South Carolina § 46-57-70 - Penalties for violations of regulations.
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§ 46-57-70. Penalties for violations of regulations.
(A) Except as provided in Section 46-57-50, a person who after notice violates, disobeys, or refuses, omits, or neglects to comply with a regulation of the Department of Agriculture promulgated pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for thirty days.
(B) A person who after notice violates a rule, regulation, permit, permit condition, final determination, or order of the department issued pursuant to this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars a day for each violation.
(C) Fines collected pursuant to subsection (B) must be remitted by the department to the State Treasurer for deposit in the state general fund.
(D) The term "notice" as used in this section means either actual notice or constructive notice.
HISTORY: 2023 Act No. 60 (S.399), SECTION 9, eff July 1, 2024.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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