South Carolina § 46-26-130 - Penalty when material is not branded or labeled and tagged.
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§ 46-26-130. Penalty when material is not branded or labeled and tagged.
A distributor or common carrier who sells, offers for sale, or transports in this State any agricultural liming materials, or landplaster, or both, without being properly branded or having attached to its labels and tags as required by law, or any distributor who receives any agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, may be required to forfeit to the State a sum not to exceed the selling price of each separate package sold, offered for sale, or received, to be recovered by suit brought in the name of the State in any court of competent jurisdiction. These forfeitures, when collected must be paid to the State Treasurer who shall hold them subject to the order of the commission. However, the penalty defined in this section shall apply also to any misbranded agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both. An agricultural liming material, or landplaster, or both, is considered to be misbranded if it carries a false or misleading statement upon or attached to the package.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 495 SECTION 13; 1992 Act No. 378, SECTION 4, eff May 15, 1992; 2011 Act No. 64, SECTION 1, eff June 14, 2011.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-26-130 ("Penalty when material is not branded or labeled and tagged.") 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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