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2025-2026 Bill 3624 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 12, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3624

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 16-11-520, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO A TREE, HOUSE, OUTSIDE 
FENCE, OR FIXTURE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXCEPTION OF TRIMMING TREE LIMBS 
THAT ENCROACH UPON A PROPERTY LINE.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 16-11-520 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
16-11-520. (A) It is unlawful for a 
person to wilfully and maliciously cut, mutilate, deface, or otherwise injure a 
tree, house, outside fence, or fixture of another or commit any other trespass 
upon real property of another.

 (B) 
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:

 (1) 
felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or 
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, if the injury to the property or 
the property loss is worth ten thousand dollars or more;

 (2) 
felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or 
imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the injury to the property or 
the property loss is worth more than two thousand dollars but less than ten 
thousand dollars;

 (3) 
misdemeanor triable in magistrates court or municipal court, notwithstanding 
the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, and 14-25-65, if the 
injury to the property or the property loss is worth two thousand dollars or 
less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand 
dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

 (C) The provisions of this section do 
not apply to a person trimming tree limbs that encroach upon the person's 
property line.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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