Sell your RV park · South Carolina
Sell your South Carolina RV park or campground for cash.
Principal buyer, not a broker. Written offer under 7 days from complete financials, no lender, close in under 45 days from contract.
South Carolina and us
We haven’t owned a park in South Carolina yet.
Straight answer: our three parks were in North Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina is next door to both, and nothing about how we pay or close changes at the state line. Cash, no financing contingency, no re-trade on disclosed condition, under 45 days from contract to funded.
What we bring from the parks we have run: we have rebuilt roads, utilities and rental units, and built a park’s wastewater plan from scratch. In South Carolina, as everywhere, the septic system is usually the first thing we look at.
South Carolina rules that matter when you sell
5 things every South Carolina park seller should know.
Sourced to the state itself. These are the items that change your timeline, your closing costs, or what the buyer has to do the day after closing.
Deed recording fee: $1.85 per $500.
South Carolina doesn’t call it a transfer tax, but it is one: the deed recording fee has a state portion of $1.30 and a county portion of $0.55 for each $500 of value. The state page doesn’t say who pays, so settle it in your contract.
DHEC is gone. Septic now runs through SCDES.
South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control was abolished and the Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) was created effective July 1, 2024, with public health split into a separate Department of Public Health. The onsite wastewater regulation, R.61-56, is now published by SCDES. Old paperwork will say DHEC — that is normal.
Source: SCDES, State Register notice on the DHEC name change (2023 Act 60; 2026 Act 146); S.C. Regulation 61-56, Onsite Wastewater Systems (copy published by SCDES)
Campgrounds need bathhouses unless every site has sewer.
R.61-56 requires campgrounds to provide adequate toilet and bathing facilities, except where every campsite has its own sewer connection, and calls for one dump station per 100 campsites or fraction of 100. A buyer will check both against your site count.
Source: S.C. Regulation 61-56, Onsite Wastewater Systems (copy published by SCDES)
Over 1,500 gallons a day, it’s a “large” system.
R.61-56 draws the line at 1,500 gallons per day. Above it, a system is a large system, only a registered professional engineer may design it, and a large system with advanced treatment needs a separate land application permit under R.61-9. Know which side yours is on.
Source: S.C. Regulation 61-56, Onsite Wastewater Systems (copy published by SCDES)
Your septic permit stays with the system.
Under R.61-56, the construction and operation permit stays in effect for the life of the onsite system it authorizes. Find your copy. If you can’t, the permit file is what a buyer’s diligence will go looking for.
Source: S.C. Regulation 61-56, Onsite Wastewater Systems (copy published by SCDES)
Closing cost math
The deed tax, worked out.
On an example $1,000,000 sale, the deed recording fee is $1,000,000 ÷ $500 × $1.85 = $3,700 ($2,600 state, $1,100 county). The state page doesn’t say who pays — settle it in the purchase agreement.
Where we look
What we want in South Carolina.
Preferences, not data. If your park is somewhere else in the state, send it anyway.
The Upstate first — the closest part of the state to the mountain parks we have run — and the coast, where campground demand is year-round. Lake country in between is worth a call.
The buy box doesn’t change by state: 25 to 100 sites, $400,000 to $3,000,000, all cash, deferred maintenance fine. Here is how the process works when you sell your RV park to us — steps, paperwork, and how we price.
South Carolina questions
FAQ.
Does South Carolina have a transfer tax?
Yes, called the deed recording fee: $1.30 state plus $0.55 county per $500 of value, $1.85 in total.
Who permits septic systems for RV parks in South Carolina now?
SCDES, which replaced DHEC’s environmental side on July 1, 2024. The rule is R.61-56.
You haven’t owned a park in South Carolina. Why sell to you?
Because the deal terms don’t change at the state line: cash, no financing contingency, proof of funds before the site walk, no re-trade on disclosed condition, and under 45 days to close. If another buyer beats that, take their offer.
Sources
Every outside fact on this page comes from these pages, opened on November 14, 2026. Rules change; your closing attorney has the final word.
Contact
Send us a park.
Address, approximate site count, and whatever financials exist is enough to start. If there are no books, say so — that is common and it is not disqualifying.
Calls are answered by the principal. There is no analyst to get past.
- Direct (828) 367-6711
- Email Brian@waterfallparks.com
- Based in Hendersonville, North Carolina