(a) A landlord or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on his behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of an owner of the premises or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner as agent, inter alia, for purposes of service of process and receiving or receipting notices or demands.
(b) The information required to be furnished by this section must be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner, or manager.
(c) A person authorized to enter in a rental agreement on behalf of a landlord who fails to comply with subsection (a) with regard to a rental agreement entered into on behalf of the landlord becomes an agent of the landlord for purposes of that rental agreement for:
(1) service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands;
(2) performing the obligations of the landlord under this chapter and under the rental agreement and expending or making available for the performance of the obligations all rent collected from the premises and retained by the person on behalf of the landlord.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 336, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 40 - Residential Landlord And Tenant Act
Section 27-40-10. Short title.
Section 27-40-20. Purposes; rules of construction.
Section 27-40-30. Supplementary rules of law applicable.
Section 27-40-40. Construction against implicit repeal.
Section 27-40-50. Administration of remedies; enforcement.
Section 27-40-60. Settlement of disputed claim or right.
Section 27-40-110. Territorial application.
Section 27-40-120. Exclusions from application of chapter.
Section 27-40-130. Jurisdiction and service of process.
Section 27-40-210. General definitions.
Section 27-40-220. Obligation of good faith.
Section 27-40-230. Unconscionability.
Section 27-40-310. Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Section 27-40-320. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
Section 27-40-330. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
Section 27-40-340. Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden.
Section 27-40-410. Security deposits; prepaid rent.
Section 27-40-420. Disclosure.
Section 27-40-430. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
Section 27-40-440. Landlord to maintain premises.
Section 27-40-450. Limitation of liability.
Section 27-40-510. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
Section 27-40-520. Rules and regulations.
Section 27-40-540. Tenant to use and occupy.
Section 27-40-610. Noncompliance by landlord in general.
Section 27-40-620. Failure to deliver possession.
Section 27-40-630. Wrongful failure to provide essential services.
Section 27-40-640. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
Section 27-40-650. Fire or casualty damage.
Section 27-40-660. Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster or exclusion.
Section 27-40-720. Noncompliance affecting health and safety.
Section 27-40-730. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment.
Section 27-40-740. Landlord's lien; distress proceeding.
Section 27-40-750. Remedy after termination.
Section 27-40-760. Recovery of possession limited.
Section 27-40-770. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies.
Section 27-40-780. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
Section 27-40-790. Payment of rent into court.
Section 27-40-800. Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution.
Section 27-40-910. Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
Section 27-40-920. Conflict with Title 27.