# South Carolina — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For South Carolina, time to count as abandoned on private property is more than seven days; statutory citation is S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5810, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** South Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** more than seven days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5810 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 56-5-5810. Definitions. For the purposes of this article and Article 39: (a) "Officer" means any state, county, or municipal law enforcement officer, including county and municipal code enforcement and sanitation officers. (b) "Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle required to be registered in this State if operated on a public highway in this State that is left unattended on a highway for more than forty-eight hours, or a vehicle that has remained on private or other public property for a period of more than seven days without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property.

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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