{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-36-110","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 58-36-110","heading":"Exemption from notice requirements.","body":"This section is reserved, effective May 22, 2026, pursuant to 2025 Acts No. 65, SECTION 1.\nA person is exempt from the requirements of Section 58-36-60(A) when an excavation is performed under the following conditions:\n(1) by the owner of a single-family residential property on his own land when the excavation:\n(a) does not encroach on any operator's known right-of-way, easement, or permitted use;\n(b) is performed with nonmechanized equipment; and\n(c) is less than ten inches in depth;\n(2) tilling or plowing of soil when less than twelve inches in depth for agricultural purposes;\n(3) for excavation with nonmechanized equipment by an operator or an agent of an operator for the following purposes:\n(a) locating for a valid notification request, or for the minor repair, connecting or routine maintenance of an existing facility; or\n(b) underground probing to determine the extent of gas or water migration.\n(4) when the Department of Transportation, a local government, special purpose district, or public service district is carrying out maintenance activities within its designated right-of-way, which may include resurfacing, milling, emergency replacement of signs critical for maintaining safety, or the reshaping of shoulder and ditches to the original road profile.","path":["Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 36 Underground Facility Damage Prevention Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t58c036.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:57:14Z","sha256":"d675f8f4c40b8d463b79b4a1d20515ed37d73f9b7a02652e07d77e465b75ea8d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-36-100--2","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-36-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}