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SC Code § 47-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-10. Definitions.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.1; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000; 2019 Act No. 43 (S.105), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  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.
SC Code § 47-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-20. Local animal care and control ordinances authorized.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145; 1972 (57) 2733; 1975 (59) 235; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-30. Establishment of animal shelters; funding.

 The governing body of the county or municipality is authorized to establish an animal shelter for the county or municipality for the purpose of impounding and quarantining dogs and quarantining cats and shall employ such personnel, including enforcement personnel, as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this article. If an animal shelter is established, funds to establish and operate the shelter and employ necessary personnel may be provided in the annual county or municipal appropriations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.2; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-40. Impoundment or quarantine of cat or dog running at large; release to owner.

 The county or municipal animal shelter personnel or governmental animal control officers shall pick up and impound or quarantine any dog running at large or quarantining any cat. To obtain release of his dog or cat, an owner or keeper must satisfy the animal shelter personnel that the dog or cat is currently inoculated against rabies and also pay an impound or quarantine fee determined by the governing body of the county or municipality. Payment of this fee bars prosecution under Section 47-3-50. All fees collected must be delivered to the county or municipal treasurer for deposit in the general fund of the county or municipality.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.3; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-50. Allowing dogs or cats to run at large; penalty.

 (A) It is unlawful in any county or municipality adopting penalty provisions pursuant to the provisions of this article for any dog or cat owner or other keeper of a dog or cat to:  (1) allow his dog to run at large off of property owned, rented, or controlled by him;  (2) keep a vicious or unruly dog unless under restraint by a fence, chain, or other means so that the dog cannot reach persons not on land owned, leased, or controlled by him;  (3) release or take out of impoundment or quarantine without proper authority any dog or cat or resist county or municipal shelter personnel engaging in the capture and impoundment or quarantine of a dog or quarantining of a cat.  (B) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined fifty dollars for a first offense and not more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.4; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-55. Animal shelter personnel to contact owner if known; implant of identifying microchip in adopted or redeemed dogs and cats.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-60. Disposition of quarantined or impounded animals.

 (A) After any animal has been quarantined pursuant to South Carolina Rabies Control Act and is unclaimed by its owner, after the animal shelter employees have made a good faith effort to contact the identified owner as required by Section 47-3-540, the animal shelter employees, unless the animal must be kept pending disposition of a criminal or civil trial involving the animal or unless a hearing on the disposition of the animal is held prior to the trial, may dispose of the animal by adoption or by euthanasia or the animal may be turned over to any organization established for the purpose of caring for animals, such as the Humane Society.  (B) Notwithstanding subsection (C), a litter of unidentifiable dogs or cats four months of age or younger may be turned over to any organization established for the purpose of caring for animals immediately, so long as the litter is turned over for life-saving purposes.  (C) After any animal has been impounded for five calendar days and is unclaimed by its owner, and after the animal shelter employees have made a good faith effort to contact the identified owner as required by Section 47-3-540, the animal shelter employees, unless the animal must be kept pending disposition of a criminal or civil trial involving the animal or unless a hearing on the disposition of the animal is held prior to the trial, may dispose of the animal by adoption or by euthanasia or the animal may be turned over to any organization established for the purpose of caring for animals, such as the Humane Society.  (D) Complete records must be kept by shelter officials as to the disposition of all animals impounded.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.5; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000; 2019 Act No. 43 (S.105), Section 3, eff May 16, 2019.  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 3, inserted (B); redesignated (B) and (C) as (C) and (D); and in (C), substituted "five calendar days" for "five days".
SC Code § 47-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-70. County and municipal powers not limited by article.

 Nothing in this article may be construed to limit the power of any municipality or county to prohibit animals from running at large, whether or not they have been inoculated as provided in this article; and nothing in this article may be construed as to limit the power of any municipality or county to regulate and control further in the county or municipality to enforce other and additional measures for the restriction and control of rabies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-145.6; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-75. Transfer of domestic animal to animal shelter ten days after date owner was to pick up animal; requirements.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 354, Section 1, eff May 4, 1992; 1996 Act No. 436, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 6, 1996); 2000 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-110. Liability for attacks by dogs, provoked attacks, trained law enforcement dogs.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 343; 2013 Act No. 62, Section 1, eff June 12, 2013.
SC Code § 47-3-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-210. Buying, selling, receiving, or keeping sheep-killing dog prohibited.

 No persons shall buy, sell, receive, give away or otherwise own, control, have or keep in possession any dog commonly called "sheep-killing" and known to be such. The violation, knowingly, in any one or all respects of the foregoing prohibition shall be a misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-101; 1952 Code Section 6-101; 1942 Code Section 1178; 1932 Code Section 1178; Cr. C. '22 Section 68; Cr. C. '12 Section 212; 1909 (26) 121.
SC Code § 47-3-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-220. Dog found in act of worrying or destroying sheep may be killed.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-102; 1952 Code Section 6-102; 1942 Code Section 3422; 1932 Code Section 3422; Civ. C. '22 Section 1038; Civ. C. '12 Section 3437; Civ. C. '02 Section 2351; G. S. 1701; R. S. 1835; 1878 (16) 563.
SC Code § 47-3-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-230. Liability of owner of sheep-killing dog for payment to owner of sheep killed or injured.

 The owner of or person having in his care or keeping any dog shall be liable to pay to the person damaged double the value of any sheep that may be killed or injured by such dog, to be recovered by action at the suit of the person damaged in any court having competent jurisdiction. In all such actions the recovery of ten dollars or more shall carry costs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-104; 1952 Code Section 6-104; 1942 Code Section 3423; 1932 Code Section 3423; Civ. C. '22 Section 1039; Civ. C. '12 Section 3438; Civ. C. '02 Section 2352; G. S. 1702; R. S. 1836; 1859 (12) 826.
SC Code § 47-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-310. Disposal or removal of feral dogs from certain property.

 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.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 147 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1166, eff July 1, 1994.
SC Code § 47-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-320. Training of conservation officers to remove dogs; liability of officers.

 Two enforcement officers of the Natural Resources Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources from each of the state's twenty-eight law enforcement units shall be trained by the Department in the identification, capture and humane disposal of feral dogs and these officers shall have the responsibility of answering all complaints concerning feral dogs within the geographical boundaries of their respective law enforcement units. Such enforcement officers shall be held harmless of any personal liability that may occur during the lawful execution of their duties under this act except in case of gross negligence.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 147 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1167, eff July 1, 1994.
SC Code § 47-3-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-410. Animal shelter defined.

 The term "animal shelter" means any place or premises kept for the care, keeping, impounding, housing or boarding of any animal, whether the premises are owned or operated by a municipality, county, private association, institution, humane organization, or any other business or corporation.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 357, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 2, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-430. Provision governing shelters.

 All animal shelters are subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 47.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 357, Section 3; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 2, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-440. Penalties; injunction.

 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.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 357, Section 4; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 2, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-450. Exceptions.

 The provisions of this article do not apply to persons engaged in scientific endeavors by institutions of higher education.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 357, Section 5; 2000 Act No. 293, Section 2, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-3-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 3 - Dogs And Other Domestic Pets|Section 47-3-470. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Animal Shelter" means:  (a) a facility operated by or under contract for the State or a county, a municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, and other animals;  (b) a veterinary hospital or clinic operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians which operates for the purpose set forth in subitem (a) in addition to its customary purposes;  (c) a facility operated, owned, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, or other nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals.  (2) "Humane society" means an unincorporated nonprofit organization existing for the purpose of prevention of cruelty to animals.  (3) "Public or private rescue organization" means harborers of unwanted animals of any breed, including crossbreeds, who provide food, shelter, and confinement for a group of dogs, a group of cats, or a combination of dogs and cats.  (4) "Sexually mature animal" means a dog or cat that has reached the age of one hundred eighty days or six months or more.  (5) "Sterilization" means the surgical removal of the reproductive organs of a dog or cat in order to render the animal unable to reproduce.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 271, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 8, 1998); 2019 Act No. 43 (S.105), Section 7, eff May 16, 2019.  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 7, in (3), substituted "Public or private rescue organization" for "Public or private animal refuge".