The statutes and regulations, including the United States Coast Guard Navigational Rules that pertain to watercraft and watercraft safety, associated marine equipment, performance and operation of watercraft, standard numbering and registration of watercraft, and boating accident reporting as enacted by the Congress of the United States or as promulgated by the appropriate department of the United States government, are the law of the State of South Carolina. Any person violating the provisions of the statutes or regulations, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-21-150.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-21-170
Relationship between state and federal regulations; effect of changes in federal law or regulations
Known as the South Carolina Boating and Safety Act
The act spans §§ 50-21-10 to 50-21-95 (39 sections).
1986 Act No. 377, SECTION 1; 1988 Act No. 566, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1269.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.