South Carolina: 3 working days before you dig.
SC811 (PUPS) · S.C. Code Ann. Title 58 ch. 36 (version effective 2026-05-22)
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
3 working days
Three to twelve full working days, day of notice excluded.
Tolerance zone
24" each side
Ticket good for
15 working days from the start date you put on the ticket
Worth knowing in South Carolina
Fifteen WORKING days is about three calendar weeks — longer than several states' fourteen calendar days, despite the smaller number.
Common questions about digging in South Carolina
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in South Carolina?
- 3 working days before you break ground, through SC811 (PUPS). Three to twelve full working days, day of notice excluded.
- How long is an 811 ticket good for in South Carolina?
- 15 working days from the start date you put on the ticket.
- What is the tolerance zone in South Carolina?
- 24" each side.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off S.C. Code Ann. Title 58 ch. 36 (version effective 2026-05-22), not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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