South Carolina has no statewide juvenile curfew - repeated bills to create one failed - and unincorporated Dorchester County enforces no countywide curfew. Any curfew here is municipal, and Summerville has used only temporary emergency curfews.
There is no South Carolina juvenile curfew statute; bills to impose one statewide were introduced repeatedly and never became law. Home rule under Code Section 4-9-25 lets Dorchester County regulate for peace and good order, but the county has not adopted a countywide juvenile curfew for its unincorporated areas near St. George and Ridgeville. Curfews in this region are municipal. The Town of Summerville has enacted only temporary emergency curfews during events, not a standing teen curfew, while nearby Charleston adopted a downtown juvenile curfew in 2025. Common exceptions cover work, school activities, emergencies, and being with a parent.
With no countywide curfew, there is no county curfew charge. Where a municipality adopts one, penalties typically fall on the parent or guardian, and violating a declared emergency curfew is a municipal offense.
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