South Carolina Code 16-27-40. Acts constituting misdemeanors upon conviction of first or second offense and constituting felonies upon conviction of third or subsequent offense; penalties
(a) is present at any structure, facility, or location where preparations are being made for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal with knowledge that those preparations are being made, or
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 16-27-40
- Animal: means any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild. See South Carolina Code 16-27-20
- Baiting: means to provoke or to harass an animal with one or more animals with the purpose of training an animal for, or to cause an animal to engage in, fights with or among other animals or between animals and humans. See South Carolina Code 16-27-20
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fighting: means an attack with violence by an animal against another animal or a human. See South Carolina Code 16-27-20
- Person: means every natural person or individual and any firm, partnership, association, or corporation. See South Carolina Code 16-27-20
(b) is present at any structure, facility, or location with knowledge that fighting or baiting of any animal is taking place or is about to take place there is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for a first offense must be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months, or both, and for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for five years, or both.