South Carolina Emergency Health and Safety Termination Notice
SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY HEALTH AND SAFETY TERMINATION NOTICE
Date: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [FULL NAME(S)]
Rental property: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, SOUTH CAROLINA ZIP]
From landlord or authorized agent: [FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS]
NOTICE OF TERMINATION
Your rental agreement for the property identified above is terminated under S.C. Code § 27-40-720(b), effective [DATE AND TIME], for the emergency health and safety noncompliance described below.
The tenant obligation at issue is S.C. Code § 27-40-510([SUBSECTION]), which requires [IDENTIFY THE APPLICABLE OBLIGATION]. The acts or omissions constituting the breach are [SPECIFIC FACTS, DATES, AND LOCATION]. These circumstances materially affected health and safety because [SPECIFIC HAZARD AND PERSONS EXPOSED].
The breach is outside the repair, replacement, or cleaning procedure in § 27-40-720(a) because [EXPLAIN]. The emergency required compliance by [DATE AND TIME] because [FACTS SHOWING URGENCY]. On [DATE AND TIME], the landlord requested that you [SPECIFIC ACTION REQUIRED] by [METHOD OF REQUEST]. You did not comply as promptly as these emergency conditions required; the continuing noncompliance is [SPECIFIC FACTS AND DATE OBSERVED].
Please vacate the property and return all access devices by [DATE AND TIME]. Contact [NAME, PHONE, EMAIL] to arrange return of possession and personal property. If you remain in possession after termination without the landlord's consent, the landlord may seek possession through a court action under S.C. Code § 27-40-770(c). This notice does not authorize a lockout or removal without court process.
Landlord or authorized agent signature: [________________________________]
Printed name and title: [________________________________]
DELIVERY RECORD
I delivered or mailed this notice on [DATE] at [TIME] by [DESCRIBE METHOD AND ADDRESS]. The person served or mailing receipt was [NAME OR RECEIPT IDENTIFIER]. Supporting proof is [DESCRIBE ATTACHMENT].
Person completing record: [________________________________]
Date signed: [__/__/____]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 29, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- S.C. Code § 27-40-510(2) (tenant safety and cleanliness obligation)
- S.C. Code § 27-40-720(b) (emergency termination)
- S.C. Code § 27-40-240(B) (notice delivery)
- S.C. Code § 27-40-660 (unlawful exclusion)
- S.C. Code § 27-40-770(c) (court action for possession after termination)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 29, 2026.
S.C. Code § 27-40-720(b) (checked October 29, 2026): "(b) If there is noncompliance by the tenant with SECTION 27-40-510 materially affecting health and safety other than as set forth in subsection (a) above, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions require in case of emergency, or within fourteen days after written notice by the landlord if it is not an emergency, specifying the breach and requesting that the tenant remedy within that period of time, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement."
S.C. Code § 27-40-510(2) (checked October 29, 2026): "keep the dwelling unit and that part of the premises that he uses reasonably safe and reasonably clean;"
S.C. Code § 27-40-240(B) (checked October 29, 2026): "Proof of mailing pursuant to this subsection constitutes notice without proof of receipt."
S.C. Code § 27-40-660 (checked October 29, 2026): "If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises, or wilfully diminishes services to tenant by interrupting or causing interruption of essential services, the tenant may recover possession or terminate the rental agreement and, in either case, recover an amount equal to three months' periodic rent or twice the actual damages sustained by him, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees."
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