South Carolina Short Term Rental Rules

Know the rules before you buy, list or manage a short term rental on the South Carolina coast. This Actor returns one clean, structured record per jurisdiction with the permit, fees, caps and waitlists, owner occupancy, occupancy limits, parking, taxes, renewal steps and recent rule changes, plus the official source links and the date each record was last checked.

Built and maintained by Keel & Charter.

What you get

12 jurisdictions around Charleston, the sea islands and the Grand Strand:

Area	County
City of Charleston	Charleston, Berkeley
Charleston County (unincorporated)	Charleston
Mount Pleasant	Charleston
Folly Beach	Charleston
Isle of Palms	Charleston
Sullivan's Island	Charleston
Kiawah Island	Charleston
Seabrook Island	Charleston
Edisto Beach	Colleton
North Charleston	Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley
Summerville	Dorchester, Berkeley, Charleston
Myrtle Beach and Horry County	Horry

Each record has:

• jurisdiction, jurisdictionId, state, county
• permitRequired (true or false) and permitType
• allowedZones, fees, caps, ownerOccupancy, occupancyLimits, parking
• taxes and taxTotalPercent (filled only when the source states a combined total; otherwise null so you never get a guessed number)
• registrationAndRenewal, recentChanges, hasPendingChanges
• sourceUrl (primary official source), sourceUrls (all sources), sourcesByTopic (sources for each topic)
• lastChecked (date the record was last verified against its sources)

Who it is for

• Investors screening a town before making an offer
• Property managers onboarding a new owner
• Hosts checking permit, renewal and tax steps
• Analysts, lenders and data teams who want rules as data, not as 40 PDF pages

Input

Field	What it does
jurisdictions	Names or ids to return, for example folly-beach or Mount Pleasant. Empty returns all.
county	Only jurisdictions in this county, for example Charleston.
keyword	Only records that mention a word, for example owner occupied.
onlyPendingChanges	Only places with a proposed or scheduled rule change.
includeSourcesByTopic	Add source links for each topic. On by default.
maxItems	Stop after this many records. 0 means no limit.

Example input:

{ "jurisdictions": ["folly-beach", "isle-of-palms"], "includeSourcesByTopic": true }

Example output

{
  "jurisdiction": "Isle of Palms",
  "county": "Charleston",
  "permitRequired": true,
  "taxTotalPercent": 14.0,
  "hasPendingChanges": false,
  "sourceUrl": "https://...",
  "lastChecked": "2026-10-25"
}

A full sample is in the Output tab of every run.

Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription and no separate compute charge:

Event	Price
Jurisdiction record	$0.02 per record
Actor start	$0.00005 per run

Example: all 12 jurisdictions in one run cost $0.24.

Pricing may change; any change follows Apify's notice rules.

How the data is built

Every field is compiled from official public sources: town, city and county codes of ordinances, short term rental program pages, and South Carolina Department of Revenue pages. No personal data is collected. Where a value could not be confirmed it says unknown rather than guessing. Rules change, so always confirm with the linked source before you rely on a record for a purchase or a permit.

Not legal advice

This dataset is a research aid, not legal or tax advice. The official source linked in each record governs.

Feedback

Spot a change or want another town covered? Open an issue on the Issues tab and Keel & Charter will take a look.

FAQ

Which towns are covered? Charleston, Charleston County, Mount Pleasant, Folly Beach, Isle of Palms, Sullivan's Island, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, Edisto Beach, North Charleston, Summerville, and Myrtle Beach with Horry County.

How fresh is the data? Every record carries lastChecked. Sources are rechecked monthly and the Actor is rebuilt after each check.

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