No South Carolina statute governs garage-sale signs; Dorchester County handles them as temporary signs under its Zoning and Land Development Standards. A sign on your own lawn is generally fine and time-limited, but one staked in the road right-of-way or on a utility pole is removed.
Garage-sale and directional signs fall under Dorchester County's temporary-sign rules in the Zoning and Land Development Standards, never a state law. On your own property, a sale sign is normally allowed for the days around the sale and must come down afterward. The trouble is off-premises placement: signs stuck in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, at intersections, or within SCDOT road right-of-way are prohibited and get pulled by county or state crews, the same way political and other temporary signs are treated. Enforcement is complaint-driven and heavier along the busy Summerville corridors than in rural St. George or Ridgeville. A content-neutral limit on size and duration is all the county may impose.
Garage-sale signs placed in the county or SCDOT right-of-way, or on utility poles, are removed without notice, and repeat placement can draw fines under the county's zoning standards. Signs left up after the sale are treated as prohibited temporary signage.
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