Public Conduct in South Carolina (2026)

Charleston bans soliciting 'in an aggressive manner' anywhere on public rights-of-way or other city-owned property…

Georgetown County bans all begging, soliciting, vending, and bartering on the Marshwalk and Jetty View Walk in Murrells…

In unincorporated Greenville County, County Code § 15-7 bars anyone from standing on a street or highway to solicit…

Richland County outlaws panhandling outright in the unincorporated area: Sec. 16-33 makes it unlawful for anyone to go…

Darlington County Code § 54-2 makes it unlawful to stand on a highway or street to solicit employment, business or…

Rock Hill's Code of Ordinances outlaws aggressive solicitation on any public right-of-way, sidewalk, or publicly owned…

Spartanburg County bars anyone from standing on a highway or street to solicit money, business or employment from…

York County makes it unlawful to solicit in an aggressive manner on any public right-of-way, sidewalk or county-owned…

Oconee County's code defines 'aggressive manner' solicitation, touching, blocking someone's path, threatening gestures…

Charleston makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public or private property in the city, indoors or out…

Urinating in a public area or in view of others is an outright criminal act of disorderly conduct anywhere in…

In unincorporated Georgetown County, urinating in a public area or in view of others is disorderly conduct under County…

Columbia makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public or private property in the city outside a restroom or…

At Morse Landing Park in Murrells Inlet, unincorporated Georgetown County bans biking, skateboarding or similar…

In the Town of Mount Pleasant, skateboards, in-line skates and motorized vehicles are banned from the…

Skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, and similar coaster-type devices are banned from Rock Hill's downtown…

Skateboarders riding on a Charleston roadway have the same rights and duties as a vehicle driver under Sec. 19-93, must…

Pageland Town Code Section 32-44 keeps roller skates, skateboards and similar toy vehicles off public roadways. Riders…

Aiken County requires skateboards, skates and bicycles to always yield the right-of-way to pedestrians in county parks…

Loud, unnecessary noise that disturbs residential peace and quiet is a misdemeanor in unincorporated Lexington County…

It's unlawful to loiter or trespass at any York County landfill, convenience center, roadside container or solid waste…

Charleston's loitering ordinance bans lingering without lawful purpose in eight specific settings, from restaurants and…

Congregating on a public way in unincorporated Florence County without permission, blocking vehicle or foot traffic…

County Code § 15-9 makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in any public place in unincorporated Greenville County with the…

Richland County bans loitering in public places when it disturbs others, blocks passage, or accompanies begging…

Spartanburg County makes it illegal to loiter in any public place with the purpose of soliciting prostitution or…

Aiken County makes it unlawful to loiter at any county park or recreation center in a way that disturbs others, risks a…

Beaufort County criminalizes loitering for illicit drug activity in any public place after a law enforcement warning…

Berkeley County bans loitering at every public boat landing it operates, alongside disorderly conduct, loud music and…

Columbia bans loitering that creates a disturbance, obstructs pedestrians or vehicles, or is tied to begging, gambling…

Dorchester County makes it a crime to loiter in a public place in ways that disturb others, threaten a breach of the…

Georgetown County Code § 5.5-20 bars gatherings, loitering and loud or boisterous behavior at any public beach access…

Laurens County outlaws loitering at its solid waste container sites in the unincorporated area. Sec. 32-308(b)(2) makes…

Mount Pleasant's loitering rule is narrow and school-focused. Town Code § 132.04 makes it unlawful to loiter about a…

North Charleston's only loitering ordinance targets loitering meant to induce or solicit prostitution in streets or…

Orangeburg County Code § 24-1 bans loitering in the unincorporated area when it comes with activity or circumstances…

Pageland makes it unlawful to loiter on any street, park, public place or public building, or to obstruct pedestrian…

Rock Hill bans loitering or loafing around any college, school, hospital, orphanage or church inside city limits, and…

Sumter County Code § 28-6 makes it unlawful to loiter in a public place for drug activity or to menace passersby, but…

Lancaster County's only loitering ordinance is narrow: Section 12-66 bars loitering, or discharging a firearm, at or…

Charleston bans smoking, including e-cigarettes, hookah and vapor devices, in every public park and playground the city…

Columbia bans smoking outdoors within 25 feet of building entrances, playgrounds, outdoor dining and bar seating…

Smoking and vaping are banned inside and on the grounds of any county-owned building, vehicle, campus, sports arena or…

Pageland bans smoking or using any tobacco product at town recreation facilities, including Pigg Park, Moore's Park…

Rock Hill bans smoking, defined to include cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs and e-cigarettes, in every public park…

Aiken County bans smoking at amphitheaters, ball parks and stadiums during events, parades and special events on public…

Anderson County bars smoking of tobacco or any other plant or weed material at outdoor county-owned venues…

Beaufort County bans smoking in and on all county-owned or operated facilities, including outdoor property adjacent to…

Greenwood County bans smoking or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe on any county-owned property, in any…

Horry County parks are smoke-free except in areas the recreation department specifically designates for it. Code §…

Lexington County bans smoking in workplaces and adds an outdoor buffer around them: Sec. 14-621(g) prohibits smoking…

Unincorporated Richland County lets people smoke outdoors, but not within 15 feet of any workplace entrance, exit or…

Charleston County's Clean Indoor Air ordinance bans smoking inside enclosed workplaces but does not extend that ban…

Rock Hill requires pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicles on…

Charleston makes it a crime to sell, possess, use or transport one ounce or less of marijuana or ten grams or less of…

Darlington County Code § 54-72(b) makes it unlawful to use or possess illegal drugs, which under state law includes…

The Town of Mount Pleasant has its own outright ban on marijuana, separate from state law. Town Code § 135.01 makes it…

Lexington County's loitering ordinance treats unlawfully using or possessing an unlawful drug in a public place as…

Horry County does not have a stand-alone public marijuana-use ban, but its beach ordinance reaches the same conduct…

Beaufort County makes it unlawful to consume or possess alcohol on any public beach in the unincorporated county, with…

Georgetown County Code § 3-2 bans drinking any alcoholic liquor, beer, ale, porter or wine, including from an open…

Kershaw County bans alcohol outright on any property the county owns or leases, from parks to the boat landing on the…

Possessing or drinking any alcoholic beverage is banned in Oconee County parks and recreation areas, including Hartwell…

Commercial establishments in unincorporated Orangeburg County cannot sell, allow consumption or possession of, or allow…

Pageland's town code makes it a misdemeanor to drink any intoxicating alcoholic beverage on the town's streets…

York County bans consuming or displaying any intoxicating beverage at every county-owned park and public boat landing…

Charleston bans carrying an open container of beer, wine, or liquor in a vehicle or on your person, and bans drinking…

Charleston County bans drinking alcoholic beverages on the premises of any public boat landing or ramp it operates…

Darlington County Code § 54-72(c) bans openly displaying or drinking beer, wine or an unsealed alcoholic container on…

In unincorporated Horry County, from Socastee to Little River, it is unlawful to carry an opened container of any…

Sec. 24-3(10) bars anyone using a Lancaster County park or recreation area from possessing or consuming alcoholic…

In county parks and recreation facilities across unincorporated Laurens County, Sec. 28-2(a)(9) bans consuming or…

Spartanburg County bans consuming alcohol or being under its influence anywhere in a county park. The same section also…

Anderson County makes it a misdemeanor to drink or hold an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any posted street…

Between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., Berkeley County bars, clubs, stores, and beer parlors licensed for on-premises…

Columbia bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, tree zones, parking…

Dorchester County bans drinking or carrying an open container of beer, wine or liquor at any public boat landing that…

The Town of Mount Pleasant bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on streets, parks, or public places not licensed for…

North Charleston bans drinking any alcoholic liquor, beer, or wine on streets, parks, or public places not licensed for…

Richland County Code Sec. 18-5 bans drinking beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage from an unsealed container on public…

Rock Hill bans open alcohol containers and public drinking on city streets, sidewalks, parking areas and other public…

In unincorporated Sumter County it's unlawful to drink alcohol, beer, or wine on any street, road, sidewalk, park, or…