South Carolina § 50-11-860 Department to designate and establish sanctuaries; agreements with landowners.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 50-11-860 — Department to designate and establish sanctuaries; agreements with landowners.

South Carolina § 50-11-860

Title 50FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT

Ch. 11PROTECTION OF GAME

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S.C. Code Ann. § 50-11-860 (2026).

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The department, without any costs whatsoever to the State, shall designate and establish sanctuaries where game, birds, and animals may breed unmolested, if any landowner enters into an agreement with the department to set aside and turn over to the State for that purpose a certain number of acres of land. There may be no hunting or trespassing upon these lands so designated as a sanctuary by anyone for five years from the date of the agreement. The department may post those lands so designated as a sanctuary in the name of the State and prosecute any persons hunting or trespassing on the lands. Any agreement entered into under authority given in this section may be terminated at any time by the landowner and the department.

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The department, without any costs whatsoever to the State, shall designate and establish sanctuaries where game, birds, and animals may breed unmolested, if any landowner enters into an agreement with the department to set aside and turn over to the State for that purpose a certain number of acres of land. There may be no hunting or trespassing upon these lands so designated as a sanctuary by anyone for five years from the date of the agreement. The department may post those lands so designated as a sanctuary in the name of the State and prosecute any persons hunting or trespassing on the lands. Any agreement entered into under authority given in this section may be terminated at any time by the landowner and the department.

Legislative History

HISTORY: [Derived from former SECTION 50-11-2610 (1962 Code SECTION 28-511; 1952 Code SECTION 28-511; 1942 Code SECTION 1788; 1932 Code SECTION 1790; 1925 (34) 294; 1926 (34) 1045; 1952 (47) 2179)]; 1988 Act No. 561, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1262.