S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-110 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 47-3-110
SECTION 47-3-110. Liability for attacks by dogs, provoked attacks, trained law enforcement dogs.
Status: in_force

(A) If a person is bitten or otherwise attacked by a dog while the person is in a public place or is lawfully in a private place, including the property of the dog owner or person having the dog in the person's care or keeping, the dog owner or person having the dog in the person's care or keeping is liable for the damages suffered by the person bitten or otherwise attacked. For the purposes of this section, a person bitten or otherwise attacked is lawfully in a private place, including the property of the dog owner or person having the dog in the person's care or keeping, when the person bitten or otherwise attacked is on the property in the performance of a duty imposed upon the person by the laws of this State, the ordinances of a political subdivision of this State, the laws of the United States of America including, but not limited to, postal regulations, or when the person bitten or otherwise attacked is on the property upon the invitation, express or implied, of the property owner or a lawful tenant or resident of the property. (B) This section does not apply if, at the time the person is bitten or otherwise attacked: (1) the person who was attacked provoked or harassed the dog and that provocation was the proximate cause of the attack; or (2) the dog was working in a law enforcement capacity with a governmental agency and in the performance of the dog's official duties provided that: (a) the dog's attack is in direct and complete compliance with the lawful command of a duly certified canine officer; (b) the dog is trained and certified according to the standards adopted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council; (c) the governmental agency has adopted a written policy on the necessary and appropriate use of dogs in the dog's official law enforcement duties; (d) the actions of the dog's handler or dog do not violate the agency's written policy; (e) the actions of the dog's handler or dog do not constitute excessive force; and (f) the attack or bite does not occur on a third party bystander.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-35 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-35
SECTION 47-19-35. Permits for slaughtering and packaging poultry; fees.
Status: in_force

(A) A person operating an establishment in which poultry is slaughtered or in which poultry, poultry by-products, or poultry food products, of or derived from fowl, are wholly or in part canned, cured, smoked, salted, packed, rendered, or otherwise prepared which are offered as food for humans shall secure a permit from the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission. This section is not applicable to persons exempted from inspection under Section 47-19-140. (B) The permit fee is fifty dollars annually or for part of a year. The permit year is July first to June thirtieth. These fees must be retained by the commission. The commission by regulation may increase the fee not to exceed two hundred dollars. (C) Applications for permits must be in writing to the commission on forms it prescribes. (D) The commission, for cause, may refuse to grant a permit, may suspend, revoke, or modify the permit, or may assess a civil penalty in accordance with Section 47-4-130. Veterinary inspection must not be conducted in an establishment whose permit has been denied, suspended, or revoked. The commission immediately shall notify the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control of permit actions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-90 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-90
SECTION 47-17-90. Exemptions from provisions requiring inspection by Director.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article requiring inspection by the Director shall not apply: (1) To the slaughter on his own premises of livestock of his own raising, and the preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such livestock exclusively for use by him, members of his immediate household and his nonpaying guests and employees. "Raising" shall mean born and raised on the premises or purchased from another source and fed or otherwise maintained by such person for not less than thirty days prior to slaughter by the person on his own premises. (2) To retail dealers with respect to meat or meat products sold to eating establishments, places which furnish meals as a part of their activities or functions or directly to household consumers in retail stores; provided, that the only processing operation performed by such retail dealers is the cutting up of meat products which have been inspected under the provisions of this article. Products, product content, and labeling of all meat processed by chopping, canning, curing, and similar methods of manufacture by these retail dealers shall be subject to the provisions of this article and to the provisions of regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. (3) Persons slaughtering livestock or otherwise processing or handling livestock carcasses or parts thereof, meat food products or meat by-products, which have been or are to be processed as required by recognized religious dietary laws, to the extent that the Director determines is necessary to avoid conflict with such requirements while still effectuating the purposes of this article. (4) To the custom preparation by any person of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products derived from the slaughter by any person of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of his own raising or from game animals delivered by the owner therefor for such custom preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of such custom prepared articles, exclusive for use in the household of such owner by him for members of his household and his nonpaying guest or employees; provided, that in cases where such persons engaged in such custom operations at an establishment at which inspection under this article is maintained, the Director may exempt from such inspection at such establishment any meat or meat food product prepared on such custom basis; provided, further, that custom operation at any establishment shall be exempt from inspection requirements as provided by this section only if the establishment complies with regulations which the Director is hereby authorized to promulgate to assure that any carcass, parts thereof, meat or meat food products wherever handled on a custom basis are in containers or packages containing such articles are separated at all times from carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products prepared for sale and that all such articles prepared on a custom basis, or any containers or packages containing such articles are plainly marked "NOT FOR SALE" immediately after being prepared and kept so identified until delivered to the owner and that the establishment conducting the custom operation is maintained and operated in a sanitary manner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-310 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 47-17-310
SECTION 47-17-310. Unlawful importation of foreign meat containing communicable diseases.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to import from foreign countries into the State of South Carolina any type of meat, whether fresh, dried or canned, which is not free of communicable diseases which adversely affect the people of South Carolina and the animal life of the State. All foreign meats imported into the State and offered for sale wholesale and retail shall be labeled "imported." The word imported shall be of size twenty-four point type.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-80
SECTION 47-17-80. Records.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, persons engaged in this State in the business of processing for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping or receiving in such commerce livestock slaughtered for human consumption, or meat, meat food products or meat by-products, or holding such articles so received, shall maintain such records as the Director by regulation may require, showing, to the extent that they are concerned therewith, the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of such articles and shall, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the Director, permit him at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all such records. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Director may be regulations prescribe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-50 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-50
SECTION 47-19-50. Sanitary conditions and practices required in slaughtering and processing establishments.
Status: in_force

(a) Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products solely for intrastate commerce shall have such premises, facilities and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the board for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in intrastate commerce of poultry products which are adulterated. (b) The director shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities or equipment, or the operation thereof, fails to meet the requirements of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-670 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-670
SECTION 47-13-670. Enforcement of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian may enforce such rules and regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and for the effective control and eradication of brucellosis.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-70
SECTION 47-13-70. Selling flesh of diseased or injured animals.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale the flesh of any animal which (a) was diseased or seriously injured at the time of slaughtering, (b) died a natural death or (c) may be found dead from a cause unknown to such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days; provided, that this section shall not apply to the sale of the flesh of any animal which is accidentally killed when the same is immediately prepared for market and the seller informs the buyer of the time, place and nature of the death of such animal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-630 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-630
SECTION 47-13-630. Blood samples to be drawn by veterinarian.
Status: in_force

All blood samples for brucellosis tests shall be drawn by an approved accredited veterinarian or other person specifically authorized in writing by the State Veterinarian.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-20
SECTION 47-4-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter and all matters assigned to the jurisdiction of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission: (1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with 9CFR Part 160 and 161. (2) "Commission" means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is delegated. (3) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University. (4) "Division" means the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health and its agents, employees, and officials. (5) "Equine sales facility" means a premise where equine including, but not limited to, horses, mules, donkeys, and asses, are assembled to be sold, bartered, or exchanged. It includes a premise where a change of ownership occurs or is part of the procedure. (6) "Inspector" means an employee or official of the division authorized by the director to carry out inspections or investigations required by law. (7) "Livestock" means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral, raised for use, sale, or display. (8) "Permit" means official authorization to engage in a specific activity. (9) "Person" means an individual, a trust, a firm, a joint stock company, a corporation including a government corporation, a partnership, an association, a municipality, a commission, or a political subdivision of this or another state. (10) "Poultry" means all avian species including wildfowl raised for use, sale, or display and domestic fowl. (11) "Public livestock market" means livestock auction markets, public livestock assembly pens, stockyards, dealers in livestock, cooperative or buying stations, fairs, expositions, livestock shows, or other public places where livestock is assembled for purposes of sale, show, exchange, breeding, or barter and where the assembled livestock has more than one owner. The market may handle one or more species of livestock according to the terms of the permit. It does not include equine sales facilities or retail pet stores. (12) "Quarantine" means limitations placed upon the free movement of certain things which include, but are not limited to, animals, poultry, plants, fodder, feed, equipment, products, by-products, machinery, goods, and means of transportation considered reasonably necessary to prevent the spread by whatever means of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases of animals or poultry. (13) "Service" means the Veterinary Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. (14) "Slaughter assembly point" means a facility where livestock is assembled solely for holding or delivery for immediate slaughter. (15) "State Veterinarian" means the Director of Livestock-Poultry Health Division, Clemson University, and his agents, assistants, and livestock inspectors.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-100 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-100
SECTION 47-5-100. Quarantine, examination, and destruction of biting or attacking dog, cat, or ferret.
Status: in_force

The county health department shall serve notice upon the owner of a dog, cat, or ferret which has attacked or bitten a person to quarantine the animal at the expense of the owner upon his premises or at an animal shelter or other place designated in the notice for at least ten days after the animal has attacked or bitten a person. The licensed veterinarian, the rabies control officer, or his assistants must be permitted by the owner of the pet or other animal which has attacked or bitten a person to examine the animal at any time, and daily if desired, within the ten-day period of quarantine to determine if the animal shows symptoms of rabies. No person may obstruct or interfere with the rabies control officer or his assistants in making the examination. The removal of the head of an animal suspected of having rabies must be performed by a licensed veterinarian, but the county health department may provide for the removal of the head if there is no veterinarian practicing within the county where the suspected animal is located or if no veterinarian located within the county will remove the head. The department shall serve notice upon the owner of an animal other than a dog, cat, or ferret when the department has knowledge that the animal has attacked or bitten a person. The notice must instruct the owner to have the animal immediately euthanized and have the brain submitted for rabies examination or to have the animal quarantined under conditions specified by the department. The owner shall comply immediately with the instructions in the notice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-840 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 47-13-840
SECTION 47-13-840. Branding and slaughtering of reacting animals; disinfecting quarters and equipment.
Status: in_force

All animals reacting to the tuberculin or paratuberculin test shall be branded immediately with the letter "T" not less than three inches high on the left jaw by the veterinarian applying the test. All reacting animals shall be identified with suitable ear tags and shall be slaughtered under either State or Federal supervision and may be disposed of according to the Federal Meat Inspection Regulations, or shall be either burned or the body placed at least four feet beneath the surface of the earth, covered with live lime and the hole filled with soil. Barns, stalls, lots and all places and articles that have been used by the reactor animals shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected or destroyed according to the direction of the State Veterinarian.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-140 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-140
SECTION 47-1-140. Notice to owners; care of animals after arrest of person in charge.
Status: in_force

The law enforcement officer making the arrest, with or without warrant, shall use reasonable diligence to give notice to the owner of the animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested, if the person is not the owner, and shall care and provide properly for the animals. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an animal may be seized preceding an arrest and pursuant to Section 47-1-150. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 199, SECTION 1, deleted the second and third sentences, which provided for liens on seized animals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-110 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-110
SECTION 47-13-110. Sale of biological products containing living disease-producing agent.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to possess, sell, or distribute biological products containing a viable, living agent capable of producing disease in livestock and poultry, except with the prior written consent of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-140 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-140
SECTION 47-11-140. Services of veterinarians provided for auctions; cost of tests.
Status: in_force

The commission may provide the service of competent veterinarians to attend auction sales at the various public livestock markets on the day of the sale. The costs, exclusive of the pay of a veterinarian provided by the commission, of all tests, serums, vaccine, treatments, and labor furnished by the livestock auction market necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and the protection of livestock against contagious and infectious diseases must be paid for by the buyer of the livestock, and the costs constitute a lien against the animals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-60 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-60
SECTION 47-17-60. Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

The following acts or the causing thereof within this State are hereby prohibited: (a) The processing for, or the sale or offering for sale, transportation, or delivery or receiving for transportation, in intrastate commerce, of any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product or meat by-product, unless such article has been inspected for wholesomeness and unless the article and its shipping container and immediate container, if any, are marked in accordance with the requirements under this article or the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (b) The sale or other disposition for human food of any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product, or meat by-product which has been inspected and declared to be unwholesome or adulterated under this article. (c) Falsely making or issuing, altering, forging, simulating, or counterfeiting, or using without proper authority any official inspection certificate, memorandum, mark, or other identification, or device for making such mark or identification used in connection with inspection under this article, or causing, procuring, aiding, assisting in, or being a party to, such false making, issuing, altering, forging, simulating, counterfeiting, or unauthorized use, or knowingly possessing, without promptly notifying the Director or his representative, uttering, publishing, or using as true, or causing to be uttered, published, or used as true, any such falsely made or issued, altered, forged, simulated, or counterfeited official inspection certificate, memorandum, mark, or other identification, or device for making such mark or identification, or representing that any article has been officially inspected under the authority of this article when such article has in fact not been so inspected, or knowingly making any false representation in any certificate prescribed by the Director in rules and regulations under this article or any form resembling any such certificate. (d) Using in intrastate commerce a false or misleading label on any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product, or meat by-product. (e) The use of any container bearing an official inspection mark except for the article in the original form in which it was inspected and covered by such mark unless the mark is removed, obliterated, or otherwise destroyed. (f) The refusal to permit access by any duly authorized representative of the Director, at all reasonable times, to the premises of an establishment in this State at which livestock is slaughtered or the carcasses or parts thereof, meat food products, or meat by-products are processed for intrastate commerce, upon presentation of appropriate credentials. (g) The refusal to permit access to and the copying of any record as authorized by Section 47-17-80. (h) The using by any person to his own advantage, or revealing, other than to the authorized representatives of any government agency in their official capacity, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding, any information acquired under the authority of this article, concerning any matter which as a trade secret is entitled to protection. (i) Delivering, receiving, transporting, selling, or offering, for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, for human consumption, any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product or meat by-product which has been processed in violation of any requirements under this article, except as may be authorized by and pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Director. (j) Delivering, receiving, transporting, selling, or offering for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product or meat by-product which is exempted under Section 47-17-90, and which is unwholesome or adulterated, and is intended for human consumption. (k) Applying to any livestock carcass or part thereof, meat food product or meat by-product, or any container thereof, any official inspection mark or label required under this article, except by, or under the supervision of, an inspector. (l) For any person, or any agent or employee thereof, to give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any department employee, who is not an executive officer within the meaning of Sections 16-9-210 and 16-9-220, authorized to perform any duty prescribed by this article or regulations, any money, or other thing of value with intent to influence such employee in the discharge of his duty. It is also unlawful for any department employee engaged in the performance of any duty prescribed by this article or the regulations to accept from any person, or from any agent or employee of such person, any gift, money, or other thing of value given with intent to influence action, or to receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or any other thing of value given for any purpose or intent whatsoever.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-540 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-540
SECTION 47-13-540. Exposed or suspected animals subject to quarantine.
Status: in_force

Animals infected with or exposed to the disease of brucellosis, or suspected of being carriers of that disease, shall be subject to quarantine and the rules and regulations of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-260 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-260
SECTION 47-9-260. Application and fee for adoption of brand.
Status: in_force

Any person desiring to adopt any brand for branding livestock, which brand is not then the recorded brand of another, shall forward to the Secretary of State a facsimile of the desired brand together with a written application to adopt the brand. The application shall state where the brand will appear on the livestock. A fee of three dollars shall be enclosed with the application.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-120 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-120
SECTION 47-11-120. Liability of person removing livestock for slaughter.
Status: in_force

A person who removes from a public livestock market or equine sales facility equine, cattle, swine, or other livestock for immediate slaughter shall use them for immediate slaughter only in accordance with this article and the regulations issued in accordance with it. The owner of the animals is charged with the responsibility of having the animals slaughtered and is liable for all damages resulting from diverting them to other uses by failing to have them slaughtered.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-430 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 47-3-430
SECTION 47-3-430. Provision governing shelters.
Status: in_force

All animal shelters are subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 47.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-580 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-580
SECTION 47-13-580. Sale of cattle generally.
Status: in_force

No female cattle or breeding bulls more than six months of age shall be sold or moved except for slaughter, unless such cattle either (a) have been tested for brucellosis and found negative within thirty days prior to the date of sale, (b) are dairy cattle and breeding cattle under thirty months of age and were vaccinated against brucellosis with an approved vaccine when they were not less than four months nor more than twelve months of age and were identified as provided under rules and regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission and reported at the time of vaccination to State and Federal cooperating agencies or (c) are in brucellosis-free accredited herds or areas at the time of sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-100 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-100
SECTION 47-19-100. Persons required to keep records.
Status: in_force

The following classes of persons shall, for such period of time as the board may by regulations prescribe, not to exceed two years unless otherwise directed by the director for good cause shown, keep such records as are properly necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter in order to insure against adulterated or misbranded poultry products for the American consumer; and all persons subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the director, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory and records thereof, to copy all such records and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor: (1) Any person who engages in the business of slaughtering any poultry or processing, freezing, packaging or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any poultry, for intrastate commerce, for use as human food or animal food; (2) Any person who engages in the business of buying or selling (as poultry products brokers, wholesalers or otherwise) or transporting, in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for intrastate commerce, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any poultry; (3) Any person who engages in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the business of buying, selling or transporting, in intrastate commerce, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-22-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 22 / Section 47-22-40
SECTION 47-22-40. Permit required for operation of transfer center and rendering processes.
Status: in_force

No person shall operate a transfer center or rendering plant, or engage in rendering operations, unless he possesses a valid and current permit issued by the division.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1310 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 47-13-1310
SECTION 47-13-1310. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Equine infectious anemia" means a widely spread, virus-caused disease of the horse, commonly known as swamp fever, which is infectious in nature and spreads by improper use of hypodermic needles, other instruments, and insects. The disease may be acute, subacute, chronic, or inapparent. (2) "Horse" means a member of the equine family over six months of age including horses, mules, asses, zebras, or other equidae. (3) "State veterinarian" means the state veterinarian as defined by Section 47-13-20. (4) "Accredited veterinarian" means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state veterinarian. (5) "Reactor" means a horse that reacts positively to an approved serological test performed by an approved laboratory. (6) "Date of test" means date blood sample is collected from the horse. (7) "Exposed horse" means a horse which the state veterinarian or his authorized representative has reasonable grounds to believe has been exposed to equine infectious anemia. (8) "Quarantine" means confinement of an exposed horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse, with no horses being admitted or leaving the premises. (9) "Isolation" means confinement of a reactor horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse until a blood sample submitted from the reactor horse provides a negative Coggins test from a laboratory approved within the State or death.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-360 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-360
SECTION 47-9-360. Age at which livestock should be branded.
Status: in_force

If livestock are branded by the owner, they shall be branded as follows: Neat cattle, horses, mules and asses shall be branded before they are twelve months old; hogs, sheep and goats shall be branded before they are six months old. The ages specified herein shall not apply to livestock which have passed those ages at the time they are acquired by the owner or at the time the owner is granted a brand under this article; but all such livestock, if branded by the owner, shall be branded within one month after the time they are acquired by the owner or the time the owner is granted a brand under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-400 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-400
SECTION 47-13-400. Form and payment of appraisements.
Status: in_force

Appraisements made under Sections 47-13-360 and 47-13-390 shall be in writing and shall be signed by the appraisers and certified by the local board of health and the State Veterinarian, respectively; these appraisements shall be paid from annual appropriations to Clemson University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-165 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-165
SECTION 47-19-165. Application of chapter to pigeons.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to pigeons, either live or dead, and when the term "poultry" is used in this chapter it shall be construed to include pigeons unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-30 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-30
SECTION 47-5-30. Public health veterinarian; duties.
Status: in_force

The department may employ a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine to serve as public health veterinarian of the department. In addition to the duties as public health veterinarian, this person shall aid administratively in the prevention and control of all diseases communicable from animal to man in this State and in combating these diseases in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources, the extension service of Clemson University, and any other state or federal agencies engaged in similar efforts to combat diseases communicable from animal to man.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-40
SECTION 47-17-40. Sanitary conditions and practices required in slaughtering and processing establishments.
Status: in_force

(a) Each official establishment at which livestock is slaughtered or livestock carcasses or parts thereof, meat food products and meat by-products are processed for intrastate commerce shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by rules or regulations prescribed by the Director for the purpose of preventing the entry into and movement in such commerce of carcasses, parts thereof, meat food products, and meat by-products which are unwholesome or adulterated. No livestock carcasses or parts thereof, meat food product or meat by-product shall be admitted into any official establishment unless they have been prepared only under inspection pursuant to this article or the Federal Meat Inspection Act, or their admission is permitted by rules or regulations prescribed by the Director under this article. (b) The Director shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section. The Director shall immediately notify the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control of the name and address of any establishment for which the Director shall refuse to render veterinary inspection service.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1365 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 47-13-1365
SECTION 47-13-1365. Disposition of animal after second confirmatory test.
Status: in_force

After a second confirmatory test of the reactor equine, the animal must be either: (1) euthanized; (2) identified and sold to slaughter or research, or (3) permanently isolated not less than two hundred yards from other unaffected horses. If the owner of the reactor equine chooses to have the animal "permanently isolated not less than two hundred yards from other unaffected horses", the reactor must be permanently identified with a visible freeze brand (or other visible brand at the discretion of the administering accredited veterinarian) on the hip or neck of the reactor horse in a manner as specified by regulation promulgated under this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-510 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 47-3-510
SECTION 47-3-510. Owner may register dog; fee.
Status: in_force

The owner of any dog or kennel may, upon payment of a fee to be determined by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (department), not to exceed five dollars a dog or twenty dollars a kennel, have his dog registered by the department and the registration number tattooed in either of the dog's ears or on any other clearly visible part of the body that would be considered most suitable for the respective species of dog. The department shall maintain records of the names and addresses of the owners of registered kennels.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-80
SECTION 47-4-80. Condemned and destroyed livestock or poultry; indemnification of owner.
Status: in_force

(A) Livestock or poultry condemned and destroyed by order of the commission to preclude or prevent spread of disease, exotic or otherwise, are presumed to have been a public nuisance. However, this section does not apply to animals required or allowed to be sent to slaughter. (B) The owner of destroyed livestock or poultry, in an action against this State in an appropriate court for the county in which the livestock or poultry was destroyed, may recover just compensation for the value of the livestock or poultry destroyed if he establishes that the livestock or poultry destroyed was not infected with an infectious, communicable, or contagious disease and that destruction was not the only reasonable course of action. (C) Other indemnification must be paid in accordance with Article 3, Chapter 13 of this title if federal or state funds, or both, specifically appropriated for indemnification payments for a specific disease or condition are available. If in the judgment of the commission sufficient funds are not available, it shall effect pro rata indemnification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-160 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-160
SECTION 47-13-160. Fitness of registered companion dog or cat for sale; definitions; certifications; remedies.
Status: in_force

(A) No pet dealer, pet shop, or pet breeder shall sell a registered companion dog or cat without providing to the purchaser a statement certifying that the dog or cat has received an infectious disease inoculation suitable for the specific animal's age and species within the previous fourteen days for an animal under six months of age or within the previous ninety days for an animal six months of age or older. Proof of vaccination must be provided to the purchaser at the time of sale. The purchaser also must be provided with a copy of the "ELECTION OF OPTIONS" as contained in subsection (D). (B) If at any time within fourteen days following the sale and delivery of a registered companion dog or cat to a purchaser, a licensed veterinarian certifies the animal to be unfit for purchase due to a noncongenital cause or condition or within six months certifies an animal to be unfit for purchase due to a congenital or hereditary cause or condition, a purchaser has the right to elect one of the following options: (1) the right to return the animal and receive a refund of the purchase price, including sales tax, and reimbursement of the veterinary fees incurred before the purchaser's receipt of the veterinary certification. The seller's liability for veterinary fees under this option must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal; (2) the right to retain the animal and to receive reimbursement for veterinary fees incurred before the purchaser's receipt of the veterinary certification and the future cost of veterinary fees to be incurred in curing or attempting to cure the animal. The seller's liability under this option must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal; (3) the right to return the animal and to receive in exchange an animal of the purchaser's choice, of equivalent value, and reimbursement of veterinary fees incurred before the purchaser's receipt of the veterinary certification. The seller's liability for veterinary fees under this option must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal; (4) the right to receive a full refund of the purchase price, including sales tax, for the animal or, in exchange, an animal of the purchaser's choice of equivalent value, and reimbursement of veterinary fees incurred before the death of the animal if the death occurs within fourteen days of the date the purchaser takes possession, except where death occurs by accident or injury sustained during that period. The seller's liability for veterinary fees under this option must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal. (C) The seller shall accept the veterinary certification of unfitness delivered by the purchaser within five days following the purchaser's receipt of it. The certification must contain: (1) the name of the owner; (2) the date or dates of examination; (3) the breed, color, sex, and age of the animal; (4) a statement of the veterinarian's findings; (5) a statement that the veterinarian certifies the animal to be unfit for purchase; (6) an itemized statement of veterinary fees incurred as of the date of the certification; (7) where the animal is curable, the estimated fee to cure the animal; (8) where the animal has died, a statement setting forth the probable cause of death; and (9) the name and address of the certifying veterinarian and the date of the certification. (D) When a purchaser presents a veterinary certification of unfitness to the seller, the seller must confirm the purchaser's election in writing. The election must be in the following form and a copy must be given to the purchaser upon signing: "UNFITNESS OF ANIMAL - ELECTION OF OPTIONS I understand that, upon delivery of my veterinarian's certification of unfitness, I have the right to elect one of the following options. I am aware of those options and I understand each of them. I have chosen the following option: ___ 1. Return of the animal and receipt of a refund of the purchase price, including sales tax, for the animal and reimbursement of the veterinary fees incurred before the date I received the veterinarian's certification of unfitness. The reimbursement for veterinarian's fees must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal. ___ 2. Detention of the animal and reimbursement for the veterinary fees incurred before the date I received the veterinarian's certification of unfitness and the future cost to be incurred in curing or attempting to cure the animal. The total reimbursement for veterinarian's fees must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal. ___ 3. Return of the animal and receipt of an animal of my choice of equivalent value in exchange and reimbursement of veterinary fees incurred before the date I received my veterinarian's certification of unfitness. The reimbursement for veterinarian's fees must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal. ___ 4. DEATH OF ANIMAL ONLY. Receipt of a full refund of the purchase price, including sales tax, for the animal or, in exchange, an animal of my choice of equivalent value and reimbursement of the veterinary fees incurred before the death of the animal. The reimbursement for veterinarian's fees must not exceed fifty percent of the purchase price, including sales tax, of the animal." (E) Where the animal has died, the veterinarian shall hold the carcass or forward it to the Clemson University Diagnostic Laboratory. (F) If the seller refuses to refund the purchase price and fees pursuant to subsection (B), the purchaser may initiate a civil action to recover damages. The court, upon a finding that the seller violated the provisions of this section, shall award the purchaser two times the amount of the purchase price and fees, attorney's fees as determined by the court, and costs. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Pet dealer" is a person engaged in the ordinary course of business and sale to the public for profit of a companion animal described as being registered or being capable of being registered with an animal pedigree organization. (2) "Pet shop" means an establishment where companion animals are bought, sold, exchanged, or offered for sale or exchange to the public. (3) "Pet breeder" means a person engaged in the business of breeding companion animals for profit. The term does not include a person who, not in the ordinary course of business, owns an animal which occasionally is bred or produces a litter from which animals are sold.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-210 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-210
SECTION 47-1-210. Live animals as prizes; exceptions; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to give away a live animal including, but not limited to, a fish, bird, fowl, or reptile, as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter, any contest, game, or other competition, or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement, or for these species to be used as an incentive to enter into any business agreement if the offer made was for the purpose of attracting trade. (B) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an auction or raffle of a live animal including, but not limited to, a fish, bird, fowl, or reptile. Further, the giving away or the testing of game or fowl for breeding purposes only is lawful and is not prohibited by this section as an incentive to enter into a business agreement if the person giving away or testing game or fowl is engaged in that trade. (C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished for each separate offense by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both. (D) This section does not apply when a live animal is given away as follows: (1) by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with a cooperative extension education program or agricultural vocational program sanctioned by the State Department of Education or local school districts; (2) by individuals or organizations operating in conjunction with field trials approved by the Department of Natural Resources; or (3) by kennels that advertise in national publications in regard to dogs that are registered with the United Kennel Club or the American Kennel Club.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-110 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-110
SECTION 47-19-110. Registration with director required of persons engaged in poultry related businesses.
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a poultry products broker, renderer or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in intrastate commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any poultry intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for intrastate commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the board, he has registered with the director his name and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business and unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the board may prescribe.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-21-210 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 47-21-210
SECTION 47-21-210. Unlawful damage or destruction.
Status: in_force

Without the effective consent of the owner, it is unlawful for a person to damage or destroy a crop operation, a crop, or property in or on a crop operation with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the crop operation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-130 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-130
SECTION 47-19-130. Notice of violations and opportunity to be heard.
Status: in_force

Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the director to the Attorney General or the appropriate solicitor for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his views orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for criminal prosecution violation of this chapter when he believes that the public interest will be adequately served and compliance with the chapter obtained by a suitable written notice or warning.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-220 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 47-3-220
SECTION 47-3-220. Dog found in act of worrying or destroying sheep may be killed.
Status: in_force

Any person who may find any dog in the act of worrying or destroying any sheep in this State may kill such dog and such person shall not for so doing be held to answer to any action, civil or criminal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-6-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 6 / Section 47-6-10
SECTION 47-6-10. Citation of Chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to as the "Pseudorabies Control and Eradication Act" and must be administered by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 4 of this title. Editor's Note The preamble of 1988 Act No. 563 provides as follows: "Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes that pseudorabies is a serious disease in the swine industry and that the disease can be transmitted to other domestic animals; and "Whereas, the disease can have a severe economic and psychological impact on the affected swine owner and that additional costs are incurred, both by the swine industry and state government, for surveillance and control measures; and "Whereas, a program aimed at controlling the spread of pseudorabies, reducing the economic losses associated with the disease, reducing the risk of reinfecting swine herds where the infection has been eliminated and recognizing pseudorabies low prevalence or free areas is necessary and will ultimately benefit swine producers and consumers alike by lowering production costs. Now, therefore, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:".
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-370 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-370
SECTION 47-13-370. Blank forms used to certify test results.
Status: in_force

The State Veterinarian shall, upon request, furnish to the persons needing them, suitable blank forms to be used in certifying the result of any test made under the provisions of Section 47-13-360.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-90 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-90
SECTION 47-1-90. Overloading and length of confinement of animals in railroad cars.
Status: in_force

No railroad company in the carrying or transportation of animals shall overload the cars nor permit the animals to be confined in cars for a longer period than thirty-six consecutive hours without unloading them for rest, water and feeding for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading by storm or other accidental causes beyond the control of such railroad company; provided, however, that when animals shall be carried in cars in which they can and do have proper food, water and space and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. In estimating such confinement the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included, it being the intent of this section to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of thirty-six hours, except upon the contingencies hereinbefore stated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-390 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 47-11-390
SECTION 47-11-390. Violations; penalties and injunctions.
Status: in_force

Any person, or his agent, servant or employee, after voluntarily entering this program, who operates a public livestock market and violates or refuses to comply with any of the provisions herein or who violates any rules or regulations duly approved and adopted by the Department or any person who shall refuse, resist, prevent or interfere with the Department or its authorized agents or employees in the performance of their duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months. Each day any person operates a public livestock market in violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense. Any circuit court of this State in equity or any other court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, or both, restraining or enjoining any person who voluntarily enters this program from violating any of the provisions of this article. Such injunctions shall be issued without bond. The Attorney General shall bring in a court of competent jurisdiction all actions arising out of a violation of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-15-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-15-40
SECTION 47-15-40. Notification required from certain persons disposing of garbage.
Status: in_force

Any person who sells, gives away or otherwise disposes of garbage to any person, except those persons whose garbage is collected by municipalities or persons who have a permit to collect garbage or to those who sell, give away or otherwise dispose of their ordinary household garbage, shall notify the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission, giving the name and address of the person who obtained the garbage.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-130 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-130
SECTION 47-1-130. Arrest by law enforcement officers for violation of laws prohibiting cruelty to animals.
Status: in_force

(A) Any person violating the laws in relation to cruelty to animals may be arrested by a law enforcement officer and held, without warrant, in the same manner as in the case of persons found breaking the peace. (B) The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or other organizations organized for the same purpose, may not make an arrest for a violation of the laws in relation to cruelty to animals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-70
SECTION 47-4-70. Quarantine of livestock or poultry; violation; penalty; segregation of animals; liens; abandoned animals.
Status: in_force

(A) When in the judgment of the commission a serious threat, or the potential for it, to the health of the state livestock-poultry industry exists, it may impose an immediate quarantine upon the affected livestock or poultry, or both, or other means whereby the disease may be transmitted or take other appropriate measures. The owner, or his agent, of the livestock or poultry or alternatively the owner or operator of the facility where the livestock or poultry is located or the transport operator must be notified of the exact geographic limit of the quarantine, the means or facilities involved, the anticipated length of the quarantine, and tests or remedial measures known and required. The quarantine is effective as of the date and time of actual notice to the parties provided in this subsection and must be confirmed in writing. The quarantine may be released in writing only by the commission. (B) A person who moves or causes to be moved quarantined livestock or poultry from its quarantine location without prior written approval of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130. (C) An authorized representative of the commission may cause suspected diseased livestock or poultry to be segregated from healthy livestock or poultry and withheld from sale pending a final decision by an accredited veterinarian. Segregated animals must not be removed from the premise until the decision is made or other arrangements are made satisfactory to the commission. (D) The authority to quarantine extends to livestock and poultry contaminated by radioactivity or another cause or source which presents significant health hazard to humans or other livestock and poultry. (E) A person providing goods, services, tests, or premises for use by quarantined livestock or poultry has a lien upon the livestock or poultry for the reasonable value of the goods, services, tests, or use of premises. (F) Livestock or poultry quarantined for lack of proper health certification and not claimed by the consignor, consignee, or owner within ten days after notification of clearance is deemed to be abandoned and must be disposed of by sale at the next sale at the nearest market in accordance with standard market procedures. After satisfaction of all charges, liens, fees, or other costs, the balance of the proceeds must be held in escrow pending written agreement between the consignor, consignee, or owner or court order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-70
SECTION 47-17-70. Slaughtering or processing except in compliance with article prohibited.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Section 47-17-140(a), no establishment in this State shall slaughter any livestock or process any livestock carcasses, or parts thereof, meat food products or meat by-products, for human consumption, except in compliance with the requirements of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-290 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-290
SECTION 47-9-290. Certificate as evidence of ownership of livestock; foreign certificates.
Status: in_force

In any criminal or civil action in which title to livestock is involved or proper to be proved, the certificate provided for in Section 47-9-270 shall, when recorded as provided for in Section 47-9-280, be prima facie evidence of ownership of any livestock bearing the brand shown on the face of the certificate. When livestock is brought into this State from another state or territory in transit beyond the boundaries of this State, a copy of a brand granted or held in the other state or territory, when certified to by the proper officer in that state, shall be received in evidence under the same circumstances, and shall have the same effect, as a certificate issued under the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-550 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 47-11-550
SECTION 47-11-550. Article applies only to public sales establishments.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall only apply to public sales establishments. For the purpose of this article, "public sales establishments" shall mean any livestock sales establishment which conducts more than two livestock auction sales in any one calendar year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-950 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 47-3-950
SECTION 47-3-950. Unauthorized control over guide dog or service animal; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to wrongfully obtain or exert unauthorized control over a guide dog or service animal with the intent to deprive the guide dog or service animal user of his guide dog or service animal. (B) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than one year, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-300 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-300
SECTION 47-9-300. Registered brands for livestock.
Status: in_force

A registered brand for livestock is the property of the person adopting and registering the brand, his heirs and assigns, until and unless the brand is cancelled or revoked as provided in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-310 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 47-3-310
SECTION 47-3-310. Disposal or removal of feral dogs from certain property.
Status: in_force

On game management areas, state-owned property and property of private landowners and leaseholders, at the request of such landowners and leaseholders, specially trained enforcement officers of the Natural Resources Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources may enter on such areas and property for the purpose of investigating dogs running at large on the property. If the dogs are determined to be feral dogs (a dog which has reverted to a wild state) and are a threat to the lives or health of livestock, wildlife or humans, the enforcement officers may remove the feral dog from the property or dispose of it in the most humane manner as determined by the department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-150 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 47-7-150
SECTION 47-7-150. Liability of owner for maintenance; bond; recovery of possession.
Status: in_force

In case the claim shall not be amicably or legally adjusted and the trespassing animals recovered by the owner within twelve hours after the receipt of such notification, the owner shall further become liable in a sum sufficient to cover the maintenance and care of his stock up to the time of its removal. But the owner shall be entitled to recover immediate possession of his stock on due execution of such bond to cover expenses and claimed damages as any magistrate shall decide to be good and sufficient.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-930 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 47-3-930
SECTION 47-3-930. Interference with use of a guide dog or service animal; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person who has received notice that his behavior is interfering with the use of a guide dog or service animal to continue with reckless disregard to interfere with the use of a guide dog or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog or service animal or its user. (B) It is unlawful for a person with reckless disregard to allow his dog that is not contained by a fence, a leash, or another containment system to interfere with the use of a guide dog or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the guide dog or service animal or its user. (C) A person who violates subsection (A) or (B) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, is subject to the maximum fines and terms of imprisonment in magistrate's court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1230 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 47-13-1230
SECTION 47-13-1230. Promulgation of regulations by commission; poultry advisory committee.
Status: in_force

The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall promulgate reasonable regulations consistent with this article. The commission must be advised by a poultry advisory committee consisting of five members as follows: one from the commercial hatching industry, one from the commercial egg industry, one from the commercial broiler industry, one from the commercial turkey industry, and one representing the exhibition poultry interest. The members must be nominated by the respective industry and appointed for terms of two years by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-22-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 22 / Section 47-22-20
SECTION 47-22-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Transfer center" means a facility where raw materials are collected for loading into approved vehicles for delivery to a rendering plant. (2) "Commission" means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission. (3) "Director" means the Director, Division of Livestock-Poultry Heath Programs, Clemson University. (4) "Division" means the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs at Clemson University and its agents, employees, and officials. (5) "Inspector" means an employee or official of the division authorized by the director to carry out inspections or investigations required or authorized by law. (6) "Livestock" means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral. (7) "Permit" means official authorization to engage in a specified activity. (8) "Poultry" means all avian species including wildfowl and domestic fowl. (9) "Raw material" means livestock or poultry carcasses and inedible parts thereof, fats, oils, and other inedible animal byproducts, and used fats and oils collected from restaurants. (10) "Rendering operation" means the processing of all or part of the inedible portions of livestock or poultry carcasses and other raw material, and includes the collection and transportation of raw material for the purpose of processing. (11) "Rendering plant" means a building or buildings in which raw material is processed, and includes the premises upon which buildings used in connection with processing are located. (12) "State Veterinarian" means the Director, Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-340 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 47-11-340
SECTION 47-11-340. Grading service conducted by Department of Agriculture.
Status: in_force

The grading service herein provided shall be conducted by the Department of Agriculture at a cost to be established by the Department and the proceeds shall be used for the purpose of paying salaries, travel and related expenses of grading personnel. These proceeds shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the account of the Department to be expended for the purposes authorized in this chapter. The grading shall be conducted only by personnel who are certified by the Department and who have successfully completed tests and examinations to determine proficiency in grade application which are administered by the Livestock Division, Consumer and Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Grading personnel are responsible only for placing animals for sale into the proper grade categories as determined by standards promulgated by the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-730 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 47-9-730
SECTION 47-9-730. Warning signs; contract to contain warning notice; immunity revoked for failure to comply.
Status: in_force

(A) An equine professional and an equine activity sponsor shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (B). These signs must be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, or arenas where the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor conducts equine activities or once at the primary entrance to any riding trail maintained or operated by the activity sponsor. The warning notice specified in subsection (B) must appear on the sign in black letters with each letter a minimum of one inch in height. A written contract entered into by an equine professional or by an equine activity sponsor to provide professional services, instruction, or rental of equipment, tack, or an equine to a participant, whether or not the contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the business of the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor, must contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (B). (B) A sign and contract described in subsection (A) must contain the following warning notice: WARNING Under South Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in an equine activity resulting from an inherent risk of equine activity, pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 9 of Title 47, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. (C) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section prevents an equine activity sponsor or equine professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-200 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-200
SECTION 47-5-200. Violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

A person refusing to comply with the provisions of this chapter or violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished up to the maximum penalties that may be imposed in magistrate's court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-440 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 47-3-440
SECTION 47-3-440. Penalties; injunction.
Status: in_force

No person may kill any animal impounded or quarantined in an animal shelter by any means except as provided by this article. Any person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to the penalty provisions in Chapter 1, Title 47 for each animal killed. The Attorney General of South Carolina may bring an action to enjoin a violation of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-740 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 47-3-740
SECTION 47-3-740. Owning or harboring animal for fighting or attacking humans or domestic animals prohibited; selling, breeding, buying or attempting to buy, or intent to do same, prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) No person may own or harbor an animal for the purpose of fighting or train, torment, badger, bait, or use an animal for the purpose of causing or encouraging the animal to unprovoked attacks upon human beings or domestic animals. (B) No person may possess with intent to sell, offer for sale, breed, or buy or attempt to buy a known dangerous animal; however, this subsection does not apply to a person who is licensed to possess and breed an animal under the classifications specified and regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture under the Animal Welfare Act as codified in Title 7 of the United States Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-530 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-530
SECTION 47-13-530. Conduct of control.
Status: in_force

The control and eradication of brucellosis in the herds of the State shall be conducted as far as the funds of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission will permit and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-6-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 6 / Section 47-6-20
SECTION 47-6-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise stated, for the purposes of this chapter: (1) "person" includes an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity; (2) "swine" includes all animals of the Sus scrofa species; (3) "herd" means all swine on one premises except that, at the discretion of the state veterinarian, other animals may be included in this group; (4) "state veterinarian" is the veterinarian of Clemson University as defined in Section 47-13-20; (5) "assistant" means a licensed veterinarian appointed by the state veterinarian; (6) "pseudorabies" refers to the disease of swine caused by the pseudorabies virus. The disease may be acute, subacute, chronic, or latent; (7) "official test" means any test for the detection of pseudorabies approved by the state veterinarian and licensed or approved by the United States Department of Agriculture; (8) "approved herd plan" means an individually-negotiated plan developed by and agreed to between the state veterinarian and the swine herd owner for elimination of pseudorabies infection from a swine herd. The plan may include, but not be limited to, procedures for testing, segregation, cleanup, repopulation, depopulation, retesting, and the necessary timetables for implementing the plan, or the plan may follow the procedures recommended by the Livestock Conservation Institute or other nationally recognized livestock association for the elimination of pseudorabies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-55 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 47-3-55
SECTION 47-3-55. Animal shelter personnel to contact owner if known; implant of identifying microchip in adopted or redeemed dogs and cats.
Status: in_force

(A) If an animal shelter accepts or comes into possession of a dog or cat, the shelter immediately and thoroughly must scan the dog or cat for a tatoo, any implanted microchip, or similar device, which provides evidence of ownership and, upon finding it, immediately must make a good faith effort to contact the identified owner as required by Section 47-3-540. (B) If an animal shelter or its officers, directors, or staff have made a good faith effort to comply with the provisions of subsection (A), they must be held harmless, as well as the manufacturer, against any action at law or otherwise, civil or criminal, for failure to detect a microchip or similar device and undertake the action specified in subsection (A). (C) If a dog or cat is adopted or redeemed from an animal shelter, a licensed veterinarian or an animal shelter employee under the direction of a licensed veterinarian may implant a microchip in the dog or cat adopted or redeemed. The animal shelter shall record the date the microchip was implanted, the name, address, and telephone number of the person adopting or redeeming the dog or cat, an identification number unique to the dog or cat adopted or redeemed, the name, address, and telephone number of the animal shelter that sheltered the dog or cat before adoption or redemption, and the date the dog or cat was adopted or redeemed. The animal shelter must keep a record of all microchips implanted pursuant to this subsection. (D) The animal shelter is not required to adhere to subsection (A), if the necessary scanner is not provided free of charge or at a reasonable cost as determined by the county or municipality. (E) The owner redeeming his dog or cat must elect to have a microchip implanted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-120 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-120
SECTION 47-1-120. Custody of animals in charge of arrested persons.
Status: in_force

When a person arrested is, at the time of the arrest, in charge of an animal, an agent of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or of any society incorporated for that purpose, may take charge of the animal and deposit the animal in a safe place of custody or deliver the animal into the possession of the police or sheriff of the county or place where the arrest was made, who shall assume the custody of the animal; and all necessary expenses incurred in taking charge of the animal shall be a lien thereon.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-80
SECTION 47-5-80. Notice to health department of animal affected or suspected of being affected by rabies.
Status: in_force

A pet owner or any other person shall notify the county health department if: (1) a pet or other animal is affected by rabies; (2) a pet or other animal is suspected of having rabies; or (3) a pet has been attacked or bitten by a domesticated or wild animal known or suspected of being affected by rabies. This notice must include the location where the pet or other animal was last seen or where it may possibly be found, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-380 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-380
SECTION 47-13-380. Appointment of appraisers of animals to be killed.
Status: in_force

Whenever the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his shall, pursuant to Section 47-13-360, decide upon the killing of an animal he shall notify the owner of such decision in writing. If satisfactory to the owner three appraisers shall then be chosen in the following manner: One shall be appointed by the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his; one shall be appointed by the owner, and the third shall be the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his. The persons so appointed must be practical stock men and their services shall be rendered free of charge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-320 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 47-17-320
SECTION 47-17-320. Enforcement; confiscation and destruction of meat.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health and Environmental Control is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this article. All meat found by the Department of Health and Environmental Control which is landed within the boundaries of the State and does not comply with the provisions of this article shall be confiscated and destroyed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-540 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 47-11-540
SECTION 47-11-540. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner is authorized to issue and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the purchase and payment of livestock sold at auction in this State and to the licensing of public livestock sales establishments. The Commissioner in addition is authorized to provide penalties, including, but not limited to, the revocation of any license issued by the Commissioner, for the violation of such rules and regulations. The Commissioner shall also be authorized to prescribe that such information or records be kept by public sales establishments as may be necessary for the enforcement of this article, and such sales establishments shall make such records available for inspection by the Commissioner or his agents during any business hours.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-120 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-120
SECTION 47-17-120. Permit required; fee; application; refusal, revocation, or suspension.
Status: in_force

(A) A person operating an establishment in which equine, cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or in which meat, meat by-products, or meat food products of, or derived from, equine, cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are wholly or in part canned, cured, smoked, salted, packed, rendered, or otherwise prepared, which are offered for sale as food for humans shall secure a permit from the commission. This section is not applicable to persons exempted from inspection under Section 47-17-90 (1) and (2). (B) The permit fee is fifty dollars annually or for part of a year. The permit year is July first to June thirtieth. The fees must be retained by the commission. The commission by regulation may increase the fee to not more than two hundred dollars. (C) Applications for permits must be in writing to the commission on forms it prescribes. (D) The commission, for cause, may refuse to grant a permit, may revoke or modify a permit, or assess a civil penalty in accordance with Section 47-4-130. Veterinary inspection must not be conducted in an establishment whose permit has been denied, suspended, or revoked. The commission immediately shall notify the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control of action upon a permit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 47-7-10
SECTION 47-7-10. "Estray" defined.
Status: in_force

Any domestic or domesticated animal found wandering at large or abandoned in the public ways or on the lands of any person other than its owner shall be an "estray."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-510 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 47-11-510
SECTION 47-11-510. Commissioner authorized to regulate sales and license public livestock sales establishments.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Agriculture, hereinafter referred to as "Commissioner," shall regulate, as provided herein, the sale of livestock at auction and shall license for a fee of one dollar per year all public livestock sales establishments.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-370 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-370
SECTION 47-9-370. Witnesses required when branding purchased or acquired livestock.
Status: in_force

If any owner who purchases or acquires livestock from another brands the livestock with his own brand, he shall do so in the presence of at least two disinterested parties. The disinterested parties shall certify in writing that they witnessed the branding of the livestock. The certificate shall also state (a) where the branding occurred, (b) with what brand, if any, the livestock were previously branded and (c) with what brand the livestock were branded or rebranded. The certificate shall be retained by the owner. It shall be unlawful to brand any livestock purchased or acquired from another other than in the manner required by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-250 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-250
SECTION 47-9-250. Separate brands of wife or minor.
Status: in_force

A wife who owns livestock separate from her husband or a minor who owns livestock separate from his father or guardian may have a brand. The father or guardian of any minor who has a brand shall be responsible for the proper use thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-30 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 47-7-30
SECTION 47-7-30. Application of proceeds of sale.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of sale of an estray shall be applied first to costs of sale and next to costs of care and feeding of the estray, including a reasonable compensation as determined by the magistrate for the finder's labor for care and feeding. Any balance remaining shall be paid into the county treasury as general county funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-80
SECTION 47-11-80. Records; identification required of persons selling at market; livestock haulers exempt from licenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The public livestock market or equine sales facility shall keep records required by this chapter and the regulations promulgated pursuant to it including, but not limited to, from whom the animals were received, to whom sold, necessary tests and results, and certificates of veterinary inspection or permits when required. The records must be retained by the market operator for two years and are subject to inspection by the commission or Commissioner of Agriculture upon reasonable notice. (B) No person may sell at a public livestock market or an equine sales facility without first identifying himself by a driver's license or other photographic identification, a truck or trailer license plate number, or other means of identification acceptable to the market or facility operator. The records of the market or facility operator must reflect this identification. (C) No person engaged in the hauling of livestock from farm to market is required to have a license from the Public Service Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-610 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 47-3-610
SECTION 47-3-610. Unlawful to taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer desensitizing drug to police dog or horse.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject a desensitizing drug, chemical, or substance to a dog or horse used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency or when a dog is placed in a kennel off duty or a horse is placed in a stable off duty, or to interfere or meddle with a dog or horse used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or agency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-50 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-50
SECTION 47-5-50. Prohibition on sale of wild carnivores as pets; sale of domesticated ferrets.
Status: in_force

(A) No carnivores, which normally are not domesticated, may be sold as pets in this State. A carnivore kept by an individual must not be allowed to run at large and then returned to confinement. A normally wild animal indigenous to this State, if held captive for a period of time, may be released to the wild. This section does not apply to domesticated ferrets. However, no ferret may be sold in this State without proper and current vaccination against rabies. Evidence of rabies vaccination is a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian. A person who purchases or possesses a domesticated ferret shall maintain proper vaccination treatment for it annually. (B) Purchasers of a domesticated ferret must be provided with a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high: "FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING". (C) Each business establishment in this State, to which has been issued a retail sales tax license, which offers ferrets for sale must prominently display a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high: "FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING". (D) This section does not apply to the sale, purchase, donation, or transfer of ownership of carnivores between publicly owned zoos or animal dealers located in this State and licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Animal Welfare Act on the effective date of this chapter. These exemptions do not allow for the sale, purchase, donation, or transfer of ownership to private individuals in this State. Any public displays, showings, or exhibitions of wild carnivores, primates, or any other animal will default to the Animal Welfare Act 9 CFR 2.131—Handling of Animals. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 2, in (D), substituted "animal will default to the Animal Welfare Act 9 CFR 2.131—Handling of Animals" for "animals for which a USDA licensed rabies vaccine does not exist are allowed only when these displays, showings, or exhibitions prevent any possible contact by these animals with the members of the general public", and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 47-3-10
SECTION 47-3-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article: (1) "Animal" is defined as provided for in Chapter 1. (2) "Animal shelter" includes any premises designated by the county or municipal governing body for the purpose of impounding, care, adoption, or euthanasia of dogs and cats held under authority of this article. (3) "Dog" includes all members of the canine family, including foxes and other canines. (a) A dog is deemed to be "running at large" if off the premises of the owner or keeper and not under the physical control of the owner or keeper by means of a leash or other similar restraining device. (b) A dog is deemed to be "under restraint" if on the premises of its owner or keeper or if accompanied by its owner or keeper and under the physical control of the owner or keeper by means of a leash or other similar restraining device. (4) "Cat" includes all members of the feline family. (5) "Litter" means multiple offspring that are born at one time from the same mother. (6) "Vicious dog" means any dog evidencing an abnormal inclination to attack persons or animals without provocation. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 10, provides as follows: "SECTION 10. The General Assembly finds it is the best practice for a shelter, public or private, to prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 2, redesignated (4) and (5) as (3)(a) and (b), respectively; redesignated (6) as (4); inserted (5), relating to the definition of "Litter"; redesignated (7) as (6); and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-15-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-15-20
SECTION 47-15-20. Unlawful to feed garbage to swine.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to swine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-130 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-130
SECTION 47-13-130. Appropriation of funds in event of outbreak of diseases in animals and poultry.
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission certifies to the Governor that an outbreak of disease in animals or poultry has occurred within the State and that state or federal law has established an eradication program for the disease concerned, there must be appropriated out of the general fund of the State amounts necessary to cover indemnity payments provided for in Section 47-13-360. The amounts appropriated must be made available to the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission and used for the payment of destroyed animals and poultry and for other expenses necessary and incident to the eradication of the diseases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-180 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-180
SECTION 47-5-180. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The department shall enforce this chapter. The sheriff and his deputies, the police officers in each incorporated municipality, and animal control officials in each county and municipality shall assist and cooperate with the county health department in enforcing this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-50 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 47-9-50
SECTION 47-9-50. Permit required for hauling cattle or swine at night by truck.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to load or haul by truck any cattle or swine between the hours of sunset and sunrise, unless such person shall have first applied to the sheriff or magistrate of the district in which it is desired to load such cattle or swine to be hauled or shipped and obtained a written permit to do so. Such permit shall show the name of the permittee, the name of the person from whom the cattle or swine have been purchased or otherwise acquired and a description of such cattle or swine, including marks and brands. All such persons loading or hauling cattle or swine under such permits shall keep the permits on their person during such time and upon signal to stop given by any county or State officer shall stop and upon request shall exhibit such permit. Provided, that a permit shall not be necessary when a bill of sale is issued within twenty-four hours after a purchase at an organized auction sale. Provided, further, that livestock moving intrastate or interstate that has a freight bill or bill of sale shall not be required to obtain a permit. Loading or transporting any cattle or swine in violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by a sentence on the public works of the county not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-180 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-180
SECTION 47-19-180. Costs of inspection.
Status: in_force

The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this chapter shall be borne by this State, except as provided in Section 47-19-30 and except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this chapter, at such rates as Clemson University may determine, shall be borne by such establishments. Sums received by Clemson University in reimbursement for sums paid out for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-230 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-230
SECTION 47-9-230. Earmarking.
Status: in_force

In addition to, or as an alternative to, a brand, any person may have an earmark for marking livestock. All provisions of this article relating to brands shall apply to earmarks.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-10
SECTION 47-4-10. Purpose; membership.
Status: in_force

The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission is established to execute this chapter, Chapter 6, Article 1 of Chapter 11, Chapter 13, except Sections 47-13-70 and 47-13-80, Chapter 15, Article 1 of Chapter 17, and Chapter 19 of Title 47 and other duties and responsibilities assigned by law. The commission consists of no less than three members of the Agricultural, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee, or its successor, of the Clemson University Board of Trustees, as designated by the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-30 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-30
SECTION 47-13-30. Penalties for violations of chapter.
Status: in_force

A person who violates this chapter or the regulations promulgated pursuant to it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-75 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 47-3-75
SECTION 47-3-75. Transfer of domestic animal to animal shelter ten days after date owner was to pick up animal; requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) An animal delivered to a veterinarian, a dog kennel, a cat kennel, an animal hospital, another animal care facility, or to a person who boards domestic animals on the person's premises for a fee may be transferred to an appropriate animal shelter ten days after the date the owner failed to pick up the animal as agreed to pursuant to a written contract or agreement. The animal may be transferred only if the written contract or agreement provides for the transfer and if an attempt is made to notify the owner by regular mail and by certified mail at the owner's last known address on the date the owner failed to pick up the animal as agreed. (B) A person who boards animals of others pursuant to subsection (A) shall post written notice of the provisions of this section at the person's place of business. (C) A person who fails to pick up an animal as provided for in subsection (A), who fails to pay his boarding fees in a timely manner, or who abandons an animal at an animal hospital, a dog kennel, a cat kennel, another animal care facility, or boarding facility is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned not more than thirty days or fined not more than two hundred dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-65 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 47-9-65
SECTION 47-9-65. Polo horse performance enhancing mineral or drug compounds; certification by compounding pharmacist; penalty.
Status: in_force

The compounding pharmacist who fills an order for performance enhancing mineral or drug compounds which are not FDA approved for polo horses prior to a polo match must certify the compound with his signature accompanied by a complete listing of the components contained in the compound. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-20
SECTION 47-1-20. Acts of agents imputed to corporations.
Status: in_force

The knowledge and acts of agents and persons employed by corporations in regard to animals transported, owned or employed by or in the custody of such corporations shall be held to be the acts and knowledge of such corporations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-21-260 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 47-21-260
SECTION 47-21-260. Damages; attorney fees and costs.
Status: in_force

A person who suffers damages resulting from the commission of an act prohibited by this article has a civil cause of action for treble the amount of his actual damages, for consequential damages, for punitive damages, an injunction, and any other appropriate relief in law or equity. Upon prevailing in the civil action, the plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-730 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 47-3-730
SECTION 47-3-730. Dangerous animal not permitted beyond premises unless safely restrained.
Status: in_force

No person owning or harboring or having the care of a dangerous animal may permit the animal to go beyond his premises unless the animal is safely restrained and the requirements of Section 47-3-760(E) are met.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-150 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-150
SECTION 47-1-150. Issuance of search warrant; purpose of section; motions regarding custody of animal; notice; care, disposal of, or return of animal.
Status: in_force

(A) When complaint is made on oath or affirmation to any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant believes and has reasonable cause to believe that the laws in relation to cruelty to animals have been or are being violated in any particular building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant authorizing any sheriff, deputy sheriff, deputy state constable, constable or police officer to search such building or place; but no search shall be made after sunset, unless specially authorized by the magistrate upon satisfactory cause shown. If an animal is seized pursuant to this section and the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals, or other society incorporated for that purpose is involved with the seizure, the animal may be held pending criminal disposition of the case at a facility maintained or contracted by that agency. (B) The purpose of this section is to provide a means by which a neglected or mistreated animal can be: (1) removed from its present custody; or (2) made the subject of an order to provide care, issued to its owner by the magistrate or municipal judge, any law enforcement officer, or any agent of the county and given protection and an appropriate and humane disposition made. (C) Any law enforcement officer or any agent of any county or of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or any society incorporated for that purpose may move before a magistrate for an order to: (1) lawfully take custody of any animal found neglected or cruelly treated by removing the animal from its present location if deemed by the court that removal is necessary to prevent further suffering or ill-treatment, or (2) order the owner of any animal found neglected or cruelly treated to provide certain care to the animal at the owner's expense without removal of the animal from its present location, and shall forthwith petition the magistrate or municipal judge of the county or municipality wherein the animal is found for a hearing, to be set within twenty-four hours after the date of seizure of the animal or issuance of the order to provide care and held not more than two days after the setting of such date, to determine whether the owner, if known, is able to provide adequately for the animal and is fit to have custody of the animal. The hearing shall be concluded, and the court order entered the date the hearing is commenced. No fee shall be charged for the filing of the petition. Nothing herein is intended to require court action for the taking into custody and making proper disposition of stray or abandoned animals as lawfully performed by animal control agents. (D) The officer or agent of any county or of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or of any society incorporated for that purpose, taking charge of any animal pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have written notice served prior to the hearing set forth in subsection (C)(2), upon the owner of the animal, if he is known and is residing in the county where the animal was taken. The sheriff of the county shall not charge a fee for service of such notice. If the owner of the animal is known but is residing outside of the county wherein the animal was taken, notice of the hearing shall be by publication. (E) If any seized animal held by court order at the owner's premises is removed without notification to the investigating agency, or if an animal becomes sick or dies, and the owner or custodian fails to immediately notify the investigating agency, the owner must be held in contempt of court and fined up to the penalties provided by law. (F) The officer or agent of any county or of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or of any society incorporated for that purpose, taking charge of an animal as provided for in this section shall provide for the animal until either: (1) The owner is adjudged by the court to be able to provide adequately for, and have custody of, the animal, in which case the animal shall be returned to the owner upon payment for the care and provision of the animal while in the agent's or officer's custody; or (2) The animal is turned over to the officer or agent as provided in Section 47-1-170 and a humane disposition of the animal is made. (G) If the court determines that the owner is able to provide adequately for, and have custody of the animal, the order shall provide that the animal in possession of the officer or agent be claimed and removed by the owner within seven days after the date of the order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-690 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-690
SECTION 47-13-690. Cooperation of State with federal government in paying indemnity for infected cattle.
Status: in_force

The State shall cooperate with the federal government in paying indemnity for cattle owned in this State known to be infected with brucellosis as a result of a test made by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, or by a graduate veterinarian licensed by the State Board of Veterinary Examiners of the State and the commission cooperating, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the service and the commission, and whose owners agree to cooperate with the federal government and the State in the control and eradication of the disease. Payments on the part of this State must be made in accordance with the amounts and procedures prescribed in Section 47-13-360.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-970 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 15 / Section 47-3-970
SECTION 47-3-970. Restitution.
Status: in_force

(A) A defendant convicted of a violation of Sections 47-3-930, 47-3-940, 47-3-950, or 47-3-960 may be ordered to make full restitution for damages including incidental and consequential expenses incurred by the guide dog or service animal and its user, which arise out of or are related to the criminal offense. (B) Restitution ordered pursuant to this section includes, but is not limited to: (1) the value of the replacement of an incapacitated or deceased guide dog or service animal, the training of a replacement guide dog or service animal, or retraining of the affected guide dog or service animal and related veterinary and care expenses; and (2) medical expenses of the guide dog or service animal user, training of the guide dog or service animal user, and compensation for wages or earned income lost by the guide dog or service animal user. (C) This article does not affect civil remedies available for conduct punishable under this article. Restitution paid pursuant to this article must be set off against damages awarded in a civil action arising out of the same conduct that resulted in the restitution payment. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 44, preamble, provides as follows: "Whereas, service animals that are properly trained to assist persons with disabilities play a vital role in establishing independence for such persons; and "Whereas, the term 'service animal' has a distinct meaning in the law. A service animal means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating the sensory, mental, or physical disability of a disabled person. Under the law, the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship does not constitute the work or tasks of a service animal; and "Whereas, no vest, other marking, or documentation is required for an animal to qualify as a service animal, nor are such vests, markings, or documentation a reliable indication of whether an animal is, by law, a service animal. People sometimes erroneously think that a therapy animal, an emotional support animal, or any animal wearing a vest or having any other type of marking is a service animal as defined by law; and "Whereas, there is an increasing number of occurrences in which people exploit the confusion related to service animals and attempt to bring an animal into a place that it would otherwise not be allowed to enter by passing off the pet, therapy animal, or emotional support animal as a service animal, either by oral misrepresentation, placement of a vest or other marking on the animal, or presentation of a 'certificate', despite knowing that it is not a service animal; and "Whereas, some companies mislead individuals into believing that they will be entitled to the rights or privileges for individuals with disabilities with service animals if they buy the company's vests or obtain some type of certificate. These misrepresentations, in some cases, are unlawful deceptive trade practices and compound the confusion around service animals; and "Whereas, commendably, federal and state laws require places of public accommodation, including airports, restaurants, theaters, stores, hospitals, and more, to allow any animal that is presented as a service animal into the place of public accommodation. These same places of public accommodation face a dilemma if someone enters the premises and intentionally misrepresents his animal as a service animal; and "Whereas, when people try to falsely represent a nonservice animal as a service animal, business owners and other places of public accommodation become increasingly distrustful that the animals being represented to them as service animals are, in fact, service animals. Misrepresentation of service animals delegitimizes the program and makes it harder for persons with disabilities to gain unquestioned acceptance of their legitimate, properly trained, and essential service animals. Now, therefore, [Text of Act]." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 44, SECTION 5, in (A), substituted "Sections 47-3-930, 47-3-940, 47-3-950, or 47-3-960" for "this article"; and in (B), substituted "ordered pursuant to this section" for "for a conviction under this article".
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-10
SECTION 47-19-10. Short title; administration of chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1969 and must be administered by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 4 of this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-80
SECTION 47-1-80. Destruction of abandoned infirm animal.
Status: in_force

Any agent or officer of the Department of Health and Environmental Control or police officer or officer of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or of any society duly incorporated for that purpose may lawfully destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any animal found abandoned and not properly cared for, appearing to be glandered, injured or diseased past recovery for any useful purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-50 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-50
SECTION 47-4-50. Promulgation of regulations listing diseases; reporting suspected existence of disease.
Status: in_force

The commission may promulgate regulations listing those communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases which, if not properly controlled, may have a serious adverse impact upon the livestock-poultry industry of the State. Persons shall report the suspected existence of these diseases and the diseases listed by Section 71, Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, to the State Veterinarian within forty-eight hours after discovery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-170 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-170
SECTION 47-19-170. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall enable the director to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-500 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 47-3-500
SECTION 47-3-500. Adoption of additional policies by other entities.
Status: in_force

This article does not prohibit the adoption by a political subdivision of this State of shelter policies which are more stringent than the requirements of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-20
SECTION 47-13-20. Powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

The commission and its agents, employees, livestock law enforcement officers, and livestock inspectors may visit all sections of this State where contagious, infectious, or communicable disease among animals including poultry and domesticated fowl is believed to exist and shall determine according to law whether affected animals are worthy of remedial treatment or, considering the animal industry, must be destroyed. The commission shall conduct scheduled and unscheduled inspections of premises operating under permit issued by him and conduct solely or in conjunction with other appropriate agencies necessary investigations involving matters assigned by law to its jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-160 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 47-7-160
SECTION 47-7-160. Rescuing animal from custody of person impounding it unlawful.
Status: in_force

Whenever any animal shall be taken up under the provisions of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to rescue it or deliver it from the custody of the person impounding it; and whoever shall violate this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than thirty dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than five nor more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-540 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 47-3-540
SECTION 47-3-540. Destruction of identifiable dog by animal control officer; prior notification of owner.
Status: in_force

Animal control officers must not destroy any positively identifiable dog until they have notified the owner at his last known address by registered mail that they have the dog in their possession. The owner must notify the animal control officer within two weeks that he will pick up his dog. If the owner does not pick up his dog within two weeks of notification to the animal control officer, the dog may be destroyed. Reasonable costs associated with the above extended holding period, including cost of mailing the required notice, must be paid before the dog is returned to its owner, or the owner's designee, in addition to any other established costs, fines, fees, or other charges.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-2-30 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 2 / Section 47-2-30
SECTION 47-2-30. Possession or purchase of large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape prohibited; exceptions; registration.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for a person to import into, possess, keep, purchase, have custody or control of, breed, or sell within this State, by any means, a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape, including transactions conducted via the Internet. (B) A person in legal possession of a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape prior to January 1, 2018, and who is the legal possessor of the animal, may keep possession of the animal for the remainder of the animal's life, subject to the following conditions: (1) on or before January 1, 2018, the possessor of a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape shall register with the animal control authority for the city or county in which the animal is located. The registration shall include the person's name, address, telephone number, a complete inventory of each large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape that the person possesses, a photograph or microchip number for each animal, the address for the site at which each animal is located, and the payment to the animal control authority of a one-time fee of five hundred dollars per site at which a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape is to be located, and an annual fee of one hundred dollars per large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape located at that site to cover the costs of enforcement of this chapter. A possessor shall have a continuing obligation to promptly notify the animal control authority with jurisdiction of any material changes to the information required for registration; (2) the possessor shall prepare and submit to the animal control authority at the time of payment of the fee required by item (1) a contingency plan to protect first responders by providing for the quick and safe recapture of the large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape in the event of an escape; (3) the possessor shall maintain veterinary records, acquisition papers for the animal, or other documents or records that establish that the person possessed the animal prior to January 1, 2018; (4) the possessor shall present paperwork described in item (3) to an animal control or law enforcement authority upon request; (5) the possessor shall comply with the basic standards for housing exotic animals and protecting the public under the federal Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 2131, et seq., as amended, and the regulations adopted pursuant to that act, and shall allow the animal control authority access to the animal's housing in order to ensure that the animal is properly cared for and poses no risk of unauthorized contact with the public; (6) the possessor shall notify the animal control authority, the local sheriff's department, and police department, if applicable, immediately upon discovery that the large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape has escaped. The possessor of the animal shall be liable for any and all costs associated with the escape, capture, and disposition of a registered animal; and (7) the possessor shall comply with any and all applicable federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, ordinance, permit, or other permission regarding ownership of large wild cats, non-native bears, and great apes. Failure to comply with any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, permit, or other permission constitutes a violation of this chapter. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-21-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 47-21-20
SECTION 47-21-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Actor" means a person accused of any of the offenses defined in this chapter. (2) "Animal" means a warm- or cold-blooded animal used in food or fiber production, agriculture, research, testing, or education, including poultry, fish, and insects. (3) "Animal facility" includes a vehicle, building, structure, or premises where an animal is kept, tested, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for sale and includes a research facility where research or testing on animals is conducted. (4) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent. (5) "Crop operation" includes a vehicle, building, structure, or premises where a crop is raised, maintained, tested, handled, housed, exhibited, or offered for sale and includes a research facility where research on or testing of crops is conducted. (6) "Deprive" means: (a) to withhold an animal or other property from the owner permanently or for such an extended time that a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner; (b) to restore the animal or other property only upon payment for reward or other compensation; or (c) to dispose of an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or property by the owner unlikely. (7) "Effective consent" includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not effective if: (a) induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud; (b) given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner; (c) given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or (d) given solely to detect the commission of an offense. (8) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor. (9) "Person" means an individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation, joint-stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or other legal entity. (10) "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-25 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-25
SECTION 47-19-25. Voluntary inspection programs for certain birds by the Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission may provide for voluntary inspection programs for families or species of birds for which inspection is not mandated by law. These birds include, but are not limited to, ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, and other ratites. (B) The commission shall establish hourly fees for voluntary inspections to ensure that its direct and indirect costs are reimbursed by the person requesting an inspection. Indirect costs such as training and preparation of standards and procedures must be amortized and included in the fees. (C) Readily ascertainable portions of fees must be collected in advance unless the inspector is licensed pursuant to Chapter 17 or 19 of this title. (D) Fees collected under this section must be retained by the commission for use in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-320 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-320
SECTION 47-13-320. Orders to disinfect animals exposed to cattle fever tick.
Status: in_force

Any person, owning, possessing or controlling any cattle, horse, mule or ass which may be found infested or infected with or exposed to the cattle fever tick (margaropus annulatus) when served with a disinfection notice by the State Veterinarian, his assistant or any livestock inspector appointed by the Veterinarian, shall disinfect or have such cattle, horse, mule or ass disinfected, under the supervision of the State Veterinarian, his assistant or a livestock inspector appointed by the Veterinarian, in or with a disinfectant approved by the Veterinarian, in the manner and at the time and place specified in the disinfection notice within five days from the service of the notice and every fourteen days thereafter, if the notice so provides, until notified by the State Veterinarian, his assistant or livestock inspector appointed by the Veterinarian, that it is no longer required or necessary to disinfect such cattle, horse, mule or ass.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-70
SECTION 47-1-70. Abandonment of animals; penalties; hunting dog exception.
Status: in_force

(A) A person may not abandon an animal. As used in this section "abandonment" is defined as deserting, forsaking, or intending to give up absolutely an animal without securing another owner or without providing the necessities of life. "Necessities of life" includes: (1) adequate water which means a constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, and potable water provided in a suitable manner for the species; (2) adequate food which means provision at suitable intervals of quantities of wholesome foodstuff suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition to allow for proper growth and weight; (3) adequate shelter which means shelter that reasonably may be expected to protect the animal from physical suffering or impairment of health due to exposure to the elements or adverse weather. (B) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Offenses under this section must be tried in the magistrate's or municipal court. (C) A hunting dog that is positively identifiable in accordance with Section 47-3-510 or Section 47-3-530 is exempt from this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-170 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-170
SECTION 47-11-170. Violations.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly violates this article or a regulation promulgated by the commission or wilfully fails to comply with this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-750 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 47-3-750
SECTION 47-3-750. Seizure and impoundment of dangerous animal.
Status: in_force

(A) If a law enforcement agent, animal control officer, or animal control officer under contract with a county or municipal government to provide animal control services has probable cause to believe that a dangerous animal is being harbored or cared for in violation of Section 47-3-720 or 47-3-740 or 47-3-760(E), the agent or officer may petition the court having jurisdiction to order the seizure and impoundment of the dangerous animal while the trial is pending. (B) If a law enforcement agent, animal control officer, or animal control officer under contract with a county or municipal government to provide animal control services has probable cause to believe that a dangerous animal is being harbored or housed in violation of Section 47-3-730, the agent or officer may seize and impound the dangerous animal while the trial is pending.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-10
SECTION 47-11-10. Administration of article.
Status: in_force

The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall administer this article in accordance with Chapter 4 of this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1400 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 47-13-1400
SECTION 47-13-1400. Additional penalties for violation of article.
Status: in_force

A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-760 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 47-3-760
SECTION 47-3-760. Penalties; registration of dangerous animals.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who violates Section 47-3-720 or 47-3-730 or subsection (E) of this section or who is the owner of a dangerous animal which attacks and injures a domestic animal is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, for a first offense, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days and, upon conviction of a subsequent offense, must be fined one thousand dollars none of which may be suspended or remitted. (B) A person who is the owner of a dangerous animal which attacks and injures a human being in violation of Section 47-3-710(A)(2)(a) or a person who violates Section 47-3-740: (1) for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years; (2) for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years. (C) A dangerous animal which attacks a human being or domestic animal may be ordered destroyed when in the court's judgment the dangerous animal represents a continuing threat of serious harm to human beings or domestic animals. (D) A person found guilty of violating this article shall pay all expenses, including, but not limited to, shelter, food, veterinary expenses for boarding and veterinary expenses necessitated by the seizure of an animal for the protection of the public, medical expenses incurred by a victim from an attack by a dangerous animal, and other expenses required for the destruction of the animal. (E) A person owning a dangerous animal shall register the animal with the local law enforcement authority of the county in which the owner resides. The requirements of the registration must be determined by the county governing body. However, the registration application must be accompanied by proof of liability insurance or surety bond of at least fifty thousand dollars insuring or securing the owner for personal injuries inflicted by the dangerous animal. The county governing body shall provide to the owner registering the dangerous animal a metal license tag and a certificate. The metal license tag at all times must be attached to a collar or harness worn by the dangerous animal for which the certificate and tag have been issued. (F) Nothing in this chapter is designed to abrogate any civil remedies available under statutory or common law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-720 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 47-3-720
SECTION 47-3-720. Dangerous animal not to go unconfined on premises; "unconfined" defined; exceptions.
Status: in_force

No person owning or harboring or having the care or the custody of a dangerous animal may permit the animal to go unconfined on his premises. A dangerous animal is "unconfined" as used in this section if the animal is not confined securely indoors or confined in a securely enclosed fence or securely enclosed and locked pen or run area upon the person's premises. The pen or run area must be clearly marked as containing a dangerous animal and must be designed to prevent the entry of the general public, including children, and to prevent the escape or release of the animal. However, this section does not apply to an animal owned by a licensed security company and on patrol in a confined area.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-160 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-160
SECTION 47-11-160. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

A municipality, county, or state law enforcement officer or highway patrolman may stop and ascertain whether a conveyance transporting livestock along the highways and streets within the State have proper receipts or certificates in accordance with this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-280 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-280
SECTION 47-9-280. Recording certificate.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the certificate provided for in Section 47-9-270 from the Secretary of State, the owner shall record the certificate with the clerk of court in every county where he has livestock. For each recording the clerk of court shall receive a fee of one dollar. He shall record the brands in a book for the purpose and the book shall be open to inspection by the public.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-15-30 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-15-30
SECTION 47-15-30. Unlawful to sell hogs consuming garbage; unlawful to permit hogs on garbage dumps.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for anyone to sell or offer for sale hogs which have consumed any garbage within a period of thirty days prior to date of sale. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit hogs on any garbage dump.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1210 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 47-13-1210
SECTION 47-13-1210. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this article the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: (a) Person. A natural person, firm or corporation. (b) Poultry. Live fowl, including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and game birds which are propagated and maintained under the control of any person for any purpose. (c) Hatching eggs. Eggs for use in a hatchery to produce young poultry or embryonated eggs. (d) Hatchery. Incubators, hatchers and auxiliary equipment on one premise operated and controlled by any person for the hatching of poultry. (e) Flock. All of the poultry on one premise, except that, at the discretion of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission, any group of poultry which is segregated from other poultry and has been so segregated for a period of at least twenty-one days may be considered as a separate flock. (f) Pullorum disease or pullorum. A disease of poultry caused by salmonella pullorum. (g) Fowl typhoid or hyphoid. A disease of poultry caused by salmonella gallinarum.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-150 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-150
SECTION 47-11-150. Promulgation and enforcement of regulations.
Status: in_force

The commission may promulgate and enforce regulations necessary to carry out this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-75 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-75
SECTION 47-1-75. Immunity from civil and criminal liability.
Status: in_force

Any person, including a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine, or an animal control officer or agent of the South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or any society incorporated for that purpose, who in good faith and without compensation for services provided, acting without malice, recklessness, or gross negligence, renders emergency care or treatment to a domestic animal which is abandoned, ill, injured, or in distress related to an accident or disaster shall not be liable or subject to any civil or criminal liability for any injuries or harm to such animal resulting from the rendering of such care or treatment, or any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for such animal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-570 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-570
SECTION 47-13-570. Sale of vaccine.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, distribute or use Brucella vaccine or any other product containing living Brucella organisms, except as provided for in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-320 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 47-11-320
SECTION 47-11-320. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article, the following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association; (b) "Public livestock market" means a place where livestock may be assembled for sale by any means generally recognized by the farm community and the trade; (c) "Livestock" means cattle or swine; (d) "Grade" means the standard by which the quality of livestock may be determined; (e) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-15-50 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-15-50
SECTION 47-15-50. Inspection of premises where swine are kept.
Status: in_force

Any authorized representative of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission is authorized to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property where swine are kept for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the feeding of garbage to swine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-420 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-420
SECTION 47-9-420. Prohibition of the interference or interaction with farm animals being transported by a motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

(A) No person may interfere with a motor vehicle transporting farm animals. For purposes of this subsection, "interfere" shall be defined as intentional, knowing, or reckless acts that disrupt or otherwise impede the transportation of farm animals without prior consent of the driver of the motor vehicle. (B) No person may harass a farm animal while being transported by a motor vehicle without the prior consent of the driver of the motor vehicle. For purposes of this subsection, "harass" shall be defined as intentional, knowing, or reckless acts having the effect of causing apparent emotional distress or fear. (C) Prior consent of the driver of a motor vehicle transporting farm animals may not be inferred by a person seeking to interfere or interact with a farm animal being transported solely because the driver has not specifically prohibited the person from doing so. (D) Consent to interfering or interacting with a farm animal is invalid if it is obtained from the driver of the motor vehicle transporting the farm animal using duress or under false pretenses. (E) The prohibitions of this section do not apply to: (1) a law enforcement officer if the person is acting within the scope of his duties; (2) a firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency personnel if the person is acting within the scope of his duties; or (3) any other person permitted by law, if the person is acting within the scope of his duties. (F) Any person convicted under the provisions of this section is subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. In case such offender repeats the same or commits a like offense, upon conviction is subject to a penalty of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-85 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-85
SECTION 47-11-85. Identification of animals sold in public livestock market or equine sales facility.
Status: in_force

Animals sold in a public livestock market or equine sales facility must bear identification including, but not limited to, ear tags, ear notches accompanied by purebred papers, back tags, mane and tail tags, tattoos, brands, or other permanent means authorized by state or federal regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-21-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 47-21-10
SECTION 47-21-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Farm Animal, Crop Operation, and Research Facilities Protection Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-4-60 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 47-4-60
SECTION 47-4-60. Certificate of veterinary inspection; requirement for out-of-state livestock or poultry; quarantine of uncertified animals; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) Livestock or poultry entering this State must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, unless otherwise indicated in this section. (B) The certificate of veterinary inspection must include: (1) complete names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the consignee and consignor; (2) complete description including age, sex, breed, and premise of origin; (3) permanent identification including, but not limited to, tag, tattoo, brand, leg band, registration name, or number; (4) statement that the livestock or poultry has been examined and is free from the symptoms of an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease or exposure to it; (5) results of specific tests or requirements indicated in law or regulation; (6) signature of the certifying accredited veterinarian; (7) approval by the livestock-poultry health authority of the state of origin. (C) A certificate is valid for thirty days after the date of the inspection. A copy of the approved certificate, before departure of the consignment, must be forwarded to the commission. (D) The commission may prescribe additional tests and requirements necessary to ensure the continued health and well-being of the livestock-poultry industry of the State. (E) Livestock and poultry entering the State without a prior certificate or not otherwise authorized must be held in quarantine at the nearest suitable location while necessary tests or inspections, or both, are conducted. Alternatively, livestock and poultry loaded aboard their transporting vehicle may be allowed to return to its point of origin, with notification to the appropriate state veterinarian. Persons providing goods, services, premises, or tests for the quarantined livestock or poultry have a first lien upon the livestock or poultry for the reasonable value of the goods, services, premises, or tests. (F) The commission may promulgate regulations for the issuance of health permits. (G) Certificates are not required for animals consigned directly to slaughter establishments under appropriate provisions of federal law if an accredited veterinary inspector makes ante- and post-mortem examinations in accordance with the regulations of the service. (H) The Director of the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health may authorize equine interstate event permits that must include a certificate of veterinary inspection, animal identification, and a current negative Coggins test.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 47-3-20
SECTION 47-3-20. Local animal care and control ordinances authorized.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each county or municipality in this State may enact ordinances and promulgate regulations for the care and control of dogs, cats, and other animals and to prescribe penalties for violations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-60 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-60
SECTION 47-11-60. Bond.
Status: in_force

The operator of a public livestock market or an equine sale facility shall file with his application for a permit a two thousand dollar surety bond acceptable to the commission to secure the performance of all obligations incident to the operation of the livestock market under this title. The commission may waive the requirements of this section. No bond is required of a livestock market association organized under a law which requires the association to be bonded or a market operating under the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-610 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 47-13-610
SECTION 47-13-610. Veterinarian shall require testing of suspected animals.
Status: in_force

When the State Veterinarian receives information or has reason to believe that brucellosis exists in any animal he shall promptly notify the owner and require that a test be applied to such animal and that if the animal be found to be diseased it shall be properly disposed of and the premises disinfected under the supervision of the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-130 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-130
SECTION 47-17-130. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Director shall promulgate such rules and regulations and appoint such veterinarians and other qualified personnel as are necessary to carry out the purposes or provisions of this article. Such rules and regulations shall be in conformity with the rules and regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as now in effect and with subsequent amendments thereof unless they are considered by the Director as not to be in accord with the objectives of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-2-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 2 / Section 47-2-70
SECTION 47-2-70. Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who violates this chapter must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for a first offense, and must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days for a second offense. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-40
SECTION 47-5-40. Interference with authorized representative carrying out duties.
Status: in_force

The enforcement of the provisions of this chapter must be carried out under the direct supervision of the department. It is unlawful for anyone to obstruct or interfere with the authorized representative of the department as he carries out the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-2-10 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 2 / Section 47-2-10
SECTION 47-2-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As contained in this chapter: (1) "Animal control authority" means the agency designated by a city or county to administer ordinances regulating, restricting, or prohibiting the possession of large wild cats, non-native bears, and great apes. The animal control agency may be a municipal or county animal control agency, county sheriff, or other designated agency. (2) "Large wild cat, non-native bear and great ape" means one of the following types of animals of the order Carnivora or Primate, and any hybrids of these animals: (a) Family Felidae, Genus panthera—all lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cougars, cheetahs, snow leopards, and clouded leopards; (b) Family Ursidae—all bears that are not native to South Carolina and not subject to oversight by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; and (c) Family Hominidae—all great apes; to include all species of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. (3) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, organization, trade, or professional association, firm, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, and any employee, agent, or representative of the entity. (4) "Possessor" means any person who owns, possesses, keeps, harbors, brings into the State, acts as a custodian of, or has custody or control of, a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-140 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-140
SECTION 47-17-140. Article inapplicable to transactions regulated under Federal Meat Inspection Act; cooperation with Federal, state, and local agencies; inadequate personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall not apply to any act or transaction subject to regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (b) The Director shall cooperate with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and may cooperate with the Federal Government in carrying out the provisions of this article or the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (c) The provisions of this article shall be applied in such a manner as to maintain the support and cooperation of all State and local agencies dealing with animals, animal diseases and human diseases, and in no way shall this article restrict the authority given to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the State Department of Agriculture or any other agency under the General Statutes of South Carolina. (d) No person shall be prohibited from the operation of a business regulated by this article because of the inability of the Director to provide adequate personnel for inspection within two years from July 1, 1967.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-380 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-380
SECTION 47-9-380. Unlawful branding.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to brand, or to cause to be branded, any livestock: (1) With any brand unless it has been registered with and certified by the Secretary of State as his brand and has been recorded with the clerk of court in each county where he has livestock; (2) With any brand which is registered, certified and recorded as the brand of another; or (3) With any brand which has been abandoned or the registration of which has been canceled, unless the brand has thereafter been granted to him.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-2-20 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 2 / Section 47-2-20
SECTION 47-2-20. Application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) duly incorporated nonprofit animal protection organizations, such as humane societies and shelters, housing a large wild cat, non-native bear or great ape temporarily at the written request of the animal control authority or acting under the authority of this chapter; (2) federal or state wildlife enforcement officers acting under the scope of their authority; (3) animal control or law enforcement agencies or officers acting under the authority of this chapter; (4) veterinary hospitals, clinics, veterinarians, and persons employed at such facilities under the direction of a veterinarian who are actively treating a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape in their professional capacity as a veterinarian or employee of such facility; (5) a university, college, laboratory, or other research facility holding a Class R registration under the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 2131, et seq., as amended; (6) any person who possesses a valid United States Department of Agriculture Class A, B, or C license in good standing and is in compliance with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act regulations and standards as of January 1, 2018. This person may keep and acquire new large wild cats, non-native bears, or great apes; (7) any person who obtains a valid United States Department of Agriculture Class A, B, or C license and is in compliance with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act regulations and standards after January 1, 2018, may keep and acquire large wild cats, non-native bears, or great apes after that date, and must comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter; (8) circuses that are incorporated and hold a Class C license under the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 2131, et seq., as amended, that are temporarily in this State, and that offer performances by live animals, clowns, and acrobats for public entertainment; and (9) an intermediate handler, as defined by the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 2136, et seq., acting as a registered agent for a USDA license, pursuant to the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, shall be permitted to transport regulated species through this State, provided the animal is at all times maintained within a confinement sufficient to prevent the animal from escaping. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-410 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-410
SECTION 47-13-410. Procedure when animal killed because exposed to contagion or infection.
Status: in_force

If any animal be killed by the order of the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his for the sole reason that it has been exposed to contagion or infection, the provisions of Sections 47-13-390 and 47-13-400 as to autopsy, appraisal and payment shall apply except that no protest need be filed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-490 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 47-3-490
SECTION 47-3-490. Failure to comply; remedies.
Status: in_force

A person who fails to comply with Section 47-3-480(A)(2) or 47-3-480(D) must forfeit ownership of the dog(s) or cat(s) acquired from the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization which adopted the animal to the owner. In addition to forfeiting ownership, the person who acquired the animal must pay to the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization the sum of two hundred dollars as liquidated damages. Such remedies shall be in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies as may be available to the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization for breach of the written agreement as provided for in Section 47-3-480(A)(2) or failure to comply with Section 47-3-480(D). Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 10, provides as follows: "SECTION 10. The General Assembly finds it is the best practice for a shelter, public or private, to prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 9, substituted "rescue organization" for "refuge" in three places, and in the second sentence, substituted "two hundred dollars" for "$200.00".
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-150 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-150
SECTION 47-13-150. Quarantine against importing slaughtered meat or poultry from disease-affected areas.
Status: in_force

The commission shall impose a quarantine against the importation of slaughtered meat or poultry from an area of the country affected by a contagious, an infectious, or a communicable disease when the raw meat or poultry poses a serious threat to the animal or poultry industry or the general public.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-22-80 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 22 / Section 47-22-80
SECTION 47-22-80. Violations; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated hereunder shall be subject to the criminal and/or civil penalties as provided by Section 47-4-130 of this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-21-220 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 47-21-220
SECTION 47-21-220. Unlawful entry or concealed presence.
Status: in_force

Without the effective consent of the owner, and with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the crop operation, it is unlawful for a person to: (1) enter a crop operation, not then open to the public, with intent to commit an act prohibited by this section; (2) remain concealed, with intent to commit an act prohibited by this section, in a crop operation; or (3) enter a crop operation and commit or attempt to commit an act prohibited by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-420 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 47-13-420
SECTION 47-13-420. Expenses of appraisal.
Status: in_force

The expert appointed by the commission to assist in appraising animals, in cases of protest, shall receive from the State fifty dollars a day and traveling expenses while on actual duty. An itemized bill of expenses of this veterinarian, certified by the local board of health, must be transmitted to the commission. Upon certification by the commission the bill must be paid from its annual appropriations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-90 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 47-11-90
SECTION 47-11-90. Brucellosis testing.
Status: in_force

When considered advisable by the commission, all animals except those for immediate slaughter must be tested for brucellosis before the animals are removed from the stockyards or other premises where the animals are being held for sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-830 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 47-13-830
SECTION 47-13-830. Quarantine of herds in which reactors are found.
Status: in_force

All animals in which tuberculosis or paratuberculosis reactors have been found shall be quarantined and no animal in quarantined herds shall be disposed of until all of the remaining animals in such herds shall have passed at least three negative tuberculin or paratuberculin tests applied, not less than sixty days apart, by an approved accredited veterinarian, and the records of such tests shall be filed with the State Veterinarian; provided, however, animals from such herds for immediate slaughter may be moved on special permit issued under the authority of the State Veterinarian.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-170 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 47-7-170
SECTION 47-7-170. Satisfaction as defense in criminal prosecutions.
Status: in_force

In any criminal prosecution for violation of the provisions of Section 47-7-160, the defendant may plead, as a matter of defense, the full satisfaction of all reasonable demands of the party or parties aggrieved by such violation; and upon such plea being legally established and upon payment of all costs accrued up to the time of such plea he shall be discharged from further penalty.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1220 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 47-13-1220
SECTION 47-13-1220. Authority and functions of commission.
Status: in_force

Full authority for the control, suppression, and eradication of pullorum and typhoid in poultry in this State is vested in the commission. The commission shall administer the following: (1) Poultry hatcheries and hatchery supply flocks within the State must qualify as United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or meet equivalent requirements for pullorum-typhoid control under official supervision. (2) Shipments of poultry and eggs not destined for slaughter other than United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or equivalent, into the State are prohibited. (3) Whenever a veterinarian or other person performing poultry disease diagnostic services has knowledge or reason to suspect that pullorum or typhoid exists in a poultry flock or hatchery, within forty-eight hours, he shall give notice of the fact to the commission. (4) Upon receipt of a report of pullorum or typhoid in poultry, the commission shall direct an immediate investigation by an authorized representative to determine the origin and avenue of transmission of the infection. Authorized representatives of the commission may enter a place or premise for inspections or investigations reasonably necessary for these determinations. (5) Flocks deemed to be infected with pullorum or typhoid must be quarantined by the commission. Quarantined flocks or a portion of them must not be removed from the premise where the infection was detected except with the written permission of the commission. (6) Poultry shown in public exhibitions in this State must have originated from United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or equivalent, flocks or have had a negative pullorum-typhoid test within ninety days of the movement to the public exhibition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-11-530 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 47-11-530
SECTION 47-11-530. Notification of dishonored check or draft.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty and responsibility of each public livestock sales establishment to report to the Commissioner within twenty-four hours after having knowledge that a check or draft issued in payment for livestock has been dishonored, and it shall be the duty and responsibility of the Commissioner to notify all licensed sales establishments of the fact of such dishonor of any such check issued in payment for livestock.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-2-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 2 / Section 47-2-40
SECTION 47-2-40. Animal control authority authorized to confiscate a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape.
Status: in_force

(A) An animal control authority or other person authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter may confiscate a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape when: (1) the animal control authority or other person designated under this chapter has probable cause to believe that the large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape was acquired or is being held in contravention of this chapter; (2) the large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape poses an immediate, imminent danger to the health and safety of the public; or (3) the large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape is in imminent danger of loss of life as a result of the action or inaction of the possessor as determined by a veterinarian. (B) A large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape that is confiscated under this section must be returned to the possessor if the animal control authority or law enforcement officer establishes that the possessor had legal possession of the animal pursuant to this chapter, the return does not pose a public safety or health risk, and the animal is determined not to be in poor health and condition as a result of the action or inaction of the possessor. (C) The animal control authority or other persons authorized to enforce this chapter shall serve notice upon the possessor in person or by regular and certified mail, return receipt requested, notifying the possessor of the confiscation, that the possessor is responsible for payment of reasonable costs for caring and providing for the animal during the confiscation and that the possessor must meet the requirements of subsection (B) in order for the animal to be returned to the possessor. (D) If a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape that is confiscated under this section is not returned to the possessor, the animal control authority or other persons designated under this chapter shall release the animal to a facility exempted pursuant to this chapter or an out-of-state facility. (E) If a large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape escapes or is released and poses an immediate threat to public safety, the animal control authority or other persons designated under this chapter may exercise judgment in attempting to recapture, contain, or destroy the animal. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 86, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018, and applies to acts committed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-120 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-120
SECTION 47-5-120. Danger of rabies spread; quarantine and inoculation of pets; reduction of stray and feral animal population.
Status: in_force

When there is a danger of rabies spread in a community, and it is necessary in the interest of the public's health and safety, the commissioner of the department or his designee may issue an order to include the general quarantine or immediate inoculation, or both, of pets against rabies within the affected community whether or not these pets have been previously inoculated. The order may require that efforts to reduce the stray and feral animal population be undertaken.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-480 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 47-3-480
SECTION 47-3-480. Provisions for sterilization; exceptions; payment of costs; subsequent notification of sterilization for animals not sterile when acquired.
Status: in_force

(A) A public or private animal shelter, animal control agency operated by a political subdivision of this State, humane society, or public or private rescue organization shall make provisions for the sterilization of all dogs or cats acquired from the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization by: (1) providing sterilization by a licensed veterinarian before relinquishing custody of the animal; or (2) entering into a written agreement with the person acquiring the animal guaranteeing that sterilization will be performed by a licensed veterinarian within thirty days after acquisition of a sexually mature animal or no later than six months of age except upon a written statement issued by a licensed veterinarian stating that such surgery would threaten the life of the animal. (B) This section does not apply to a privately owned animal which the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization may have in its possession for any reason if the owner of the animal claims or presents evidence that the animal is his property. (C) All costs of sterilization pursuant to this section are the responsibility of the person acquiring the animal and, if performed before acquisition, may be included in the fees charged by the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization for the animal. (D) A person acquiring an animal from a shelter, an agency, a society, or a rescue organization which is not sterile at the time of acquisition shall submit to the shelter, agency, society, or rescue organization a signed statement from the licensed veterinarian performing the sterilization required by subsection (A) within seven days after sterilization attesting that the sterilization has been performed. Editor's Note 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 10, provides as follows: "SECTION 10. The General Assembly finds it is the best practice for a shelter, public or private, to prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 43, SECTION 8, in (A), substituted "rescue organization" for "animal refuge" and "rescue organization" for "refuge"; in (B) and (C), substituted "rescue organization" for "refuge"; and in (D), substituted "rescue organization" for "refuge" in two places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-1-110 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 47-1-110
SECTION 47-1-110. Violations of Sections 47-1-90 and 47-1-100.
Status: in_force

Any company or the owner or custodian of such animals who shall fail to comply with the provisions of Sections 47-1-90 and 47-1-100 shall, for each and every such offense, if found guilty, be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-22-70 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 22 / Section 47-22-70
SECTION 47-22-70. Inspections; hours; information required to be available.
Status: in_force

Every transfer center, rendering plant, rendering operation and vehicle used to transport raw material is subject to inspection by the division inspectors during normal operating hours and at such other times as the director may deem necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. Each rendering plant must keep and furnish the director information required by law concerning the collection, transportation, processing, distribution, disposition, and disposal of raw material.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-17-150 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 47-17-150
SECTION 47-17-150. Cost of inspection.
Status: in_force

The cost of inspection rendered under this article shall be borne by this State except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this article at such rates as the Director may determine shall be borne by such establishments. Sums received by the Director in reimbursement of sums paid out by him for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitations to carry out the purposes of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-60 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 47-13-60
SECTION 47-13-60. Sale of diseased livestock or fowl unlawful.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this State any horse, mule, cattle, hog or any other livestock or any poultry or domesticated fowl of any kind that is known to be affected with any contagious disease, the tendency of which is to cause the death of any such livestock; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-13-1315 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 47-13-1315
SECTION 47-13-1315. State veterinarian and Livestock-Poultry Service to develop and institute programs for control of equine infectious anemia.
Status: in_force

The state veterinarian and the Livestock-Poultry Health Service of Clemson University are vested with the authority to develop and institute programs to provide for the control of equine infectious anemia in this State and to adopt and provide for enforcement regulations necessary to carry out the program and the provisions of this article. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the power to make regulations requiring the testing of a horse, pony, mule, and ass for equine infectious anemia, in any change of ownership, before sale, exhibition, or assembly at public stables or other public places, and authority to require the owner, operator, or person in charge of shows, sales, public stables, and other public places to require proof of freedom from equine infectious anemia before an animal is permitted to remain on the premises.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-19-90 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 19 / Section 47-19-90
SECTION 47-19-90. Poultry and poultry products not intended for use as human food need not be inspected.
Status: in_force

Inspection shall not be provided under this article at any establishment for the slaughter of poultry or the processing of any carcasses or parts or products of poultry which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the board to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, transport or offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any poultry carcasses or parts or products thereof which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the board or are naturally inedible by humans.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-5-190 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 47-5-190
SECTION 47-5-190. Liability for accident or subsequent disease from inoculation.
Status: in_force

The county health departments, the county rabies control officers, their assistants, the department, the public health veterinarian or anyone enforcing the provisions of this chapter are not responsible for any accident or subsequent disease that may occur in connection with the inoculation of any animal as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-40 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 47-7-40
SECTION 47-7-40. Penalties for violations or for appropriating estrays.
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this article, or attempting to conceal or appropriate an estray to his own use, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-15-60 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 15 / Section 47-15-60
SECTION 47-15-60. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to any person who feeds his own household garbage to swine, except that no person shall sell or offer for sale any hogs which have consumed any garbage within thirty days of sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-140 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 47-7-140
SECTION 47-7-140. Right to seize trespassing stock.
Status: in_force

Any freeholder or tenant of land, his agent or representative, may seize and hold possession of any domestic animal which may be trespassing upon his premises and as compensation for such seizure may demand of the owner of every such horse, mule, ass, jennet, bull, ox, cow, calf, swine, sheep, goat, or other animal not herein named, just damages for injuries sustained. Such claim shall, when possible, be laid before the owner of the trespassing stock within forty-eight hours after seizure of the stock.
S.C. Code Ann. § 47-9-270 — SC Code / Title 47 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 47-9-270
SECTION 47-9-270. Issuance of certificate.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the application and the fee, the Secretary of State shall register the brand and issue to the applicant a certificate showing that his brand has been registered, unless the brand is already registered as the brand of another or unless the brand would probably be mistaken for a brand already registered, in either of which cases the Secretary of State shall return the facsimile and the fee to the applicant. The certificate shall show on its face the brand which has been registered and the place where the brand will appear on the livestock.