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South Carolina · Through 2026 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-250: Residential dwellings; unlawful occupants; permanent orders; restraints; costs

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  1. Title 27 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES
  2. CHAPTER 37 Ejectment Proceedings
  3. ARTICLE 3 Ejectment of Unlawful Occupants of a Residential Dwelling

When the court has, after a hearing on the petition, issued an order for relief to permanently exclude an unlawful occupant or occupants from the petitioner's property, it may additionally:

(1) permanently restrain the respondent from committing or threatening to commit any act of violence, molestation, stalking, assault, or disturbing the peace of the petitioner or the petitioner's property, including violence against a pet;

(2) permanently restrain the respondent from entering the petitioner's premises or dwelling unit or coming within a certain proximity of petitioner's premises or dwelling unit;

(3) permanently restrain the respondent from communicating with the petitioner in any manner or through any medium;

(4) permanently expel the respondent from occupying petitioner's premises or dwelling unit;

(5) permanently expel the respondent's personal property from petitioner's premises or dwelling unit;

(6) order the respondent to pay all costs of repair to the petitioner's premises or dwelling unit relating to damages caused by the respondent;

(7) order the respondent to pay all costs associated with service of any ex parte order authorized against the respondent; or

(8) order the respondent to pay court costs.

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