South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
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 Repealed.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 Repealed by 2008 Act No. 286, Section 11, eff June 11, 2008.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...

Section 50-11-1300. Stocking private preserve. - The department shall furnish no game for the stocking of...

Section 50-11-1310. Permit to operate quail call pen trap. - A licensed shooting preserve operator may apply to the department...

Section 50-11-1320. Care of penned animals. - (A) Proper care must be given to all penned animals...

Section 50-11-1330. Maintenance of records; copies to department. - Each shooting preserve operator shall maintain a record of the...

Section 50-11-1340. Responsibility of manager, owner, or licensee for violations on preserve; penalties. - The violation of any of the sections of this article...

Section 50-11-1350. "Pen-raised quail" defined. - A "pen-raised quail" is one that is hatched and subsequently...

Section 50-11-1360. Authorization to engage in business of propagating pen-raised quail. - With the approval of the department, any person may engage...

Section 50-11-1370. Commercial quail breeder's license. - A commercial quail breeder's license first must be obtained from...

Section 50-11-1380. Pen-raised quail for consumption on hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club premises. - The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club may...

Section 50-11-1390. Revocation of or refusal to issue breeders license. - The department, when it has evidence that any breeder is...

Section 50-11-1400. Sale of pen-raised quail. - Any person complying with this article may sell live pen-raised...

Section 50-11-1410. Information required on package of pen-raised quail shipped out of state; records. - Before being offered for sale other than alive or for...

Section 50-11-1420. Copy of invoice of pen-raised quail sold or shipped in State. - When any pen-raised quail is sold or shipped into this...

Section 50-11-1430. Killing of pen-raised quail. - All pen-raised quail offered for sale must be killed otherwise...

Section 50-11-1440. Trapping wild quail. - It is unlawful to trap wild quail for the purpose...

Section 50-11-1450. Violation of article, penalty. - Any person violating any of the provisions of this article...

Section 50-11-1700. Unlawful to keep certain birds or animals in cold storage or refrigerating plants; exceptions; penalties. - It is unlawful to keep any of the birds or...

Section 50-11-1710. Unlawful for transportation company to receive for shipment state game birds or animals; exceptions. - It is unlawful for any transportation company to receive for...

Section 50-11-1720. Transportation of game birds or animals unlawfully killed or captured prohibited; exceptions. - No person shall knowingly receive for transportation beyond the limits...

Section 50-11-1730. Authorization and application to transport game birds or animals out of state; limits; penalties. - It is lawful for any landowner or licensee to ship...

Section 50-11-1740. Limits on number of game birds or animals that may be shipped to private address in State. - It is lawful for a person to ship during any...

Section 50-11-1750. Application to ship game birds or animals. - Any person so desiring to ship domestic game birds or...

Section 50-11-1765. Possession, importation, or sale of live wolves. - It is unlawful to sell live wolves or to ship...

Section 50-11-1910. Sale of deer or deer parts; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to buy or sell, offer for...

Section 50-11-1920. Sale of exotic farm-raised venison; permits; inspection of premises and records; violations; punishment. - (A) The proprietor of a permitted food service establishment may...

Section 50-11-1930. Sale or purchase of willet or dove prohibited. - It is unlawful to buy or sell, expose for sale,...

Section 50-11-1940. Unlawful to buy or barter for sale wild quail; penalty. - It is unlawful for any person to buy or barter...

Section 50-11-1950. Possession and sale of pheasant eggs permitted. - It is lawful for anyone to own, possess, control, sell,...

Section 50-11-2100. Field trials; Department to promulgate regulations to permit field trials; penalties. - (A) Subject to the provisions in this section, the department...

Section 50-11-2110. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Field trials in Game Zone 9;...

Section 50-11-2200. Establishment, operation, and maintenance of wildlife management areas; prohibited conduct; penalties. - (A) Subject to available funding, the department shall acquire sufficient...

Section 50-11-2210. Abuse of wildlife management area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; penalties. - The abuse, misuse, damage, or destruction of wildlife management area...

Section 50-11-2215. Noninterference with agency duties and landowner rights. - Nothing contained in Section 50-11-2200 or 50-11-2210 shall interfere with...

Section 50-11-2220. Abuse of wildlife area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; additional penalties. - A person convicted of abusing, damaging, or destroying wildlife management...

Section 50-11-2225. Trespass on closed area; penalties. - A person who enters a closed area or who remains...

Section 50-11-2230. Public or private access to property must be available prior to leasing property to Wildlife Management Area Program. - Before any person may lease property to the Wildlife Management...

Section 50-11-2240. Wildlife management area lottery hunt. - (A) In addition to any other action that may be...

Section 50-11-2300. Operation Game Thief Program created; funding. - There is created an Operation Game Thief Program to be...

Section 50-11-2310. Purposes for which program funds may be expended. - Funds from the Operation Game Thief Program may be expended...

Section 50-11-2320. Program funds to be expended in certain order. - The Operation Game Thief Program funds must be expended in...

Section 50-11-2400. Definitions. - For the purpose of this article: (a) "Fur bearing animal"...

Section 50-11-2420. Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18, 2012. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-2420 was entitled "Commercial fur license"...

Section 50-11-2430. Proof of ownership or permission to use land on which traps are set. - A person engaged in the act of trapping must be...

Section 50-11-2440. Frequency of visitations. - A trapper must visit his traps at least once each...

Section 50-11-2445. Removal of trapped wildlife by owner of trap or owner's designee; penalties. - It is unlawful for a person, other than the owner...

Section 50-11-2450. Commercial fur licensees to report annually to department. - Any person required to be licensed under Section 50-11-2420 shall...

Section 50-11-2460. Traps allowed for trapping; traps to bear owner's name and address. - (A) Only the following traps are allowed for trapping unless...

Section 50-11-2470. Fur dealer, buyer, and processor's license. - Any person other than a retailer of finished fur or...

Section 50-11-2475. Fur processor's license. - A person engaged in processing hides of fur bearing animals...

Section 50-11-2480. Persons not required to obtain fur buyer's license. - The following persons are not required to obtain a fur...

Section 50-11-2490. Fur buyers and processors to keep daily register; register sheets to be submitted to department monthly; furs, pelts, or hides not properly tagged declared contraband. - All fur buyers and processors, other than retailers, shall keep...

Section 50-11-2510. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) tagging of otter and bobcat pelts. - A person required to have a commercial fur license who...

Section 50-11-2515. Prohibited acts. - Except as otherwise permitted in this article, it is unlawful...

Section 50-11-2520. Inspection of business premises and records of licensee; revocation of license for failure to allow inspection. - All enforcement officers and any other employee of the department...

Section 50-11-2530. Confiscation of illegal traps, devices, furs, pelts, and hides; sale of confiscated items; use of funds; destruction of illegal traps. - The department may confiscate all traps and devices, furs, pelts,...

Section 50-11-2540. Trapping season; unlawful to trap out of season without authorization; taking of coyotes. - (A) It is lawful to trap furbearing animals for commercial...

Section 50-11-2550. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Transportation of skins, furs, pelts, or...

Section 50-11-2560. Penalties. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating...

Section 50-11-2565. Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of this article unless otherwise...

Section 50-11-2570. Issuance of special permit to capture destructive wildlife. - (A) The department may issue special permits, at no cost...

Section 50-11-2575. Repealed by 2012 Act No. 257, Section 14, eff June 18,2012. - Editor's Note Former Section 50-11-2575 was entitled "Special permits for...

Section 50-11-2600. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Fox and coyote hunting...

Section 50-11-2605. Coyote and fox purchase and release. - It is unlawful to buy, sell, transfer, possess, or release...

Section 50-11-2610. Enclosure permits. - (A) The department is authorized to issue fox and coyote...

Section 50-11-2620. Obtaining foxes and coyotes to stock enclosures. - (A) Foxes and coyotes for stocking hunting enclosures may be...

Section 50-11-2630. Sales of live foxes or coyotes by trappers; records of sales. - (A) A commercial fur license permits a trapper to possess,...

Section 50-11-2640. Importing foxes and coyotes. - (A) It is unlawful to bring, import, or cause to...

Section 50-11-2650. Penalties for violation of article. - Except as otherwise provided, a person who violates a provision...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game