South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising
Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.

(A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene or indecent words, photographs, or depictions.
(B) Obscene words, photographs, or depictions must be defined and interpreted as provided in Section 16-15-305(B), (C), (D), and (E).
(C) A billboard is indecent when:
(1) taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body; and
(2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 519, Section 3.

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South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries

Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising

Section 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way.

Section 57-25-15. Highway signs.

Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.

Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee.

Section 57-25-40. Commercial advertisement benches; application by regional transit authority or public transit operator to install.

Section 57-25-110. Short title.

Section 57-25-120. Definitions.

Section 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose.

Section 57-25-140. Signs permitted along interstate or federal-aid primary highways; customary use exception; removal of vegetation from right-of-ways.

Section 57-25-145. Outdoor advertising signs for adult or sexually-oriented business; location restriction; continuation as nonconforming use; penalties.

Section 57-25-150. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs; fees.

Section 57-25-155. Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs.

Section 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.

Section 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way.

Section 57-25-180. Advertising devices violating article declared illegal; removal; just compensation for existing devices; right of entry for purpose of removal.

Section 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations.

Section 57-25-190. Compensation for removal of signs; relocation of signs affected by highway projects.

Section 57-25-195. Department to confer with Federal Highway Administration; submission of plan to Administration; consultation with interested parties.

Section 57-25-200. Agreements with other authorities as to control of advertising in areas adjacent to interstate and primary highway systems.

Section 57-25-210. Expenditures for removal dependent upon availability of federal funds and agreement with Secretary of Transportation.

Section 57-25-220. Rule of construction.

Section 57-25-410. Definitions.

Section 57-25-420. Information required on signs.

Section 57-25-430. Permitted outdoor advertising signs.

Section 57-25-440. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs.

Section 57-25-450. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.

Section 57-25-460. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal.

Section 57-25-470. Compensation for removal of signs.

Section 57-25-480. Information signs within right-of-way.

Section 57-25-490. Agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.

Section 57-25-500. Rule of construction.

Section 57-25-610. Definitions.

Section 57-25-620. Portion of United States Highway No. 123 designated as John C. Calhoun Memorial Highway.

Section 57-25-630. Information required on signs.

Section 57-25-640. Permitted outdoor advertising signs.

Section 57-25-650. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs.

Section 57-25-660. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.

Section 57-25-670. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal.

Section 57-25-680. Compensation for removal of signs.

Section 57-25-690. Information signs within right-of-way.

Section 57-25-700. Markers; agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation.

Section 57-25-710. Rule of construction.

Section 57-25-800. Definitions.

Section 57-25-810. Creation of program to provide directional signs leading to tourism and agritourism facilities; regulations.

Section 57-25-820. Department of Transportation responsibility for signs; coordination with other departments; criteria for selection of qualified agritourism facilities; approval of applications for signs.

Section 57-25-830. Submission of application; costs, installation, and maintenance of signs.