{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-16-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-16-40","heading":"Exception to permit requirement for wildlife imported for exhibition purposes.","body":"Wildlife imported for exhibition purposes only by state wildlife departments, municipal zoos or parks, public museums, public zoological parks, and public scientific or educational institutions operated not for profit, and transient circuses are not required to procure a permit under Section 50-16-20. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the department or its duly authorized agents from possessing, importing, or releasing wildlife.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 16 Importation of Wildlife"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c016.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:47:54Z","sha256":"c00fcf8ff7a7664dbf2f6e04b4910422e872a091b992b2046baded9f771c8489","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-16-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-16-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}