# South Carolina — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

For South Carolina, what the presumption does is the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided in SECTION 27-40-660 as a defense in any retaliatory action against him for possession; example of a protected activity is the tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; statute is S.C. Code § 27-40-910, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** South Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What the presumption does:** the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided in SECTION 27-40-660 as a defense in any retaliatory action against him for possession _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** the tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** S.C. Code § 27-40-910 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (b) If the landlord acts in violation of subsection (a), the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided in SECTION 27-40-660 as a defense in any retaliatory action against him for possession.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> (1) the tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; or

### Statute

> SECTION 27-40-910. Retaliatory conduct prohibited.

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).