South Carolina § 47-7-120 Stock coming into State shall not be permitted to run at large.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 47-7-120 — Stock coming into State shall not be permitted to run at large.

South Carolina § 47-7-120

Title 47ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY

Ch. 7ESTRAYS; LIVESTOCK TRESPASSING OR RUNNING AT LARGE

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S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-120 (2026).

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It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, cause to be driven or in any other manner permit to come into this State any horse, mule, hog, cattle, sheep or other livestock and suffer it to run at large in any marsh, forest lands or range in this State. Any person so offending shall be subjected to a penalty of five dollars for each head so permitted to run at large, to be recovered for the benefit of anyone who may sue for it, or the offender shall be proceeded against by attachment in case he cannot be found in this State. But this section shall not apply to any person owning lands in this State who permits such stock to run at large, as aforesaid, upon his own lands, nor to any person driving or causing to be driven any such stock to or from market or for breeding purposes.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, cause to be driven or in any other manner permit to come into this State any horse, mule, hog, cattle, sheep or other livestock and suffer it to run at large in any marsh, forest lands or range in this State. Any person so offending shall be subjected to a penalty of five dollars for each head so permitted to run at large, to be recovered for the benefit of anyone who may sue for it, or the offender shall be proceeded against by attachment in case he cannot be found in this State. But this section shall not apply to any person owning lands in this State who permits such stock to run at large, as aforesaid, upon his own lands, nor to any person driving or causing to be driven any such stock to or from market or for breeding purposes.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 6-315; 1952 Code SECTION 6-315; 1942 Code SECTION 5806-45; 1932 Code SECTION 1341; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 230; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 524; 1903 (24) 124.