The department shall sell any confiscated device not used or destroyed by the department at public auction for cash to the highest bidder in the county where it was seized, after having given ten days' public notice of the sale. When the device is of greater value than one thousand dollars, the owner may at any time before sale redeem it by paying to the department one thousand dollars. When the device is of lesser value than one thousand dollars, the owner may at any time before the sale redeem it by paying to the department the retail market value.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-5-70
Sale of confiscated device; redemption by owner
Known as the South Carolina Marine Resources Act
The act spans §§ 50-5-10 to 50-5-997 (171 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 28-169; 1952 Code SECTION 28-169; 1942 Code SECTION 3321; 1932 Code SECTION 3321; 1924 (33) 1016; 1952 (47) 2890; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1259; 2000 Act No. …
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