any person licensed by another state as a resident for...

Section 50-9-40. License procedures and fees. - (A) The department shall prescribe the form of the license...

Section 50-9-45. Licenses for South Carolinians in the Armed Services. - An active duty member of the Armed Forces of the...

Section 50-9-50. Possession on person of license, permit, tag, or stamp; violations. - (A) Licenses, permits, tags, and stamps issued pursuant to this...

Section 50-9-60. Borrowing or lending of license, permit, tag, or stamp; violations. - It is unlawful for a person to borrow or lend...

Section 50-9-70. Alteration or fraudulent issuance or obtainment of license, permit, tag, or stamp; violations. - It is unlawful to alter a license, permit, tag, or...

Section 50-9-75. Surrender of combination licenses. - (A) It is unlawful to purchase, acquire, or possess or...

Section 50-9-80. Replacement licenses, permits, or tags. - A license, permit, or tag issued pursuant to this title...

Section 50-9-310. Program contents. - The department shall establish programs in instruction on the safe...

Section 50-9-320. Certificate of completion required for license. - No resident or nonresident born after June 30, 1979, may...

Section 50-9-330. Lifetime hunting and fishing combination licenses. - Lifetime hunting and lifetime combination licenses may be issued to...

Section 50-9-340. Shooting preserves. - A certificate of completion is not required for a hunting...

Section 50-9-350. Apprentice hunting license. - To encourage the recruitment of persons as responsible hunters: (1)...

Section 50-9-410. Freshwater commercial fishing license. - (A) For the privilege of taking nongame freshwater fish for...

Section 50-9-420. Requirements for taking shad, herring, or eels for commercial purposes. - A person taking shad, herring, or eels for commercial purposes:...

Section 50-9-430. Cost of scientific collection permit. - The cost for a scientific collection permit is ten dollars....

Section 50-9-450. Commercial fur license required; exceptions. - (A) In addition to a valid state hunting license, an...

Section 50-9-460. Alligator propagation facility permits. - (A) An applicant for an alligator propagation facility permit must...

Section 50-9-510. Hunting and fishing licenses. - (A) For the privilege of hunting: (1) a resident must...

Section 50-9-515. Combination licenses; sportsman's licenses. - For the combined statewide privilege of: (1) hunting, including the...

Section 50-9-520. Lifetime statewide combination licenses; fees. - (A) A resident may obtain a lifetime statewide combination license...

Section 50-9-525. Licenses for disabled residents. - (A) A resident who is determined to be disabled and...

Section 50-9-530. Gratis, senior, and Catawba licenses. - (A) A resident born before July 1, 1940, may obtain...

Section 50-9-535. Conversion of lifetime licenses to senior lifetime license. - A resident who holds a lifetime hunting, lifetime combination, lifetime...

Section 50-9-540. Recreational statewide saltwater fishing licenses; recreational statewide freshwater fishing licenses; annual saltwater public fishing pier licenses; annual charter vessel licenses. - (A) For the privilege of recreational statewide fishing in saltwater:...

Section 50-9-545. Type of license required for taking shad, herring, or eels. - A person taking shad, herring, or eels for recreation: (1)...

Section 50-9-550, 50-9-560. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 8, eff July, 1, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-9-550 was entitled "Reservoirs, lakes, and...

Section 50-9-570. Unlawful to hunt migratory game birds without permit; exception. - (A) It is unlawful to hunt, take, or possess migratory...

Section 50-9-610. Additional requirements for attempting to take nongame freshwater fish. - (A) In addition to the licenses required for freshwater fishing,...

Section 50-9-630. Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp required; endorsement; fee. - (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Service" means...

Section 50-9-640. Wild turkey tag fees. - (A) For the privilege of hunting wild turkey, in addition...

Section 50-9-650. Deer hunting. - (A)(1) For the privilege of hunting and taking deer on...

Section 50-9-655. Repealed. - Section effective until July 1, 2024. See, also, Section 50-9-655...

Section 50-9-655. Pig transport and release permit; pig enclosure permit. - Section effective July 1, 2024. (A) For the privilege of...

Section 50-9-660. Alligator Draw Hunt Program; Private Lands Alligator Program; nonresident alligator hunting fee; fees nonrefundable. - Except pursuant to a person operating under a depredation permit:...

Section 50-9-665. Bear tags. - (A) For the privilege of hunting bear, in addition to...

Section 50-9-670. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Migratory waterfowl permits; commemorative stamps, had...

Section 50-9-675. Falconry permit. - (A) For the privilege of engaging in falconry, in addition...

Section 50-9-710. Children under sixteen years of age; private ponds; pay-to-fish businesses. - (A) Except as required by law, children under sixteen years...

Section 50-9-715. Exemptions from recreational saltwater fishing license requirements. - The following are exempt from purchasing the recreational saltwater fishing...

Section 50-9-720. Physically or mentally disabled persons; residents of eleemosynary institutions; Boy or Girl Scouts. - (A) The department may permit physically or mentally disabled persons,...

Section 50-9-730. July fourth and National Memorial Day exempt from freshwater recreational fishing license and permit requirements; exceptions; free hunting days must be established. - (A) A resident is not required to possess a license...

Section 50-9-740. Designation of youth hunting days; requirements. - (A) The department may select one or more days to...

Section 50-9-750. Special authorization for hunting and fishing. - (A) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources may...

Section 50-9-910. Revenue from fines and forfeitures. - (A) Revenue from fines and forfeitures for violations of Chapters...

Section 50-9-920. Revenues from the sale of privileges, licenses, permits, and tags. - (A) Revenue generated from the sale of lifetime privileges shall...

Section 50-9-925, 50-9-940. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 11, eff July 1, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-9-925 was entitled "Recreational saltwater license...

Section 50-9-950. Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund. - (A) The Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund is created for...

Section 50-9-955. Fish and Wildlife Deferred License Fund. - (A) The Fish and Wildlife Deferred License Fund is created...

Section 50-9-960. Marine Resources Fund. - (A) The Marine Resources Fund is created for the purpose...

Section 50-9-965. Marine Resources Deferred License Fund. - (A) The Marine Resources Deferred License Fund is created for...

Section 50-9-970. County Game and Fish Fund created. - (A) The County Game and Fish Fund is created for...

Section 50-9-1110. "Conviction" defined. - "Conviction" as used in this article includes the entry of...

Section 50-9-1120. Point system for violations. - There is established the following point system for violations of...

Section 50-9-1130. Deduction of accumulated points. - (A) Each time a person is convicted of a violation...

Section 50-9-1140. Suspension of hunting and fishing privileges. - The department shall suspend for one year the hunting and...

Section 50-9-1150. Notice of suspension; review by department. - (A) Upon determination that a licensee has accumulated sufficient points...

Section 50-9-1160. Review by circuit judge. - (A) A person whose privileges have been suspended under the...

Section 50-9-1170. Expiration of suspension period. - After the expiration of the period of suspension, the person's...

Section 50-9-1180. Administration; promulgation of regulations. - The department shall administer and enforce this article and may...

Section 50-9-1190. Other laws of the State. - Nothing contained in this article affects the action of the...

Section 50-9-1200. Hunting or fishing while under suspension; violations; penalties. - A person who hunts or fishes while under suspension is...

Section 50-9-1210. Effect of points and penalties. - The points and penalties assessed under this article are in...

Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game

Section 50-11-10. Adoption of Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act; prohibitions concerning hunting of waterfowl; penalties. - (A) The Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and its implementing...

Section 50-11-15. Baiting prohibited in area over which migratory birds are hunted; penalties;. - (A) It is unlawful to bait, assist in baiting, or...

Section 50-11-20. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Definitions; migratory waterfowl committee; responsibilities of...

Section 50-11-22. Harming actively nesting waterfowl or disturbing nest or nest box; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to harm, disturb, molest, or take...

Section 50-11-24. Hunting migratory fowl in Gills Creek watershed in Lancaster County without permission; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl in the Gills...

Section 50-11-25. Prohibition on taking migratory waterfowl from certain blinds or positions; construction and use of blinds; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to take migratory waterfowl from blinds...

Section 50-11-26. Hunting migratory waterfowl on Bear Creek in Lancaster County without permission; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Bear Creek...

Section 50-11-27. Hunting and baiting on Lake Murray; violations and penalties. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Lake Murray" means...

Section 50-11-28. Unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Greenwood; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Greenwood...

Section 50-11-29. Unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Wateree; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Wateree...

Section 50-11-30. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-30 was entitled "Extension of hunting...

Section 50-11-31. Hunting near dwelling or marina on Potato and Wyboo Creeks prohibited; baiting prohibited; penalties. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Potato Creek" is...

Section 50-11-32. Hunting waterfowl on Lake Marion; penalty. - It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl in Calhoun County on...

Section 50-11-33. Hunting migratory waterfowl on portions of Lake Marion; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Dean Swamp...

Section 50-11-34. Hunting migratory waterfowl on portions of Lake Marion; penalty; markers. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl in the cove...

Section 50-11-35. Hunting migratory fowl in Murrell's Inlet Creek. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl in Georgetown County...

Section 50-11-36. Hunting migratory waterfowl on Lake Keowee. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Keowee...

Section 50-11-37. Hunting migratory waterfowl on Broadway Lake. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Broadway Lake...

Section 50-11-38. Hunting migratory waterfowl on Lake Moultrie. - It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Moultrie...

Section 50-11-40. Use of recorded sounds or amplified imitations of calls or sounds prohibited; exemptions; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to hunt, take,...

Section 50-11-45. Certain rifle defined as primitive weapon. - In addition to weapons defined as primitive weapons by statute...

Section 50-11-65. Training of bird dogs. - (A) For purposes of this section, "training birds" means pen...

Section 50-11-90. Controlled substances for the capture and immobilization of wildlife. - The department may obtain and utilize Schedule III nonnarcotics and...

Section 50-11-95. Computer-assisted remote hunting and remote hunting facilities; penalties; exceptions. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Computer-assisted remote hunting"...

Section 50-11-96. Introduction of fertility control agents into wildlife; exceptions; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to introduce a...

Section 50-11-100. Enclosure impeding free range of deer being hunted; construction unlawful; registration of existing enclosures; expansion of registered enclosures; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to construct a new enclosure which...

Section 50-11-105. Wildlife disease control; regulation of wildlife shipments; euthanasia. - (A) The department, after consulting with the Director of the...

Section 50-11-110. Small game defined. - The following species constitute small game animals: raccoon, opossum, rabbit,...

Section 50-11-120. Small game seasons. - (A) Except as otherwise specified, the season for hunting and...

Section 50-11-140. Taking raccoons, opossums, squirrels, or fox during period they can be hunted without weapons. - During a period in which raccoons, opossums, squirrels, or fox...

Section 50-11-150. Small game bag limits. - (A) For purposes of this section a "day" means the...

Section 50-11-160. Unlawful to trap rabbits; exceptions. - It is unlawful for any person to trap rabbits, except...

Section 50-11-170. Repealed by 2008 Act. No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-170 was entitled "Penalties for buying,...

Section 50-11-180. Trapping or snaring of quail prohibited; exceptions; requests for quail trapping permits; requirements. - The trapping or snaring of quail is prohibited except as...

Section 50-11-300. Species constituting big game. - The following species constitute big game: white tailed deer, wild...

Section 50-11-310. Open season for antlered deer. - (A) The open season for the hunting and taking of...

Section 50-11-315. Bag limit for antlered deer taken with individual antlered deer tags; bag limit for deer taken on property with a Deer Quota Program; penalties. - (A) The bag limit for antlered deer taken with individual...

Section 50-11-320. Issuance of tags for hunting and taking deer; penalties. - (A) The department will issue tags for the hunting and...

Section 50-11-335. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Bag limit on antlered deer, had...

Section 50-11-340. Penalty for hunting deer during closed season. - Any person convicted of hunting deer during the closed season...

Section 50-11-350. Illegally taking deer; penalty. - Any person taking, attempting to take, or having in his...

Section 50-11-355. Hunting deer near residences with firearm; penalties. - It is unlawful to hunt deer with a firearm within...

Section 50-11-356. Discharging weapon near poultry layer or broiler house prohibited; penalties. - It is unlawful to discharge a gun or weapon within...

Section 50-11-360. Taking or attempting to take elk; penalty. - It is unlawful to take or attempt to take elk...

Section 50-11-365. Wearing of international orange while on Wildlife Management Area lands. - All nonexempt persons must wear a hat, coat, or vest...

Section 50-11-380. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 211, Section 5, eff June 8, 2010. - Editor's Note This section was also repealed by 2010 Act...

Section 50-11-390. Departmental authority over game zones. - (A) The department may promulgate regulations to permit the taking...

Section 50-11-400. Unlawful to possess deer with head detached when in transit from woods, swamps, fields, or roads; penalties. - It is unlawful for anyone in this State to have...

Section 50-11-410. Antlerless deer defined; unlawful to hunt, kill, take, or possess antlerless deer; exceptions; penalties. - For purposes of this chapter, antlerless deer means a female...

Section 50-11-420. Penalty for possession of recently killed venison or fresh deerskin during closed season. - Any person in whose possession recently killed venison or fresh...

Section 50-11-430. Bear hunting; unlawful acts; penalties. - (A)(1) The open season for hunting and taking bear in...

Section 50-11-435. Weight restriction on bear taken; penalties. - It is unlawful to take or attempt to take a...

Section 50-11-440. Black bears; feeding or enticing with food; penalty. - (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to feed...

Section 50-11-450. Unprocessed bait authorized in Game Zone 4. - (A) For the purposes of this section, "unprocessed bait" means...

Section 50-11-500. Provisions applicable to wild turkey. - (1) It is unlawful for a person to rob any...

Section 50-11-510. Prohibition against baiting wild turkeys; definitions. - It is unlawful for a person to hunt or take...

Section 50-11-515. Use of wild turkey feathers in art. - (A) An American Indian artist, who is a member of...

Section 50-11-520. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Wild turkey season; declaration of open...

Section 50-11-525. Authority to promulgate regulations. - The department may promulgate regulations for wildlife management areas, heritage...

Section 50-11-530. Authority to promulgate emergency regulations relating to harvest of wild turkeys in game zones. - The department may promulgate emergency regulations considered necessary and expedient...

Section 50-11-540. Penalties for violating rules applicable to wild turkey hunting; forfeiture of hunting and fishing privileges. - Any person taking, attempting to take, or having in his...

Section 50-11-544. Wild turkey tags. - A person who hunts wild turkeys is required to possess...

Section 50-11-546. Electronic harvest reporting system. - (A) In order to document the harvest of wild turkeys...

Section 50-11-550. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-550 was entitled "Unlawful to discharge...

Section 50-11-565. Archery equipment defined. - As used in this chapter, archery equipment means a bow...

Section 50-11-580. Season for hunting and taking male wild turkey; bag limits; taking female wild turkey; annual report. - (A) The season for hunting and taking a male wild...

Section 50-11-590. Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend. - (A) The Saturday and Sunday preceding the start of a...

Section 50-11-600. Falconry; unlawful acts; penalties; regulations. - (A) Falconry is the hunting of wild quarry in its...

Section 50-11-700. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Night" means the period...

Section 50-11-705. Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of deer, bear, or turkey; penalties; use of artificial lights at night. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this article, night hunting...

Section 50-11-708. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Use of artificial lights; penalties, had...

Section 50-11-710. Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of raccoons, opossums, foxes, minks, or skunks; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to night hunt for raccoons, opossums,...

Section 50-11-715. Night hunting prohibited; exceptions; hunting of feral hogs, coyotes, or armadillos; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to night hunt for feral hogs,...

Section 50-11-717. Use of artificial lights at night; exceptions. - (A) The use of artificial lights for the purpose of...

Section 50-11-720. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Penalties for night hunting for deer...

Section 50-11-730. Unlawful to hunt, shoot, or kill deer from a water conveyance; penalties. - It is unlawful for any person to hunt, shoot, or...

Section 50-11-740. Confiscation, forfeiture, and sale of property used in hunting of deer, bear, or turkey at night; procedures. - (A) Every vehicle, boat, trailer, other means of conveyance, animal,...

Section 50-11-745. Releasing confiscated property to innocent owner or lienholder; failure to recover property. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Department of Natural...

Section 50-11-750. Unlawful to feed or entice with food any alligator; exceptions; penalties. - It is unlawful for any person to feed or entice...

Section 50-11-760. Hunting from certain public roads and railroad rights-of-way prohibited; definitions; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to hunt from...

Section 50-11-770. Unpermitted hunting with use of a dog on property without hunting rights; dog not to be harmed; penalties; suspension of hunting privileges; exceptions. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Hunting" includes: (a)...

Section 50-11-780. Dogs engaged in hunting not required to be constrained by leash. - No dog is required to be constrained by a leash...

Section 50-11-810. Game birds for which no specific open season is designated are protected; department authorized to regulate taking of exotic game birds; penalties. - All species of game birds for which the legislature has...

Section 50-11-820. Unlawful to kill, catch, have in possession, or offer or expose for sale resident or migratory wild bird; exception. - No person within the State may kill, catch, or have...

Section 50-11-830. Unlawful to sell or have in possession for sale plumage, skin, or body of protected bird. - No part of the plumage, skin, or body of any...

Section 50-11-840. Destroying active wild bird nest or eggs; permit for removal. - (A) No person may take or destroy, or attempt to...

Section 50-11-850. Unlawful to transport resident or migratory wild nongame bird; exceptions. - It is unlawful for any person or any firm or...

Section 50-11-851. Shooting, killing, or maiming of "carrier pigeon" prohibited; penalties. - The shooting, killing, or maiming of an Antwerp or homing...

Section 50-11-852. Unlawful to molest or kill birds of prey; bald eagles; penalties. - It is unlawful for any person to molest or kill...

Section 50-11-853. Unlawful to catch, kill, capture, or detain homing, racing or carrier pigeon; penalties. - No person, except the owner, shall catch, kill, capture, or...

Section 50-11-854. Seasons and bag limits for hunting and taking crows. - (A) The department may establish seasons and bag limits for...

Section 50-11-860. Department to designate and establish sanctuaries; agreements with landowners. - The department, without any costs whatsoever to the State, shall...

Section 50-11-870. Bird sanctuaries declared in certain areas; hunting waterfowl on Lake Wylie. - The following areas are declared to be bird sanctuaries: (1)...

Section 50-11-875. Bird sanctuary within City of Charleston. - The following area in Charleston County within the City of...

Section 50-11-880. Wildlife sanctuaries declared in certain areas; unlawful to discharge firearm or attempt to take or kill wildlife in sanctuaries; exceptions. - The following areas are designated as wildlife sanctuaries: (1) the...

Section 50-11-883. Designation of portion of Lake Secession, and of Vereen Memorial Historical Gardens as wildlife sanctuary. - (A) The portion of Lake Secession in Abbeville County lying...

Section 50-11-890. Bird and squirrel sanctuaries declared in certain areas. - The following areas are designated bird and squirrel sanctuaries: (1)...

Section 50-11-900. Nongame bird sanctuaries declared in certain areas. - The following areas are declared to be nongame bird sanctuaries:...

Section 50-11-910. Francis Beidler Forest declared wildlife sanctuary. - The land owned or managed by the National Audubon Society,...

Section 50-11-915. Playcard Environmental Education Center sanctuary in Horry County. - The land owned, leased, or managed by the Playcard Environmental...

Section 50-11-920. Kershaw County park declared wildlife sanctuary. - The land owned or leased to Kershaw County to be...

Section 50-11-925. South Carolina Future Farmers of America Camp Wildlife Sanctuary. - The land owned, leased, or managed by the South Carolina...

Section 50-11-930. Unlawful to trap, hunt, or molest ducks or geese or molest their nest on certain waters or tidelands; penalties. - It is unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, or...

Section 50-11-935. Lake Conestee Nature Park declared wildlife sanctuary. - The land owned and managed by the Conestee Foundation, Incorporated,...

Section 50-11-940 to 50-11-941. Repealed by 2013 Act No. 4, Section 2, eff March 4, 2013. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-940 was titled Certain property of...

Section 50-11-950. Certain lands owned by Brookgreen Gardens declared wildlife sanctuary. - The lands owned by Brookgreen Gardens, as an eleemosynary corporation...

Section 50-11-960. Paris Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary designated. - The following area is designated as the Paris Mountain Wildlife...

Section 50-11-961. Greenville Technical College campus declared wildlife sanctuary. - The campus of Greenville Technical College in Greenville County bounded...

Section 50-11-970. Certain lands owned by Lake Dogwood Corporation designated waterfowl sanctuary. - The area in Richland County consisting of the lands and...

Section 50-11-980. Certain lands and waters in Charleston Harbor and adjacent estuarine system designated wildlife sanctuary. - The lands and waters in Charleston Harbor and its adjacent...

Section 50-11-990. Penalties for hunting or trespassing upon land designated sanctuary. - Anyone hunting or trespassing upon any land designated as a...

Section 50-11-1050. Permit to remove destructive wildlife. - Where wildlife is destroying property, the department, upon the request...

Section 50-11-1060. Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-1060 was entitled "Permit to lay...

Section 50-11-1070. Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-1070 was entitled "Authority to kill...

Section 50-11-1080. No closed season on coyotes. - There is no closed season for hunting or taking coyotes...

Section 50-11-1090. Authority of department to permit taking of game animal; requirements. - The department has the authority during any season of the...

Section 50-11-1105. Authority of department to declare closed season when game cannot protect themselves; procedures; penalties. - The department may declare a closed season for not over...

Section 50-11-1110. Authority of department to close or shorten open season upon request of county legislative delegation; procedures; penalties. - When in any county of the State there exist abnormal...

Section 50-11-1120. Authority of department to declare open season on foxes upon request of county legislative delegation. - Whenever it appears that foxes are destroying birds, poultry, pigs,...

Section 50-11-1130. Authorization for landowners to kill raccoons and squirrels destroying crops. - Raccoons and squirrels may be killed by owners of property...

Section 50-11-1140. United States Fish and Wildlife Service may allow hunting of deer on sea island within federally owned or controlled reserve. - The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may allow the...

Section 50-11-1145. Trapping predatory animals within certain enclosures; types of traps permitted; release or destruction of animals. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and at any time...

Section 50-11-1150. Authority of department to trap predatory animals. - When directed by the department, its employees may trap, by...

Section 50-11-1160. Authority of certain Federal employees to trap predatory animals. - The employees of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...

Section 50-11-1170. Department to cooperate with United States government to control predatory animals. - In order to more effectively control predatory animals, the employees...

Section 50-11-1180. Authority of department to issue permits to collect protected wildlife for scientific or propagating purposes; penalties. - For purposes of this section: (a) "Take" means to harass,...

Section 50-11-1200. Operating licenses for privately owned shooting preserves. - The department may grant operating licenses for shooting preserves which...

Section 50-11-1205. Licensing of new preserves. - No new preserve may be licensed by the department without...

Section 50-11-1210. Annual fees. - The annual fee for obtaining a shooting preserve license is...

Section 50-11-1220. Preserve acreage requirements. - In order to be licensed as a shooting preserve operator,...

Section 50-11-1230. Designation of boundaries. - Shooting preserve operators shall maintain a clearly defined boundary on...

Section 50-11-1240. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 233, Section 13, eff July 1, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-1240 was entitled "Statewide shooting preserve...

Section 50-11-1250. Legal shooting preserve species. - Legal shooting preserve species are pen-raised bobwhite quail, pheasants, and...

Section 50-11-1260. Continued release of pen-raised mallards and turkeys pursuant to license in effect as of December 31, 2005. - Notwithstanding the limitations of Section 50-11-1250, a shooting preserve operator...

Section 50-11-1270. Shooting season. - The shooting season is a consecutive six-month period, beginning October...

Section 50-11-1280. Harvest limits. - There is no harvest limit on species designated as shooting...

Section 50-11-1290. Tagging of harvested designated shooting preserve species; information required on tags. - All harvested designated shooting preserve species must be tagged before...

<< Previous

Next >>

South Carolina Code of Laws Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft