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South Carolina

Not yet retrieved. Occupancy is listed. An ALPR-named highway form is not. Empty is honest. Do not fill it in from another state.

Not yet retrieved

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Highway system: State highway system: a statewide system of connecting highways constructed to SCDOT standards and maintained by the department, classified as interstate, state highway primary, and state highway secondary (S.C. Code § 57-5-10).
Owner: South Carolina Department of Transportation (S.C. Code Title 57, Chapter 3; state highway system § 57-5-10).
Right-of-way: not packed as a statutory definition. SCDOT’s Encroachment Permits page treats the land as “SCDOT maintained Rights-Of-Way.” A Title 57 statutory definition of right-of-way was not packed. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
Public records: South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (S.C. Code § 30-4-10 et seq.; inspection § 30-4-30). Who may request: A person has a right to inspect, copy, or receive an electronic transmission of any public record, except as provided in § 30-4-40 or other law. The right does not extend to individuals serving a sentence of imprisonment in a state, county, or federal correctional facility (§ 30-4-30(A)(1)).
Open meetings: South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (open meetings) (S.C. Code § 30-4-60)
ALPR statute: No enacted South Carolina ALPR statute was retrieved. Compiled S.C. Code Title 23, Chapter 1 has no § 23-1-235 (sections skip 23-1-230 to 23-1-240). Title 57, Chapter 3 has no § 57-3-786 (the 780s end at § 57-3-785). H. 4013 (introduced 13 Feb 2025; House Education and Public Works; currently residing in the House), S. 447 (introduced 12 Mar 2025; Senate Judiciary favorable 9 Apr 2026; currently residing in the Senate), and H. 3155 (introduced 14 Jan 2025; House Judiciary) would add those sections. Bills are not packed as law. NYU Policing Project scorecard (alprscorecard.com) lists South Carolina as “No ALPR statute” — secondary confirmation of absence, not a packed finding that none exists later. NCSL’s 2022 table does not list South Carolina.
ROW permit: not packed as an ALPR instrument — SCDOT Encroachment Permit (EPPS / EPPS Next) does not name ALPR on the retrieved page. Who may apply: SCDOT: an Encroachment Permit is a request for permission to perform work (encroach) within SCDOT-maintained rights-of-way. No fee. Type list on the retrieved page includes bus shelter, communications, drainage, driveway (commercial / multiple-residential / single-residential / temporary), electric, environmental, gas, landscaping, fiber-optic broadband, municipality/locally funded, park-and-ride, railroad crossing, resurfacing, road connection, schools, sewer, signs, traffic calming, special-event traffic control, and water. None of those titles name ALPR or license-plate readers.. Generic encroachment is real. It is not packed as the ALPR instrument. flockfacts.net’s “SCDOT Statewide ALPR Permitting Moratorium & Right-of-Way Audit (2024)” is an unofficial lead citing a 11 Mar 2024 Post and Courier story; scdot.org (permits, newsroom, press, home) does not publish a moratorium or ALPR permit page. GIS Permit Tracking has an LPR field — not an EPPS type. Proposed § 57-3-786 in H. 4013 / S. 447 is not law. Do not import Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use.

https://www.scdot.org/business/permits.html

Install process in this state

No packed ALPR statute and no packed ALPR-named SCDOT form. The flockfacts moratorium is unofficial and was not found on scdot.org.

This is SCDOT state highway system under § 57-5-10, not Florida’s State Highway System. Do not import FAC 14-20.010, Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use.
South Carolina has no packed ALPR statute. Compiled Code has no § 23-1-235 and no § 57-3-786. H. 4013, S. 447, and H. 3155 are 2025–2026 bills, not law.
SCDOT requires an Encroachment Permit for work in SCDOT-maintained ROW. The retrieved EPPS Next type list does not name ALPR. Empty beats guessing “communications,” “signs,” or “municipality.”
A flockfacts.net ledger event titled “SCDOT Statewide ALPR Permitting Moratorium & Right-of-Way Audit (2024)” was not found as an SCDOT publication. Do not pack news or that unofficial title as the install spec.
FOIA still splits: clerk (votes and six-month minutes), purchasing (contract), police (policy). Do not invent a plate-data exemption.
Do not copy Johnson City, Tennessee contract terms, FDOT EOM 26-01, MnDOT OLPA, or UDOT Special Use into this pack.

Not retrieved

Where to ask

City or county clerk
Minutes (FOIA § 30-4-30(D)(1) makes the last six months available without a written request when the requester appears in person), resolutions, vote records
Purchasing / finance
Contract, amendments, invoices
Law-enforcement agency
Use policy if one exists
SCDOT Encroachment Permits / EPPS Next
Encroachment permit file if one exists — ALPR is not a named type on the retrieved page

SupportedEvidence

South Carolina has no enacted ALPR statute as of this hunt.

Supported as a none-found hunt (compiled Code; H. 4013 / S. 447 / H. 3155 are bills). NYU scorecard is secondary. Enactment after retrieval day is Unproven.

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UnprovenInference

SCDOT’s Encroachment Permit is the named instrument for placing ALPR in SCDOT right-of-way.

Retrieved EPPS Next page does not name ALPR. GIS LPR field is not an EPPS type. Proposed § 57-3-786 in H. 4013 / S. 447 is not law.

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UnprovenAssumption

SCDOT published a statewide ALPR permitting moratorium and right-of-way audit in 2024.

flockfacts.net titles the event from a 11 Mar 2024 Post and Courier story. scdot.org permits, newsroom, press, and home do not publish a moratorium or ALPR permit page. News is not SCDOT primary.

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Sources in this pack

S.C. Code Title 30, Chapter 4 — Freedom of Information Act primary
South Carolina Legislature (scstatehouse.gov) · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t30c004.php
S.C. Code § 57-5-10 — Composition of state highway system primary
South Carolina Legislature · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t57c005.php
S.C. Code § 57-3-10 — Department of Transportation, divisions primary
South Carolina Legislature · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t57c003.php
Encroachment Permits primary
South Carolina Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scdot.org/business/permits.html
EPPS Next. Type list does not name ALPR. No moratorium or ALPR permit page on this URL.
H. 4013, 126th Session (2025–2026) — Automated License Plate Readers (bill) primary
South Carolina Legislature · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4013.htm
Bill, not law. House Education and Public Works as of retrieval. Do not pack proposed §§ 23-1-235 / 57-3-786 as enacted.
S. 447, 126th Session (2025–2026) — License plate reader system (bill) primary
South Carolina Legislature · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/447.htm
Bill, not law. Senate Judiciary favorable 9 Apr 2026; currently residing in the Senate. Same proposed sections as H. 4013.
License Plate Reader Policy Scorecard — South Carolina listed “No ALPR statute” secondary
Policing Project at NYU School of Law · accessed 2026-09-01
https://alprscorecard.com/
Lead, not a statute. Documents none_found. Project page: https://www.policingproject.org/automated-license-plate-readers
Event ledger — “SCDOT Statewide ALPR Permitting Moratorium & Right-of-Way Audit (2024)” unofficial
flockfacts.net · accessed 2026-09-01
https://flockfacts.net/ledger?valence=GOVERNANCE_ACTION
Unofficial lead. Cites Post and Courier 11 Mar 2024. scdot.org did not publish a matching moratorium or ALPR permit page. Not packed.

What was checked

2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c001.php and t57c003.php (enacted Code, not bills)
Primary compiled Code. Title 23, Chapter 1 has no § 23-1-235 (23-1-230 then 23-1-240). Title 57, Chapter 3 has no § 57-3-786 (780s end at § 57-3-785). none_found as enacted.
2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4013.htm
H. 4013 retrieved. Introduced 13 Feb 2025; House Education and Public Works; currently residing in the House. Not enacted. Proposed §§ 23-1-235 and 57-3-786 not packed as law.
2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/447.htm
S. 447 retrieved. Introduced 12 Mar 2025; Senate Judiciary favorable 9 Apr 2026; currently residing in the Senate. Not enacted. Same proposed §§ 23-1-235 / 57-3-786. Companion/similar: H. 3155. Not packed as law.
2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3155.htm and billsearch.php?billnumbers=3155&session=126
H. 3155 retrieved. Introduced 14 Jan 2025; referred to House Judiciary. Not enacted. Similar to S. 447. Not packed as law.
2026-09-01
https://alprscorecard.com/ and https://www.policingproject.org/automated-license-plate-readers (NYU Policing Project scorecard)
Secondary lead. Scorecard lists South Carolina as “No ALPR statute” (SC is in the all-states list; not in the hasStatute map). Consistent with none_found. Not packed as a finding that none can exist later.
2026-09-01
NCSL Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes (updated 3 Feb 2022)
South Carolina not among the 16 listed states. Secondary. Consistent with none_found.
2026-09-01
https://www.scdot.org/business/permits.html
Primary SCDOT Encroachment Permit page (EPPS Next). Type list (bus shelter through water) does not name ALPR, LPR, license-plate readers, or cameras. Not packed as an ALPR instrument.
2026-09-01
https://www.scdot.org/ ; /inside/inside-communications-landing.html ; /inside/SCDOTPress.html — search for ALPR / license plate / moratorium / Flock
No SCDOT-published moratorium, ALPR permit page, or pause notice. Newsroom and press HTML had no ALPR/LPR/license-plate/moratorium/Flock hits. Not found as primary.
2026-09-01
https://flockfacts.net/ledger?valence=GOVERNANCE_ACTION — unofficial lead “SCDOT Statewide ALPR Permitting Moratorium & Right-of-Way Audit (2024)”
Unofficial. Ledger titles that event and cites Post and Courier 11 Mar 2024 (news: SCDOT spokeswoman attributed a halt to “ongoing litigation”; no scdot.org document linked). scdot.org did not publish a matching page. Hunt-logged; not packed.
2026-09-01
https://gis.scdot.org/hosting/rest/services/Hosted/Permit_Tracking/FeatureServer/0?f=pjson
SCDOT GIS Permit Tracking Points has field alias “(LPR) License Plate Readers” and a DPE Preliminary Sites coded value of the same. GIS attribute, not an EPPS type and not a published moratorium/ALPR permit page. Not packed as the ALPR instrument.
2026-09-01
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t30c004.php and t57c005.php and t57c003.php
Primary FOIA (§ 30-4-30; open meetings § 30-4-60), SCDOT, and state highway system (§ 57-5-10) packed.

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