South Carolina § 50-11-2220 Abuse of wildlife area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; additional penalties.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 50-11-2220 — Abuse of wildlife area land, Heritage Trust land, or department owned land or improvements; additional penalties.

South Carolina § 50-11-2220

Title 50FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT

Ch. 11PROTECTION OF GAME

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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-11-2220 (2026).

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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.

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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.

Legislative History

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.