2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses
Chapter 5 - Safety Regulations
Section 45-5-40. Stairways.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 45-5-40 (2019)

All hotels constructed in this State after March 6, 1920 over two stories in height and over one hundred feet in length shall be constructed so that there shall be at least two stairs for the use of guests leading from the ground floor to the uppermost story and for larger buildings such number as the State Fire Marshal of South Carolina shall designate.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 35-112; 1952 Code Section 35-112; 1942 Code Section 5100; 1932 Code Section 5100; Civ. C. '22 Section 2369; 1920 (31) 860; 1960 (51) 1646.

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