Complaints or orders issued by the Building Official shall be served upon persons either personally or by registered mail. If the whereabouts of such persons is unknown and cannot be ascertained by the Building Official in the exercise of reasonable diligence, and the Building Official shall make an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of such complaint or order upon such persons may be made by publishing it once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed and published in Charleston County and circulated in the city. In addition, a copy of such complaint or order shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises affected by the complaint or order. A copy of such complaint or order shall also be filed with the Charleston County Clerk of Court in which the dwelling is located, and such filing of the complaint or order shall have the same force and effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, deface or otherwise tamper with any posted complaint or order.
(S.C. Code § 31-15-60) (Ord. 35-19, passed 1-14-20)