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§ 5-3-10 — Power to extend corporate limits.

South Carolina § 5-3-10
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 5MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Ch. 3CHANGE OF CORPORATE LIMITS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-10 (2026).

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Any city or town council may extend the corporate limits of the municipality in the manner set forth in this chapter.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-11; 1952 Code SECTION 47-11; 1942 Code SECTION 7230; 1932 Code SECTION 7230; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4385; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 2991; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 1997; 1896 (22) 82; 1897 (22) 459; 1901 (23) 658; 1948 (45) 1974; 2000 Act No. 250, SECTION 3.

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§ 5-3-10
Power to extend corporate limits.
§ 5-3-100
Alternate method when entire area owned by annexing municipality or county.
§ 5-3-110
Annexation of right-of-way area of street lying beyond but abutting on corporate limits.
§ 5-3-115
Annexation of property within a multicounty park.
§ 5-3-120
Alternate method when entire area proposed to be annexed owned by corporation.
§ 5-3-130
Alternate method when entire area proposed to be annexed owned by school district.
§ 5-3-140
Alternate method when entire area proposed to be annexed owned by Federal or State Government.
§ 5-3-15
Municipality may not annex certain property.
§ 5-3-150
Alternate methods where petition signed by all or seventy-five percent of landowners.
§ 5-3-155
Rules for annexation of certain properties by municipalities.
§ 5-3-20
Municipality may not annex real property owned by professional sports team.
§ 5-3-210
Subsequent election after defeat of annexation election.
§ 5-3-235
Assessed value of any single freeholder's real property not to exceed twenty-five percent of assessed value of existing municipality; exceptions.
§ 5-3-240
"Freeholder" defined for purposes of pertinent provisions.
§ 5-3-250
Extension of corporate limits to include cemeteries.
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