Nitrous oxide laws in South Carolina

SECTION 44-53-2520. Unlawful to sell or possess nitrous oxide; exemptions.
(A) Except as provided in subsection (E), it is unlawful for an individual or a retailer to sell, furnish, give, distribute, or provide nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products in this State.
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(C) A person may not possess, sell, market, or represent nitrous oxide for recreational inhalation.
(D)(1) It is unlawful for any person to sell, furnish, give, distribute, provide, deliver, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell a flavored nitrous oxide product in this State.
(2) A person engaged in the sale of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products made through the internet or other remote sales methods shall perform an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the individual during the ordering process that establishes the individual is eighteen years of age or older, and shall use a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that requires the signature of a person at least eighteen years of age purchasing for an exempted use before nitrous oxide or a nitrous oxide product will be released to the purchaser, unless the internet or other remote sales methods employ the following protections to ensure age verification:
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(E) Subsections (A) and (B) do not apply to the sale, distribution, or transfer of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products to an exempt entity or to an individual for the exempt entity's or individual's lawful purpose, provided the seller complies with Section 44-53-2530. An individual who is over the age of eighteen may have the following lawful purpose:
(1) for personal mechanical repair of automotive or recreational vehicles, provided the product was purchased from a licensed automotive business;
(2) for home culinary use, limited to nonrefillable cartridges of not more than 8 grams per cartridge; or
(3) for medical use, as prescribed by a medical doctor.
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(G)(1) A retailer must not sell to an individual purchasing for an excepted personal use more than a case per day. A case contains a maximum of twenty-four individual cartridges that contain 8 grams of nitrous oxide.
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HISTORY: 2026 Act No. 194 (S.751), SECTION 1, eff May 18, 2026.

SECTION 44-53-2520. Unlawful to sell or possess nitrous oxide; exemptions.
(A) Except as provided in subsection (E), it is unlawful for an individual or a retailer to sell, furnish, give, distribute, or provide nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products in this State.
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(C) A person may not possess, sell, market, or represent nitrous oxide for recreational inhalation.
(D)(1) It is unlawful for any person to sell, furnish, give, distribute, provide, deliver, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell a flavored nitrous oxide product in this State.
(2) A person engaged in the sale of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products made through the internet or other remote sales methods shall perform an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the individual during the ordering process that establishes the individual is eighteen years of age or older, and shall use a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that requires the signature of a person at least eighteen years of age purchasing for an exempted use before nitrous oxide or a nitrous oxide product will be released to the purchaser, unless the internet or other remote sales methods employ the following protections to ensure age verification:
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(E) Subsections (A) and (B) do not apply to the sale, distribution, or transfer of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products to an exempt entity or to an individual for the exempt entity's or individual's lawful purpose, provided the seller complies with Section 44-53-2530. An individual who is over the age of eighteen may have the following lawful purpose:
(1) for personal mechanical repair of automotive or recreational vehicles, provided the product was purchased from a licensed automotive business;
(2) for home culinary use, limited to nonrefillable cartridges of not more than 8 grams per cartridge; or
(3) for medical use, as prescribed by a medical doctor.
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(G)(1) A retailer must not sell to an individual purchasing for an excepted personal use more than a case per day. A case contains a maximum of twenty-four individual cartridges that contain 8 grams of nitrous oxide.
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HISTORY: 2026 Act No. 194 (S.751), SECTION 1, eff May 18, 2026.

SECTION 44-53-2520. Unlawful to sell or possess nitrous oxide; exemptions.
(A) Except as provided in subsection (E), it is unlawful for an individual or a retailer to sell, furnish, give, distribute, or provide nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products in this State.
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(C) A person may not possess, sell, market, or represent nitrous oxide for recreational inhalation.
(D)(1) It is unlawful for any person to sell, furnish, give, distribute, provide, deliver, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell a flavored nitrous oxide product in this State.
(2) A person engaged in the sale of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products made through the internet or other remote sales methods shall perform an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the individual during the ordering process that establishes the individual is eighteen years of age or older, and shall use a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that requires the signature of a person at least eighteen years of age purchasing for an exempted use before nitrous oxide or a nitrous oxide product will be released to the purchaser, unless the internet or other remote sales methods employ the following protections to ensure age verification:
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(E) Subsections (A) and (B) do not apply to the sale, distribution, or transfer of nitrous oxide or nitrous oxide products to an exempt entity or to an individual for the exempt entity's or individual's lawful purpose, provided the seller complies with Section 44-53-2530. An individual who is over the age of eighteen may have the following lawful purpose:
(1) for personal mechanical repair of automotive or recreational vehicles, provided the product was purchased from a licensed automotive business;
(2) for home culinary use, limited to nonrefillable cartridges of not more than 8 grams per cartridge; or
(3) for medical use, as prescribed by a medical doctor.
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(G)(1) A retailer must not sell to an individual purchasing for an excepted personal use more than a case per day. A case contains a maximum of twenty-four individual cartridges that contain 8 grams of nitrous oxide.
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HISTORY: 2026 Act No. 194 (S.751), SECTION 1, eff May 18, 2026.