2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 50-1-60 - Division of State into game zones.


SC Code § 50-1-60 (2012) What's This?

For the purpose of protection and management of wildlife, the State is divided into six zones:

(1) Game Zone 1 consists of all properties north of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad from the Georgia state line to South Carolina Highway 183 in Westminster, then north of South Carolina Highway 183 to intersection of South Carolina Highway 183 and the Norfolk Southern Railroad main line in Greenville and then north of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to the Spartanburg County line.

(2) Game Zone 2 consists of the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Cherokee, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, York; and those portions of the counties of Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens south of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad from the Georgia state line to South Carolina Highway 183 in Westminster, then south of South Carolina Highway 183 to the intersection of South Carolina Highway 183 and the Norfolk Southern Railroad main line in Greenville and then south of the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to the Spartanburg County line.

(3) Game Zone 3 consists of the counties of Aiken, Lexington, and Richland.

(4) Game Zone 4 consists of the counties of Chesterfield, Dillon, Florence, Kershaw, Marion, and Marlboro.

(5) Game Zone 5 consists of the counties of Clarendon, Darlington, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Sumter, and Williamsburg.

(6) Game Zone 6 consists of the counties of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper, and Orangeburg.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-5; 1952 Code Section 28-5; 1942 Code Section 1756; 1937 (40) 286; 1938 (40) 1743; 1939 (41) 469; 1951 (47) 226; 1952 (47) 2179; 1953 (48) 139, 326; 1954 (48) 1429, 1450; 1961 (52) 224; 1967 (55) 159; 1970 (56) 2452; 1974 (58) 2198; 1976 Act No. 626 Section 1; 1982 Act No. 274, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1257; 1997 Act No. 33, Section 1, eff May 21, 1997; 1997 Act No. 57, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 46, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 289, Section 1; 2012 Act No. 195, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.

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