(a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules or regulations, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. They are enforceable against the tenant only if:
(1) their purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;
(2) they are reasonably related to the purpose for which they are adopted;
(3) they apply to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner;
(4) they are sufficiently explicit in their prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform him of what he must or must not do to comply;
(5) they are not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord;
(6) the tenant has notice of them at the time he enters into the rental agreement, or when they are adopted.
(b) Rules or regulations adopted after a tenant enters into a rental agreement are not valid as to such tenant if the rules or regulations substantially modify the tenant's bargain and after receiving notice upon adoption of his right to object, the tenant objects in writing to the landlord within thirty days after promulgation.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 336, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 40 - Residential Landlord And Tenant Act
Section 27-40-10. Short title.
Section 27-40-20. Purposes; rules of construction.
Section 27-40-30. Supplementary rules of law applicable.
Section 27-40-40. Construction against implicit repeal.
Section 27-40-50. Administration of remedies; enforcement.
Section 27-40-60. Settlement of disputed claim or right.
Section 27-40-110. Territorial application.
Section 27-40-120. Exclusions from application of chapter.
Section 27-40-130. Jurisdiction and service of process.
Section 27-40-210. General definitions.
Section 27-40-220. Obligation of good faith.
Section 27-40-230. Unconscionability.
Section 27-40-310. Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Section 27-40-320. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
Section 27-40-330. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
Section 27-40-340. Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden.
Section 27-40-410. Security deposits; prepaid rent.
Section 27-40-420. Disclosure.
Section 27-40-430. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
Section 27-40-440. Landlord to maintain premises.
Section 27-40-450. Limitation of liability.
Section 27-40-510. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
Section 27-40-520. Rules and regulations.
Section 27-40-540. Tenant to use and occupy.
Section 27-40-610. Noncompliance by landlord in general.
Section 27-40-620. Failure to deliver possession.
Section 27-40-630. Wrongful failure to provide essential services.
Section 27-40-640. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
Section 27-40-650. Fire or casualty damage.
Section 27-40-660. Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster or exclusion.
Section 27-40-720. Noncompliance affecting health and safety.
Section 27-40-730. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment.
Section 27-40-740. Landlord's lien; distress proceeding.
Section 27-40-750. Remedy after termination.
Section 27-40-760. Recovery of possession limited.
Section 27-40-770. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies.
Section 27-40-780. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
Section 27-40-790. Payment of rent into court.
Section 27-40-800. Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution.
Section 27-40-910. Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
Section 27-40-920. Conflict with Title 27.