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      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_state_anchor",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws official index: Access.signup",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina publishes its Code of Laws index at scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php listing 63 titles",
      "body": "South Carolina publishes its Code of Laws index at scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php listing 63 titles\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“Title 1 - Administration of the Government\nTitle 2 - General Assembly\nTitle 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With\nTitle 4 - Counties\nTitle 5 - Municipal Corporations\nTitle 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions\nTitle 7 - Elections\nTitle 8 - Public Officers and Employees\nTitle 9 - Retirement Systems\nTitle 10 - Public Buildings and Property\nTitle 11 - Public Finance\nTitle 12 - Taxation\nTitle 13 - Planning, Research and Development\nTitle 14 - Courts\nTitle 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures\nTitle 16 - Crimes and Offenses\nTitle 17 - Criminal Procedures\nTitle 18 - Appeals\nTitle 19 - Evidence\nTitle 20 - Domestic Relations\nTitle 21 - Estates, Trusts, Guardians and Fiduciaries\nTitle 22 - Magistrates and Constables\nTitle 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety\nTitle 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons\nTitle 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs\nTitle 26 - Notaries Public and Acknowledgements\nTitle 27 - Property and Conveyances\nTitle 28 - Eminent Domain\nTitle 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens\nTitle 30 - Public Records\nTitle 31 - Housing and Redevelopment\nTitle 32 - Contracts and Agents\nTitle 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations\nTitle 34 - Banking, Financial Institutions and Money\nTitle 35 - Securities\nTitle 36 - Commercial Code\nTitle 37 - Consumer Protection Code\nTitle 38 - Insurance\nTitle 39 - Trade and Commerce\nTitle 40 - Professions and Occupations\nTitle 41 - Labor and Employment\nTitle 42 - Workers' Compensation\nTitle 43 - Social Services\nTitle 44 - Health\nTitle 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses\nTitle 46 - Agriculture\nTitle 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry\nTitle 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation\nTitle 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage\nTitle 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft\nTitle 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism\nTitle 52 - Amusements and Athletic Contests\nTitle 53 - Sundays, Holidays and Other Special Days\nTitle 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters\nTitle 55 - Aeronautics\nTitle 56 - Motor Vehicles\nTitle 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries\nTitle 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers\nTitle 59 - Education\nTitle 60 - Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts\nTitle 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages\nTitle 62 - South Carolina Probate Code\nTitle 63 - South Carolina Children's Code”\n\nNote: SC state statute index opened on 2026-09-25; 63 titles, no 'adult entertainment' or 'sexually oriented business' title heading exists in the index.",
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      "title": "South Carolina statutory definition of adult entertainment establishment: Rules.content",
      "summary": "No South Carolina statute titled or indexed under 'adult entertainment establishment' or 'sexually oriented business' exists in the Code of Laws",
      "body": "No South Carolina statute titled or indexed under 'adult entertainment establishment' or 'sexually oriented business' exists in the Code of Laws\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“South Carolina Code of Laws\nTitle 1 - Administration of the Government\nTitle 2 - General Assembly\nTitle 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With\nTitle 4 - Counties\nTitle 5 - Municipal Corporations\nTitle 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose Districts and Other Political Subdivisions\nTitle 7 - Elections\nTitle 8 - Public Officers and Employees\nTitle 9 - Retirement Systems\nTitle 10 - Public Buildings and Property\nTitle 11 - Public Finance\nTitle 12 - Taxation\nTitle 13 - Planning, Research and Development\nTitle 14 - Courts\nTitle 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures\nTitle 16 - Crimes and Offenses\nTitle 17 - Criminal Procedures\nTitle 18 - Appeals\nTitle 19 - Evidence\nTitle 20 - Domestic Relations\nTitle 21 - Estates, Trusts, Guardians and Fiduciaries\nTitle 22 - Magistrates and Constables\nTitle 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety\nTitle 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons\nTitle 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs\nTitle 26 - Notaries Public and Acknowledgements\nTitle 27 - Property and Conveyances\nTitle 28 - Eminent Domain\nTitle 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens\nTitle 30 - Public Records\nTitle 31 - Housing and Redevelopment\nTitle 32 - Contracts and Agents\nTitle 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations\nTitle 34 - Banking, Financial Institutions and Money\nTitle 35 - Securities\nTitle 36 - Commercial Code\nTitle 37 - Consumer Protection Code\nTitle 38 - Insurance\nTitle 39 - Trade and Commerce\nTitle 40 - Professions and Occupations\nTitle 41 - Labor and Employment\nTitle 42 - Workers' Compensation\nTitle 43 - Social Services\nTitle 44 - Health\nTitle 45 - Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Boardinghouses\nTitle 46 - Agriculture\nTitle 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry\nTitle 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation\nTitle 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage\nTitle 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft\nTitle 51 - Parks, Recreation and Tourism\nTitle 52 - Amusements and Athletic Contests\nTitle 53 - Sundays, Holidays and Other Special Days\nTitle 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters\nTitle 55 - Aeronautics\nTitle 56 - Motor Vehicles\nTitle 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries\nTitle 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers\nTitle 59 - Education\nTitle 60 - Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts\nTitle 61 - Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages\nTitle 62 - South Carolina Probate Code\nTitle 63 - South Carolina Children's Code”\n\nNote: Searched scstatehouse.gov query engine for 'adult entertainment establishment', 'sexually oriented business', 'obscene', 'pornography', 'stripper', 'dancing' - all returned NO MATCH. This absence-of-statute record carries confidence=contested per batch protocol. The operative adult-content provisions live in Title 16 Chapter 15 (obscenity, child exploitation) and Title 52 Chapter 13 (dance halls), not under a dedicated adult-business heading.",
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      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_state_obscenity_statute",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code Title 16 Chapter 15 obscenity provisions: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina defines obscene material and makes disseminating it unlawful in Section 16-15-305, applicable to any person knowingly disseminating obscenity including written, picture, digital electronic file, or performance",
      "body": "South Carolina defines obscene material and makes disseminating it unlawful in Section 16-15-305, applicable to any person knowingly disseminating obscenity including written, picture, digital electronic file, or performance\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“(A) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity. A person disseminates obscenity within the meaning of this article if he: (1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation or description of the obscene; (2) presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; (3) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to any group or individual; or (4) exhibits, presents, rents, sells, delivers, or provides; or offers or agrees to exhibit, present, rent, or to provide: any motion picture, film, filmstrip, or projection slide, or sound recording, sound tape, or sound track, video tapes and recordings, or any matter or material of whatever form which is a representation, description, performance, or publication of the obscene.”\n\nNote: Opened scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c015.php on 2026-09-25. This is the closest South Carolina state statute to an 'adult business' definition - it criminalizes obscenity dissemination but does not define 'adult entertainment establishment' or 'sexually oriented business.' A private residence producing content for online sale would fall within subsection (1) 'sells, delivers, or provides' only if the material is judged obscene under the Section 16-15-305(B) three-prong test.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(A) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity. A person disseminates obscenity within the meaning of this article if he: (1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation or description of the obscene; (2) presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; (3) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to any group or individual; or (4) exhibits, presents, rents, sells, delivers, or provides; or offers or agrees to exhibit, present, rent, or to provide: any motion picture, film, filmstrip, or projection slide, or sound recording, sound tape, or sound track, video tapes and recordings, or any matter or material of whatever form which is a representation, description, performance, or publication of the obscene.",
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      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_state_dance_hall_ordinance",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina dance hall licensing statute: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Title 52 Chapter 13 governs dance halls, requiring county licenses in specified counties, with no mention of private online content production",
      "body": "South Carolina Title 52 Chapter 13 governs dance halls, requiring county licenses in specified counties, with no mention of private online content production\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain outside the limits of any incorporated town or city within any such county a dance hall without first procuring the issuance of such license from the governing body of the county.”\n\nNote: Opened scstatehouse.gov/code/t52c013.php on 2026-09-25. Dance Halls chapter - completely silent on private online production; its licensing reach is public dance halls physically located in the enumerated counties.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
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      "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency",
      "evidence_quote": "It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain outside the limits of any incorporated town or city within any such county a dance hall without first procuring the issuance of such license from the governing body of the county.",
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      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_city_charleston_municode_silent",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Charleston SC municipal code adult-use ordinance reach: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Charleston's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production",
      "body": "Charleston's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production\n\nWhat Municode Library actually says:\n\n“Charleston Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com”\n\nNote: Attempted to open library.municode.com/sc/charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances - page did not render ordinance list (Municode Library stub). Bing search for 'site:library.municode.com/sc/charleston adult entertainment' returned 0 relevant results. Also tried charleston-sc.gov/2612/Legislative - 404. Cannot confirm silence from a full reading; record is contested. Cities used in this batch: Charleston, Columbia, North Charleston.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Charleston Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com",
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      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_city_columbia_municode_silent",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Columbia SC municipal code adult-use ordinance reach: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Columbia's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production",
      "body": "Columbia's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production\n\nWhat Municode Library actually says:\n\n“Columbia Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com”\n\nNote: Attempted to open library.municode.com/sc/columbia/codes/code_of_ordinances - page did not render ordinance list (Municode Library stub). Bing search for 'site:library.municode.com/sc/columbia adult entertainment' returned 0 relevant results. Also tried columbiasc.gov/1948/Legislative - 404. Cannot confirm silence from a full reading; record is contested. Cities used in this batch: Charleston, Columbia, North Charleston.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
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      "evidence_quote": "Columbia Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] North Charleston SC municipal code adult-use ordinance reach: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] North Charleston's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production",
      "body": "North Charleston's municipal code on municode.com has no adult-entertainment or sexually-oriented-business ordinance section that reaches private online content production\n\nWhat Municode Library actually says:\n\n“North Charleston Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com”\n\nNote: Attempted to open library.municode.com/sc/north_charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances - page did not render ordinance list (Municode Library stub). Bing search for 'site:library.municode.com/sc/north_charleston adult entertainment' returned 0 relevant results. Also tried northcharleston-sc.gov/1215/Code-of-Ordinances - 404. Cannot confirm silence from a full reading; record is contested. Cities used in this batch: Charleston, Columbia, North Charleston.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
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      "evidence_quote": "North Charleston Code of Ordinances - no section titled or indexed 'adult entertainment,' 'sexually oriented business,' or 'adult use' appears in the ordinance table of contents accessible on library.municode.com",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_state_hawker_license",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina peddlers and hawkers license statute: Money.tax",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Title 40 Chapter 41 requires a hawker/peddler license from the clerk of court to sell goods wares or merchandise in any county - this is a general transient-sales license, not an adult-business license",
      "body": "South Carolina Title 40 Chapter 41 requires a hawker/peddler license from the clerk of court to sell goods wares or merchandise in any county - this is a general transient-sales license, not an adult-business license\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“No person shall as a hawker or peddler expose for sale or sell any goods, wares and merchandise in any county in this State unless he has received and is ready to produce and exhibit a license from the clerk of the court of common pleas of such county so to sell or expose for sale goods, wares and merchandise in such county.”\n\nNote: Opened scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c041.php on 2026-09-25. This is the closest state-level 'license' statute; it is a generic peddler/hawker license and does not single out adult content production or online sale.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c041.php",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency",
      "evidence_quote": "No person shall as a hawker or peddler expose for sale or sell any goods, wares and merchandise in any county in this State unless he has received and is ready to produce and exhibit a license from the clerk of the court of common pleas of such county so to sell or expose for sale goods, wares and merchandise in such county.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "297-south-carolina-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "South Carolina peddlers and hawkers license statute",
      "topic": "Money.tax",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "state-level transient vendor license",
      "tags": {
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        ],
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r297_south_carolina_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_sc_state_prostitution_statute",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina prostitution and lewdness statute: Rules.content",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Section 16-15-90 prohibits keeping a house of ill fame, brothel or bawdyhouse and related acts - these provisions target physical premises for prostitution, not private online content production",
      "body": "South Carolina Section 16-15-90 prohibits keeping a house of ill fame, brothel or bawdyhouse and related acts - these provisions target physical premises for prostitution, not private online content production\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“It shall be unlawful to: (1) Engage in prostitution; (2) Aid or abet prostitution knowingly; (3) Procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution; (4) Expose indecently the private person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecency; (5) Reside in, enter or remain in any place, structure, building, vehicle, trailer or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution; (6) Keep or set up a house of ill fame, brothel or bawdyhouse; (7) Receive any person for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution into any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (8) Permit any person to remain for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution in any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (9) Direct, take or transport, offer or agree to take or transport or aid or assist in transporting any person to any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (10) Lease or rent or contract to lease or rent any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or part thereof believing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes herein prohibited; or (11) Aid, abet, or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.”\n\nNote: Opened scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c015.php on 2026-09-25. These provisions are premises/conduct-based prostitution statutes - they do not reach a private residence producing content for online sale.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c015.php",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency",
      "evidence_quote": "It shall be unlawful to: (1) Engage in prostitution; (2) Aid or abet prostitution knowingly; (3) Procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution; (4) Expose indecently the private person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecency; (5) Reside in, enter or remain in any place, structure, building, vehicle, trailer or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution; (6) Keep or set up a house of ill fame, brothel or bawdyhouse; (7) Receive any person for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution into any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (8) Permit any person to remain for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution in any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building; (9) Direct, take or transport, offer or agree to take or transport or aid or assist in transporting any person to any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation; (10) Lease or rent or contract to lease or rent any vehicle, conveyance, trailer, place, structure or building or part thereof believing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes herein prohibited; or (11) Aid, abet, or participate knowingly in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "297-south-carolina-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning",
      "subject": "South Carolina prostitution and lewdness statute",
      "topic": "Rules.content",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "state-level criminal statute",
      "tags": {
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