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SC Code § 39-14-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - South Carolina Landowner And Advertising Protection And Property Valuation Act|Section 39-14-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Local governing body" means a municipality, county, local zoning authority, or political subdivision.  (2) "Off-premises outdoor advertising sign" means a lawfully erected, permanent sign which relates in its subject matter to products, accommodations, services, or activities sold or offered elsewhere other than upon the premises on which the sign is located. For the purposes of this chapter, the related leasehold or other property interests together with the lawfully issued permit is considered to be part of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign.  (3) "Just compensation" means the cash payment of the fair market value of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign in place immediately before its removal and without consideration of the effect of the ordinance or a diminution in value caused by the ordinance requiring its removal. The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP) must be used in determining the fair market value for just compensation and includes the following factors:  (a) the sale price of similar off-premises outdoor advertising signs;  (b) the physical condition of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (c) the productivity of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (d) the economic utility of the property on which the off-premises outdoor advertising sign is located, or the usability and adaptability for industrial, commercial, or other purpose;  (e) the value of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign permit issued by an appropriate governing body;  (f) replacement cost of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (g) the age of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (h) the remaining life of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (i) the effect of obsolescence on the off-premises outdoor advertising sign;  (j) the listed property tax value of the off-premises outdoor advertising sign; and  (k) any other factor that may affect the value of the property on which the off-premises outdoor advertising sign is located.  (4) "Sign owner" means the owner of an off-premises outdoor advertising sign.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 235, Section 2, eff February 22, 2006.
SC Code § 39-14-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - South Carolina Landowner And Advertising Protection And Property Valuation Act|Section 39-14-40. Compensation; payment in installments.

 If a local governing body requires the removal of an off-premises outdoor advertising sign pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and through a voluntary agreement, arbitration, or a court proceeding is required to pay just compensation to a sign owner, the local governing body is authorized to elect to pay the amount due to the sign owner in regular mutually agreed upon installments over three years before the final removal of the sign.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 235, Section 2, eff February 22, 2006.
SC Code § 39-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-10. Use of marked beer, soda water or mineral water containers of others.

 It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturer, bottler or dealer in beer, soda water, or mineral waters to use in the course of his business any kegs, boxes, crates or bottles owned by any other person engaged in such business and rendered capable of identification by the name of the owner or other distinguishing marks stamped, stenciled, engraved, cut or in any other manner fixed thereon, without the consent of such owner in writing. No person shall trade or traffic in any such boxes, crates, bottles, jugs, kegs or other such vessels, except for the consumption of the beer, soda water or mineral waters placed therein by the owners. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-191; 1952 Code Section 32-1523; 1942 Code Section 5129-11; 1932 Code Section 1343; Cr. C. '22 Section 232; Cr. C. '12 Section 526; 1902 (23) 1103.
SC Code § 39-15-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-15. Requirements for labeling product as "peat"; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person engaged in the business of manufacturer, dealer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of peat to label a package or container of the product as "peat", or to market, distribute, sell, or advertise for sale a package or container with the word "peat" in the label or anywhere else on the package or container, unless the product is in actuality partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants.  (B) A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined five hundred dollars or must be imprisoned for thirty days. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 438, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 17, 1998).
SC Code § 39-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-20. Fraud in sale of goods marked "sterling."

 A person who makes, sells, offers to sell or dispose of or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver" or encased or enclosed in any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing in or by which such article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trademark indicating or denoting by such marking, stamping, branding, engraving or printing that such article is silver, sterling silver or solid silver, unless nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of which the article is manufactured are pure silver shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-192; 1952 Code Section 66-214; 1942 Code Section 1315; 1932 Code Section 1320; Cr. C. '22 Section 212; Cr. C. '12 Section 510; Cr. C. '02 Section 363; 1894 (21) 797.
SC Code § 39-15-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-30. Fraud in sale of goods marked "coin" or "coin silver."

 A person who makes, sells, offers to sell or dispose of or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with the words "coin" or "coin silver" or enclosed in any box, package, cover, wrapper or other thing in or by which the article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trademark indicating or denoting by such marking, stamping, branding, engraving or printing that such article is "coin" or "coin silver," unless nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of which the article is manufactured are pure silver, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-193; 1952 Code Section 66-215; 1942 Code Section 1315; 1932 Code Section 1320; Cr. C. '22 Section 212; Cr. C. '12 Section 510; Cr. C. '02 Section 363; 1894 (21) 797.
SC Code § 39-15-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-40. Penalties for fraudulent sales of "sterling," "coin" or "coin silver."

 Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 39-15-20 or Section 39-15-30 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-194; 1952 Code Section 66-216; 1942 Code Section 1315; 1932 Code Section 1320; Cr. C. '22 Section 212; Cr. C. '12 Section 510; Cr. C. '02 Section 363; 1894 (21) 797.
SC Code § 39-15-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-410. Adoption and use of individual brands or marks.

 Any person being the owner of field boxes, crates, containers or receptacles used in the general production, harvesting, packing, transportation or marketing of fruits or vegetables or their by-products may adopt for his exclusive use and ownership a particular mark or brand to designate and distinguish his ownership thereto and may identify his field boxes, crates, containers or receptacles so used with such mark or brand in the form of such combinations, initials, symbols, designs or names as he desires, by plainly and distinctly stamping, stenciling, painting, cutting, etching or burning the same into or onto both ends or sides of such field boxes, crates, receptacles or containers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-221; 1952 Code Section 66-221; 1942 Code Section 6675-1; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-420. Registration of mark or brand with Secretary of State; registered number.

 Any person desiring to avail himself of the benefits of this article may make application to the Secretary of State, and shall file with the Secretary a true copy and description of such identifying mark or brand, which, if entitled thereto under the provisions of this article shall be filed and recorded by the Secretary in a book to be provided and kept by him for that purpose and the name of the owner of such brand or mark shall be likewise entered into such record and the Secretary shall then assign or designate a permanent registered number to the owner of such brand or mark, such numbers to be assigned progressively as marks and brands are received and recorded. The registered number so assigned shall then become a part of the registered brand or mark and shall plainly and distinctly be made to appear on such field boxes, crates, receptacles and containers, together with the identifying mark or brand referred to in Section 39-15-410. The Secretary of State shall determine if such brand or mark so applied for is not a duplication of any brand or mark previously recorded by him or does not so closely resemble any such brand or mark as to be misleading or deceiving. If the brand or mark applied for does so resemble or is such a duplication of a previously recorded brand or mark as to be misleading or deceiving, the application shall be denied and the applicant may file some other brand or mark in the manner described above.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-222; 1952 Code Section 66-222; 1942 Code Section 6675-2; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-430. Issuance of certificate; fees; admissibility of certificate as evidence.

 Such application for filing and recording shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and thereupon, if consistent with the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall issue to the person applying for registration and recordation of such mark or brand a certificate of such recordation and of the registered number assigned thereto and thereafter he shall issue such certificates, in any number, to any person applying therefor, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar for each certificate so issued. Any such certificate shall, in all proceedings in all the courts of this State, be taken and held as proof of the adoption and recordation of such identifying mark or brand.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-223; 1952 Code Section 66-223; 1942 Code Section 6675-3; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-440. Transfer, release or sale of brand or mark; record thereof.

 The owner of any such registered mark or brand may transfer, release or sell it by an instrument in writing evidencing such transfer, release or sale and, upon application to the Secretary of State when such mark or brand is registered for the recordation of such instrument in writing and upon the filing of it with the Secretary and the payment of a fee of two dollars, the Secretary shall cause such instrument of transfer, release or sale to be placed on record in a book provided and kept by him for that purpose and certificates of such transfer, upon application therefor, shall be issued by him in like manner, upon the payment of like fees, as provided for the issuance of certificates under the provisions of Section 39-15-430.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-224; 1952 Code Section 66-224; 1942 Code Section 6675-4; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-450. Effect of use of brand or mark.

 The presence of such identifying mark or brand on any field box, crate, container or receptacle, whenever a copy or description thereof shall have been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State as provided in Section 39-15-420, shall, in any court and in any proceedings in this State, be prima facie evidence of the ownership of such boxes, crates, containers or receptacles by the person in whose name such mark or brand may have been recorded, provided that such mark or brand shall bear the registered number provided for in Section 39-15-420.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-225; 1952 Code Section 66-225; 1942 Code Section 6675-1; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-460. Unauthorized alteration, change, removal or obliteration of registered mark or brand.

 If any person shall alter, change, remove or obliterate the registered mark or brand on any field box, crate, container or receptacle other than his own or shall cause or procure the same to be done, with intent to claim the same, to prevent identification thereof by the true owner or to use or to have in his possession any such field box, crate, container or receptacle on which the registered mark or brand has been altered, changed, removed or obliterated, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided for in Section 39-15-480.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-226; 1952 Code Section 66-226; 1942 Code Section 6675-6; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-470. Purchase or receipt of containers marked or branded from other than registered owner.

 It is unlawful for a person to receive or purchase a field box, crate, container, or receptacle marked or branded with a registered mark or brand as provided in this article from a person other than the registered owner or his duly authorized agent. Proof of such receipt or purchase is prima facie evidence that the person received or purchased the item with knowledge that it was stolen or embezzled property.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-227; 1952 Code Section 66-227; 1942 Code Section 6675-7; 1938 (40) 1769; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 222, eff January 1, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1993 amendment rewrote this section so as to change the maximum term of imprisonment to conform to the classification established for each offense.
SC Code § 39-15-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-480. Unauthorized possession of marked or branded containers.

 Any person who shall have in his unauthorized possession any field box, crate, receptacle or container marked or branded with a mark or brand registered under the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and the possession by any person of any field box, crate, container or receptacle so marked or branded, in the absence of written authority therefor, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of the provisions of this section. But the owner of any such recorded or registered mark or brand may, in writing, authorize and designate any person to use or have in his possession any such field boxes, crates, containers or receptacles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-228; 1952 Code Section 66-228; 1942 Code Section 6675-5; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-490. Effect of refusal to deliver containers to lawful owner.

 The refusal of any person in possession thereof to deliver any field box, crate, container or receptacle so marked or branded and registered as provided in this article to the registered owner thereof or his duly authorized agent, upon the demand of such registered owner or authorized agent, when such demand is accompanied with a display of the certificate of recordation and number thereof, as furnished to the registered owner by the Secretary of State, shall be prima facie evidence in any court of this State of a fraudulent intent to convert such field box, crate, container or receptacle to the use of the person so in possession thereof and to deprive the registered owner thereof and any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 39-15-480.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-229; 1952 Code Section 66-229; 1942 Code Section 6675-8; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-500. Taking or sending containers out of State without consent of owner.

 Any person who shall take or send out of the State or cause to be taken or sent out of the State any field box, crate, container or receptacle so registered or branded as provided in this article without the permission of the owner thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-230; 1952 Code Section 66-230; 1942 Code Section 6675-9; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-510. Situation in which article shall be inapplicable.

 The provisions of this article shall not be construed to apply when fruits, vegetables or their by-products are wrapped or packed in such accepted or prescribed standard containers as are prescribed and designated by the Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Agriculture, and are used only as receptacles or containers for fruits, vegetables or their by-products when offered for transportation or sale only.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-231; 1952 Code Section 66-231; 1942 Code Section 6675-10; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-520. Article shall be cumulative.

 The provisions of this article shall be cumulative to all other provisions of law on the subject.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-232; 1952 Code Section 66-232; 1942 Code Section 6675-11; 1938 (40) 1769.
SC Code § 39-15-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-710. Definitions.

 (1) The terms "owner" and "purchaser" as used in this article shall include any person acting either in his own behalf or as an employee, agent or representative of any other person.  (2) The term "timber" as used in this article shall include trees, lying or prepared for sale, sawlogs and all other logs, crossties, boards, planks, staves, headings and all other timber cut or prepared for use or sale.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-241; 1952 Code Section 66-241; 1942 Code Section 1250; 1932 Code Section 1250; 1925 (34) 27.
SC Code § 39-15-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-720. Authority to use trademark on timber.

 A person who has adopted or used a label, trademark, term, design, or device and has obtained a registration for it pursuant to Article 11 of this chapter may use it to mark and identify timber and when the label, trademark, term, design, or device is stamped, impressed, or indented on timber it constitutes a "brand" within the meaning of this article and is notice to the world that the owner of the brand is the owner of or has some property right or interest in the timber or lien on the timber, as set forth in this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-242; 1952 Code Section 66-242; 1942 Code Section 1250; 1932 Code Section 1250; 1925 (34) 27; 1994 Act No. 486, Section 2, eff 3 months after July 13, 1994.  Effect of Amendment  The 1994 amendment substituted "has obtained a registration for it pursuant to Article 11" for "has filed it for record in the office of the Secretary of State as provided in Article 3", and made other minor grammatical changes.
SC Code § 39-15-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-730. Purchaser's lien on branded timber.

 When any owner of timber shall agree to sell it, receive any portion of the purchase price therefor and consent to the purchaser's brand being placed thereon, such purchaser shall have a lien on such timber to secure him in the amount of the purchase price paid to such owner, which shall exist so long as such purchaser is not in default under the contract of purchase. But this section shall not prevent the title to such timber passing to the purchaser either by agreement of the parties or operation of law and the provisions of this section shall apply also to such cases in which the title has passed to the purchaser.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-243; 1952 Code Section 66-243; 1942 Code Section 1250; 1932 Code Section 1250; 1925 (24) 27.
SC Code § 39-15-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 39 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 15 - Labels And Trademarks|Section 39-15-740. Loss of lien of purchaser by default in payments; removal of brand.

 The lien of the purchaser upon such timber when the title has not passed to such purchaser shall cease to exist immediately upon his becoming in default under the contract of purchase and it shall then be lawful for the owner of such timber to deface, destroy or otherwise remove the brand of the purchaser therefrom and resume full possession and control thereover.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-244; 1952 Code Section 66-244; 1942 Code Section 1250; 1932 Code Section 1250; 1925 (34) 27.