{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-25-155","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-155","heading":"Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation must issue permits for existing signs and outdoor advertising signs on highways in the interstate system or federal-aid primary system in this State that are nonconforming only because a permit was not obtained prior to erection of the sign. The department may not require removal of conforming signs and outdoor advertising signs as a prerequisite to issuing a permit for such signs that would otherwise qualify for a permit.","path":["Title 57 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES","CHAPTER 25 Outdoor Advertising","ARTICLE 3 Highway Advertising Control Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t57c025.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:55:24Z","sha256":"9be4852afcf461ab84461e043c67ef3ffc82e35f2cb4733725810459ed2c4fa9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-25-150","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-57-25-160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}