Landlord notice deadlines — South Carolina
In South Carolina, the checked deadlines on this page cover: pay or quit, ending a tenancy, raising the rent. Each figure carries its statute and the stamp Rules checked October 2026. Run your exact dates through the checker — the period is only half the answer; the counting rule is the other half.
| Pay or quit | 5 calendar days — the tenant may pay and cure (S.C. Code § 27-40-710). 5-day notice: if rent is unpaid when due and not paid within 5 days of the due date, the landlord may terminate — after first giving written notice of nonpayment and intent to terminate. That written-notice duty is satisfied by conspicuous bold lease language in the statute's words ('IF YOU DO NOT PAY YOUR RENT ON TIME... You will get no other notice as long as you live in this rental unit'); with that clause in the lease, no further written notice is needed. Paying within the 5 days defeats termination. |
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| End a tenancy | 30 days — month-to-month (S.C. Code § 27-40-770). At least 30 days' written notice. 7 days — week-to-week (S.C. Code § 27-40-770). 7 days' written notice. |
| Raise the rent | 30 days (S.C. Code § 27-40-770). No cap, and local caps are barred. 30 days' written notice for a change in a month-to-month tenancy. |
| How days are counted | No South Carolina counting rule (weekend/holiday treatment) was verified from a primary source for this dataset. |
| Allowed service methods | personal delivery conspicuous posting at the property |
| Just cause | No statewide just-cause requirement. |
| Sources checked | https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2012/title-27/chapter-40/section-27-40-710/ https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2013/title-27/chapter-40/section-27-40-910/ |
Local rules sit on top of state law in many places — city just-cause lists, rent boards, and prescribed local forms. A state deadline is the floor of the analysis, never a promise that no local rule adds to it.
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