(A) The department, or its authorized representative, shall file a copy of the execution with the clerk of court of the county or counties of the State in which the employer does business. The clerk of court shall enter in his abstract of judgments the name of the employer identified in the warrant and in the proper columns the amount of the contributions, interest, penalties, and departmental administrative contingency assessments and costs for which the warrant is issued along with the date and hour when the copy is filed. The clerk of court also shall index the warrant upon the index of judgments. The department, or its authorized representative, shall proceed upon the warrant in all respects and with like effect and in the same manner prescribed by law in respect to executions issued against property upon judgments of a court of record and is entitled to the same fees for service in executing the warrant to be collected in the same manner.
(B) The powers now or hereafter conferred upon the Department of Revenue by Title 12 for the collection of unpaid income taxes are incorporated by reference and are conferred upon the department and its authorized representative for the collection of unpaid contributions, interest, penalties, and departmental administrative assessments and costs, mutatis mutandis.
(C) The department shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 68-209; 1952 Code Section 68-209; 1942 Code Section 7035-94; 1936 (39) 1716; 1939 (41) 487; 1941 (42) 369; 1942 (42) 1648; 1986 Act No. 362, Section 11, eff April 3, 1986; 1999 Act No. 73, Section 2, eff June 11, 1999; 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 1986 amendment added references to penalties and employment security administrative contingency assessments and made grammatical changes.
The 1999 amendment designated the former text as (A), changed references to the sheriff or tax collector to references to the commission or its authorized representative, and made minor language changes; and added (B), conferring powers upon the commission and its authorized representative, and (C), providing for regulations.
The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 31 - Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund
Section 41-31-10. General rate of contribution.
Section 41-31-20. Employers' accounts.
Section 41-31-30. Classification of employers.
Section 41-31-40. Base rate computation periods.
Section 41-31-45. Debt status estimates; promulgation of regulations.
Section 41-31-50. Determination of tax rates.
Section 41-31-52. Benefits for seasonal workers.
Section 41-31-55. Additional surcharges when fund insolvent; rates; deposit in special account.
Section 41-31-80. Omitted by 2010 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.
Section 41-31-90. Effect of change of corporate name.
Section 41-31-100. Successor by purchase, merger of entire business as employer; notice.
Section 41-31-110. Computation of base rates applicable to successors.
Section 41-31-120. Successor by merger, purchase of part of established business.
Section 41-31-130. Refunds not authorized; adjustments made by deductions from future payments.
Section 41-31-140. Transfer of experience rating account.
Section 41-31-150. Treatment of fractions of a cent.
Section 41-31-160. Contribution reports shall not be required more frequently than quarterly.
Section 41-31-170. Report to employer on status of account; protests.
Section 41-31-320. Examination of reports and computation of contribution; notice of excess due.
Section 41-31-330. Imposition of penalty.
Section 41-31-350. Penalty for failure to file report.
Section 41-31-360. Adjustments and refunds.
Section 41-31-370. Interest on unpaid contributions.
Section 41-31-380. Lien for contributions, interest, penalties, and costs.
Section 41-31-390. Issuance of warrant of execution for collection.
Section 41-31-400. Procedure under execution.
Section 41-31-420. Priorities under legal dissolution or distribution.
Section 41-31-600. Definition of "nonprofit organization".
Section 41-31-610. Application of article.
Section 41-31-620. Election to make payments in lieu of contributions.
Section 41-31-640. Security to insure payments.
Section 41-31-650. Failure to post security.
Section 41-31-660. Amount of payments; group accounts.
Section 41-31-810. Application of Article 5.
Section 41-31-910. General provisions.
Section 41-31-920. Inclusion of assessments in quarterly contribution report.