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Public Conduct in Anderson County, SC (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Anderson County, South Carolina.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Anderson County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

Anderson County bars smoking of tobacco or any other plant or weed material at outdoor county-owned venues: amphitheatres, ball parks and stadiums during athletic events, and shelters, picnic grounds and playgrounds within county parks. Violators face a civil fine of $10 to $25 per infraction.

Anderson County Outdoor Smoking Ban

Some Restrictions

Anderson County Code of Ordinances § 32-19

(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall smoke any tobacco, tobacco-related product or any other plant, weed or other smoking material in any of the following places within the county:(1)Inside any county-owned vehicle;(2)On the grounds of any real property owned or leased by the county upon which a government building covered under the South Carolina Clean Indoo...

Public Alcohol Use

Anderson County makes it a misdemeanor to drink or hold an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any posted street, park or public place in the unincorporated county, or as a passenger in a moving vehicle anywhere in that area. The ban only bites in posted zones for the street clause, but the vehicle-passenger clause applies without posting.

Open Container Ban, Anderson County SC

Some Restrictions

Anderson County Code of Ordinances § 26-102

The county council does hereby make it unlawful for any person to drink or to have in his possession or under his control in an open container any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed or other type beer or wine which contains alcohol, and is used as a beverage, on any street, highway, park or public place not lawfully licensed to sell such beverages in the county, but not including munic...

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