(A) There will be a uniform traffic ticket used by all law enforcement officers in arrests for traffic offenses and for the following additional offenses:

(1) Interfering with Police Officer Serving Process § 16-5-50;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 56-7-10

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.

(2) Dumping Trash on Highway/Private Property § 16-11-700;

(3) Indecent Exposure § 16-15-130;

(4) Disorderly Conduct § 16-17-530;

(5) Damaging Highway § 57-7-10;

(6) Place Glass, Nails, etc. on Highway § 57-7-20;

(7) Obstruction of Highway by Railroad Cars, etc. § 57-7-240;

(8) Signs Permitted on Interstate § 57-25-140;

(9) Brown Bagging § 61-5-20;

(10) Drinking Liquors in Public Conveyance § 61-13-360;

(11) Poles Dragging on Highway § 57-7-80;

(12) Open Container § 61-9-87;

(13) Purchase or Possession of Beer or Wine by a Person Under Age § 63-19-2440;

(14) Purchase or Possession of Alcoholic Liquor by a Person Under Age Twenty-One § 63-19-2450;

(15) Unlawful Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Liquors § 61-5-30;

(16) Sale of Beer or Wine on Which Tax Has Not Been Paid § 61-9-20;

(17) Falsification of Age to Purchase Beer or Wine § 61-9-50;

(18) Unlawful Purchase of Beer or Wine for a Person Who Cannot Legally Buy § 61-9-60;

(19) Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Beer or Wine, Giving False Information as to Age, Buying Beer or Wine Unlawfully for Another § 61-9-85;

(20) Employment of a Person Under the Age of Twenty-One as an Employee in Retail or Wholesale or Manufacturing Liquor Business § 61-13-340;

(21) Failure to Remove Doors from Abandoned Refrigerators § 16-3-1010;

(22) Malicious Injury to Animals or Personal Property § 16-11-510;

(23) Timber, Logs, or Lumber Cutting, Removing, Transporting Without Permission, Valued at Less Than Fifty Dollars § 16-11-580;

(24) Littering § 16-11-700;

(25) Larceny of a Bicycle Valued at Less Than One Hundred Dollars § 16-13-80;

(26) Shoplifting § 16-13-110;

(27) Cock Fighting § 16-17-650;

(28) Ticket Scalping § 16-17-710;

(29) Domestic Violence, second and third degree § 16-25-20;

(30) Glue Sniffing § 44-53-1110;

(31) Trespassing § 16-11-755;

(32) Trespassing § 16-11-600;

(33) Trespassing § 16-11-610;

(34) Trespassing § 16-11-620;

(35) Negligent Operation of Watercraft; Operation of Watercraft While Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs § 50-21-110;

(36) Negligence of Boat Livery to Provide Proper Equipment and Registration § 50-21-120;

(37) Interference with Aids to Navigation or Regulatory Markers or Operation of Watercraft in Prohibited Area § 50-21-170;

(38) Operation of Watercraft Without a Certificate of Title § 50-23-190;

(39) Parking on Private Property without Permission § 16-11-760;

(40) Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; Requirement for Out-of-State Livestock or Poultry § 47-4-60;

(41) Inhibition of Livestock Inspection § 47-4-120;

(42) Imported Swine § 47-6-50;

(43) Operating Equine Sales Facility or Livestock Market Without Permit § 47-11-20;

(44) Liability of Person Removing Livestock for Slaughter § 47-11-120;

(45) Notice to Disinfect § 47-13-310;

(46) Quarantine of Livestock or Poultry § 47-4-70;

(47) Unlawful for Horse to Enter State Unless Tested § 47-13-1350;

(48) Quarantine of Exposed Horses § 47-13-1360;

(49) Proof of Test Required for Public Assembly of Horses § 47-13-1370;

(50) False Certificates § 47-13-1390;

(51) Unlawful to Feed Garbage to Swine § 47-15-20;

(52) Notification Required from Certain Persons Disposing of Garbage § 47-15-40;

(53) Sale of Uninspected Meat and Meat Products § 47-17-60;

(54) Sale of Uninspected Poultry and Poultry Product § 47-19-70;

(55) Misrepresenting Service Animals § 47-3-980.

(B) In addition to the offenses contained in subsection (A), a uniform traffic ticket may be used in an arrest for a misdemeanor offense within the jurisdiction of magistrates court that has been freshly committed or is committed in the presence of a law enforcement officer.

(C) No other ticket may be used for these offenses. The service of the uniform traffic ticket shall vest all traffic, recorders’, and magistrates’ courts with jurisdiction to hear and to dispose of the charge for which the ticket was issued and served. This ticket will be designed by the department and approved by the Attorney General within thirty days of submission by the department. A law enforcement agency may utilize computers and other electronic devices to issue uniform traffic citations and store information resulting from the issuance of a traffic citation if this method of issuing a citation has been approved by the Department of Public Safety.