South Carolina § 5-27-310 - Authorization for assessment.
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§ 5-27-310. Authorization for assessment.
Any incorporated city or town of this State may provide by ordinance for the payment of the cost of the permanent improvements of its streets and sidewalks by levying upon the owners of property immediately abutting on the streets and sidewalks or parts of either so improved an assessment in proportion to the frontage only of such property on such streets or sidewalks or parts of either so improved of not exceeding in the aggregate one half of the cost of such improvements.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-1341; 1952 Code SECTION 47-1341; 1942 Code SECTION 7374; 1932 Code SECTION 7374; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4506; 1915 (29) 250; 1919 (31) 140.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-27-310 ("Authorization for assessment.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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