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Public Health Rules in Anderson County, SC (2026)

1 rule 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.

Rodent Control

Anderson County Code § 26-142 makes it unlawful for an owner to let a lot within 200 feet of a subdivision or residence host a vermin infestation, defined at § 26-141 as an overrunning of rats, snakes or other disease-carrying animals bad enough to create a nuisance or health problem for neighbors.

Anderson County Vermin Infestation Prohibition

Some Restrictions

Anderson County Code of Ordinances §§ 26-141, 26-142

Vermin infestation means an overrunning or inhabiting of a lot or parcel with a large number of rats, snakes, or other dangerous, destructive or disease-carrying animals within a developed, platted subdivision or a residential structure to such an extent so as to create a nuisance or potential health problem for adjoining lots or parcels. ... (b)It shall further be unlawful for the owner of any...

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