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. - It is unlawful for a person to display, place, or...

Section 57-25-15. Highway signs. - The prohibition of Section 57-25-10 does not extend to a...

Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited. - (A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene...

Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee. - (A) Bus shelters, including those on which commercial advertisements are...

Section 57-25-40. Commercial advertisement benches; application by regional transit authority or public transit operator to install. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon...

Section 57-25-110. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control...

Section 57-25-120. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Interstate system" means that...

Section 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose. - The General Assembly finds that outdoor advertising is a legitimate...

Section 57-25-140. Signs permitted along interstate or federal-aid primary highways; customary use exception; removal of vegetation from right-of-ways. - (A) An outdoor advertising sign must not be erected or...

Section 57-25-145. Outdoor advertising signs for adult or sexually-oriented business; location restriction; continuation as nonconforming use; penalties. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-25-140 or another provision...

Section 57-25-150. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs; fees. - (A) The commission shall issue permits for the erection and...

Section 57-25-155. Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation...

Section 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - A person who erects or maintains an advertising device in...

Section 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way. - The commission may provide within the right-of-way for areas at...

Section 57-25-180. Advertising devices violating article declared illegal; removal; just compensation for existing devices; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (A) An outdoor advertising sign which violates the provisions of...

Section 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations. - The Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations consistent with Section...

Section 57-25-190. Compensation for removal of signs; relocation of signs affected by highway projects. - (A) The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift,...

Section 57-25-195. Department to confer with Federal Highway Administration; submission of plan to Administration; consultation with interested parties. - In order to comply with Section 131, Title 23, United...

Section 57-25-200. Agreements with other authorities as to control of advertising in areas adjacent to interstate and primary highway systems. - (A) Within the requirements of this article the commission may...

Section 57-25-210. Expenditures for removal dependent upon availability of federal funds and agreement with Secretary of Transportation. - The commission is not required to expend funds for the...

Section 57-25-220. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article abrogates or affects the provisions of...

Section 57-25-410. Definitions. - As used in this article: (a) "The highway" means that...

Section 57-25-420. Information required on signs. - On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays,...

Section 57-25-430. Permitted outdoor advertising signs. - (a) No outdoor advertising sign shall be erected or maintained...

Section 57-25-440. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue permits...

Section 57-25-450. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of...

Section 57-25-460. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (1) Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this...

Section 57-25-470. Compensation for removal of signs. - (a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire...

Section 57-25-480. Information signs within right-of-way. - The Department of Transportation may provide within the right-of-way for...

Section 57-25-490. Agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation. - In order to carry out the provisions of this article...

Section 57-25-500. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or...

Section 57-25-610. Definitions. - As used in this article: (a) "The Highway" means the...

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

Section 57-25-630. Information required on signs. - On or before January 1, 1970 all advertising signs, displays,...

Section 57-25-640. Permitted outdoor advertising signs. - (a) No outdoor advertising sign shall be erected or maintained...

Section 57-25-650. Permits for erection and maintenance of signs. - The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue permits...

Section 57-25-660. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device. - Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of...

Section 57-25-670. Advertising devices violating article declared public nuisances; removal; right of entry for purpose of removal. - (1) Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this...

Section 57-25-680. Compensation for removal of signs. - (a) The Department of Highways and Public Transportation may acquire...

Section 57-25-690. Information signs within right-of-way. - The Department of Transportation may provide within the right-of-way for...

Section 57-25-700. Markers; agencies shall cooperate with Department of Transportation. - In order to carry out the provisions of this article...

Section 57-25-710. Rule of construction. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or...

Section 57-25-800. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Agritourism-oriented facility" means a...

Section 57-25-810. Creation of program to provide directional signs leading to tourism and agritourism facilities; regulations. - In an effort to promote and assist South Carolina facilities...

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. - (A) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for the...

Section 57-25-830. Submission of application; costs, installation, and maintenance of signs. - (A) Qualified facilities which elect to participate in the directional...