Horry County, SC Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

Sec. 10-24(b) requires that once an inspection confirms a violation, Horry County personnel issue a uniform citation directing the owner or occupier to cease and desist maintaining the nuisance. The citation must state both the date of inspection and the date by which the property must be brought into compliance, and the recipient must be given no less than ten days to correct the problem; the citation itself counts as adequate legal notice of the violation and does not require a separate mailed bill to be effective, Sec.

10-21. That ten-day floor is a minimum, not the standard timeline: under the general nuisance provisions of Sec. 10-19(f), if corrective action is not taken within 30 days of a notice of violation, the county can pursue other legal measures, including entering the premises to abate the nuisance directly. Each day a cited violation continues after adequate notice is a separate offense under Sec. 10-42(g), so penalties under the misdemeanor tiers of Sec. 10-42(b)-(c) can escalate quickly once the compliance window closes without action.