3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in York County, South Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control is illegal across York County. South Carolina Code §27-39-60 bars every county and municipal corporation from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing any ordinance that regulates the amount of rent charged for private residential or commercial property. Landlords set and raise rent freely.
S.C. Code §27-39-60
No county or municipal corporation may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which would regulate in any way the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single family, or multiple unit residential, or commercial rental property.
South Carolina has no just-cause eviction rule, and York County cannot add one. Under S.C. Code §27-40-710 a landlord ends a tenancy for unpaid rent with a five-day written notice, then files for eviction in magistrate's court.
S.C. Code §27-40-710(B)
If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within five days from the date due or the tenant is in violation of Section 27-40-540, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement provided the landlord has given the tenant written notice of nonpayment and his intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period.
Unincorporated York County requires no rental registration, but its cities do. Rock Hill mandates that every single-family and multi-family rental register with the city and pass inspection before occupancy. No statewide South Carolina registration statute exists.
1 cities in York County have their own rental property rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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