Berkeley County, SC Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Berkeley County's junked and abandoned vehicle rules sit in Article 23 alongside the county's other property-maintenance provisions. 2 first flags junked vehicles, along with litter, debris, and discarded furniture and appliances, as conditions that create an unsightly, blighting condition and reduce property values when left on private premises. 4 then sets out the specific abandoned-vehicle procedure. C. 1, finds a vehicle meets that definition, he may declare it a nuisance. 2 requires the public officer to notify the owner by a return-receipt letter describing the violation.

The letter gives the owner either 30 calendar days from receipt to abate the nuisance, or 10 calendar days to contact the public officer and discuss the abatement instead of an immediate deadline. C. Code § 56-5-5810 et seq. An editor's note confirms Ord. No. 15-10-43 (Oct. 26, 2015) renamed this section from "Junked or abandoned vehicles" to "Abandoned or derelict motor vehicles," while keeping the same abatement structure. The rule reaches vehicles on public or private property anywhere in the unincorporated county; it does not apply inside Goose Creek, Hanahan, Summerville, or the Charleston city limits, which enforce their own municipal vehicle codes.