S.C. Code § 57-25-20
Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 57, Chapter 25 — Outdoor Advertising · Status: effective
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- S.C. Code § 57-25-20, Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1591766
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(A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene or indecent words, photographs, or depictions.
(B) Obscene words, photographs, or depictions must be defined and interpreted as provided in Section 16-15-305(B), (C), (D), and (E).
(C) A billboard is indecent when:
(1) taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body; and
(2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.