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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
Chapter 53 - POISONS, DRUGS AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 44-53-1440 - Restriction on rental; existing occupants.
SC Code § 44-53-1440 (2012) What's This?
A person must not rent or offer for occupancy a dwelling or dwelling unit to be occupied by children which has been posted and ordered remediated of lead-based hazards until the identified hazards have been remediated. If the presence of the lead-based hazard becomes known when the dwelling or dwelling unit is already rented to a family with children, the family of the children must not be evicted for that reason.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 14; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1123; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
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