S.C. Code Ann. § 50-11-1910
Sale of deer or deer parts; penalties
Effective May 13, 2024[Derived from former Section 50-11-2110 (1962 Code Section 28-459; 1952 Code Section 28-459; 1942 Code Section 1783-1; 1932 Code Section 1772; Cr. C. '22 Section 750; Cr. C. '12 Section 723; 1910 (26) 572; 1952 (47) 2179; 1976 Act No. 511, Section 1; 1980 Act No. 386, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 440, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2001 Act No. 34, Section 1; 2024 Act No. 149 (H.4875), Section 1, eff May 13, 2024.
- (A) It is unlawful to buy or sell, offer for sale, barter, or have in possession for sale the following: any live deer (family cervidae), the venison of any deer except as provided in subsection (B) or in Section 50-11-1920, any whitetail deer gametes or antler velvet, or any whitetail deer antlers attached to the pedicel.
- (B) The department may promulgate regulations to permit deer processors to process legally taken female (doe) deer donated by a hunter or crop depredation permittee or designee and recover the fee of processing the deer from a person other than the individual who donated the deer.
- (C) For a violation of this section, upon conviction, the guilty party for a first offense must be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a second offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a third or subsequent offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty days.
HISTORY: [Derived from former Section 50-11-2110 (1962 Code Section 28-459; 1952 Code Section 28-459; 1942 Code Section 1783-1; 1932 Code Section 1772; Cr. C. '22 Section 750; Cr. C. '12 Section 723; 1910 (26) 572; 1952 (47) 2179; 1976 Act No. 511, Section 1; 1980 Act No. 386, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 440, Section 1)]; 1988 Act No. 561, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1262; 2001 Act No. 34, Section 1; 2024 Act No. 149 (H.4875), Section 1, eff May 13, 2024.
Effect of Amendment
2024 Act No. 149, Section 1, in (A), inserted "subsection (B) or in"; inserted (B) and redesignated former (B) as (C); and in (C), substituted "three hundred dollars" for "one hundred dollars", "five hundred dollars" for "three hundred dollars" in two places, and "one thousand dollars" for "five hundred dollars".