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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-160: Carrying fire on lands of another without permit.

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  1. Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. CHAPTER 11 Offenses Against Property
  3. ARTICLE 3 Arson and Other Offenses Involving Fire

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry a lighted torch, chunk or coals of fire in or under any mill or wooden building or over and across any of the enclosed or unenclosed lands of another person at any time without the special permit of the owner of such lands, mill or wooden building, whether any damage result therefrom or not. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days or to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.

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