South Carolina Code of Laws Title 27 Chapter 40 — Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
46 sections of S.C. Code Ann. Title 27, Chapter 40, "RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT". Source: South Carolina Legislative Services Agency, scstatehouse.gov. The host labels this version of the Code "not official" and "current through the 2025 Session".
Provisions (46)
§ 27-40-10
Short title
§ 27-40-110
Territorial application
§ 27-40-120
Exclusions from application of chapter
§ 27-40-130
Jurisdiction and service of process
§ 27-40-20
Purposes; rules of construction
§ 27-40-210
General definitions
§ 27-40-220
Obligation of good faith
§ 27-40-230
Unconscionability
§ 27-40-240
Notice
§ 27-40-30
Supplementary rules of law applicable
§ 27-40-310
Terms and conditions of rental agreement
§ 27-40-320
Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement
§ 27-40-330
Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
§ 27-40-340
Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden
§ 27-40-40
Construction against implicit repeal
§ 27-40-410
Security deposits; prepaid rent
§ 27-40-420
Disclosure
§ 27-40-430
Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit
§ 27-40-440
Landlord to maintain premises
§ 27-40-450
Limitation of liability
§ 27-40-50
Administration of remedies; enforcement
§ 27-40-510
Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
§ 27-40-520
Rules and regulations
§ 27-40-530
Access
§ 27-40-540
Tenant to use and occupy
§ 27-40-60
Settlement of disputed claim or right
§ 27-40-610
Noncompliance by landlord in general
§ 27-40-620
Failure to deliver possession
§ 27-40-630
Wrongful failure to provide essential services
§ 27-40-640
Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent
§ 27-40-650
Fire or casualty damage
§ 27-40-660
Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster or exclusion
§ 27-40-710
Noncompliance with rental agreement; failure to pay rent; removal of evicted tenant's personal property
§ 27-40-720
Noncompliance affecting health and safety
§ 27-40-730
Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
§ 27-40-740
Landlord's lien; distress proceeding
§ 27-40-750
Remedy after termination
§ 27-40-760
Recovery of possession limited
§ 27-40-770
Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
§ 27-40-780
Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
§ 27-40-790
Payment of rent into court
§ 27-40-800
Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution
§ 27-40-910
Retaliatory conduct prohibited
§ 27-40-920
Conflict with Title 27
§ 27-40-930
Severability
§ 27-40-940