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Public Conduct in Florence County, SC (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Florence County, South Carolina.

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

Public Urination

Urinating in a public area or in view of others is an outright criminal act of disorderly conduct anywhere in unincorporated Florence County. Sec. 22-51(10) lists it among the acts barred in a public place or gathering, or within hearing distance of a school or church, carrying the same penalty as the county's other public-order offenses.

Public Urination Ban in Florence County

Heavy Restrictions

Florence County Code § 22-51(10)

Sec. 22-51. - Acts of conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person within Florence County to engage in the following acts of conduct in a public place or public gathering, or within hearing distance of a school or church knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it will tend to promote or provoke a disturbance, danger, alarm, disorder, fight, brawl or nuisance: ... (10)Urinate in a publ...

Loitering Rules

Congregating on a public way in unincorporated Florence County without permission, blocking vehicle or foot traffic, and then refusing a sheriff's deputy's order to clear out is a criminal act of disorderly conduct under Sec. 22-51(4), punishable the same as the county's other public-order offenses.

Loitering and Public-Way Obstruction

Significant Restrictions

Florence County Code § 22-51(4)

Sec. 22-51. - Acts of conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person within Florence County to engage in the following acts of conduct in a public place or public gathering, or within hearing distance of a school or church knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it will tend to promote or provoke a disturbance, danger, alarm, disorder, fight, brawl or nuisance: ... (4)Without lawful per...

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