South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Section 27-1-10. Real estate made liable for debts, duties and demands. - Houses, lands and other hereditaments and real estate situated or...

Section 27-1-15. Recovery of attorney is fees and interest on claims for improvement of real estate. - Whenever a contractor, laborer, design professional, or materials supplier has...

Section 27-1-20. Appointment of surveyors where land title in dispute; nomination by parties. - If any cause be pending in any circuit court or...

Section 27-1-30. Appointment of surveyors where land title in dispute; nomination by court. - In case either of the parties shall refuse to nominate...

Section 27-1-40. Party walls in cities and towns. - Every person who shall erect in a city or town...

Section 27-1-50. Party walls in cities and towns; expense. - When the owner of such adjoining land shall build, he...

Section 27-1-60. Right of homeowner or tenant to fly United States flag; restrictive covenants and rental agreements; definitions. - (A) Regardless of any restrictive covenant, declaration, rule, contractual provision,...

Section 27-1-70. Real property transfer fee covenants unenforceable; definitions; policy; requirements for enforceability of prior transfer fee covenants. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Association" means a...

Chapter 2 - Coordinate System For Defining Location Of Points Within State

Section 27-2-10. System adopted; title. - The system of plane coordinates which has been established by...

Section 27-2-20. Zone title for use in land descriptions. - As established, the South Carolina Coordinate System is named, and...

Section 27-2-30. Plane coordinates for expressing position of point defined. - The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface,...

Section 27-2-50. Coordinate System defined. - For purposes of more precisely defining the South Carolina Coordinate...

Section 27-2-60. Standards required for recordation; modification to meet local conditions. - No coordinates based on the South Carolina Coordinate System, purporting...

Section 27-2-70. Use of term "South Carolina Coordinate System" on map. - The use of "South Carolina Coordinate System" on a map,...

Section 27-2-85. Duties of South Carolina Geodetic Survey. - The South Carolina Geodetic Survey established within the Revenue and...

Section 27-2-95. State mapping products to be compatible with coordinate system; establishment of standards; programs. - To the extent possible, the South Carolina Geodetic Survey of...

Section 27-2-105. Clarification of county boundaries; role of South Carolina Geodetic Survey; contested case hearings. - (A)(1) Where county boundaries are ill-defined, unmarked, or poorly marked,...

Section 27-2-110. Reliance on description based on coordinate system not required. - Nothing contained in this chapter requires a purchaser or mortgagee...

Chapter 3 - Limitation On Liability Of Landowners

Section 27-3-10. Declaration of purpose. - The purpose of this chapter is to encourage owners of...

Section 27-3-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) "Aviation activities" means taking...

Section 27-3-30. Duty of care. - Except as specifically recognized by or provided in Section 27-3-60,...

Section 27-3-40. Effect of permission to use property for recreational purposes. - Except as specifically recognized by or provided in Section 27-3-60,...

Section 27-3-50. Application of Sections 27-3-30 and 27-3-40 to land leased to State or political subdivisions. - Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of Sections 27-3-30...

Section 27-3-60. Certain liability not limited. - Nothing in this chapter limits in any way any liability...

Section 27-3-70. Construction. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (a) Create...

Chapter 5 - Estates And Construction Of Documents Creating Estates

Section 27-5-10. Tenure of lands in State. - The only tenure of lands in this State is that...

Section 27-5-20. Rule in Shelley's Case. - The rule of law known as the rule in Shelley's...

Section 27-5-30. Construction of terms "failure of issue" and the like. - Whenever in any deed or other instrument in writing, not...

Section 27-5-40. Feoffment with livery of seizin shall not defeat remainder. - No estate in remainder, whether vested or contingent, shall be...

Section 27-5-50. Warranties by life tenants; collateral warranties. - All warranties which shall be made by any tenant for...

Section 27-5-60. Feoffments made by person wrongfully in possession. - If any person after such entry as is mentioned in...

Section 27-5-80. Certain pension plans, annuity trusts, and the like of employers exempt from laws against perpetuities. - Pension, profit sharing, stock bonus and annuity trusts, or combinations...

Section 27-5-90. Effect of descent cast. - The right of a person to the possession of any...

Section 27-5-100. Right of entry of lawful owner or heirs against heirs of disseizor. - The dying of any disseizor seized of or in any...

Section 27-5-110. Entry on land. - No person shall make any entry into any lands and...

Section 27-5-120. Posthumous child shall take under will or settlement. - A posthumous child shall take under any will or settlement...

Section 27-5-130. Deeds of real estate to pass entire estate; conveyance of fee simple absolute; construction of conflicting language. - (A) Every deed of real estate executed after December 31,...

Chapter 6 - Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities

Section 27-6-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Statutory Rule...

Section 27-6-20. Nonvested property interest or power of appointment. - (A) A nonvested property interest is invalid unless: (1) when...

Section 27-6-30. Creation of property interests and powers of appointment. - (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (C) and...

Section 27-6-40. Reformation of property dispositions. - Upon the petition of an interested person, a court shall...

Section 27-6-50. Exceptions to rule. - Section 27-6-20 does not apply to: (1) a nonvested property...

Section 27-6-60. Effect of timing of creation of property interest; savings clause. - (A) Except as extended by subsection (B), this chapter applies...

Section 27-6-70. Application and construction. - This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its...

Section 27-6-80. Effect on common law. - This chapter supersedes the common law rule against perpetuities. HISTORY:...

Chapter 7 - Form And Execution Of Conveyances

Section 27-7-10. Form of conveyance of fee simple; witnesses. - The following form or purport of a release shall, to...

Section 27-7-20. Warranty and additional clauses in conveyances. - Section 27-7-10 shall be so construed as not to oblige...

Section 27-7-30. Omission of seal. - Whenever it shall appear from the attestation clause or from...

Section 27-7-40. Creation of joint tenancy; filing; severance. - (a) In addition to any other methods for the creation...

Chapter 8 - Conservation Easement Act

Section 27-8-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Conservation...

Section 27-8-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

Section 27-8-30. Conservation easements generally; creation, duration and effect; conveyances. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation...

Section 27-8-35. Easements excepted from public hearing requirement. - The provisions of Section 27-8-30(E)(3) of the 1976 Code do...

Section 27-8-40. Who may bring action affecting easement. - (A) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought...

Section 27-8-50. Validity of easements. - A conservation easement is valid even though one or more...

Section 27-8-60. Applicability of Conservation Easement Act to, and its effect on, property interests. - (A) This chapter applies to interests that meet the definition...

Section 27-8-70. Effect of easement on assessment of property for ad valorem tax purposes. - For ad valorem tax purposes real property that is burdened...

Section 27-8-80. Condemnation of conservation easements. - A person or entity empowered to condemn may condemn a...

Section 27-8-90. Biennial review of plight of land loss. - The Board of the Conservation Bank shall perform a biennial...

Section 27-8-100. Use of trust fund monies for beach conservation. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Parks,...

Section 27-8-110. Use of trust funds to acquire land adjoining state parks. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Parks,...

Section 27-8-120. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Prospective repeal; termination of South Carolina...

Chapter 11 - Confirmation Of Titles

Section 27-11-10. State not precluded as to escheated lands by grants and the like. - The State shall not be precluded by possession, grant, conveyance...

Section 27-11-20. Former grants and the like made valid; persons may hold under same against State. - All persons who are now possessed of or hold any...

Section 27-11-30. Former patents, grants, and deeds, indented or poll, are valid notwithstanding certain designated errors. - Such patents, grants and deeds, indented or poll, shall be...

Section 27-11-40. Ratification and confirmation of former patents, grants, and the like saving claims of third persons. - All such patents, grants, indentures and deeds and all other...

Section 27-11-50. Estates of John Lord Carteret and lords proprietors shall not be altered, abridged, or revived. - Nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to alter...

Section 27-11-60. Grants, deeds and the like before August 20, 1731 shall not be impeached for certain causes. - No grant, deed of feoffment, deed or bargain and sale,...

Section 27-11-70. Effect of possession of lands five years before July 4, 1776. - An actual peaceable and quiet possession of lands five years...

Chapter 13 - Property Ownership By Aliens

Section 27-13-10. Aliens and foreign corporations entitled to same property as natural-born citizens. - Real and personal property of every description may be taken,...

Section 27-13-20. Titles derived through aliens legalized. - Any citizen or alien who, prior to December 19, 1807,...

Section 27-13-30. Limitation on alien land ownership. - No alien or corporation controlled by aliens, either in his...

Section 27-13-40. Limitation on alien land ownership; lands acquired on foreclosure of mortgage. - But Section 27-13-30 shall not apply to land purchased under...

Chapter 15 - Catawba Indian Lands

Section 27-15-10. Leases; term limitations. - It shall be lawful for the Catawba Indians to grant...

Section 27-15-20. Formal requisites of lease. - No lease of the lands of the Catawba Indians, whether...

Section 27-15-30. Certain rights vested in lessees of Catawba Indians. - All the reversionary right, title and interest of this State...

Section 27-15-40. Grants to lessees of leased Catawba Indian lands. - Each lessee of the Catawba Indian lands who shall deposit...

Section 27-15-50. Proceedings by lessee if lease be lost. - If any lessee of the Catawba Indian lands, being in...

Chapter 16 - Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act

Section 27-16-10. Short title. - This chapter is known as "The Catawba Indian Claims Settlement...

Section 27-16-20. Legislative findings. - The Legislature finds: (1) The Catawba Indian Tribe has filed...

Section 27-16-30. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Catawba Claim Area" means...

Section 27-16-40. Catawba Tribe subject to jurisdiction of state, except where otherwise expressly provided. - The Catawba Tribe, its members, lands, natural resources, or other...

Section 27-16-50. Monetary payments by state, federal governments; private payments; Trust Funds; limited waiver of immunity by state as to suit to collect; effect on certain other funding. - (A) The General Assembly recognizes and acknowledges that the Settlement...

Section 27-16-60. Ratification of transfer extinguishes other claims by or on behalf of Tribe; State law to govern transfer of property. - (A) Any transfer of land or other natural resources located...

Section 27-16-70. Tribal court of criminal jurisdiction; delineation of Tribal and state jurisdiction; Tribal peace officers; training; cross-deputization. - (A) Except as provided in this section, South Carolina shall...

Section 27-16-80. Tribal courts - original and appellate civil; full faith and credit; waiver of jurisdiction; appeal to nonTribal courts; claims and suits against Tribe; limited sovereign immunity; liability insurance; partial applicability of Tort... - (A) The Tribe may provide in its constitution for a...

Section 27-16-90. State may convey Existing Reservation to United States; Expanded Reservation; Expansion Zones; improvements in Expansion Zones; eminent domain; taxes; easements. - (A) The State, after obtaining any necessary judicial approval, may...

Section 27-16-100. Tribal ownership of realty outside Reservation. - (A) The Tribe may acquire parcels of real estate outside...

Section 27-16-110. Bingo, video poker and similar devices; other gambling or wagering; state laws to govern; licenses; tax. - (A) Except as specifically provided in the federal implementing legislation...

Section 27-16-120. Building code; environmental law and regulation; land use plan; health code; hunting and fishing; littoral and riparian rights; regulation of alcohol. - (A) The Tribe shall incorporate by reference and adopt the...

Section 27-16-130. Taxation of Tribe and tribal persons, entities, and property; taxation of persons or enterprises operating or doing business on Reservation. - (A) The Tribe, its members, the Tribal Trust Funds, and...

Section 27-16-140. Applicability of later-enacted federal law; chapter invalid if entire federal implementing legislation judicially invalidated; construction as between chapter and Settlement Agreement; copies of Settlement Agreement available. - (A) The provisions of a federal law enacted after the...

Section 27-16-150. Tribe not required to pay fee in lieu of school taxes. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Tribe is not...

Chapter 18 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

Section 27-18-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Unclaimed Property...

Section 27-18-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

Section 27-18-30. Property presumed abandoned; demand for payment not required. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible...

Section 27-18-40. Conditions for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property. - Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute...

Section 27-18-50. Travelers checks, money orders, or similar written instruments. - (A) Subject to subsection (D), any sum payable on a...

Section 27-18-60. Checks, drafts, or similar instruments on which banking or financial institution is liable. - (A) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar...

Section 27-18-70. Demand, savings, or matured time deposits with banking or financial organizations. - (A) Any demand, savings, or matured time deposit with a...

Section 27-18-75. Escheatment of United States savings bonds. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a United States...

Section 27-18-76. Claims for escheated United States savings bonds or proceeds from bond. - A person claiming a United States savings bond escheated to...

Section 27-18-80. Funds held or owing under life or endowment insurance policies or annuity contracts that have matured or terminated. - (A) Funds held or owing under any life or endowment...

Section 27-18-85. Property payable or distributable in the course of demutualization of insurance company; abandonment. - Unclaimed property payable or distributable in the course of a...

Section 27-18-90. Utility service deposits, advance payments, or ordered refunds. - (A) A deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a...

Section 27-18-100. Business associations; refunds ordered by court or administrative agency. - Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the court or...

Section 27-18-110. Dormancy period for stock or other equity interest in business association and certain debts; calculating whether stock or security interest is unclaimed. - (A) Stock or other equity interest in a business association...

Section 27-18-120. Intangible property distributable in course of dissolution of business association. - Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of...

Section 27-18-130. Intangible property held in fiduciary capacity for benefit of another; funds in individual retirement account or retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar plan or account. - (A) Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom...

Section 27-18-140. Unclaimed intangible property presumed abandoned; tax refund checks. - (A) Intangible property held for the owner by a court,...

Section 27-18-150. Credit memo. - (A) A credit memo issued in the ordinary course of...

Section 27-18-160. Unpaid wages and unpresented payroll checks. - Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing...

Section 27-18-170. Contents of safe deposit boxes or other safekeeping repositories. - All tangible and intangible property held in a safe deposit...

Section 27-18-175. Application of chapter. - This chapter does not apply to forfeited reservation deposits. For...

Section 27-18-180. Report of unclaimed property; notice to apparent owner. - (A) A person holding tangible or intangible property, that is...

Section 27-18-190. Administrator's notice of abandoned property; publication; contents; exceptions. - (A) The administrator shall publish a notice not later than...

Section 27-18-200. Payment or delivery of abandoned property to administrator; exceptions; holder of stocks or similar intangible ownership interests relieved of liability upon delivery. - (A) A person who is required to file a report...

Section 27-18-210. Liability of holder after payment or delivery to administrator; payments to owners of property turned over to administrator; recovery of property turned over to administrator; administrator to defend holder against claims for prope... - (A) Upon the payment or delivery of property to the...

Section 27-18-220. Dividends, interest, or other increments realized on property in hands of administrator. - Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to...

Section 27-18-230. Sale of property by administrator. - (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (C), the...

Section 27-18-240. Deposit into General Fund of funds received by administrator; deductions before deposit of funds. - (A) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the administrator...

Section 27-18-250. Claims to property paid or delivered to administrator; recovery of interest on property. - (A) A person, excluding another state, claiming an interest in...

Section 27-18-260. Recovery by another state of property paid or delivered to administrator. - (A) At any time after property has been paid or...

Section 27-18-270. Appeal of decision of administrator, court action to establish claim to property. - A person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator or...

Section 27-18-280. Election of administrator not to accept property; report and delivery of property before property presumed abandoned. - (A) The administrator may decline to receive any property reported...

Section 27-18-290. Destruction or disposal by administrator of property with insubstantial commercial value; immunity from liability. - If the administrator determines after investigation that any property delivered...

Section 27-18-300. Periods of limitation. - (A) The expiration, after the effective date of this chapter,...

Section 27-18-310. Requests for reports; examination of records; demand for payment; estimated amount of abandoned property. - (A) The administrator may require any person who has not...

Section 27-18-320. Length of time holders must retain records. - (A) Every holder required to file a report under Section...

Section 27-18-330. Authority of administrator to enforce chapter. - The administrator may bring an action in a court of...

Section 27-18-340. Cooperation with other states concerning sharing of information, changing of rules, and enforcement of chapter. - (A) The administrator may enter into agreements with other states...

Section 27-18-350. Interest and penalties for violations of chapter. - (A) A person who fails to pay or deliver property...

Section 27-18-360. Restrictions on agreements to recover or assist in recovery of reported property; penalties. - All agreements to pay compensation to recover or assist in...

Section 27-18-370. Application of chapter to foreign property or transactions. - This chapter does not apply to any property held, due,...

Section 27-18-380. Duties which arose prior to effective date of chapter unaffected; enforcement and penalties of prior laws unaffected; initial report under this chapter of property not previously required to be reported. - (A) This chapter does not relieve a holder of a...

Section 27-18-390. Authority of administrator to adopt rules. - The administrator may adopt necessary rules to carry out the...

Section 27-18-400. Application and construction of chapter. - This chapter must be applied and construed as to effectuate...

Chapter 19 - Escheat Of Land And Personal Property

Section 27-19-10. Notification of supposedly escheated lands by Secretary of State to judge of circuit court. - The Secretary of State, in every case when, on his...

Section 27-19-20. Inquest by jury; certification and recording of verdict. - The judge presiding at such court shall cause a jury,...

Section 27-19-30. Notice published in county where land lies. - On the return of any inquest of supposedly escheated lands...

Section 27-19-40. Petition by person claiming land; proceedings thereon. - Any person shall be heard on a traverse without delay...

Section 27-19-50. Damages for prosecution of escheat proceedings without probable cause. - If any suit for property supposed to be escheated shall...

Section 27-19-60. Renting out land pending conclusion of process of escheat. - When no claimant shall appear to make title as aforesaid,...

Section 27-19-70. Manner of pronouncing land escheated. - If no person shall appear and claim lands within twelve...

Section 27-19-80. Advertising land for sale; terms of sale. - As soon as the Secretary of State shall receive the...

Section 27-19-90. Division of land into tracts for sale. - When any such lands shall exceed six hundred acres and...

Section 27-19-100. Land may be bid in or purchased by Department of Administration; disposition of such lands. - At any sale of escheated property, if, in his judgment,...

Section 27-19-110. Compensation of person making good title to land within five years. - If any person shall appear within five years and make...

Section 27-19-120. Estates of felons shall not escheat. - No property shall be vested in the State or any...

Section 27-19-210. Secretary of State or Attorney General may sue for and recover moneys or personal property in hands of executor or administrator. - When any moneys or other personal estate shall be found...

Section 27-19-220. Advertising of moneys or property; vesting of property in State. - The State Treasurer shall advertise such moneys or other personal...

Section 27-19-230. Personal property of inmates dying in the Charleston Home. - If any inmate of the Charleston Home die intestate leaving...

Section 27-19-310. Duties of escheator devolved upon Secretary of State as agent of Department of Administration. - The duties of escheator are devolved upon the Secretary of...

Section 27-19-320. Purchase of land by Secretary of State prohibited; penalties. - The Secretary of State shall not, directly or indirectly, either...

Section 27-19-330. Assessment of costs and charges. - When any person shall appear and make title to lands...

Section 27-19-340. Disposition of proceeds of escheats. - The Secretary of State shall turn over to the State...

Section 27-19-350. Rights of persons under disability or absent from United States. - Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of individuals having...

Section 27-19-360. Reports of Secretary of State and Department of Administration. - A report shall be made annually by the Secretary of...

Section 27-19-370. Liability of Secretary of State for misconduct or fraudulent practices. - If the Secretary of State shall fail to do his...

Section 27-19-380. Application of chapter. - Every part of this chapter and the mode herein prescribed...

Section 27-19-390. Chapter complementary to Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. - The provisions of this chapter are complementary to and not...

Chapter 21 - Disposition Of Confiscated And Stolen Property

Section 27-21-10. Sales of confiscated property; records thereof; disposition of proceeds. - The sheriff of each county of this State shall sell...

Section 27-21-20. Property recovered by sheriff or police chief; ascertaining and notifying owner; disposition where owner not found; records. - (A) If property has been recovered by a sheriff of...

Section 27-21-22. Sale of recovered property. - A sheriff, police chief, or a designee may sell at...

Section 27-21-25. Use of certain drug paraphernalia by public schools or institutions of higher learning in science programs or courses. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 27-21-20 of the 1976 Code...

Section 27-21-30. Recovery by owner of net proceeds or property. - At any time within one year after the sale of...

Chapter 23 - Parol, Fraudulent, And Other Void Gifts Or Conveyances

Section 27-23-10. Conveyances to defraud creditors; transfers of income and property to avoid paying child support. - (A) Every gift, grant, alienation, bargain, transfer, and conveyance of...

Section 27-23-20. Conveyances to deceive purchasers. - Every conveyance, grant, charge, lease, estate, encumbrance and limitation of...

Section 27-23-30. Punishment of parties to fraudulent conveyances. - All parties to such feigned, covinous and fraudulent gifts, grants,...

Section 27-23-40. Conveyances upon good consideration. - Nothing contained in Sections 27-23-10 to 27-23-30 shall extend or...

Section 27-23-50. Leases, estates, or interests assigned, granted or surrendered by parol. - No leases, estates or interests, either of freehold, term of...

Section 27-23-60. Force and effect of parol leases. - All estates, interests of freehold or terms of years, and...

Section 27-23-70. Validity of parol gifts. - No parol gift of any chattel shall be valid against...

Section 27-23-90. Land conveyed with condition or the like and afterwards sold, first conveyance void. - If any person shall make any conveyance, gift, grant, demise,...

Chapter 25 - Assignments For The Benefit Of Creditors

Section 27-25-10. Assignment by insolvent debtor. - Any assignment by an insolvent debtor of his property for...

Section 27-25-20. Preferential transactions within ninety days of assignment. - If any person, being insolvent, within ninety days before the...

Section 27-25-30. Assignment for benefit of creditors; attack by creditor. - Whenever any debtor shall assign his property for the benefit...

Section 27-25-40. Assignment for benefit of creditors; appointment of agents by creditors. - Whenever any debtor shall assign his property for the benefit...

Section 27-25-50. Sales and transfers prior to appointment of agents. - Except as otherwise provided, all sales and transfers of property...

Section 27-25-60. Calling creditors together. - The assignee or assignees, within ten days after the execution...

Section 27-25-70. Procedure when assignees neglect or refuse to call creditors together. - If the assignee or assignees delay, neglect or refuse to...

Section 27-25-80. Election of agents. - In the appointment of the agent or agents, the majority...

Section 27-25-90. Rights and powers of agents. - The agent or agents so appointed shall have equal power...

Section 27-25-100. Effect of neglect or refusal of creditors to appoint agents. - Should the creditors refuse or neglect to appoint an agent...

Section 27-25-110. Appointment of umpire. - In case of disagreement between the assignee or assignees and...

Section 27-25-120. Deposit of proceeds of sales. - The proceeds arising from the sales of the property assigned...

Section 27-25-130. General powers of creditors. - The creditors or such committee as they may appoint may...

Section 27-25-140. Statements of proceedings. - The assignee or assignees and agent or agents shall lay,...

Section 27-25-150. Damages for failure to account or follow directions. - The assignee's or assignees' and agent's or agents' failure or...

Section 27-25-160. Commissions allowed. - The commission due and owing to the assignee or assignees...

Chapter 27 - Betterments

Section 27-27-10. Recovery for improvements made in good faith. - After final judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an...

Section 27-27-20. Determining value of improvements. - The sum which such land shall be found at the...

Section 27-27-30. Proceedings subsequent to judgment to recover value of improvements. - The defendant in such action shall, within forty-eight hours after...

Section 27-27-40. Stay of judgment in first action; special verdict for betterments. - The court, on the entry of such action, shall stay...

Section 27-27-50. Judgment deemed equivalent to attachment; priority of liens. - The lands and tenements so recovered shall be held to...

Section 27-27-60. Sale of lands; division of proceeds; payment in lieu of sale. - When final judgment shall be rendered as provided in Section...

Section 27-27-70. Alternative procedure by alleging value of improvement in answer. - In any action for the recovery of lands and tenements,...

Section 27-27-80. Assessment of value of improvement; charge against land. - If the verdict or decree shall be for the plaintiff...

Section 27-27-90. Recovery for mesne profits. - The plaintiff in an action for the recovery of lands...

Section 27-27-100. Chapter not applicable in certain cases. - The provisions of this chapter shall not extend to any...

Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act

Section 27-29-10. Short title; definitions. - This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Land Sales...

Section 27-29-20. Administration. - This chapter shall be administered by the South Carolina Real...

Section 27-29-30. Exceptions to application of chapter. - (a) Unless the method of disposition is adopted for the...

Section 27-29-40. Prerequisites to disposition of interest in subdivided land. - Unless the subdivided lands or the transaction is exempt by...

Section 27-29-50. Application for registration of subdivided land. - (a) The application for registration of subdivided lands shall be...

Section 27-29-60. Public offering statement. - (a) A public offering statement shall disclose fully and accurately...

Section 27-29-70. Examination of application for registration. - Upon receipt of an application for registration in proper form,...

Section 27-29-80. Order of the commission on application for registration. - (a) Upon receipt of the application for registration in proper...

Section 27-29-90. Annual renewal reports. - (a) Within thirty days after each annual anniversary date of...

Section 27-29-100. Public hearings; filing of advertising material; injunctive relief; intervention in certain suits; exemption of certain lots. - (a) The commission shall prescribe reasonable rules after a public...

Section 27-29-110. Powers of commission as to investigations. - (a) The commission may: (1) make the necessary public or...

Section 27-29-120. Unlawful practices; cease and desist orders. - (a) If the commission determines after notice and hearing that...

Section 27-29-130. Revocation of registration. - (a) A registration may be revoked after notice and hearing...

Section 27-29-140. Judicial review of orders. - A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available with...

Section 27-29-150. Penalties. - It is unlawful for a person to wilfully violate any...

Section 27-29-160. Remedies of purchaser of subdivided land. - (a) Any person who disposes of subdivided lands in violation...

Section 27-29-170. Jurisdiction of circuit court. - Dispositions of subdivided lands are subject to this chapter, and...

Section 27-29-180. Extradition. - In the proceedings for extradition of a person charged with...

Section 27-29-190. Service of process. - (a) In addition to the methods of service provided for...

Section 27-29-200. Fees; land, books, and records subject to examination by commission; annual renewal reports. - (a) For the registration of subdivided lands there shall be...

Section 27-29-210. Construction. - This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its...

Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act

Section 27-30-110. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Homeowners...

Section 27-30-120. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the representative...

Section 27-30-130. Enforceability of governing documents; recording requirements; rules, regulations, and amendments. - (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in order...

Section 27-30-140. Annual budget increases; notice requirements. - (1) Before a homeowners association may take action to increase...

Section 27-30-150. Application of access to documents provisions. - The access to documents provisions of Sections 33-31-1602, 33-31-1603, 33-31-1604,...

Section 27-30-160. Jurisdiction of magistrates court. - Pursuant to Section 22-3-10, the magistrates court shall have concurrent...

Section 27-30-170. Construction of article. - No provision of this article may be construed to be...

Section 27-30-310. Short title. - This article must be known and may be cited as...

Section 27-30-320. Definitions. - For the purposes of this article: (1) "Board" means the...

Section 27-30-330. Information department is authorized to include on publicly available website. - The department is authorized to include on its publicly available...

Section 27-30-340. Calls or written complaints from homeowners or homeowners associations. - (A) The department shall receive and record data from any...

Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act

Section 27-31-10. Short title. - This chapter shall be known as the "Horizontal Property Act."...

Section 27-31-20. Definitions. - Unless it is plainly evident from the context that a...

Section 27-31-30. Establishment of horizontal property regime. - Whenever a lessee, sole owner, or the co-owners of property...

Section 27-31-40. Apartments may be purchased, owned, and the like. - Once the property is submitted to the horizontal property regime,...

Section 27-31-50. More than one person may own apartment. - Any apartment may be held and owned by more than...

Section 27-31-60. Property rights of apartment owner. - (a) An apartment owner shall have the exclusive ownership of...

Section 27-31-70. Common elements shall not be divided. - The common elements, both general and limited, shall remain undivided...

Section 27-31-80. Use of common elements. - Each co-owner may use the elements held in common in...

Section 27-31-90. Incorporation of co-owners. - Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any council of co-owners from...

Section 27-31-100. Master deed or lease; contents. - The master deed or lease creating and establishing the horizontal...

Section 27-31-110. Plot plan and building plan. - There must be attached to the master deed or lease,...

Section 27-31-120. Designation of apartments on plans; conveyance or lease of apartment. - Each apartment must be designated, on the plans referred to...

Section 27-31-130. Waiver of regime and merger of apartment records with principal property. - (A) All the co-owners or the sole owner of the...

Section 27-31-140. Merger as bar to subsequent horizontal property regime. - The merger provided for in Section 27-31-130 shall in no...

Section 27-31-150. Administration of property; bylaws. - The administration of the property constituted into horizontal property, whether...

Section 27-31-160. Provisions required in bylaws; modification of system of administration. - The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following:...

Section 27-31-170. Compliance with bylaws, rules, and regulations; remedy for noncompliance. - Each co-owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with...

Section 27-31-180. Records of receipts and expenditures. - The administrator or the board of administration, or other form...

Section 27-31-190. Expenses shall be shared. - The co-owners of the apartments are bound to contribute pro...

Section 27-31-200. Unpaid assessments; payment upon sale. - Upon the sale or conveyance of an apartment, all unpaid...

Section 27-31-210. Lien for unpaid assessments; right of mortgagee or purchaser acquiring title at foreclosure sale. - (a) All sums assessed by the administrator, or the board...

Section 27-31-220. Liability of purchaser of apartment. - The purchaser of an apartment (other than a purchaser at...

Section 27-31-230. Liens arising subsequent to recording of master deed or lease. - (a) No lien arising subsequent to recording the master deed...

Section 27-31-240. Insurance. - The council of co-owners shall insure the property against risks,...

Section 27-31-250. Repair or reconstruction; vote of co-owners; application of insurance proceeds. - (A) A portion of the property for which insurance is...

Section 27-31-260. Sharing expenses in case of fire or other disaster. - Where the property is not insured or where the insurance...

Section 27-31-270. Assessment and collection of taxes. - Taxes, assessments and other charges of this State, or of...

Section 27-31-280. Council of co-owner's right of access. - The council of co-owners shall have the irrevocable right, to...

Section 27-31-290. Limitation on liability of co-owners for common expenses. - The liability of each co-owner for common expenses shall be...

Section 27-31-300. Effect on contracts entered into before June 6, 1967. - The provisions of this chapter shall in no way impair,...

Section 27-31-410. "Conversion of rental units to condominium ownership" defined. - As used in this chapter, "conversion of rental units to...

Section 27-31-420. Rights and duties of owners, landlords, and tenants when rental units are converted to condominiums; notices; offers; vacation; phased conversions. - (A) Whenever a lessee, sole owner, or co-owner of a...

Section 27-31-430. Disclosure of physical condition of building. - Whenever the lessee, sole owner, or co-owner of a building...

Section 27-31-440. Abandoning conversion program. - Nothing contained in this article shall require the lessee, sole...

Chapter 32 - Vacation Time Sharing Plans

Section 27-32-10. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Accommodations" means any hotel...

Section 27-32-20. Advertisement or conveyance of plan in absence of licensure of seller and prior registration of plan prohibited; materials to be furnished commission by seller of plans; exemptions. - It is a violation of this chapter for a seller...

Section 27-32-30. Materials to be kept among business records of seller of plans. - It is a violation of this chapter for a person...

Section 27-32-40. Furnishing copy of contract to purchaser; terms thereof. - (A) It is a violation of this chapter for the...

Section 27-32-50. Request to cancel contract. - It is a violation of this chapter for the seller...

Section 27-32-55. Vacation time sharing resale services; written contract; and other requirements. - (A) Before engaging in any vacation time sharing resale services,...

Section 27-32-60. Refund upon cancellation; escrow account. - It is a violation of this chapter for a seller...

Section 27-32-70. Misrepresentation of right to cancel. - It is a violation of this chapter for a seller...

Section 27-32-80. Transfer of seller's interest in plan or facilities to third party. - It is a violation of this chapter for a seller...

Section 27-32-90. Escrow accounts; provisions; refunds; audits and examinations; disputed funds; investments and interest; record keeping; financial assurances. - (A) A seller of a vacation time sharing plan shall...

Section 27-32-100. Public offering statements; contents. - It is a violation of this chapter for a person...

Section 27-32-110. Prohibited practices. - It is a violation of this chapter for a seller...

Section 27-32-115. Finder's fees; limitations on finder's activities. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a seller may pay a...

Section 27-32-120. Penalties for violation of chapter; effect on contract. - (A)(1) If, upon investigation by the Real Estate Commission, a...

Section 27-32-130. Enforcement and implementation of chapter; regulations. - The Real Estate Commission is responsible for the enforcement and...

Section 27-32-140. Materials required to be filed with plans concerning facilities not substantially completed. - (A) A seller who files with the commission a vacation...

Section 27-32-150. Fee for registration and renewal of vacation time sharing plans; examination of documentation pertaining to advertisement or sale; expenses for investigation and prosecution. - (A) An initial filing fee of ten dollars per each...

Section 27-32-160. Grants in aid and contracts with similar agencies to further objectives. - The commission may accept grants-in-aid from a private or public...

Section 27-32-170. Proceeds from sale or exchange exempt from sales tax. - The gross proceeds from the sale or resale of a...

Section 27-32-180. Registration of persons engaging in the sale of vacation time sharing plans; form and contents; exemption for regular employees of seller; fees; seller's supervision and control; renewal. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B) of this section,...

Section 27-32-190. Registration of plans; powers of the commission. - (A) A vacation time sharing plan for sale or offered...

Section 27-32-200. Vacation Time Sharing Recovery Fund. - (A) There is created a special fund known as the...

Section 27-32-210. Recovery from fund; conditions. - (A) A person aggrieved by the conduct of a registrant...

Section 27-32-220. Limitations on payments from fund. - These limitations apply to payments from the recovery fund: (1)...

Section 27-32-230. Arbitration; automatic revocation of license; applicant receiving award to subrogate rights. - (A) A person registered or licensed pursuant to this chapter...

Section 27-32-240. Property taxation of time share units; valuation; assessment; enforcement. - (1) For purposes of property taxation, a time share unit...

Section 27-32-250. Sales or exchanges of vacation multiple ownership interests. - (1) Trusts, partnership interests, undivided interests as tenants in common,...

Section 27-32-300. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Timeshare Lien Foreclosure...

Section 27-32-305. Purpose. - The purposes of this article are to: (1) recognize that...

Section 27-32-310. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Assessment lien" means: (a)...

Section 27-32-315. Who may serve as trustee; appointment of successor trustee; notice of substitution of trustee. - (A) A trustee may be any: (1) attorney who is...

Section 27-32-320. Mortgage and assessment lien foreclosure statements; Resolution Trust Corporation mortgages. - (A) In order to foreclose a mortgage lien pursuant to...

Section 27-32-325. Conditions for exercise of power of sale by trustee. - A trustee may exercise a power of sale provided that:...

Section 27-32-330. Notification of obligor; perfection of notice. - (A) In any foreclosure proceeding under this article, the trustee...

Section 27-32-335. Contents, recording, and publication of notice of sale; right to cure default; copy to obligor; subsequent interests. - (A) The notice of sale must set forth: (1) the...

Section 27-32-340. Certificate of compliance; contents; recording; reliance on lienholder for facts and circumstances of default. - (A) On the date the trustee conducts a sale, the...

Section 27-32-345. Public sale procedures; certificate of sale. - (A) The sale of a timeshare estate by public auction...

Section 27-32-350. Effect of sale on rights of parties; lienholder deficiency judgment; validity of sale presumed. - (A) A sale conducted pursuant to Section 27-32-345 forecloses and...

Section 27-32-355. Trustee's deed; release of lien extinguished by sale. - Ten days after a sale, absent the filing and service...

Section 27-32-360. Disposition of proceeds of sale; costs and fees. - (A) The trustee must apply the proceeds of the sale...

Section 27-32-365. Trustee's deed; contents; effect; liability of trustee. - (A) The trustee's deed must include the name and address...

Section 27-32-370. Relation of article to other foreclosure proceedings; right of action preserved; severability; managing entity to release address of timeshare owner. - (A) The procedures set forth in this article do not...

Section 27-32-400. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Time Sharing Transaction...

Section 27-32-405. Purpose. - The General Assembly declares that the purposes of this article...

Section 27-32-410. Timeshare closing; time; representation; notice to purchaser; contents. - (A)(1) The timeshare closing is considered to occur after the...

Section 27-32-500. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Vacation Time Sharing...

Section 27-32-505. Purposes of article. - The General Assembly declares that the purposes of this article...

Section 27-32-510. Extension of vacation time sharing plan terms; voting; quorum; proxy. - (A) Unless the timeshare declaration provides a lower percentage, the...

Section 27-32-520. Termination of vacation time sharing plan terms; effective date of termination; corporate status of vacation time sharing association; termination trustee; quorum; proxy. - (A) Unless the timeshare declaration provides a lower percentage, the...

Section 27-32-530. Application of article. - The provisions of this article apply to all vacation time...

Chapter 33 - Landlord And Tenant Generally

Section 27-33-10. Definitions. - (1) Domestic servant. -A person using or occupying real estate...

Section 27-33-20. Applicability of certain statutory provisions relating to landlord and tenant. - The provisions of Chapters 33 to 37, Section 27-39-10 and...

Section 27-33-30. Recordation of leases. - In order to give notice to third persons any lease...

Section 27-33-40. Concurrent jurisdiction of judges and magistrates. - The judges of the circuit courts and county courts in...

Section 27-33-50. Financial responsibility of tenant for utilities. - (A) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, a tenant has sole...

Chapter 35 - Creation, Construction, And Termination Of Leasehold Estates

Section 27-35-10. Tenancies created by oral agreement. - A tenancy for not to exceed one year may be...

Section 27-35-20. Agreement for more than one year. - Any agreement for the use or occupation of real estate...

Section 27-35-30. Tenancies deemed month to month; exceptions. - All tenancies of real estate other than agricultural lands shall...

Section 27-35-40. Use of premises without agreement or permission or by trespass; rent. - When a person enters upon or uses the premises of...

Section 27-35-50. Sale of real estate under lease. - When real estate is sold while under lease, the relationship...

Section 27-35-60. Validity and effect of subleases. - A sublease by a tenant without written consent of the...

Section 27-35-70. Person deemed in possession of real estate. - In all cases of tenancy the owner, landlord or person...

Section 27-35-75. Lessee's obligations as to use and maintenance; lessor's right to inspect. - (A) Unless otherwise agreed to in a commercial lease agreement...

Section 27-35-80. Attornments by tenants. - To prevent the difficulty and expense to which a landlord...

Section 27-35-90. Time for payment of rents. - Unless otherwise agreed upon rents shall be payable monthly and...

Section 27-35-100. Time of termination of farm tenancies. - All tenancies of farm laborers, sharecroppers and renters of farm...

Section 27-35-110. Time of expiration of agreed tenancy for term or years. - When there is an express agreement, either oral or written,...

Section 27-35-120. Termination of month to month tenancy. - A tenancy from month to month may be ended by...

Section 27-35-130. Notice required for tenants at will and domestic servants. - All tenants at will and domestic servants shall vacate the...

Section 27-35-140. Failure to pay rent. - Failure to pay the rent agreed upon when due, or...

Section 27-35-150. Abandonment of premises. - When a tenant abandons premises theretofore occupied by him the...

Section 27-35-160. Unlawful abandonment of buildings without notice. - Any tenant abandoning a building and leaving it open and...

Section 27-35-170. Holding over following demand for possession; penalty. - All tenants, whether for life or years, by sufferance or...

Section 27-35-180. Penalty for not delivering possession after notice of intent to quit. - In case any tenant shall give notice in writing of...

Chapter 37 - Ejectment Of Tenants

Section 27-37-10. Grounds for ejectment of tenant. - (A) The tenant may be ejected upon application of the...

Section 27-37-20. Ejectment proceedings. - Any tenant may be ejected in the following manner, to...

Section 27-37-30. Service of rule; posting and mailing requirements. - (A) The copy of the rule provided for in Section...

Section 27-37-40. Tenant ejected on failure to show cause. - If the tenant fails to appear and show cause within...

Section 27-37-50. Change of venue. - The magistrate may grant a change of venue in an...

Section 27-37-60. Trial of issue. - If the tenant appear and contest ejectment the magistrate shall...

Section 27-37-70. Designation of parties in ejectment. - In any trial before the magistrate in an ejectment case...

Section 27-37-80. Jury trial. - Either landlord or tenant may demand trial by jury. In...

Section 27-37-90. New trial. - When a jury is had in an ejectment case the...

Section 27-37-100. Effect of verdict for plaintiff. - If the verdict be for the plaintiff the magistrate shall...

Section 27-37-110. Effect of verdict for defendant. - If the verdict be for the defendant then the tenant...

Section 27-37-120. Appeal. - Either party may appeal in an ejectment case and such...

Section 27-37-130. Bond required to stay ejectment on appeal. - An appeal in an ejectment case will not stay ejectment...

Section 27-37-140. Action of tenant wrongfully dispossessed. - In case any tenant is wrongfully dispossessed he may have...

Section 27-37-150. Accrual of rent after institution of proceedings. - After the commencement of ejectment proceedings by the issuance of...

Section 27-37-155. Commercial lease contract claims and counterclaims. - (A) In any action involving a commercial lease where the...

Section 27-37-160. Execution of writ of ejectment. - In executing a writ of ejectment, the constable or deputy...

Chapter 39 - Rent

Section 27-39-10. Collection of agricultural rents and advances; liens therefor not affected. - The remedy of distress given in Article 3 of this...

Section 27-39-20. Validity of payment of rent for period longer than twelve months. - Any payment made in anticipation of rent for a longer...

Section 27-39-30. Effect of payment of rent to grantor or conusor. - No tenant shall be prejudiced or damaged by payment of...

Section 27-39-40. Action for debt may be brought for rent on lease or demise for life. - Any person having any rent in arrears or due upon...

Section 27-39-60. Counties and municipal corporations restricted from regulating rent charged for certain dwellings. - No county or municipal corporation may enact, maintain, or enforce...

Section 27-39-210. Commencement of proceedings for collection of rent by distress. - A landlord may enforce collection of rent due by distress...

Section 27-39-220. Predistress hearing. - The purpose of the predistress hearing is to protect the...

Section 27-39-230. Property exempt from distress. - The following property is exempt from distress for rent: (1)...

Section 27-39-240. Enforcement of distress warrant. - The officer to whom a distress warrant is delivered, after...

Section 27-39-250. Property of third party on premises. - If any property distrained is not the property of the...

Section 27-39-270. Property removed from premises. - Any property belonging to the tenant removed from the premises...

Section 27-39-280. Distraint after expiration of lease of tenant for life of another. - When tenants pur autre vie hold over the tenements to...

Section 27-39-290. Reasonableness of distress. - Any distress must be reasonable in respect to the amount...

Section 27-39-300. Damages for unreasonable and excessive distress. - Any lessor or landlord who makes unreasonable and excessive distress...

Section 27-39-310. Giving bond to free property from distraint. - Within five days after such distraint the tenant may free...

Section 27-39-320. Sale of distrained property. - If the tenant fails to give bond as above prescribed...

Section 27-39-330. Tax liens on property sold under distress. - The purchaser at a sale of chattels seized under a...

Section 27-39-340. Persons who may be purchasers at sale. - The landlord or any other person may become a purchaser...

Section 27-39-350. Disposition of proceeds from sale. - If the property distrained brings more than the rent with...

Section 27-39-360. Remedy of distress deemed cumulative. - The remedy of distress shall be deemed cumulative with respect...

Chapter 40 - Residential Landlord And Tenant Act

Section 27-40-10. Short title. - This chapter is known and may be cited as the...

Section 27-40-20. Purposes; rules of construction. - (a) This chapter must be liberally construed and applied to...

Section 27-40-30. Supplementary rules of law applicable. - Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles...

Section 27-40-40. Construction against implicit repeal. - This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified...

Section 27-40-50. Administration of remedies; enforcement. - (a) The remedies provided by this chapter must be so...

Section 27-40-60. Settlement of disputed claim or right. - A claim or right arising under this chapter or on...

Section 27-40-110. Territorial application. - This chapter applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and...

Section 27-40-120. Exclusions from application of chapter. - The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1)...

Section 27-40-130. Jurisdiction and service of process. - (a) The circuit courts and magistrate courts of this State...

Section 27-40-210. General definitions. - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles of this...

Section 27-40-220. Obligation of good faith. - Every duty under this chapter and every act which must...

Section 27-40-230. Unconscionability. - (a) If the court as a matter of law, finds:...

Section 27-40-240. Notice. - (A) A person has notice of a fact if: (1)...

Section 27-40-310. Terms and conditions of rental agreement. - (a) A landlord and a tenant may include in a...

Section 27-40-320. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. - (a) If the landlord does not sign and deliver a...

Section 27-40-330. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. - (a) A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant:...

Section 27-40-340. Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden. - A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed, mortgage, or security...

Section 27-40-410. Security deposits; prepaid rent. - (a) Upon termination of the tenancy, property or money held...

Section 27-40-420. Disclosure. - (a) A landlord or any person authorized to enter into...

Section 27-40-430. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. - At the commencement of the term a landlord shall deliver...

Section 27-40-440. Landlord to maintain premises. - (a) A landlord shall: (1) comply with the requirements of...

Section 27-40-450. Limitation of liability. - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys the premises...

Section 27-40-510. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. - A tenant shall: (1) comply with all obligations primarily imposed...

Section 27-40-520. Rules and regulations. - (a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules...

Section 27-40-530. Access. - (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the...

Section 27-40-540. Tenant to use and occupy. - Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy his dwelling unit...

Section 27-40-610. Noncompliance by landlord in general. - (a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...

Section 27-40-620. Failure to deliver possession. - (a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the...

Section 27-40-630. Wrongful failure to provide essential services. - (a) If the landlord is negligent or wilful in failing...

Section 27-40-640. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent. - (a) In an action for possession based upon nonpayment of...

Section 27-40-650. Fire or casualty damage. - (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or...

Section 27-40-660. Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster or exclusion. - If a landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from...

Section 27-40-710. Noncompliance with rental agreement; failure to pay rent; removal of evicted tenant's personal property. - (A) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is...

Section 27-40-720. Noncompliance affecting health and safety. - (a) If there is noncompliance by the tenant with Section...

Section 27-40-730. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment. - (a) The unexplained absence of a tenant from a dwelling...

Section 27-40-740. Landlord's lien; distress proceeding. - (a) A contractual lien or contractual security interest on behalf...

Section 27-40-750. Remedy after termination. - If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a...

Section 27-40-760. Recovery of possession limited. - A landlord may not recover or take possession of the...

Section 27-40-770. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies. - (a) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week...

Section 27-40-780. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access. - (a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the...

Section 27-40-790. Payment of rent into court. - In any action where the landlord sues for possession and...

Section 27-40-800. Undertaking on appeal and order staying execution. - (a) Upon appeal to the circuit court, the case must...

Section 27-40-910. Retaliatory conduct prohibited. - (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord shall...

Section 27-40-920. Conflict with Title 27. - Chapter 35, Title 27, Chapter 37, Title 27, and Article...

Section 27-40-930. Severability. - If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof...

Section 27-40-940. Prior transactions. - Transactions entered into before the effective date of this chapter,...

Chapter 41 - Undertenants Of Life Tenants

Section 27-41-10. Recovery of rent from undertenant on death of life tenant. - When any tenant for life shall happen to die before...

Section 27-41-20. Proportion of rent to be paid at death of life tenant. - If such tenant for life die on the day on...

Section 27-41-30. Undertenant's right to possession. - If any person shall rent or hire lands of a...

Chapter 43 - Cemeteries

Section 27-43-10. Notice of proposed removal; due care required. - A person who owns land on which is situated an...

Section 27-43-20. Removal to plot agreeable to governing body and relatives; determination of suitable plot in case of disagreement. - The plot to which the graves are removed shall be...

Section 27-43-30. Supervision of removal work; expenses. - All work connected with the removal of the graves shall...

Section 27-43-40. Evidence of abandonment. - The conveyance of the land upon which the cemetery or...

Section 27-43-310. Cemeteries on private property; persons entitled to access; purposes; notice; institution of proceedings in magistrate's court; immunity from civil liability. - (A) An owner of private property on which a cemetery,...

Chapter 45 - Abandoned And Loaned Cultural Property

Section 27-45-10. Definitions. - (A) "Cultural property" means: (1) any work of art, including,...

Section 27-45-20. Abandoned cultural property board. - There is established the Abandoned Cultural Property Board composed of...

Section 27-45-30. Notice to known lender of intent to terminate loan and claim title to loaned property. - (A) A nonprofit organization holding abandoned cultural property shall attempt...

Section 27-45-40. Notice to unknown lender of intent to terminate loan and claim title to loaned property. - (A) If a nonprofit organization does not have records identifying...

Section 27-45-50. Retention of record of efforts to locate lender of property. - Record of a nonprofit organization's efforts to locate the lender...

Section 27-45-60. Vesting of title to property in nonprofit organization. - If no claim has been made to the abandoned cultural...

Section 27-45-70. Certification by board of compliance with requirements of chapter. - Before a nonprofit organization may claim title to abandoned cultural...

Section 27-45-80. Right to apply conservation measures to or dispose of loaned property; liability of organization. - (A) Unless there is a written loan agreement to the...

Section 27-45-90. Right of lender to claim loaned property subsequent to expiration of notice period. - (A) Effective July 1, 1987, no action may be brought...

Section 27-45-100. Application of chapter. - The provisions of this chapter control the procedure and disposition...

Chapter 47 - Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act

Section 27-47-10. Short title. - This chapter is known as the South Carolina Manufactured Home...

Section 27-47-20. Purposes and policies of chapter; liberal construction. - (A) This chapter must be construed liberally and applied to...

Section 27-47-110. Applicability of this chapter and Chapter 40 of Title 27. - This chapter applies to, regulates, and determines the rights, obligations,...

Section 27-47-120. Tenancies not governed by chapter. - The following tenancies are not governed by this chapter: (1)...

Section 27-47-130. Determination of jurisdiction and service of process. - Jurisdiction and service of process must be determined pursuant to...

Section 27-47-210. Definitions. - Subject to additional definitions contained in other provisions of law...

Section 27-47-220. Good faith requirement as to every duty and act specified in chapter. - Every duty under this chapter and every act which must...

Section 27-47-230. Determining unconscionability. - Unconscionability must be determined according to Section 27-40-230. HISTORY: 1991...

Section 27-47-240. Notice. - Notice must be given pursuant to Section 27-40-240. HISTORY: 1991...

Section 27-47-310. Written rental agreement required; items which must be provided for; restriction on user fee. - (A) An owner who offers for lease a space in...

Section 27-47-410. Name and address of owner for purposes of service of process and receiving or receipting notices and demands; agent of owner for this and other purposes. - (A) An owner shall disclose his name and address or...

Section 27-47-420. Notice to resident of new rental rate where tenancy continues beyond original term. - When a tenancy is to continue beyond the original term...

Section 27-47-430. Aesthetic standards; change in standards; notice; burden to show home unsafe, unsanitary, or not in compliance with aesthetic standards. - The owner has the burden of proving a manufactured home...

Section 27-47-440. Approval or disapproval of manufactured home purchaser to become resident of park. - (A) The purchaser of a manufactured home may not become...

Section 27-47-450. Access to common areas; utility connections and systems. - An owner shall provide access to the common areas of...

Section 27-47-460. Duty to maintain safe premises; owner not guarantor of safety. - An owner is not the guarantor of the safety of...

Section 27-47-470. Duty to maintain cleanliness and appearance of common areas. - An owner shall take reasonable steps to maintain the cleanliness...

Section 27-47-510. Codes; rent; notices; rental agreement and regulations; responsibility for guests. - A resident shall: (1) comply with the obligations of applicable...

Section 27-47-520. Security deposit. - Upon termination of a tenancy, monies held by the owner...

Section 27-47-530. Grounds for eviction; notice of eviction; sale of manufactured home left on lot following eviction. - (A) An owner may evict a resident for one or...

Section 27-47-610. Notification by new owner of change in ownership. - If a park is sold but continues to operate as...

Section 27-47-620. Notice of proposed rezoning. - If an owner applies for rezoning of a park, a...

Chapter 50 - The Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act

Section 27-50-10. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Commission" means the South...

Section 27-50-20. Scope of article. - This article applies to the following transfers of residential real...

Section 27-50-30. Certain transfers excluded from scope of article. - This article does not apply to transfers: (1) pursuant to...

Section 27-50-40. Disclosure statements; contents; owner options. - (A) Except for transactions exempted under Section 27-50-30, the owner...

Section 27-50-50. Delivery of and effect of failure to provide disclosure statement; responsibility of listing or selling agent. - (A) The owner of real property subject to this article...

Section 27-50-60. Corrected disclosure statements; reasonable repairs before closing. - If the owner discovers, after his delivery of a disclosure...

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South Carolina Code of Laws Title 27 - Property and Conveyances

South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances