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Animal Ordinances in Pageland, SC (2026)

4 verified animal ordinances for Pageland, South Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Chickens & Livestock

Pageland bans swine, goats, cattle, and other livestock or fowl from being kept anywhere in town under Section 4-97, but Section 4-98 carves out a narrow permit path for backyard chickens: up to six hens, no roosters, a 50-foot coop setback, and neighbor sign-off.

Pageland Backyard Chicken and Livestock Rules

Significant Restrictions

Pageland Town Code §§ 4-97—4-98

It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, harbor, or maintain any swine, goat, sheep, horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, goose, duck, or other fowl, or rabbit or permit the animal or fowl to run at large within the corporate limits of the town. ... It shall be unlawful to raise or keep chickens within the town limits unless the chickens are maintained as follows: (1)An annual permit fee,...

Dog Leash Laws

Pageland requires every dog and other animal to stay under strict voice control or physical restraint whenever it is off its owner's property, under Town Code Section 4-15. An animal that damages property, threatens anyone, or strays onto someone else's land is presumed unrestrained by law.

Pageland Dogs at Large and Restraint Law

Some Restrictions

Pageland Town Code § 4-15(a)

No person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any animal which has been identified by compliant shall cause, permit or allow the animal to stray or in any manner to run at large in or upon any public street, sidewalk or park or upon the property of another if such animal is not under sufficient strict voice control or physical restraint as to allow the animal to be contro...

Exotic Pets

Pageland does not ban exotic pets outright, but Town Code Section 4-66 requires anyone keeping a poisonous reptile or dangerous carnivorous wild animal to register it with the animal control officer first. Unregistered wild or venomous animals can be seized under the chapter's dangerous-animal provisions.

Pageland Registration for Dangerous Wild Animals

Significant Restrictions

Pageland Town Code § 4-66

No person shall keep or maintain within the town any poisonous reptiles or dangerous carnivorous wild animals, without first having registered such animals or reptiles with the animal control officer.

Pet Limits

Pageland caps household pets at four cats and four dogs over one year old under Town Code Section 4-7. Animal control can impound anything kept beyond that count, though the cap does not reach licensed veterinary premises, kennels, or pet shops.

Pageland Limit on Cats and Dogs Per Home

Some Restrictions

Pageland Town Code § 4-7

No person shall keep, lodge or maintain in the same household in excess of four cats more than one year of any age and four dogs more than one year of age in the town. Any animals in excess of this number may be impounded by the animal control officer. This section shall not apply to premises operated by a licensed veterinarian in the conduct of his profession or to licensed kennels and pet shops.