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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 45-1-10. Hotels required to post rates. - Every transient hotel shall keep posted in a conspicuous place...
Section 45-1-20. Rights and remedies of innkeepers extended to keepers of boardinghouses. - Keepers of boardinghouses shall have the same rights and remedies...
Section 45-1-30. Sale of baggage or property left at hotel, inn, or boardinghouse at auction to satisfy debt or obligation. - At any time after the expiration of ten days after...
Section 45-1-40. Innkeeper's liability for loss of baggage, money, jewels, and other personal property. - "Innkeeper" as used in this section shall mean the proprietor...
Section 45-1-50. Defrauding keeper of hotel, motel, inn, boarding house, rooming house, campground, cafe, or restaurant. - (A) A person who: (1) obtains food, lodging or other...
Section 45-1-80. Use of open bin ice dispensers. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulations promulgated thereunder...
Section 45-1-90. Hotel and motel rooms and other accommodations to be equipped with certain security devices; exceptions; penalties; application. - (A) Wherever fees are charged in this State for any...
Chapter 2 - The Lodging Establishment Act
Section 45-2-10. Short title. - Sections 45-2-10 through 45-2-80 may be cited as the Lodging...
Section 45-2-20. Definitions. - For purposes of Sections 45-2-10 through 45-2-80: (1) "Innkeeper" means...
Section 45-2-30. Refusal or denial of accommodations, facilities or privileges; demonstration of ability to pay; minors; deduction from advance payment for value of lodging. - (A) An innkeeper may refuse or deny any accommodations, facilities,...
Section 45-2-35. Canines certified to work with law enforcement officers or fire service personnel permitted to stay overnight in certain places of public accommodation on official business; penalties for violations. - (A) Canines certified to work with law enforcement officers or...
Section 45-2-40. Violations committed by person on premises or property of lodging establishment; classification; penalties; fines. - (A) A person who on the premises or property of...
Section 45-2-50. Guest register; requirement; identification; form, duration of record; parent of minor. - The innkeeper of a lodging establishment shall keep for at...
Section 45-2-60. Ejection of person, grounds. - An innkeeper may eject a person from the lodging establishment...
Section 45-2-70. Posting of rules of establishment, statutes. - The innkeeper shall post a copy of this chapter, including...
Section 45-2-80. Other valid nondiscriminatory reasons for ejection or denial of accommodations. - Nothing in this chapter prohibits an innkeeper from denying accommodations...
Chapter 3 - Regulation By Municipalities
Section 45-3-10. General authority to enact rules and regulations. - All towns and cities in this State may provide by...
Section 45-3-20. Inspection; penalty for obstruction. - All such towns and cities may, by ordinance, provide for...
Section 45-3-30. Denial or revocation of licenses. - Such towns and cities may deny or revoke any license...
Section 45-3-40. Persons disobeying ordinances subject to penalties. - All persons shall carry out and obey all ordinances passed...
Chapter 4 - South Carolina Bed And Breakfast Act
Section 45-4-10. Short title. - This chapter shall be cited as the "South Carolina Bed...
Section 45-4-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (A) "Bed and breakfast" means...
Section 45-4-30. Food service; compliance with applicable regulations. - (A) A bed and breakfast with a residential kitchen may...
Section 45-4-40. Standards for food products; hygiene practices for innkeepers and employees; use of tobacco; food preparation areas and equipment. - (A) The standards provided in this section shall apply to...
Section 45-4-50. Water supply; potable water; sewage disposal; toilet facilities; ventilation; fixtures and supplies. - (A) Sufficient potable water for the needs of the bed...
Section 45-4-60. Fire safety provisions; compliance with codes; equipment and exits. - (A)(1) A bed and breakfast must provide a safe and...
Section 45-4-70. Swimming pools; standards for construction and operation. - If a bed and breakfast has a swimming pool which...
Section 45-4-80. Insurance coverage. - A bed and breakfast shall maintain appropriate commercial insurance, including...
Section 45-4-90. Exemption for tax on accommodations for transients. - The exemption from the tax provided in Section 12-36-920 shall...
Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations
Section 45-5-10. Definitions. - A "hotel" as used in this chapter is an inn...
Section 45-5-20. Applicability to private residences. - Nothing in this chapter shall apply to private residences at...
Section 45-5-30. Fire extinguishers required on each floor. - Every hotel shall provide each floor with one or more...
Section 45-5-40. Stairways. - All hotels constructed in this State after March 6, 1920...
Section 45-5-50. Fire escapes. - Every hotel in this State over two stories in height...
Section 45-5-60. Directions for reaching fire escapes. - In every hotel having fire escapes directions for reaching the...
Section 45-5-70. Exits from inside courts or light wells. - The proprietor, manager or other person in charge of every...
Section 45-5-80. Hotels not required to have fire sprinkler system; posting of notice; penalties. - (A) All hotels in this State that are not required...
Chapter 7 - Tourist Camps And Roadhouses
Section 45-7-10. License required. - No person shall maintain, operate or own any tourist camp...
Section 45-7-20. Application for license. - Application for a license to operate, maintain or own any...
Section 45-7-30. Issuance of license. - Upon the filing of such application such governing body shall...
Section 45-7-40. License fee. - The license fee to be charged and collected in connection...
Section 45-7-50. Revocation of license. - The governing body of any county wherein such a license...
Section 45-7-60. Governing body of county permitted to request from law-enforcing officers information pertinent to issuance or revocation of license. - In the issuing or revoking of licenses herein provided for,...
Section 45-7-70. Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of Section 45-7-10 shall be...
Chapter 9 - Equal Enjoyment And Privileges To Public Accommodations
Section 45-9-10. All persons entitled to equal enjoyment of and privileges to public accommodations; places of public accommodation; "supported by state action" defined. - (A) All persons shall be entitled to the full and...
Section 45-9-20. Exception for private establishments. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a...
Section 45-9-30. Deprivation of right to equal enjoyment of and privileges to public accommodations prohibited. - No person shall withhold, deny, or attempt to withhold or...
Section 45-9-40. Processing of complaints; review by State Human Affairs Commission; complaint by Attorney General. - Whenever the Attorney General receives a complaint and has cause...
Section 45-9-50. Hearing on complaint by Attorney General; notice of hearing. - A panel of not fewer than five commission members, designated...
Section 45-9-60. State Human Affairs Commission may establish rules of procedure for hearings; subpoenas; rights of persons charged; rules of evidence; scope of hearing; deliberations of panel; remedies for violation. - The commission may establish rules of procedure for the conduct...
Section 45-9-65. Liability of employer for acts of employee; conditions under which revocation of license not required for pattern or practice of discriminatory conduct. - No establishment or agent of an establishment shall be compelled...
Section 45-9-70. Right to intervene in action. - (A) Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to intervene...
Section 45-9-75. Final decision of panel; appeals. - The final decision or order of the panel must be...
Section 45-9-80. Attorney General to notify permitting, regulatory, or licensing authority of violations; immediate revocation of license or permit; enforcement of panel's decision; violators not to obtain license or permit for three years. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or ordinance to the...
Section 45-9-85. Penalty for violating confidentiality provisions. - Any person violating the confidentiality provision of Section 45-9-60 is...
Section 45-9-90. Penalty for violating provisions of Article 1. - A person violating the provisions of Article 1 is guilty...
Section 45-9-100. Action for damages by aggrieved party; minimum damages for violation. - Subject to the limitations in Section 45-9-110, a party aggrieved...
Section 45-9-110. Prerequisites to action for damages; conciliation. - An aggrieved party must file a charge alleging unlawful discrimination...
Section 45-9-120. Prerequisites to action for damages not to limit right to pursue license revocation or criminal penalties. - The limitations on the right to pursue a civil action...