York County, SC Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

04; anyone selling goods or services at a resident's door in the unincorporated county instead falls under South Carolina's Consumer Protection Code, Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 5, Home Solicitation Sales. Section 37-2-501 defines a home solicitation sale broadly: a consumer credit sale personally solicited by the seller where the buyer's agreement is given at a residence, excluding sales tied to a pre-existing revolving account, sales negotiated earlier at a fixed business location, and mail-or-phone-only transactions. Section 37-2-502 then gives the buyer an unconditional right to cancel until midnight of the third business day after signing, triggered simply by mailing or otherwise delivering written notice of cancellation to the seller's listed address; no particular wording is required.

Section 37-2-503 requires the seller to put the deal in writing, dated the day it is actually signed, and to include a conspicuous 'BUYER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL' notice with the seller's name and mailing address, unless the seller instead complies with the FTC's door-to-door sale trade rule under § 37-2-506. If a buyer cancels, § 37-2-504 requires the seller to return any down payment, trade-in goods and notes within ten days, and any contract clause letting the seller keep them is void and unenforceable. Until the seller returns those items, the buyer may hold onto delivered goods and has a lien on them under § 37-2-504(3).