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S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-50

Allowing dogs or cats to run at large; penalty

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hossenlopp Ex Rel. Hossenlopp v. Cannon (1985)

Most recently applied in Hossenlopp Ex Rel. Hossenlopp v. Cannon (April 1985)

1962 Code SECTION 6-145.4; 1972 (57) 2733; 2000 Act No. 293, SECTION 1, eff May 19, 2000.

(A) It is unlawful in any county or municipality adopting penalty provisions pursuant to the provisions of this article for any dog or cat owner or other keeper of a dog or cat to:

(1) allow his dog to run at large off of property owned, rented, or controlled by him;

(2) keep a vicious or unruly dog unless under restraint by a fence, chain, or other means so that the dog cannot reach persons not on land owned, leased, or controlled by him;

(3) release or take out of impoundment or quarantine without proper authority any dog or cat or resist county or municipal shelter personnel engaging in the capture and impoundment or quarantine of a dog or quarantining of a cat.

(B) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined fifty dollars for a first offense and not more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.