Exemption from notice requirements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-36-110
in effectThis section is reserved, effective May 22, 2026, pursuant to 2025 Acts No. 65, SECTION 1. A person is exempt from the requirements of Section 58-36-60(A) when an excavation is performed under the following conditions: (1) by the owner of a single-family residential property on his own land when the excavation: (a) does not encroach on any operator's known right-of-way, easement, or permitted use; (b) is performed with nonmechanized equipment; and (c) is less than ten inches in depth; (2) tilling or plowing of soil when less than twelve inches in depth for agricultural purposes; (3) for excavation with nonmechanized equipment by an operator or an agent of an operator for the following purposes: (a) locating for a valid notification request, or for the minor repair, connecting or routine maintenance of an existing facility; or (b) underground probing to determine the extent of gas or water migration. (4) when the Department of Transportation, a local government, special purpose district, or public service district is carrying out maintenance activities within its designated right-of-way, which may include resurfacing, milling, emergency replacement of signs critical for maintaining safety, or the reshaping of shoulder and ditches to the original road profile.
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