Horry County, SC Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Sec. 10-24(a) authorizes appropriate Horry County representatives to enter upon a property to determine whether it contains a nuisance, triggered either by a complaint from any person or by county personnel's own notice of a nuisance condition. No specific complaint form or identification requirement is written into the section itself; the inspection follows from the complaint or the county's own observation, whether the property is a residential lot, a platted subdivision, or a commercial premises covered separately under Sec. 10-26. The Horry County Department of Environmental Services administers Chapter 10's nuisance provisions generally and is the agency that fields these complaints, Sec.

10-42(a). Once an inspection confirms a violation, the county moves to the citation process in Sec. 10-24(b), which sets the compliance deadline. Separately, Sec. 10-24(c) makes it unlawful to interfere with, harass, or otherwise impede an officer or inspector carrying out an investigation or enforcement action under this article, with that interference punishable under the applicable provisions of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended.