It shall be unlawful for any person, organization, society, association or corporation, or for any agent, member or representative thereof, directly or indirectly, to solicit property or financial assistance of any kind, to sell or offer to sell any article, tag, service emblem, advertisement, subscription or anything of value, on the plea of the representative that the sale or solicitation, or the proceeds thereof is for a charitable, educational, patriotic or philanthropic purpose, on the streets, in any office or business building, by house to house canvass or in any other way or private place, by telephone, personal solicitation, by mail, or in any other way, in the city, unless the person, organization, society, association or corporation shall have first been duly permitted as herein provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any society, association, or corporation that is organized exclusively for religious, educational, philanthropic, benevolent, fraternal, charitable or reformatory purposes, not operated for pecuniary profit where no part of the net earnings thereof inures to the benefit of any person, private shareholder or individual and where the solicitation of the organization shall be conducted among the members thereof by other members or officers thereof, voluntarily and without remuneration for the solicitation or where the solicitation may be in the form of collections or contributions at the regular exercises or services of any church, religious society, lodge, benevolent order or fraternity or similar organization.
State Law Reference:
Control of charitable solicitation, S.C. Code §§ 33-55-10 et seq.