2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 3 - Department Of Natural Resources
Section 50-3-410. Summons; posting of monetary bond in lieu of personal appearance or incarceration.
(A) Department of Natural Resources enforcement and deputy enforcement officers and officers authorized to enforce state law under the Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act may use the official department summons for arrests for violations of laws and regulations of the Department of Natural Resources, and all other misdemeanors within the jurisdiction of the magistrates, municipal, or family court. Service of the summons vests the respective courts with jurisdiction and any person apprehended and served must appear at the time and place designated.
(B) In the discretion of the apprehending officer, the person apprehended may be allowed to post a monetary amount as a bond in lieu of a personal appearance or incarceration. The amount may not be less than the minimum fine nor more than the maximum fine, plus court costs. The summons serves as a receipt for the sum posted with the officer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-140.1; 1964 (53) 2201; 1981 Act No. 166, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1258; 1996 Act No. 374, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 275, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 246, Section 4; 2008 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff May 13, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment rewrote this section.
