2014 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry
CHAPTER 7 - ESTRAYS; LIVESTOCK TRESPASSING OR RUNNING AT LARGE
SECTION 47-7-160. Rescuing animal from custody of person impounding it unlawful.
Whenever any animal shall be taken up under the provisions of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to rescue it or deliver it from the custody of the person impounding it; and whoever shall violate this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than thirty dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than five nor more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-321; 1952 Code Section 6-321; 1942 Code Sections 1222, 1223; 1932 Code Sections 1222, 1223; Cr. C. '22 Sections 110, 111; Cr. C. '12 Sections 229, 230; Cr. C. '02 Sections 176, 177; G. S. 1190, 1191; R. S. 171, 172; 1881 (17) 593; 1903 (24) 111; 1921 (32) 200.
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