PROOF OF CONCEPT — full quality-of-life profile for South Carolina, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the registrant's perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.

South Carolina — Registry Profile

Weighted burden index 59.7/100 · rank 13 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

Dimension	Rating	Detail	Statute
Registration length	🔴 restrictive	Registration is biannually for LIFE for all registrants, subject only to the narrow 23-3-462/463 petition process — lifetime	S.C. Code § 23-3-460 ✓
Removal / petition off	🔴 restrictive	Post-Act-221 petition exists but requires 15 yrs (Tier I) / 25 yrs (Tier II) plus treatment and no failure-to-register conviction; Tier III adults may NEVER petition (no removal path) — ⚑ needs human review	S.C. Code § 23-3-462 ✓
Individualized risk assessment	🔴 restrictive	No — risk assessment not used to assign tiers	n/a
In-person reporting frequency	🟠 moderate	Quarterly or biannually	23-3-460(A)(B)
Registration fee	🔴 restrictive	Yes — recurring $150/year fee (indigent/below-poverty registrants may be exempted); set by annual State Appropriations Act proviso, not a permanent code section	S.C. State Appropriations Act, Proviso 62.10 (annual) ✓
Residency restriction	🟠 moderate	1,000 ft from a school, daycare center, children's recreational facility, park, or public playground — but only for offenders convicted of enumerated offenses against minors (CSC with a minor 1st/2nd, assault w/ intent, kidnapping/trafficking of a person under 18), not all registrants — 1000 ft · local: preempted — § 23-3-535(E) bars local governments from expanding or contracting the 1,000-ft zone	S.C. Code § 23-3-535 ✓
Employment restriction	🟢 favorable	No employment restriction — review of the full SORA chapter (Title 23, ch. 3) found no job bar; the only location-based restriction is the § 23-3-535 residency rule	S.C. Code Title 23, ch. 3 ✓
Presence / loitering restriction	🟢 favorable	No presence/loitering ban — review of the full SORA chapter (Title 23, ch. 3) found no exclusion zone barring registrants from being present at or loitering near schools, parks, or playgrounds; the only location-based restriction is the § 23-3-535 residency rule	S.C. Code Title 23, ch. 3 ✓
Visitor registration trigger	🟠 moderate	Must register after 10 or more consecutive days in state	n/a
Internet identifiers required	🔴 restrictive	Yes — E-STOP Act requires reporting Internet accounts and Internet identifiers (email, username, screen name) at registration/reregistration (§ 23-3-555)	23-3-555d ✓
Civil commitment	🔴 restrictive	Yes — Sexually Violent Predator civil commitment law	44-48-10 – 44-48-170
Public website exposure	🔴 restrictive	Registry information is open to public inspection and must be made available on the Internet, with no tier carve-out (lowest tier public)	S.C. Code § 23-3-490 ✓
Halloween / holiday restriction	🟢 favorable	None — SORA (§ 23-3-400 et seq.) contains no Halloween or holiday-specific restriction on registrants	n/a ✓
Marked driver's license / ID	🟢 favorable	Not marked — no driver's license/ID branding requirement; DMV must only inform applicants in writing of the duty to register (§ 23-3-460(J))	S.C. Code § 23-3-460(J) ✓
Community notification (& who pays)	🔴 restrictive	Active notification — sheriff SHALL notify schools/day cares within one-half mile and MAY publish the full registry in a newspaper of general circulation; registrant does not pay (SLED may charge the requester a copy fee only)	S.C. Code § 23-3-490 ✓
Age of consent (context)	ℹ️ context	16 — with close-in-age exception (no conviction if actor is 18 or younger and partner is at least 14, consensual)	S.C. Code § 16-3-655 ✓

Source wiki page: South Carolina · compare with others via the index. Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.