S.C. Code Ann. § 48-23-70 – Unauthorized cutting or removal of trees and destruction of property or scenic values of State forests

Any person who:

(1) Without permission of the State Commission of Forestry, shall remove any shrub or tree, or attempt so to do, from any State forest;
(2) Shall cut or mutilate any shrub or tree growing in any State forest without such permission;
(3) Shall mutilate or deface any property, real or personal, upon any State forest; or
(4) Shall destroy scenic values, by dumping rubbish or in any other way whatsoever, within the confines of any State forest;
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.