South Carolina § 54-11-10 - Interfering with aids to navigation.
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§ 54-11-10. Interfering with aids to navigation.
Any person who (a) shall moor any vessel of any kind whatsoever or any raft or part of a raft to any buoy, beacon or daymark placed in the waters of this State by the authority of the United States lighthouse board, (b) shall in any manner hang on with any vessel or raft or part of a raft to any such buoy, beacon or daymark, (c) shall wilfully remove, damage or destroy any such buoy, beacon or daymark, (d) shall cut down, remove, damage or destroy any beacon erected on land in this State by the authority of the United States lighthouse board or (e) through unavoidable accident run down, drag from its position or in any way injure any such buoy, beacon or daymark and shall fail to give notice of having done so as soon as practicable to the lighthouse inspector or lighthouse engineer of the district in which such buoy, beacon or daymark may be located shall, for every such offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed three months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 54-401; 1952 Code SECTION 54-401; 1942 Code SECTION 1261; 1932 Code SECTION 1261; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 156; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 307; 1905 (24) 914.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54-11-10 ("Interfering with aids to navigation.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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