{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-1-22","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-1-22","heading":"Public policy for incorporation of publicly-owned property established.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares the following to be the public policy of the State of South Carolina:\n(1) publicly-owned property may be incorporated or annexed by a municipality as provided by the state's statutory law; however, publicly-owned property is for the benefit of all citizens of the State and is not the exclusive territory of any one municipality; and\n(2) incorporation or annexation of publicly-owned property does not confer or convey to a municipality control over the publicly-owned property that in any way:\n(a) interferes with the superior authority of the federal, state, or county government; or\n(b) prevents an area seeking to be incorporated from using the publicly- owned property to establish contiguity as provided in Section 5-1-30(A)(4).","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 1 Incorporation"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:22:24Z","sha256":"cb27f774734342d1505c1c4d1f151e8e5b477d244f0a7c37774d78c661ced140","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-1-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-1-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}