S.C. Code Ann. § 50-3-410 – Procedure on making arrest; release upon deposit of money with enforcement officer as bail

(A) Enforcement officers and deputy enforcement officers employed by the Department of Natural Resources, and any officer deputized by the department pursuant to Section 27-16-70, may use an official summons for violations of laws and regulations of the Department of Natural Resources; laws and regulations of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; laws and regulations of the State Commission of Forestry; laws and regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control pertaining to shellfish; trespass laws; and the following criminal offenses:
1. (1) interfering with a police officer: Section 16-5-50;
2. (2) disorderly conduct: Section 16-17-530;
3. (3) malicious injury to animals or personal property: Section 16-11-510;
4. (4) littering: Section 16-11-700;
5. (5) possession of beer or wine by a person underage: Section 20-7-8920;
6. (6) possession of alcoholic liquor by a person under twenty-one years of age: Section 20-7-8925;
7. (7) possession of marijuana (1 oz. or less): Section 44-53-370(c);
8. (8) violation of the South Carolina Underwater Antiquities Act: Sections 54-7-610 through 54-7-810;
9. (9) interfering with navigation: Sections 54-11-10 through 54-11-50;
10. (10) failure to stop for a blue light: Section 56-5-750;
11. (11) fishing from a posted bridge or roadway: Section 56-5-3110;
12. (12) unlawful possession and consumption of alcoholic liquor: Sections 61-6-1800, 61-6-2220, 61-6-4710;
13. (13) open container: Section 61-4-110.
(B) A person apprehended by an enforcement officer or deputy enforcement officer employed by the Department of Natural Resources, or any officer deputized by the department pursuant to Section 27-16-70(C)(2) for any of the offenses in subsection (A), upon being served with an official summons, may offer to deposit cash money as bail with the apprehending enforcement officer. In the discretion of the apprehending enforcement officer, he may accept cash money as bail in an amount not less than the minimum nor more than the maximum fine, plus court costs, in lieu of a personal appearance or incarceration. The official summons serves as receipt for the sum deposited and gives the respective courts jurisdiction to dispose of the matter.