South Carolina Statutes
§ 50-13-1220 — Fishways in dams.
South Carolina § 50-13-1220
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-13-1220 (2026).
Text
No navigable stream of this State shall be obstructed by a dam or otherwise unless there be provided a fishway in such dam or other obstruction. For violation of this section a person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars for each day that such obstruction shall exist without such fishway after such person shall have been notified in writing by any person that such obstruction exists.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 28-648; 1952 Code SECTION 28-648; 1942 Code SECTION 1770-2; 1932 Code SECTION 1805; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 776; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 759; 1910 (26) 576; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1263.
Nearby Sections
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§ 50-13-10
Definitions.§ 50-13-1220
Fishways in dams.§ 50-13-1230
Construction of certain fishways or ladders.§ 50-13-1420
Poisoning waters, or producing electric currents or physical shocks to catch fish unlawful.§ 50-13-1430
Casting impurities in waters prohibited.§ 50-13-1440
Using explosives to take fish unlawful.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 50-13-1220, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/13/50-13-1220.