Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about South Carolina, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about South Carolina
These are the figures where South Carolina differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Return deadline: 30 days after termination of the tenancy and delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, whichever is later — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Formation fee: $110 — the only jurisdiction of the 48 we have data for
- Cash surrender limit: $300,000 — one of only 2 of 48
- Authorized: no — one of only 4 of 50
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 25000
- Small estate scope: personal_only
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: no
- Statute or act: S.C. Code Title 26 Chapter 2 (‘Electronic Notaries Public’), 26-2-5 et seq., enacted 2019 Act No. 28, amended 2021 Act No. 85 (S.631)
- Effective date: 2021-05-18
- Conditions: Chapter 2 governs ELECTRONIC notarization only. Section 26-2-50 expressly requires the principal to ‘appear in person before the electronic notary public at the time of notarization.’ There is no statutory pathway for the signer to appear remotely by audio-video.
- Association name: South Carolina Life and Accident and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $300,000
- Annuity limit: $300,000
- Aggregate limit: $300,000
- Statute citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 38-29-40(3)(b) (Application of chapter; limitations), as rewritten by 2020 Act No. 121 § 1.A
- Free look days: not less than 10 days
- Trigger: delivery of the policy to the policyholder
- Extended windows: not less than 20 days if replacement of insurance is involved; not less than 31 days if the policy was solicited by a direct response insurer rather than through a licensed insurance agent
- Refund basis: the entire premium paid, returned immediately
- Grace period days: not less than 31 days
- Coverage during grace: the policy continues in full force; if a claim arises during the grace period the amount of any premium due or overdue may be deducted from any amount payable under the policy in settlement
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: Within 48 hours of separation or by the next regular payday, whichever is later – but in no case more than 30 days after separation
- Fired deadline: Within 48 hours of separation or by the next regular payday, whichever is later – but in no case more than 30 days after separation
- Statute citation: S.C. Code 41-10-50, 41-10-80
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none
- Salary history ban: No
- Contested: No
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Deposit cap: No statutory maximum
- Return deadline: 30 days after termination of the tenancy and delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, whichever is later
- Interest required: no
- Statute citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-410
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Formation fee: $110
- Annual report: none — no Secretary of State annual report for LLCs
- Publication requirement: none
- Statute citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-1204 (fees); S.C. Code Ann. tit. 33, ch. 44 (Uniform Limited Liability Company Act); § 33-44-809 (administrative dissolution)
- Five year total: at least $110
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: preferential
- Rate: 6% top marginal
- Preferential mechanism: deduction
- Tax year: 2025
- Statute citation: S.C. Code Ann. sec. 12-6-1150
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, South Carolina Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/south-carolina/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 40 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also South Carolina financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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