A person must not rent or offer for occupancy a dwelling or dwelling unit to be occupied by children which has been posted and ordered remediated of lead-based hazards until the identified hazards have been remediated. If the presence of the lead-based hazard becomes known when the dwelling or dwelling unit is already rented to a family with children, the family of the children must not be evicted for that reason.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-1440
Restriction on rental; existing occupants
Known as the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (16 sections).
1979 Act No. 78, SECTION 14; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1123; 2005 Act No. 142, SECTION 1, eff June 7, 2005.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.