South Carolina § 3-1-40 Property on military base used for military housing exempt from property tax.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 3-1-40 — Property on military base used for military housing exempt from property tax.

South Carolina § 3-1-40

Title 3UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AGREEMENTS AND RELATIONS WITH

Ch. 1CONSENT TO ACQUISITION OF LANDS BY UNITED STATES GENERALLY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 3-1-40 (2026).

Text

There is exempt from ad valorem taxation any real property, and improvements thereon, located within a military base or installation that is used or owned by the United States Armed Forces and is used as military housing for military-affiliated personnel and their families. Military housing includes ancillary facilities that support the military housing. This exemption continues to apply if the real property is improved, maintained, or leased to a party that would otherwise subject the real property to tax, so long as there is a contractual agreement by and between a branch of the United States Armed Forces and the lessee which requires the lessee to use the property for military housing.

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There is exempt from ad valorem taxation any real property, and improvements thereon, located within a military base or installation that is used or owned by the United States Armed Forces and is used as military housing for military-affiliated personnel and their families. Military housing includes ancillary facilities that support the military housing. This exemption continues to apply if the real property is improved, maintained, or leased to a party that would otherwise subject the real property to tax, so long as there is a contractual agreement by and between a branch of the United States Armed Forces and the lessee which requires the lessee to use the property for military housing.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 289 (S.825), Pt II, SECTION 2.A, eff June 23, 2014. Editor's Note 2014 Act No. 289, SECTION 2.B, provides as follows: "B. This section takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for property tax years beginning after 2013." ARTICLE 3 Lands Needed for Customhouses, Courthouses, Post Offices, Arsenals and the Like