South Carolina § 16-3-1010 - Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.
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§ 16-3-1010. Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.
Any person who abandons or discards any icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container of a capacity sufficient to contain any child and who neglects prior to such abandonment to remove the door, lid or other device for the closing thereof and any owner, lessee or other person in charge of property who knowingly permits any abandoned icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container to remain thereon accessible to children without removing the door, lid or other closing device therefrom shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-94; 1954 (48) 1479.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16-3-1010 ("Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.") 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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