South Carolina
What South Carolina law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-410 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | The Office of Wages and Child Labor at the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation handles payment of wages. South Carolina has no state minimum wage law and so no state overtime rule, which means the overtime itself is the federal claim above and the federal Wage and Hour Division is the office that enforces it.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Department of Consumer Affairs is a standalone consumer agency rather than a division of the attorney general's office, and it takes the complaint. South Carolina keeps its collection rules inside the Consumer Protection Code, so what a collector owes you here is largely the federal duty above with a state office behind it.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days and not the 180 you will read almost everywhere, because the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission exists — that agency is the whole of what triggers the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). Its own deadline is 180 days — but the Commission says something useful that most agencies do not: if more than 180 days have passed but fewer than 300, come anyway, because the federal charge is still live. Work back from the state date. Meet that one and the federal one takes care of itself.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | S.C. Code § 15-3-530(5) |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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