If you’ve been a South Carolina resident for any considerable amount of time, it probably comes as no surprise that our state has some eyebrow-raising laws.
So, we decided to do a little digging into some of the interesting components of the South Carolina Code of Laws to see what we could find.
Here are some of the laws we found most intriguing:
○ In South Carolina, it is unlawful for anyone under the age of 18 to play a pinball machine.
○ The South Carolina Code of Laws states that public schools must recognize the fourth Friday of every October as Frances Willard Day + prepare a suitable program for students. Never heard of Frances Willard? She was an educator, women’s suffrage activist + temperance advocate.
○ If you want to go dancing (when COVID isn’t a risk), plan for a day other than Sunday. In SC, dance halls cannot legally be open to the public on Sundays.
○ It is illegal to ride in a mobile home while it is being towed on a public South Carolina road.
○ Railroad companies can be held liable for damages caused by spooked horses in the event a hand or lever car is removed from the track and left within 50 yards of a public railroad crossing.
○ To legally operate in South Carolina, fortunetellers must have a license from the county they wish to operate in.
○ There’s an entire article in the SC Code of Laws on dueling (and yes, it’s illegal).
And while it’s a little unclear where these laws are written or if they are still law, we thought they were still worth mentioning.
○ It has been reported that in South Carolina it is unlawful to keep a horse in a bathtub.
○ There are also reports that it is (or once was) the law that when approaching a four-way or blind intersection, those in a non-horse driven vehicle must stop 100 feet from the intersection and discharge a firearm into the air to warn horse traffic.
