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SC Code § 50-11-2100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2100. Field trials; Department to promulgate regulations to permit field trials; penalties.

 (A) Subject to the provisions in this section, the department shall promulgate regulations to permit and regulate field trials during the year including the closed season.  (B) A person violating the provisions of this section or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each offense.  (C) A participant in any field trial permitted by the department is not required to obtain a hunting license or a wildlife management area permit if the participant is not carrying a weapon typically used for hunting and no game is taken.  (D) There shall be no field trials conducted on wildlife management areas outside of the regular season, except as permitted by the department.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-70 (1962 Code Section 28-306; 1960 (51) 1942; 1972 (57) 2431; 1984 Act No. 411, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1990 Act No. 350, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2010 Act No. 174, Section 1, eff July 1, 2010.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 174, Section 2, provides:  "Any regulations in conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed."  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 50-11-2210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2210. Abuse of wildlife management area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; penalties.

 The abuse, misuse, damage, or destruction of wildlife management area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements on these lands is unlawful. A person who abuses, misuses, damages, or destroys these lands or improvements on them including, but not limited to, roads, vegetation, buildings, structures, or fences or leaves refuse, trash, or other debris on the property, or who otherwise abuses, damages, destroys, or misuses these lands is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined two hundred dollars and be required to make restitution to the landowner in an amount determined by the court to be necessary to repair, rebuild, clean up, or restore the property to its condition before the abuse occurred. A person failing to make restitution within the time limit set by the court must serve a mandatory ten-day sentence in the county jail which may not be suspended in whole or in part. The provisions of this section are in addition to other criminal penalties.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1610 (1986 Act No. 502, Part II, Section 2)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2002 Act No. 257, Section 1; 2009 Act No. 63, Section 2, eff June 2, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2009 amendment in the first sentence added ", Heritage Trust land, or department owned land", in the second sentence deleted "or sets, makes, or builds a fire except in an area specially designated by the landowner, operates a motor conveyance in an area or on a road closed to operation, conducts target practice except in a designated target practice area, camps in an area not designated as a campsite, disregards a safety or restrictive posting by the landowner" and substituted "these lands" for "wildlife management area land" throughout.
SC Code § 50-11-2215 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2215. Noninterference with agency duties and landowner rights.

 Nothing contained in Section 50-11-2200 or 50-11-2210 shall interfere with the use and management of lands by a state agency charged with the management of those lands as part of the functions of the agency authorized by law or with the management and use by a landowner of his lands with the WMA program; nor shall anything contained in Section 50-11-2200 or 50-11-2210 be deemed to alter in any way the rights of owners of easements and rights of way within the boundaries of those lands.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 63, Section 6, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 50-11-2220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2220. Abuse of wildlife area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; additional penalties.

 A person convicted of abusing, damaging, or destroying wildlife management area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements loses the privilege of entering onto these lands for one year. A person who enters onto wildlife management land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land after losing the privilege to enter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both and, in addition, shall lose the privilege to enter these lands for an additional two years and the privilege to hunt and fish for one year. The provisions of this section are in addition to other criminal penalties.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1620 (1986 Act No. 502, Part II, Section 2)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2002 Act No. 257, Section 2; 2007 Act No. 84, Section 2, eff June 14, 2007; 2009 Act No. 63, Section 3, eff June 2, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment rewrote this section.  The 2009 amendment in the first sentence deleted "twice within a three-year period" following "convicted" and added ", Heritage Trust land, or department owned land", and in the second sentence substituted "onto wildlife management land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land" for "a wildlife management area", added ", or both" following "thirty days", and substituted "these lands" for "wildlife management areas" throughout.
SC Code § 50-11-2225 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2225. Trespass on closed area; penalties.

 A person who enters a closed area or who remains on an area after being instructed by a law enforcement officer, the manager, or department custodial personnel to leave is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined up to five hundred dollars or imprisoned up to thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 63, Section 4, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 50-11-2230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2230. Public or private access to property must be available prior to leasing property to Wildlife Management Area Program.

 Before any person may lease property to the Wildlife Management Area Program, there must be either public or private access to the property available for use by individuals hunting the property under the program during the term of the lease.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-1630 (1986 Act No. 502, Part II, Section 3)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-2240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2240. Wildlife management area lottery hunt.

 (A) In addition to any other action that may be taken by an enforcement officer, a hunter's privilege to participate in a wildlife management area lottery hunt may be revoked for the remainder of the hunt if an enforcement officer witnesses, or has probable cause to believe that, the hunter violated any provision of this article, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this article, during the hunt.  (B) If the hunter is not convicted of a violation of this article arising from the occurrence precipitating the revocation of his privilege to participate in the lottery hunt, then he, without having to pay any fees associated with participation, may elect to:  (1) participate in the next lottery hunt of the type for which his privilege was revoked; or  (2) have reinstated his preference points for determining his status for a future lottery hunt of the type for which his privilege was revoked.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 235 (S.1178), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
SC Code § 50-11-2300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2300. Operation Game Thief Program created; funding.

 There is created an Operation Game Thief Program to be funded by:  (1) monies authorized from the county game fund of the state treasury not to exceed thirty thousand dollars annually;  (2) monies received from donations to the fund, which must be used for general program purposes. The donor may not specify the purposes for which the donation must be used;  (3) monies appropriated by the General Assembly for the purposes provided in this article;  (4) proceeds from the sale of Operation Game Thief paraphernalia.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4110 (1983 Act No. 126)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2002 Act No. 304, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-11-2310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2310. Purposes for which program funds may be expended.

 Funds from the Operation Game Thief Program may be expended only for the following purposes:  (1) the financing of reward payments to persons other than law enforcement officers, department personnel, and members of their immediate families responsible for information leading to the arrest of any persons for violations of natural resources laws. The board shall establish the schedule of rewards to be paid for information received and payment must be made from funds available for this purpose;  (2) the financing of a statewide telephone reporting system under the name of "Operation Game Thief" established under the direction of the board;  (3) the promotion of public recognition and awareness of the Operation Game Thief Program;  (4) operational improvements to the "Property Watch Program", the "Coastal Watch Program", and other programs within the Operation Game Thief Program and to enhance public involvement in the protection of natural resources.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4120 (1983 Act No. 126)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2002 Act No. 304, Section 2.
SC Code § 50-11-2320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2320. Program funds to be expended in certain order.

 The Operation Game Thief Program funds must be expended in conformity with the laws of the State, except that any monies appropriated by the General Assembly or received from donations must be used before monies from any county game fund are used. Balances remaining at the end of the fiscal year are exempt from the provisions of law relating to lapsing of appropriations.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4130 (1983 Act No. 126, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-2400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2400. Definitions.

 For the purpose of this article:  (a) "Fur bearing animal" includes red and gray fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, muskrat, mink, skunk, otter, bobcat, weasel, or beaver.  (b) "Fur buyer" means any person who purchases any whole fur bearing animal, raw or green furs, pelts, or hides.  (c) "Take" means to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect.  (d) "Commercial purposes" means taking or possessing any fur, pelt, hide, or whole animal for exchange, sale, trade, or barter and taking or possessing more than five furs, pelts, hides, or whole animals.  (e) "Trapper" means any person who takes or attempts to take animals by trapping.  (f) "Trap" means any device, other than a weapon, designed or constructed for taking animals.  (g) "Foot-hold trap" means a steel-jawed, spring-loaded device designed to capture the animal by the foot.  (h) "Live trap" means any box or cage designed for capturing and holding any animal unharmed.  (i) "Processor" means any person engaged in tanning or dressing furs, pelts, or hides of fur bearing animals for commercial purposes.  (j) "Transfer" includes selling, bartering, exchanging, and transporting.  (k) "Owner" means an individual or entity that owns property or equipment.  (l) "Agent" means an individual or entity appointed by the owner to act in his place.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4310 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 567, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 4, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment inserted "coyote," in item (a); removed "is taking for commercial purposes" from item (d); added items (k) and (l); and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 50-11-2430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2430. Proof of ownership or permission to use land on which traps are set.

 A person engaged in the act of trapping must be the owner of the property on which the traps or devices are set or has written permission from the landowner or his agent in possession to use the property for trapping.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4340 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment substituted "must be" for "shall have proof that he is"; substituted "have" for "carry on his person"; and, inserted "from the landowner or his agent in possession".
SC Code § 50-11-2440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2440. Frequency of visitations.

 A trapper must visit his traps at least once each day from two hours before sunrise to two hours after sunset and remove any animal caught with the exception that a trapper must visit body gripping traps when used in water sets and other traps when used in "submersion sets" at least once every forty-eight hours.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4350 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 6, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 50-11-2445 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2445. Removal of trapped wildlife by owner of trap or owner's designee; penalties.

 It is unlawful for a person, other than the owner of the trap, or the owner's designee, to remove any lawfully trapped wildlife from any legally set trap. A designee must have in his possession written permission from the owner of the trap or the owner's agent, and must meet all commercial fur licensing requirements or be listed on a valid depredation permit. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for no more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 567, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 7, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 50-11-2450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2450. Commercial fur licensees to report annually to department.

 Any person required to be licensed under Section 50-11-2420 shall report to the department by April fifteenth of each year the number and type of furbearing animals taken, sold, or shipped, together with the names and addresses of persons to whom sold or shipped using forms as the department may prescribe. Any person failing to report by April fifteenth of each year shall, on the second offense, be denied a license for the following fiscal year.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4360 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 567, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.  Editor's Note  Section 50-11-2420 was repealed by 2012 Act No. 257.
SC Code § 50-11-2460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2460. Traps allowed for trapping; traps to bear owner's name and address.

 (A) Only the following traps are allowed for trapping unless otherwise provided in this title:  (1) body gripping traps (generally known by the brand name "Conibear") when used without bait for vertical water sets and vertical slide sets only;  (2) live traps, which also may be used to capture feral animals at any time without a license or permit from the department;  (3) foot-hold traps having an inside jaw spread of 5.75 inches or smaller when measured perpendicular to the pivot points when the trap is in the set position for land sets and 7.25 inches or smaller when measured perpendicular to the pivot points when the trap is in the set position for water sets;  (4) enclosed foot-hold traps such as the "Duffer", "egg", "coon-cuff", and similarly designed dog-proof style traps designed for raccoons;  (5) snares may be used for water sets only; small snap, box, and other commonly used traps to capture commensal rodents or snakes in homes and businesses may be used by property owners, occupants, or their designees, at any time to capture snakes, rats, or mice.  (B) All other traps, including "deadfall" traps, are unlawful unless expressly authorized by the department by regulation.  (C) All traps must bear the owner's name and address or department-issued customer number either directly thereon or by an attached identification tag.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4370 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2003 Act No. 23, Section 6; 2005 Act No. 82, Section 2; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 8, eff June 18, 2012; 2015 Act No. 20 (H.3762), Section 1, eff May 7, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.  2015 Act No. 20, Section 1, in (C), inserted "or department-issued customer number".
SC Code § 50-11-2470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2470. Fur dealer, buyer, and processor's license.

 Any person other than a retailer of finished fur or manufacturer of finished furs, pelts, hides, similar articles, or parts of them who buys furs, pelts, hides, whole furbearing animals, similar articles, or parts of them in this State is required to have a fur buyer's license. The license is issued by the department at a cost of one hundred dollars for residents and two hundred dollars for nonresidents. The license is valid for the fiscal year in which issued. Any person transacting business under authority of such a license shall carry that license on his person.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4380 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 567, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262.
SC Code § 50-11-2475 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2475. Fur processor's license.

 A person engaged in processing hides of fur bearing animals is required to obtain a fur processor's license. The license is issued by the department at a cost of two hundred dollars. The license is valid for the state fiscal year in which it is issued. A taxidermist who possesses any fur, pelt, hide, or whole fur bearing animal legally owned by another person, which he is temporarily holding for the purpose of processing, is not required to obtain this license. A commercial fur licensee who only processes furs, hides, or pelts taken by him is not required to have a processor's license. All processors and taxidermists must keep a daily register showing the name and address of each person from whom the fur, pelt, hide, or whole fur bearing animal is received, the number of each species, and the date and place of origin. All processors must report the information to the department not later than June thirtieth of each year.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 567, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2005 Act No. 82, Section 3; 2012 Act No. 257, Section 9, eff June 18, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment substituted "two hundred dollars" for "five hundred dollars"; substituted "and taxidermists must" for "shall"; and, made other, nonsubstantive, changes.
SC Code § 50-11-2480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2480. Persons not required to obtain fur buyer's license.

 The following persons are not required to obtain a fur buyer's license:  (1) a person who acquires not more than five furs, pelts, hides, or whole animals for his own personal use during one season and not for barter, exchange, or sale;  (2) a person licensed as a fur processor;  (3) a taxidermist who possesses a fur, pelt, hide, or whole furbearing animal legally owned by another person which he is holding temporarily solely for the purposes of processing;  (4) a person acquiring furbearing animal carcasses without hides;  (5) an owner or enclosure operator of a permitted fox and coyote hunting enclosure who purchases live foxes or coyotes for release into the enclosure.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4390 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 567, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 67, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2003 Act No. 23, Section 5; 2005 Act No. 82, Section 4.
SC Code § 50-11-2490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 11 - Protection Of Game|Section 50-11-2490. Fur buyers and processors to keep daily register; register sheets to be submitted to department monthly; furs, pelts, or hides not properly tagged declared contraband.

 All fur buyers and processors, other than retailers, shall keep a daily register on forms provided by the department showing the name and address of each person from whom any furs are purchased, the number of the seller's commercial fur license, and the number and types of furs, pelts, or hides purchased. Not later than the tenth day of each month, all buyers and processors shall furnish the department all of the daily register sheets for the previous month. Any fur, pelt, or hide not properly tagged or logged as provided in this chapter when examined by the department is declared contraband and must be confiscated by the department.  HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-4400 (1985 Act No. 148, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2005 Act No. 82, Section 5.