Short-Term Rentals in South Carolina (2026)

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Beaufort County needs both a Short-Term Rental Property (STRP) Permit and a…

Charleston requires an annually renewable Short Term Rental permit before any residential STR can operate, and Section…

No dwelling in Columbia may operate as a short-term rental without a current annual STR permit from the city. Permits…

Unincorporated Florence County has no separate short-term-rental ordinance. The only permitted paid overnight lodging…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Lexington County must hold an annual zoning permit under Zoning Ordinance §…

A short-term rental in North Charleston needs more than a listing: Appendix A Section 4-21(b)(7) requires the property…

Rock Hill, South Carolina requires a short-term rental permit before any unit is advertised or operated. Permits follow…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Charleston County needs a Zoning Permit plus a Business License before…

South Carolina sets no statewide STR permit. Unincorporated Dorchester County hosts need a county business license…

Greenville County has no standalone short-term-rental permit. In the unincorporated county, renting a home to…

Before renting, unincorporated-county hosts register with Horry County's Business License office…

Yes. Since April 2024, short-term rentals in unincorporated Richland County must obtain a Richland County business…

STR owners apply to the city with owner and agent contact info, proof of ownership, an insurance certificate, a signed…

Unincorporated Spartanburg County has no zoning permit for short-term rentals: the county's Planning Department does…

York County requires a valid zoning permit before anyone can start or maintain a short-term rental in the…

Rock Hill, South Carolina bars every permitted short-term rental from being marketed or used as an event venue or party…

STR guests follow the general noise ordinance, Sec. 28-2 in the unincorporated county and Summerville's Sec. 12-32…

Richland County's STR ordinance does not set a separate decibel limit for rentals. Sec. 16-82 requires the property to…

Yes. STR owners must give each guest a written copy of Simpsonville's noise ordinance, and the tenant agreement must…

York County has no STR-specific noise rule; guests follow the county noise ordinance (§56.016), including the…

South Carolina imposes a statewide 7% sales and accommodations tax on short-term rentals of fewer than 90 continuous…

Short-term rental hosts in Aiken County, including residences and other properties rented to transients, owe the…

Charleston enforces the South Carolina Fairness in Lodging Act against short-term rental hosts who skip the local…

South Carolina imposes a 7 percent state sales tax on gross proceeds from renting rooms, campground spaces, RV spaces…

Columbia charges a $50 non-refundable application fee for every STR permit, plus a $100 registration fee for…

Short-term rental hosts in Dorchester County collect South Carolina's 7 percent accommodations tax on gross rental…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Florence County owe a 3 percent accommodations fee on the gross rental proceeds of…

Short-term stays in Greenville County owe South Carolina's 7% accommodations sales tax plus the 2% statewide…

South Carolina levies a 7% state accommodations tax on transient lodging. On top of that, Horry County charges a…

Lancaster County imposes a 3 percent local accommodations tax on rentals furnished to transients in the unincorporated…

Running a short-term rental in North Charleston costs more than the state's accommodations tax: Section 4-21(i) sets a…

A Pickens County home rented to transients owes the local accommodations fee unless it has fewer than six sleeping…

Short-term rental hosts in unincorporated Richland County collect South Carolina's 7% state accommodations tax on gross…

Rock Hill charges a separate fee to operate a short-term rental rather than folding it into the accommodations tax. The…

STR owners owe local, county, and state taxes, including accommodations taxes. South Carolina imposes a 7% state…

SC imposes a 7% sales-and-accommodations tax on rentals to transients, including a 2% state accommodations tax…

Short-term rentals of a private residence in unincorporated Sumter County are exempt from the county's accommodations…

South Carolina imposes a 7% accommodations tax on every short-term rental night in unincorporated York County under…

Short-term rental tenants in unincorporated Beaufort County must park under the county's general off-street parking…

Every Charleston short-term rental has to provide one dedicated off-street parking space on the property, on top of…

Charleston County requires short-term rentals to provide one on-site parking space per permitted bedroom, plus the…

Columbia requires two designated parking spaces per short-term rental dwelling unit in residential districts. Hosts…

For a Bed and Breakfast, the County Zoning Ordinance requires one off-street parking space per guest room, and all…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Richland County must provide and designate two parking spaces, with guests…

Yes. The STR ordinance requires the owner-guest agreement to acknowledge that parking will be maintained per the city's…

On unincorporated Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom plus two…

Charleston caps every residential short-term rental unit at four adults, defined as anyone 18 or older, for stays of…

Charleston County's STR permit fixes each property's maximum sleeping capacity: the application requires the maximum…

Sec. 5-402(13) limits every permitted short-term rental in Columbia to two overnight guests per bedroom, excluding…

For the residential lodging use closest to a short-term rental, the County Zoning Ordinance limits a Bed and Breakfast…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Lexington County may not sleep more than two guests per bedroom overnight under…

North Charleston's short-term rental definition doubles as its occupancy cap: Section 4-21(a) defines an STR as housing…

Richland County caps overnight stays at a short-term rental at two people per bedroom, plus two more per unit, counting…

Rock Hill, South Carolina caps every short-term rental at two guests per bedroom plus two additional guests, a formula…

Yes. Simpsonville's STR ordinance caps occupancy at no more than two adults per bedroom. The tenant agreement each…

York County limits short-term rentals in the unincorporated county to eight overnight guests and 20 daytime guests…

Every Charleston short-term rental host has to carry a general liability insurance policy of at least $1,000,000 per…

Charleston County's Article 6.8 does not require a specific liability-insurance policy for short-term rentals. Instead…

Greenville County does not require short-term-rental operators to carry a specific liability insurance policy. The Bed…

Richland County Code Sec. 16-82 does not spell out a specific liability-insurance minimum, but it authorizes county…

Yes. Simpsonville requires proof of property and liability insurance, including any prerequisite short-term rental…

Charleston County caps how many days a home may be rented short-term. A Limited Home Rental may be rented up to 72 days…

Greenville County sets no minimum-stay requirement and no annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented…

York County caps short-term rentals in the unincorporated county at 120 days of overnight occupancy per calendar year…

Horry County and its cities set no annual limit on how many nights a property may be rented short-term. The only…

Charleston requires the record owner of a short-term rental to be a resident of the property and to sleep there…

Charleston County's Article 6.8 does not mandate that a host be physically present during stays. A Limited Home Rental…

The county has no general host-presence mandate for all short-term rentals, but its Bed and Breakfast conditions…

Richland County does not require the host to be physically present during a stay, but Sec. 16-82 requires a responsible…

Rock Hill, South Carolina bars a short-term rental from renting separate rooms to different guest groups at the same…

Simpsonville draws a sharp line: "hosted" rentals where the owner stays on-site during the guest's stay are permitted…

York County only permits short-term rentals in a dwelling that serves as the owner's primary residence, under §…

Charleston County does not impose a blanket primary-residence-only rule. A Limited Home Rental must be owner-occupied…

For a Bed and Breakfast in a residential zoning district, the County Zoning Ordinance requires the property owner to…

No. Simpsonville does not require an STR to be the owner's primary residence. The ordinance is written for "unhosted"…

Neither the unincorporated county nor state law limits STRs to a host's primary residence. State law does exempt small…

York County treats short-term rental stays of 30 days or more as long-term occupancy, not short-term rental use, under…

Beaufort County's Community Development Department Director can administratively revoke a Short-Term Rental Property…

Charleston bars anyone whose short-term rental permit was revoked in the previous 24 months from getting a new one…

Columbia runs a points-based strike system against STR permits: one point for a first violation, five for each repeat…