Code Violation Reporting in South Carolina (2026)

Any person may file a Development Code complaint with Beaufort County's Code Enforcement Department under Section…

Columbia requires anyone who directly observes a nuisance that poses an emergency threat to public health, safety, or…

To report a code nuisance in unincorporated Darlington County, a citizen files a complaint form with the county…

In unincorporated Florence County, a nuisance complaint must be filed in writing at the Planning and Building…

Anyone can trigger a Horry County code inspection: file a complaint or have county personnel notice a nuisance, and…

The Community Development code official investigates and processes reports of code violations in unincorporated…

Unincorporated Pickens County opens a housing code case in three ways: the enforcement officer acts on his own motion…

Rock Hill lets any resident file a zoning complaint directly with the Planning & Development Director, the official…

Unincorporated Sumter County residents can trigger an unfit-dwelling investigation by filing a written petition signed…

A code complaint in Charleston starts when a resident notifies a city department of a suspected public nuisance. Under…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a noise charge starts with a complaint made to law enforcement…

Greenville County splits code-violation reporting between two agencies: the Sheriff's Office and the Codes Enforcement…

Only an owner or occupant of real estate within 1,500 feet of the problem property can file a nuisance complaint in…

A Beaufort County unfit-dwelling complaint from five or more residents, or the county administrator's own motion, moves…

Unincorporated Greenwood County gives property owners advance notice before code penalties apply. Section 11-4-6(c)…

Once a Horry County inspection confirms a nuisance violation, personnel issue a citation stating the inspection date…

Kershaw County's nuisance and dangerous-dwelling ordinances set fixed clocks once a complaint moves forward. A nuisance…

After a valid written nuisance complaint in unincorporated Laurens County, the building official visits the site and…

Once the housing enforcement officer serves a complaint on a property owner in unincorporated Pickens County, the…

Richland County's Property Maintenance Division must inspect a code complaint about a mobile or manufactured home park…

Horry County Code Enforcement cites junk and salvage yards that lack an eight-foot screening fence, scrap tire sites…

Orangeburg County's code official can condemn a structure in the unincorporated county that is unsafe, unfit for human…

Beaufort County's Community Development Code lists fifteen specific violations at Section 9.2.30, from building or…

Charleston's livability division fields complaints about overgrown lots, litter, unregistered or inoperable vehicles…

Columbia's code enforcement system groups reportable violations into four categories: public health, public…

Darlington County's nuisance article, Code § 22-32, enumerates the violations code enforcement fields most often…

Florence County's nuisance code, Chapter 21, lists the property conditions residents most often report: unsanitary…

Georgetown County's Junk, Debris and Common Nuisance Ordinance defines the property conditions residents most often…

Unincorporated Greenwood County's most common code violation is illegal accumulation or dumping of litter, junk…

Residents of unincorporated Laurens County can report junk, debris and other nuisance violations to the Office of…

In unincorporated Pickens County, the housing enforcement officer can declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation…

Richland County's Property Maintenance Division cites mobile home parks and permanent structures for a defined list of…