Laurens County, SC Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

Sec. 28-2(a) of the Laurens County Code lists unlawful acts on any park or facility owned, operated or controlled by the county department of parks, recreation and tourism. Subsection (9) makes it unlawful to consume or display in public any beverage of alcoholic content, including beer and wine, except where the department specifically authorizes it for an event or rental. The same section separately bars entering or remaining in a park while intoxicated or drugged, under subsection (11), and disorderly conduct, under subsection (10), which lets the department eject violators from the park without a refund of any fee or rental already paid.

Sec. 28-2(b) requires the county to post a copy of the unlawful-acts list in a conspicuous place at each covered facility so visitors and employees can see it. Sec. 28-2(c) makes any violation of the section a misdemeanor, with fines or jail time set within the magistrate's court's penalty jurisdiction. Because the ban is tied to county-owned or county-operated park property, it does not reach private property, streets or other public rights-of-way in the unincorporated area.