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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Cayce, SC?

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City of Cayce - Building Services

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Cayce, SC, issued by City of Cayce - Building Services. Cayce's Building Services page states that "Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure ... shall first obtain the required building or mechanical permits." Apply through the "Apply for a Building Permit" online form linked from that page (City of Cayce Building Services, 1800 12th Street, 803-521-6859); request inspections through the "Schedule an Inspection" form on the same page. Those forms are hosted by the City on an online forms service and their fields were not readable in this research, so the application's questions are not described here. The City's FAQ lists "Roof Replacement" as work requiring a building permit and "Replace damaged shingles to small area of roof" as work not requiring one, without saying what counts as a small area; the City Code allows "Ordinary minor repairs" without a permit only "with the approval of the building official" (Section 10-32(c)). A property owner doing the work personally completes the City's Owner Acknowledgment Form. The FAQ states "All contractors and sub-contractors must have a current Business License before performing any work on job sites" and "Business Licenses must be obtained even if a permit is not required for work being performed", and state law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues a permit for work that requires one. Permit and reinspection fees are paid through the City's online payment form.

Roof code checklist: Cayce, SC

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYescityofcayce-sc.gov2026-09-30
Repair permit thresholdPublishedcityofcayce-sc.gov2026-09-30
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-09-30
Deck & sheathingPublishedR803library.municode.com2026-09-30
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNolibrary.municode.com2026-09-30
Wind design criteriaPublishedR301.2.1Lexington 15.pdf2026-09-30
Adopted codePublishedSec. 10-31library.municode.com2026-09-30
Contractor license / registrationYesscstatehouse.gov2026-09-30
Sales & use taxPublishedST575.pdf2026-09-30

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
City of Cayce, South Carolina
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1800 12th Street, Cayce, SC 29033
Contact
  • url: https://cityofcayce-sc.gov/building-services.php
  • phone: 803-521-6859
Permit portal
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Roofing is a named Residential Specialty Contractor classification of the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission: "Roofers: the installation, alteration and repair of materials common to the residential building industry that form a watertight, weather resistant surface for roofs and decks, including all accessories, flashing, valleys, gravel stops and roof insulation panels above the roof deck." A residential specialty contractor is one who contracts to do "construction work, repairs, improvement, or reimprovement which requires special skills and involves the use of specialized construction trades or craft, when the undertakings exceed five hundred dollars" (S.C. Code Section 40-59-20), and "all residential specialty contractors must be registered, by the commission" (Section 40-59-220(A)). When the cost of an undertaking for an individual property owner "exceeds five thousand dollars, the residential specialty contractor must obtain an executed bond" (Section 40-59-220(D)). A residential builder must be licensed (Section 40-59-220(A)). The permit office "shall refuse to issue a permit for an undertaking which requires licensure or registration under this chapter unless the applicant has furnished evidence that he is either licensed or registered in accordance with this chapter or exempt from the requirements of this chapter" (Section 40-59-280). Section 40-59-260 states that the chapter "does not apply to an owner of residential property who improves the property" where the owner "does the work himself, with his own employees, or with licensed contractors or registered entities or individuals" and the structure is for the owner's or family's own occupancy and not for sale or rent, and Section 40-59-270 states that the chapter "does not apply to a person licensed under Chapter 11" for that work. Section 40-59-240(C) adds that residential specialty contractors "are not exempt from complying with county and municipal business license ordinances or other regulatory ordinances."
  • city_level: The City sets no contractor licence, registration, bond or examination of its own in its building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, read in full); Section 10-2, which formerly pertained to bonds for contractors, was deleted by an ordinance adopted February 4, 1997. The City does require a business licence, which does not decide whether a state registration is required. Its Building Services FAQ states "All contractors and sub-contractors must have a current Business License before performing any work on job sites" and "Business Licenses must be obtained even if a permit is not required for work being performed", and the City's fee schedule lists a "Class 8.1 - Contractor" business licence rate of $50.00 minimum tax and $1.50 per $1,000 of income over $2,000, with non-resident rates applying. The same FAQ page tells roofers "Anyone engaging in residential work over $200 must obtain a SC LLR 'Specialty Contractors License'" and lists "Roofers" among the trades that "require a SC LLR 'Specialty Contractor' license"; the state statute quoted above, as amended in 2022 (Act No. 186), uses a threshold of five hundred dollars. An owner doing the work under the state exemption completes the City's Owner Acknowledgment Form, its Disclosure Statement, which says "You may not hire an unlicensed person as your residential builder or specialty contractor" and requires the owner to file a notice with the register of deeds.
Permit process note
Cayce's Building Services page states that "Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure ... shall first obtain the required building or mechanical permits." Apply through the "Apply for a Building Permit" online form linked from that page (City of Cayce Building Services, 1800 12th Street, 803-521-6859); request inspections through the "Schedule an Inspection" form on the same page. Those forms are hosted by the City on an online forms service and their fields were not readable in this research, so the application's questions are not described here. The City's FAQ lists "Roof Replacement" as work requiring a building permit and "Replace damaged shingles to small area of roof" as work not requiring one, without saying what counts as a small area; the City Code allows "Ordinary minor repairs" without a permit only "with the approval of the building official" (Section 10-32(c)). A property owner doing the work personally completes the City's Owner Acknowledgment Form. The FAQ states "All contractors and sub-contractors must have a current Business License before performing any work on job sites" and "Business Licenses must be obtained even if a permit is not required for work being performed", and state law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues a permit for work that requires one. Permit and reinspection fees are paid through the City's online payment form.
Adopted code
Cayce City Code Section 10-31 (most recently amended by Ord. No. 2022-16, 11-16-2022; the published codification is current through Ord. No. 2023-10, enacted June 21, 2023) adopts the "2021 South Carolina Residential Code", footnoted "The International Edition with South Carolina modifications", together with the 2021 South Carolina Building, Fire, Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Codes, the 2020 National Electrical Code, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code and the 2021 Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Chapter 1 (Scope and Administration) of the Residential Code is adopted with one amendment, which inserts "City of Cayce" in Section 101.1, and the section provides that "In the event of any conflict between such chapters, sections or provisions and other provisions of this section or any other section of the City Code, the City Code shall prevail." The City's Building Services page, read on September 30, 2026, before the January 1, 2027 date set for implementing the 2024 edition, states "The City of Cayce currently utilizes the following Codes: 2021 SC Building Code, 2021 SC Residential Code", and continues with the other 2021 South Carolina codes. At the state level, S.C. Code Section 6-9-10(A) requires every municipality to enforce the building codes the Building Codes Council adopts and provides that "The municipality or county shall enforce only the national building and safety codes provided in this chapter." The 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (S.C. Code of Regulations 8-1200 et seq.) is the mandatory state residential code for permits applied for before January 1, 2027, the date the Building Codes Council set for local jurisdictions to implement the 2024 edition with South Carolina modifications (State Register Vol. 50, Issue 5, May 22, 2026). The Council's list of local code modification requests names no roofing modification for Cayce. The one South Carolina change to the roofing chapter replaces the drip-edge section: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of asphalt shingle roofs where required by the manufacturer." (Reg. 8-1228, IRC Section R905.2.8.5.) The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, Sections 10-1 through 10-100, read in full) contains no roofing provision of its own.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Neither Cayce's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, including Section 10-31 adopting the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code) nor the South Carolina modifications to the 2021 International Residential Code amends the roofing chapter's impact provisions, and the Building Codes Council lists no roofing modification for the City; no UL 2218 or Class 4 impact requirement appears in the City's adopted code or its amendments.
Repair permit threshold
Cayce sets no dollar, area or percentage threshold below which roof work is exempt from a permit, and its fee schedule has no roofing line. The Building Services FAQ lists "Roof Replacement" under "Common Types of Work Requiring Building Permits" and lists "Replace damaged shingles to small area of roof" under "Common Types of Work Not Requiring Permit"; it does not say what counts as a small area. The FAQ adds that "Permits should be obtained for any work that includes alterations to the structure itself. Cosmetic type work generally will not require a permit." City Code Section 10-32(c) provides that "Any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change a residential building or structure or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit", and that "Ordinary minor repairs may be made with the approval of the building official without permit, provided that such repairs shall not violate any of the provision of this code." The permit and exemption section of the adopted residential code (Section R105) is adopted with no local amendment and is not restated here. The City's Planning and Development fee schedule (FY26-27) prices a residential building permit at a $28.00 minimum fee for "$2,999.99 and under", and for "$3,000 to $49,999.99" $28.00 for the first $3,000 plus $5.00 per $1,000 thereafter, with a plan review fee of 10% of the building permit; its residential inspection fees include "Failure to Obtain Inspection Approval" at $500.00 per inspection.
Wind design criteria
South Carolina's modification to IRC Section R301.2.1 (Reg. 8-1202) provides that "Buildings and portions thereof shall be constructed in accordance with the previously published maps by the South Carolina Building Codes Council", and that "The local building official may delineate the wind design category within their jurisdiction provided that it does not surpass those provided on the Applied Technology Council (ATC) website." The Council's Lexington County wind map, approved for the 2021 code cycle and based on the 2015 International Residential Code, is labelled "LEXINGTON COUNTY" and shows Cayce; it draws a single line labelled "115 MPH" south of the City, through Pine Ridge and on to the Congaree River, and prints no wind speed on either side of that line. The map states that the wind speed "applies at all points along the length of its corresponding (blue) line" and that "Interpolation between wind speed lines is determined by the AHJ as permitted by Figure R301.2(4A) of the 2015 International Residential Code." The City's fee schedule also lists Richland County properties; for an address in Richland County, the Council publishes a separate Richland County map. Confirm the design wind speed for the address with Building Services (803-521-6859). The City's adopting ordinance (Section 10-31) fills in no Table R301.2(1) values.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers maximum. The 2021 International Residential Code, Section R908.3.1.1 Roof recover not allowed, bars a roof recover "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering", as well as where the existing roof or covering is water soaked or deteriorated to the point it is not an adequate base, or is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. The South Carolina modifications to the 2021 IRC do not change the reroofing section, and Cayce's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, read in full) adopts the residential code with amendments only to its administrative chapter and adds no reroofing rule of its own, so the base rule applies unmodified. The published codification is current through Ord. No. 2023-10 (June 21, 2023); the City's posted council minutes for its regular and special meetings from June 21, 2023 through August 24, 2026 record no adopted ordinance amending Chapter 10.
Deck & sheathing requirements
Cayce applies the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code (the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications). Neither the City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, read in full) nor the South Carolina modifications amend the roof sheathing provisions (Section R803), so the base IRC provisions on roof sheathing apply unmodified.
Sales & use tax
7% in the City of Cayce: 6% state sales tax plus the 1% Lexington County school district tax (code 5320), per SCDOR form ST-575, South Carolina Sales Tax Rate by Municipality (Rev. 2/5/26), which lists Cayce, Lexington County, "SD (5320)", total tax rate 7%. South Carolina taxes the roofer, not the homeowner's contract: Reg. 117-314.2 provides that "Building materials when purchased by builders, contractors, or landowners for use in adding to, repairing or altering real property are subject to either the sales or use tax at the time of purchase by such builder, contractor, or landowner", and its list of building materials names "roofing materials". Repair and replacement work are treated alike.

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City of Cayce Building Services, part of the City's Planning and Development Department, takes applications for building permits and schedules building inspections for work inside the City of Cayce, South Carolina. Cayce lies in Lexington County; the City's fee schedule also lists Richland County properties, so confirm with Building Services that an address is inside the City limits before applying.

Hail reports near Cayce, SC

Reports, last 24 months
0
Largest, last 24 months
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Most recent
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Reports, last 5 years
26
5 most recent reports, last 5 years
DateHail sizeDistance
Feb 23, 20240.70 in7 mi W
Feb 23, 20240.50 in5 mi NNW
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Feb 23, 20240.50 in5 mi ENE
Feb 23, 20240.50 in9 mi W

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database and daily storm reports (reports since the start of the current year are preliminary), within 10 miles of Cayce, SC (Census point). Data through Sep 30, 2026. A report is an observation, not a damage record.

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Roofing questions: Cayce, SC

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Cayce, SC?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Cayce, SC. Cayce sets no dollar, area or percentage threshold below which roof work is exempt from a permit, and its fee schedule has no roofing line. The Building Services FAQ lists "Roof Replacement" under "Common Types of Work Requiring Building Permits" and lists "Replace damaged shingles to small area of roof" under "Common Types of Work Not Requiring Permit"; it does not say what counts as a small area. The FAQ adds that "Permits should be obtained for any work that includes alterations to the structure itself. Cosmetic type work generally will not require a permit." City Code Section 10-32(c) provides that "Any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change a residential building or structure or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit", and that "Ordinary minor repairs may be made with the approval of the building official without permit, provided that such repairs shall not violate any of the provision of this code." The permit and exemption section of the adopted residential code (Section R105) is adopted with no local amendment and is not restated here. The City's Planning and Development fee schedule (FY26-27) prices a residential building permit at a $28.00 minimum fee for "$2,999.99 and under", and for "$3,000 to $49,999.99" $28.00 for the first $3,000 plus $5.00 per $1,000 thereafter, with a plan review fee of 10% of the building permit; its residential inspection fees include "Failure to Obtain Inspection Approval" at $500.00 per inspection.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Cayce, SC?

Two layers maximum. The 2021 International Residential Code, Section R908.3.1.1 Roof recover not allowed, bars a roof recover "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering", as well as where the existing roof or covering is water soaked or deteriorated to the point it is not an adequate base, or is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. The South Carolina modifications to the 2021 IRC do not change the reroofing section, and Cayce's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, read in full) adopts the residential code with amendments only to its administrative chapter and adds no reroofing rule of its own, so the base rule applies unmodified. The published codification is current through Ord. No. 2023-10 (June 21, 2023); the City's posted council minutes for its regular and special meetings from June 21, 2023 through August 24, 2026 record no adopted ordinance amending Chapter 10.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Cayce, SC?

Yes.

What building code does Cayce, SC use?

Cayce City Code Section 10-31 (most recently amended by Ord. No. 2022-16, 11-16-2022; the published codification is current through Ord. No. 2023-10, enacted June 21, 2023) adopts the "2021 South Carolina Residential Code", footnoted "The International Edition with South Carolina modifications", together with the 2021 South Carolina Building, Fire, Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Codes, the 2020 National Electrical Code, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code and the 2021 Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Chapter 1 (Scope and Administration) of the Residential Code is adopted with one amendment, which inserts "City of Cayce" in Section 101.1, and the section provides that "In the event of any conflict between such chapters, sections or provisions and other provisions of this section or any other section of the City Code, the City Code shall prevail." The City's Building Services page, read on September 30, 2026, before the January 1, 2027 date set for implementing the 2024 edition, states "The City of Cayce currently utilizes the following Codes: 2021 SC Building Code, 2021 SC Residential Code", and continues with the other 2021 South Carolina codes. At the state level, S.C. Code Section 6-9-10(A) requires every municipality to enforce the building codes the Building Codes Council adopts and provides that "The municipality or county shall enforce only the national building and safety codes provided in this chapter." The 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (S.C. Code of Regulations 8-1200 et seq.) is the mandatory state residential code for permits applied for before January 1, 2027, the date the Building Codes Council set for local jurisdictions to implement the 2024 edition with South Carolina modifications (State Register Vol. 50, Issue 5, May 22, 2026). The Council's list of local code modification requests names no roofing modification for Cayce. The one South Carolina change to the roofing chapter replaces the drip-edge section: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of asphalt shingle roofs where required by the manufacturer." (Reg. 8-1228, IRC Section R905.2.8.5.) The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 10, Articles I through IV, Sections 10-1 through 10-100, read in full) contains no roofing provision of its own.