South Carolina § 47-7-20 Public sale of estrays.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 47-7-20 — Public sale of estrays.

South Carolina § 47-7-20

Title 47ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY

Ch. 7ESTRAYS; LIVESTOCK TRESPASSING OR RUNNING AT LARGE

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 47-7-20 (2026).

Text

Any person finding an estray may take possession thereof and shall, if the owner is not found and no claim to such estray is made within three days, deliver or report the finding and taking up of such estray to the nearest magistrate, who shall sell such estray at public sale after ten days' notice posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall be the courthouse door.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 6-202; 1952 Code SECTIONS 6-201, 6-203, 6-204; 1942 Code SECTIONS 6270, 6272-6274; 1932 Code SECTIONS 6270, 6272-6274; Civ. C. '22 SECTIONS 5130, 5132-5134; Civ. C. '12 SECTIONS 3386, 3388-3390; Civ. C. '02 SECTIONS 2275, 2277-2279; G. S. 1610, 1612-1614; R. S. 1802, 1804-1806; 1803 (5) 465; 1839 (11) 30; 1935 (39) 226; 1960 (51) 1741.