2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 5 - MARINE RESOURCES ACT
Section 50-5-120 - Boarding of vessel by law enforcement officers; penalty for failure to allow boarding and to cooperate.

(A) The operator and crew of any watercraft operating in state waters are required to heave to when signaled or hailed, and allow boarding by law enforcement officers or U.S. Coast Guard personnel.

(B) The operator, crew, and passengers of any watercraft operating in state waters are required to cooperate with law enforcement officers or U. S. Coast Guard personnel.

(C) Any operator, crew member, or passenger, of any watercraft violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-178; 1952 Code Section 28-178; 1942 Code Section 3313; 1932 Code Section 3313; 1924 (33) 1016; 1952 (47) 2890; 1982 Act No. 328; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1259; 2000 Act No. 245, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 342, Section 7.