{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-47-3-620","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 47-3-620","heading":"Unlawful to torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill police dog or horse.","body":"It is unlawful for a person to wilfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill a dog or horse used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties of the department or when a dog is placed in a kennel off duty or a horse is placed in a stable off duty. However, a police officer or veterinarian may perform euthanasia in emergency situations when delay would cause the dog or horse undue suffering and pain.","path":["Title 47 - ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY","CHAPTER 3 Dogs and Other Domestic Pets","ARTICLE 11 Teasing, Maltreating, and Injuring Police Dogs Prohibited"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t47c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:40:24Z","sha256":"4644f71a4a207ac7f03b2cde8d6eb449b7d79f327135009e8f342ba815ecf2d2","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-47-3-610","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-47-3-630"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}