{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-9-710","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-9-710","heading":"Children under sixteen years of age; private ponds; pay-to-fish businesses.","body":"(A) Except as required by law, children under sixteen years of age are not required to procure or possess a hunting or fishing license or any other permit or license required for hunting or fishing unless that child engages in the taking of wildlife or fish for commercial purposes.\n(B) A person is not required to possess a recreational freshwater fishing license if fishing in a private pond. However, if the pond is used for commercial purposes, it is not considered a private pond.\n(C) Resident and nonresident patrons of commercial fishing lakes or pay-to-fish commercial businesses are exempt from the requirement to purchase a recreational freshwater fishing license if the commercial fishing lake or pay-to-fish commercial business has a valid aquaculture permit or registration issued by the department.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 9 Hunting and Fishing Licenses","ARTICLE 7 Hunting and Fishing License Exemptions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:47:29Z","sha256":"16e63e57ca11ac41532cef178f83ec02abc5a04369d0a21fc59b8fecf8326b1a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-9-675","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-9-715"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}