Public Conduct in Spartanburg County, SC (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
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Aggressive Panhandling
Spartanburg County bars anyone from standing on a highway or street to solicit money, business or employment from vehicle occupants. Only registered rescue squads, volunteer fire departments and charitable organizations may solicit funds, and only on secondary roads, after county council issues them a permit capped at two permits per year, three days each.
Roadway Solicitation Restricted in Spartanburg County
Significant RestrictionsSpartanburg County Code § 62-31
(a)Except as authorized herein and subject to the provisions of S.C. Code 1976, § 5-27-910, as amended, no person shall stand on a highway or street for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle. (b)Any rescue squad, volunteer fire department, or charitable or eleemosynary organization may solicit funds on collector (secondary) roads and s...
Loitering Rules
Spartanburg County makes it illegal to loiter in any public place with the purpose of soliciting prostitution or engaging in illegal drug activity. Section 60-2 defines loitering broadly and lists specific behaviors officers can weigh, from repeatedly hailing passing motorists to acting as a lookout for a drug sale, to establish the required unlawful intent.
Spartanburg County Bans Loitering for Prostitution or Drugs
Significant RestrictionsSpartanburg County Code § 60-2
Loiter means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered. Other illegal sexual activity means sexual activity prohibited by the common law or statutes of the state other than prostitution. Prostitution means an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy between two persons, not married to each ot...
Public Alcohol Use
Spartanburg County bans consuming alcohol or being under its influence anywhere in a county park. The same section also outlaws profanity, gambling, wagering, and disorderly conduct on park grounds. County Code Section 58-56 covers every public park in the unincorporated area, and violators are charged with trespass and prosecuted under the county's general penalty.
No Alcohol or Disorderly Conduct in County Parks
Significant RestrictionsSpartanburg County Code § 58-56
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or to be under the influence of any intoxicating liquors or drugs in any public park; or to use profane, vulgar or indecent language; or to commit any nuisance; or to engage in any unseemly, obnoxious, or disorderly conduct; or to engage in any game of chance, or bet or wager in any such public park.
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