{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-31-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 48-31-20","heading":"Unlawful to start fires or throw burning materials in protected areas.","body":"During such periods and in such areas as the Governor shall proclaim, it shall be unlawful for any person to build or ignite any fire of any nature, or for any person to throw or cause to be thrown any matches, ashes, tobacco or other burning material on or adjacent to forests, woodlands, brushlands, or grasslands under protection from forest fires. It shall be unlawful to burn or cause to be burned any right of way.","path":["Title 48 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 31 Emergency Powers of Governor to Protect Forests"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t48c031.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:43:29Z","sha256":"4f0e5ad6c9fc1c95d85bfb37088aa5781774ca22678a0776d9a09ee3025b9c1e","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-31-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-48-31-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}