South Carolina Statutes
§ 51-3-140 — Defacement of State park.
South Carolina § 51-3-140
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 51-3-140 (2026).
Text
Any person who (a) without permission of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, shall remove any shrub or tree or attempt so to do from any State park, (b) shall cut or mutilate any shrub or tree growing in any State park in this State without such permission, (c) shall mutilate or deface any property, real or personal, upon any State park or (d) shall destroy scenic values by dumping rubbish within the confines of any State park or in any other way whatsoever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, within the discretion of the court.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 51-9; 1952 Code SECTION 51-9; 1942 Code SECTION 3284-4; 1937 (40) 569.
Nearby Sections
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§ 51-3-120
Use of revenues from such lands.§ 51-3-140
Defacement of State park.§ 51-3-145
Unlawful acts at State parks.§ 51-3-146
Penalties for unlawful acts.§ 51-3-150
Trespass on State park property.§ 51-3-50
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 51-3-140, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/3/51-3-140.