S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-50 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-50
SECTION 27-37-50. Change of venue.
Status: in_force

The magistrate may grant a change of venue in an ejectment case as in any other civil case on a proper showing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-18-320 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 18 / Section 27-18-320
SECTION 27-18-320. Length of time holders must retain records.
Status: in_force

(A) Every holder required to file a report under Section 27-18-180 as to any property for which it has obtained the last known address of the owner, shall maintain a record of the name and last known address of the owner for ten years after the property becomes reportable, except to the extent that a shorter time is provided in subsection (B) or by rule of the administrator. (B) Any business association that sells in this State its travelers checks, money orders, or other similar written instruments, other than third-party bank checks on which the business association is directly liable, or that provides such instruments to others for sale in this State, shall maintain a record of those instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the state and date of issue for three years after the date the property is reportable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-530 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 5 / Section 27-40-530
SECTION 27-40-530. Access.
Status: in_force

(a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. (b) A landlord or his agent may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant: (1) At any time in case of emergency—prospective changes in weather conditions which pose a likelihood of danger to the property may be considered an emergency; (2) Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of providing regularly scheduled periodic services such as changing furnace and air-conditioning filters, providing termite, insect, or pest treatment, and the like, provided that the right to enter to provide regularly scheduled periodic services is conspicuously set forth in writing in the rental agreement and that prior to entering, the landlord announces his intent to enter to perform services; or (3) Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of providing services requested by the tenant and that prior to entering, the landlord announces his intent to enter to perform services. (c) A landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in cases under item (b) above, the landlord shall give the tenant at least twenty-four hours notice of his intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times. (d) A landlord has no other right of access except: (1) pursuant to court order; (2) as permitted by SECTIONS 27-40-720 and 27-40-730; (3) when accompanied by a law enforcement officer at reasonable times for the purpose of service of process in ejectment proceedings; or (4) unless the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises. (e) A tenant shall not change locks on the dwelling unit without the permission of the landlord.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-47-420 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 47 / Article 3 / Section 27-47-420
SECTION 27-47-420. Notice to resident of new rental rate where tenancy continues beyond original term.
Status: in_force

When a tenancy is to continue beyond the original term a resident must be given notice by the owner at least thirty days in advance of the effective date of a new rental rate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-29-20 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 27-29-20
SECTION 27-29-20. Administration.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be administered by the South Carolina Real Estate Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-30 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-30
SECTION 27-37-30. Service of rule; posting and mailing requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) The copy of the rule provided for in Section 27-37-20 may be served in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of the summons in actions pending in the court of common pleas or magistrates courts of this State. The methods of service described in subsections (B) and (C) may be used as alternatives to the method of service described in this subsection. (B) When no person can be found in possession of the premises, and the premises have remained abandoned, as defined in Section 27-40-730 for residential rental agreements and in Section 27-35-150 for nonresidential rental agreements, for a period of fifteen days or more immediately before the date of service, the copy of the rule may be served by leaving it affixed to the most conspicuous part of the premises. (C) When service as provided in subsection (A) has been attempted unsuccessfully two times in the manner described in item (1), a copy of the rule may be served by affixing both it and documentation of the two service attempts to the most conspicuous part of the premises and mailing a copy of the rule in the manner described in item (2): (1) Each of the two attempts to serve the defendant must be separated by a minimum of forty-eight hours and must occur at times of day separated by a minimum of eight hours. The person attempting to serve the rule must document the date and time of the attempts by affidavit or by certificate in the case of a law enforcement officer. On the first unsuccessful attempt to serve the rule, a copy of the rule must be affixed to the most conspicuous part of the premises. On the second unsuccessful attempt to serve the rule, the documentation of the two attempts to serve the rule must be attached to the copy of the rule when it is affixed to the most conspicuous part of the premises. (2) For mailing by ordinary mail to be considered to complete service under this item, it must be accomplished by placing a copy of the rule and documentation of the prior attempts at service in an envelope in the presence of the clerk of the magistrates court. The clerk is responsible for verifying that the envelope is addressed to the defendant at the address shown in the rule as the rental premises of the defendant or another address for receipt of mail furnished in writing by the tenant to the landlord, that the envelope contains the necessary documents, and that the clerk has placed the sealed and stamped envelope in the United States mail. The clerk's verification must be made a part of the record in the case, and service by ordinary mail is not considered complete without the clerk's verification. A fee as provided for in Section 8-21-1010(14) must be collected by the magistrate or his clerk for the verification and mailing in this item. (3) Mailing of the rule constitutes service when the requirements of items (1) and (2) have been met and ten days have elapsed from the time of mailing. If these requirements have been met, the specified time period for the tenant to show cause why he should not be ejected as provided in Section 27-37-20 begins to run on the eleventh day after mailing. However, if the tenant contacts the magistrates court prior to the eleventh day, the specified time period for the tenant to show cause as provided in Section 27-37-20 must begin to run at the time of contact.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-130 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-130
SECTION 27-37-130. Bond required to stay ejectment on appeal.
Status: in_force

An appeal in an ejectment case will not stay ejectment unless at the time of appealing the tenant shall give an appeal bond as in other civil cases for an amount to be fixed by the magistrate and conditioned for the payment of all costs and damages which the landlord may sustain thereby. In the event the tenant shall fail to file the bond herein required within five days after service of the notice of appeal such appeal shall be dismissed by the trial magistrate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-29-40 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 27-29-40
SECTION 27-29-40. Prerequisites to disposition of interest in subdivided land.
Status: in_force

Unless the subdivided lands or the transaction is exempt by SECTION 27-29-30: (1) No person may in this State offer or dispose of any interest in subdivided lands prior to the time the subdivided lands are registered in accordance with this chapter; (2) No person may dispose of any interest in subdivided lands unless a current public offering statement is delivered to the purchaser and the purchaser is afforded a reasonable opportunity to examine the public offering statement prior to the disposition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-40 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 32 / Article 1 / Section 27-32-40
SECTION 27-32-40. Furnishing copy of contract to purchaser; terms thereof.
Status: reserved

(A) It is a violation of this chapter for the seller of a vacation time sharing plan to fail to utilize and furnish the purchaser a fully completed copy of a contract pertaining to the sale at the time of its execution. The contract must include the: (1) actual date the contract is executed by all parties; (2) name and address of the seller; (3) total financial obligation of the purchaser, including the initial purchase price and additional charges to which the purchaser may be subject; (4) specific term of the contract; and (5)(a) following statement in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the purchaser and in bold type: "YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT PENALTY OR OBLIGATION WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DATE YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT, NOT INCLUDING SUNDAY IF THAT IS THE FIFTH DAY, OR THE DATE YOU RECEIVE THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32-100, WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER. IF YOU DECIDE TO CANCEL, YOU MUST NOTIFY THE SELLER IN WRITING OF YOUR INTENT TO CANCEL BY SENDING NOTICE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY ANOTHER VERIFIABLE MEANS, TO (NAME OF SELLER) AT (SELLER'S ADDRESS)." (b) in the case of a vacation time sharing lease plan the following statement also must be included: "YOU ALSO MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT AT ANY TIME IN CASE THE ACCOMMODATIONS OR FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE CONTRACT OR COMPARABLE ACCOMMODATIONS OR FACILITIES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE." (B) Notice of cancellation pursuant to this section is considered given on the date postmarked if mailed, or when transmitted from the place of origin if telegraphed, so long as the notice is actually received by the seller. If given by means of a writing transmitted other than by mail or telegraph, the notice is considered given at the time of delivery at the seller's address as identified on the contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-8-50 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-8-50
SECTION 27-8-50. Validity of easements.
Status: in_force

A conservation easement is valid even though one or more of the following exist: (1) It is not appurtenant to or does not run with an interest in real property. (2) It may be or has been assigned to another holder. (3) It is not of a character recognized traditionally at common law. (4) It imposes a negative burden. (5) It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder. (6) The benefit does not touch or concern real property. (7) There is no privity of estate or of contract. (8) It does not run to the successors and assigns of the holder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-30-320 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 30 / Article 3 / Section 27-30-320
SECTION 27-30-320. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article: (1) "Board" means the representative body, regardless of name, designated in the governing documents to act on behalf of a homeowners association and govern the association. (2) "Bylaws" means the document, and amendments to it, that contain the procedures for conducting the affairs of a homeowners association, regardless of the form of the association's legal entity or the name by which the document comprising the bylaws is identified. (3) "Declarant" means a person or group of persons acting in concert who: (a) as part of a common promotional plan, subdivide and offer to dispose of an interest the person or group has in a unit in real property; or (b) reserve or succeed to a special declarant right, which means a right created under the declaration or bylaws for the person or group to retain or exercise authority in addition to regular declarant rights in a unit of real property. (4) "Declaration" means the recorded instruments, however denominated, that create a homeowners association, including amendments to those instruments. (5) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Affairs. (6) "Homeowner" means a declarant or other person who owns a unit in a homeowners association, but does not include a person having an interest in such a unit solely as security for an obligation. (7) "Homeowners association" or "association" means an entity developed to manage and maintain a planned community or horizontal property regime for which there is a declaration requiring a person, by virtue of his ownership of a separate property within the planned community or horizontal property regime, to pay assessments for a share of real estate taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses related to, common elements and other real estate described in that declaration. A "homeowners association" or "association" does not include a vacation timesharing plan organized and subject only to the provisions of Chapter 32. (8) "Homeowners association management company" means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, association, sole proprietorship, or other similar organization engaging in the business of managing homeowners associations. (9) "Unit" means an apartment in a horizontal property regime, or a lot in a subdivision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-1-10 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-1-10
SECTION 27-1-10. Real estate made liable for debts, duties and demands.
Status: in_force

Houses, lands and other hereditaments and real estate situated or being within this State, belonging to any person indebted, (a) shall be liable to and chargeable with all just debts, duties and demands, of whatever nature or kind whatsoever, owing by any such person, (b) shall and may be assets for the satisfaction thereof and (c) shall be subject to the like remedies, proceedings and process as personal estates.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-3-10 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-3-10
SECTION 27-3-10. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-310 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 27-40-310
SECTION 27-40-310. Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law, including rent, term of the agreement, and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties. (b) In absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair-market rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit. (c) Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Unless the tenant is otherwise notified in writing, rent is payable at the dwelling unit and periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is uniformly apportionable from day to day. (d) Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy is week to week in case of a roomer who pays weekly rent and in all other cases month to month.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-60 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 32 / Article 1 / Section 27-32-60
SECTION 27-32-60. Refund upon cancellation; escrow account.
Status: in_force

It is a violation of this chapter for a seller of vacation time sharing plans to: (1) fail to refund payments made by the purchaser pursuant to the contract and return a negotiable instrument, other than a check, executed by the purchaser in connection with the contract or services within twenty days after receipt of notice of cancellation made pursuant to Section 27-32-40, if the purchaser has not received benefits pursuant to the contract; (2) if the purchaser has received benefits pursuant to the contract, fail to refund within thirty days after receipt of notification of cancellation made pursuant to Section 27-32-40 or 27-32-50 payments made by the purchaser to the seller which exceed a pro rata portion of the total price, taking into consideration the cost and use of the time share facilities at an average rental rate, representing the proportion of contract benefits actually received by the purchaser during the time preceding cancellation; (3) fail to place in a real estate broker's trust account, or another escrow arrangement approved by the commission, one hundred percent of the funds received from the purchasers of the plans, which trust account must provide that: (a) its purpose is to protect the purchaser's right to refund during the five-day right to cancellation period as provided in Section 27-32-40 or 27-32-50; and (b) funds may be withdrawn by the seller pursuant to Section 27-32-90.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-50 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 27-40-50
SECTION 27-40-50. Administration of remedies; enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) The remedies provided by this chapter must be so administered that an aggrieved party may recover appropriate damages. The aggrieved party has a duty to mitigate damages. (b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-440 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 27-40-440
SECTION 27-40-440. Landlord to maintain premises.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord shall: (1) comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety; (2) make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (3) keep all common areas of the premises in a reasonably safe condition, and, for premises containing more than four dwelling units, keep in a reasonably clean condition; (4) make available running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection; (5) maintain in reasonably good and safe working order and condition all electrical, gas, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him. Appliances present in the dwelling unit are presumed to be supplied by the landlord unless specifically excluded by the rental agreement. No appliances or facilities necessary to the provision of essential services may be excluded. (b) If the duty imposed by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) is greater than any duty imposed by any other paragraph of that subsection, the landlord's duty must be determined by reference to paragraph (1) of subsection (a). (c) The landlord and tenant of a single family residence may agree in writing that the tenant perform the landlord's duties specified in paragraph (5) of subsection (a) and also specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, and remodeling, but only if the transaction is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord. (d) The landlord and tenant of any dwelling unit other than a single family residence may agree that the tenant is to perform specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, or remodeling only if: (1) the agreement of the parties is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; (2) the work is not necessary to cure noncompliance with subsection (a)(1) of this section; (3) the agreement does not diminish or affect the obligations of the landlord to other tenants in the premises.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-19-30 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 27-19-30
SECTION 27-19-30. Notice published in county where land lies.
Status: in_force

On the return of any inquest of supposedly escheated lands by the Secretary of State into the office of the clerk of the county in which the lands lie, the clerk shall thereupon cause to be advertised, in a newspaper of the county or other nearest gazette, the first week in every month, for six months, a notice containing a particular description of the lands, the name of the person last seized and the supposed time of his death, together with the part of the world in which he was supposed to have been born, and requiring his heirs or others claiming under him to appear and make claim.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-35-20 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 27-35-20
SECTION 27-35-20. Agreement for more than one year.
Status: in_force

Any agreement for the use or occupation of real estate for more than one year shall be void unless in writing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-8-40 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-8-40
SECTION 27-8-40. Who may bring action affecting easement.
Status: in_force

(A) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by: (1) an owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement; (2) a holder of the easement; (3) a person having a third-party right of enforcement; or (4) a person otherwise authorized by law. (B) This chapter does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with principles of law and equity.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-35-150 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 27-35-150
SECTION 27-35-150. Abandonment of premises.
Status: in_force

When a tenant abandons premises theretofore occupied by him the landlord may enter and take possession thereof, making distraint as herein provided of any property found thereon, including the property exempt from distress by the provisions of SECTION 27-39-230 and the term of a tenant abandoning premises used and occupied by him as such shall be deemed ended by such abandonment. Absence from the property for fifteen days after default in the payment of rent shall be construed as abandonment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-18-200 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 18 / Section 27-18-200
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.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who is required to file a report under Section 27-18-180 shall pay or deliver to the administrator all abandoned property required to be reported. (B) The holder of an interest under Section 27-18-110 shall deliver a duplicate certificate or other evidence of ownership if the holder does not issue certificates of ownership to the administrator. Upon delivery of a duplicate certificate to the administrator, the holder and any transfer agent, registrar, or other person acting for or on behalf of a holder in executing or delivering the duplicate certificate is relieved of all liability of every kind in accordance with the provision of Section 27-18-210 to every person, including any person acquiring the original certificate or the duplicate of the certificate issued to the administrator, for any losses or damages resulting to any person by the issuance and delivery to the administrator of the duplicate certificate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-11-20 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 11 / Section 27-11-20
SECTION 27-11-20. Former grants and the like made valid; persons may hold under same against State.
Status: in_force

All persons who are now possessed of or hold any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments whatsoever in this State by and under any original patents, grants or deeds, indented or poll, either made by the former lords proprietors or by their palatine, or his deputy, and any three or more of the lords proprietors, or their deputies, or by any of their governors, and any three or more of the lords proprietors, or the lords proprietors' deputies, or by any other person or persons whatsoever, commissioned by their palatine, and any three or more of the lords proprietors, or by any five of the lords proprietors, their deputies or commissioners, as of fee simple or fee simple conditional or for life or for a term of years and all other persons whatsoever who are now possessed of or do hold any such estates, by virtue of any mesne conveyances derived from and under all or any such original patents, grants and deeds, indented or poll, shall from henceforth quietly and peaceably have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy all and every such messuages, plantations, lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever, to them, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, respectively, according to the several tenures in such original patents, grants, deeds indented or deeds poll, mesne conveyances or last wills, derived from and under them respectively mentioned and expressed, and that against the State forever and against the lords proprietors and their heirs and all persons whatsoever, save and except as hereinafter excepted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-16-70 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 27-16-70
SECTION 27-16-70. Tribal court of criminal jurisdiction; delineation of Tribal and state jurisdiction; Tribal peace officers; training; cross-deputization.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in this section, South Carolina shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all crimes under the statutory or common law of this State. (B) A constitution adopted by the Tribe may provide for a tribal court with criminal jurisdiction. (1) If a tribal court with criminal jurisdiction is created, the territorial jurisdiction of the court both original and appellate must be limited to the Reservation; the jurisdiction of the court over persons must be limited to members of the Tribe; and the subject matter jurisdiction of the court is limited to crimes within the jurisdiction of the state magistrates' courts and to any additional misdemeanors and petty offenses specified in the ordinances or laws adopted by the Tribe. The fines and penalties for the offenses may not exceed the maximum fines and penalties that a state magistrate's court may impose. (2) In all cases in which the tribal court has jurisdiction over state law, its jurisdiction must be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the magistrates' courts of the State; and defendants shall have the right to remove the cases to the magistrate's court or appeal their convictions in tribal court cases to the General Sessions Court, in the same manner that magistrate's court decisions may be appealed, or in accordance with procedures the General Assembly may provide. In cases where the tribal court is applying those additional ordinances or laws described in item (1), it shall have exclusive jurisdiction. (C) For the purpose of enforcing the Tribe's powers provided by this chapter and the federal implementing legislation, the Tribe may employ peace officers. (1) If the Tribe elects to employ peace officers, all tribal peace officers shall undergo and pass the same course of training required of sheriff's deputies by South Carolina. (2) The State, the Counties of York and Lancaster, and the Tribe shall enter into a cross-deputization agreement whereby tribal law enforcement officers are authorized to enforce state, county, and tribal law within the Reservation against members and nonmembers of the Tribe, and state and county law enforcement officers are authorized to enforce state, county, and tribal law within the Reservation against members and nonmembers of the Tribe. However, if the reservation is located in only one of the two counties, only the sheriff of that county shall enter into a cross deputization agreement as provided in this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-15-30 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-15-30
SECTION 27-15-30. Certain rights vested in lessees of Catawba Indians.
Status: in_force

All the reversionary right, title and interest of this State in and to the Catawba Indian lands, situated in the counties of York and Lancaster, within a boundary of fifteen miles square and which are represented in the plat of survey made by Samuel Wiley, dated February 22, 1764 and now on file in the office of the Secretary of State, are hereby vested in the persons who may hold such lands as lessees of the Catawba Indians, their heirs and assigns, according to the location of their respective leases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-40 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 27-40-40
SECTION 27-40-40. Construction against implicit repeal.
Status: repealed

This chapter being a general chapter intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it is to be construed as impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-15-10 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 15 / Section 27-15-10
SECTION 27-15-10. Leases; term limitations.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the Catawba Indians to grant and make to any person any lease or leases, for life or lives or term of years, of any of the lands vested in them by the laws of this State; provided, that no lease shall exceed the term of ninety-nine years or three lives in being.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-39-250 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 27-39-250
SECTION 27-39-250. Property of third party on premises.
Status: in_force

If any property distrained is not the property of the tenant, the tenant shall immediately name the owner and inform the officer of the ownership, and the officer shall distrain sufficient other property of the tenant to pay the rent and costs. Even though property of the tenant must be first applied to payment of the rent and costs, all property upon the rented premises is subject to distress as provided in this section, except property mentioned in Section 27-39-230. If at any time prior to sale, as provided in Section 27-39-320, the landlord is given or receives written notice containing facts substantiating ownership that some of the distrained property is owned by a third party, the third party must receive notice, as provided in Section 27-39-210 , and an opportunity to be heard, as provided in Section 27-39-220. Before the distrained property of the third party is subject to sale pursuant to Section 27-39-320, the magistrate shall find, in a hearing, that the ownership of the property was transferred from the tenant to the third party for the purpose of avoiding distraint. If the magistrate does not make this finding, the property of the third party is exempt from distraint as provided in Section 27-39-230.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-31-410 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Article 2 / Section 27-31-410
SECTION 27-31-410. "Conversion of rental units to condominium ownership" defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "conversion of rental units to condominium ownership" means the establishment of a horizontal property regime encompassing a preexisting building which, at anytime prior to the recording of the master deed or master lease, was wholly or partially occupied by persons as their residence on a permanent or at least a continuing basis other than persons who, at the time of such recording, had contractual rights to acquire condominium ownership within the building.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-3-60 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 27-3-60
SECTION 27-3-60. Certain liability not limited.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists: (a) For grossly negligent, willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity. (b) For injury suffered in any case where the owner of land charges persons who enter or go on the land for the recreational use thereof, except that in the case of land leased to the State or a subdivision thereof, any consideration received by the owner for such lease shall not be deemed a charge within the meaning of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-1-50 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-1-50
SECTION 27-1-50. Party walls in cities and towns; expense.
Status: in_force

When the owner of such adjoining land shall build, he shall pay for one half of such partition wall, so far as he makes use of it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-920 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 9 / Section 27-40-920
SECTION 27-40-920. Conflict with Title 27.
Status: in_force

Chapter 35, Title 27, Chapter 37, Title 27, and Article 3, Chapter 39, Title 27, of the 1976 Code are not applicable to the leasing or renting or to leases or rental agreements concerning any real property insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, including the rights and remedies of landlords and tenants thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-30-160 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 30 / Article 1 / Section 27-30-160
SECTION 27-30-160. Jurisdiction of magistrates court.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Section 22-3-10, the magistrates court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to adjudicate monetary disputes arising under this article, provided the dispute meets the jurisdictional requirements of Section 22-3-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-18-330 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 18 / Section 27-18-330
SECTION 27-18-330. Authority of administrator to enforce chapter.
Status: in_force

The administrator may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-45-90 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 27-45-90
SECTION 27-45-90. Right of lender to claim loaned property subsequent to expiration of notice period.
Status: in_force

(A) Effective July 1, 1987, no action may be brought against a nonprofit organization to recover property on loan when more than one hundred twenty days have passed from the date that the organization gives final public notice of intent to terminate the loan pursuant to SECTION 27-45-30 or 27-45-40, as appropriate, except pursuant to subsection (C). (B) A lender is considered to have donated loaned property to a nonprofit organization if the lender fails to contact the organization and establish his claim to the property to the satisfaction of the organization or fails to file an action to recover the property on loan to the organization within the one hundred twenty days specified in SECTION 27-45-60. (C) If a nonprofit organization fails to follow the appropriate methods for notifying the lender as provided in SECTION 27-45-30 or 27-45-40, the lender may present proof of his claim to the board within ten years from the date the loan was terminated pursuant to this chapter. If the board finds the lender's claim to be valid, and the nonprofit organization is not able to present written proof of notice to terminate the loan in the appropriate method provided in SECTION 27-45-30 or 27-45-40, the nonprofit organization is liable to the lender for: (1) the return of the property; or (2) an amount equal to the property's fair market value on the date it was discarded, sold, or traded by the nonprofit organization, and interest, at the legal rate, from that same date.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-47-460 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 47 / Article 3 / Section 27-47-460
SECTION 27-47-460. Duty to maintain safe premises; owner not guarantor of safety.
Status: in_force

An owner is not the guarantor of the safety of residents or invitees but shall exercise due care to keep the portion of the premises under the owner's control in a reasonably safe condition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-8-100 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 27-8-100
SECTION 27-8-100. Use of trust fund monies for beach conservation.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism as an eligible trust fund recipient is authorized but not required to use monies it receives from the Conservation Bank Trust Fund to provide for beach conservation at the State Parks System.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-47-220 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 27-47-220
SECTION 27-47-220. Good faith requirement as to every duty and act specified in chapter.
Status: in_force

Every duty under this chapter and every act which must be performed as a condition precedent to the exercise of a right or remedy under this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performances or enforcement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-5-30 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-5-30
SECTION 27-5-30. Construction of terms "failure of issue" and the like.
Status: in_force

Whenever in any deed or other instrument in writing, not testamentary, or in any will of a testator, an estate, either in real or personal property, shall be limited to take effect on the death of any person without heirs of the body, issue or issue of the body, or other equivalent words, such words shall not be construed to mean an indefinite failure of issue, but failure at the time of the death of such person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-790 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 7 / Section 27-40-790
SECTION 27-40-790. Payment of rent into court.
Status: in_force

In any action where the landlord sues for possession and the tenant raises defenses or counterclaims pursuant to this chapter or the rental agreement: (a) The tenant is required to pay the landlord all rent which becomes due after the issuance of a written rule requiring the tenant to vacate or show cause as rent becomes due and the landlord is required to provide the tenant with a written receipt for each payment except when the tenant pays by check. If the landlord and tenant disagree as to the amount of rent or the time of payments thereof, the court shall hold a hearing as soon as feasible after the issues have been joined, and preliminarily determine the matter. In the event that the basis for the disagreement of the amount of rent due is the landlord's alleged violation of the rental agreement or the provisions of this chapter, the rent to be paid must be the fair-market rental value of the premises at the time of the hearing. Rent must not be abated for a condition caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of his family, or other person on the premises with his permission or who is allowed access to the premises by the tenant. (b) The tenant is required to pay the landlord all rent allegedly owed prior to the issuance of the rule, provided, however, that in lieu of the payment the tenant may be allowed to submit to the court a receipt and cancelled check, or both, indicating that payment has been made to the landlord. In the event that the amount of rent is in controversy, the court shall determine the amount of rent to be paid to the landlord in the same manner as in subsection (a) or (b) of this section. (c) Should the tenant not appear and show cause within ten days, the court shall issue a warrant of ejectment pursuant to SECTION 27-37-40 of the 1976 Code. Should the tenant appear in response to the rule and allege that rent due under subsections (a) or (b) has been paid, the court shall determine the issue. If the tenant has failed to comply with subsections (a) or (b), the court shall issue a warrant of ejectment and the landlord must be placed in full possession of the premises by the sheriff, deputy, or constable. (d) If the amount of rent due is determined at final adjudication to be less than alleged by the landlord, decision must be entered for the tenant if he has complied fully with the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-16-50 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Section 27-16-50
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.
Status: in_force

(A) The General Assembly recognizes and acknowledges that the Settlement Agreement requires payment to the Catawba Indian Tribe of fifty million dollars of which thirty-two million dollars is to be contributed by the federal government. The State shall contribute twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars toward the settlement, which must be paid in five annual payments in the amount of two million, five hundred thousand dollars. The State's initial annual payment must be made within ninety days after the effective date of the implementing legislation, and the State's annual payments continue on the same day and month for four consecutive years, or at the option of the State, the remaining balance of the contribution may be paid in full at any time within five years of the effective date of this chapter. (B) The State Treasurer shall collect all local and private contributions to settlement and forward them to the Secretary. (C) Upon completion of all payments into the Trust Funds created by the federal implementing legislation and the Settlement Agreement, at least one-third of all state, local, and private contributions must be paid into the Education Trust Fund. (D) Private payments made pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Settlement Agreement may be treated at the election of the taxpayer as either a payment in settlement of litigation or a charitable contribution for state income tax purposes. (E) If the State's contribution of twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars, or any part of it, is not paid as scheduled, the Tribe, or the United States on behalf of the Tribe, has a cause of action against the State for the amount not paid when due. Suit on this cause of action may be brought, at the election of the Tribe, in the Court of Common Pleas of South Carolina or in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Until the entire twelve million, five hundred thousand dollars is paid, the State waives any Eleventh Amendment immunity which may bar a suit in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, but this waiver applies only to the cause of action referred to in this subsection. (F) None of the funds, assets, or income from the Tribal Trust funds may at any time be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds to the Tribe or its members under federal, state, or state funded local program, and distributions from the Tribal Trust Funds may be used as matching funds for other state, local, or federal grants or loans.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-19-90 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 27-19-90
SECTION 27-19-90. Division of land into tracts for sale.
Status: in_force

When any such lands shall exceed six hundred acres and can be divided into smaller tracts with advantage to the State in the sale thereof, the Secretary of State shall cause them to be divided in such manner as shall be most beneficial to the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-140 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-140
SECTION 27-37-140. Action of tenant wrongfully dispossessed.
Status: in_force

In case any tenant is wrongfully dispossessed he may have an action for damages against the landlord.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-35-40 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 27-35-40
SECTION 27-35-40. Use of premises without agreement or permission or by trespass; rent.
Status: in_force

When a person enters upon or uses the premises of another without agreement or without the permission of the owner or by trespass the owner may at his option waive such tort and treat and deem such person a tenant at will. In such case the landlord shall have and be entitled to a reasonable rental for the use and occupation of such premises and all remedies for the enforcement of his rights in respect thereto as in other cases of tenancy at will.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-18-350 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 18 / Section 27-18-350
SECTION 27-18-350. Interest and penalties for violations of chapter.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter may be required to pay to the administrator interest at the rate provided in Section 12-54-25 on the property or value thereof from the date the property should have been paid or delivered. (B) A person who fails to render any report or perform other duties required pursuant to this chapter may be required to pay a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each day the report is withheld or the duty is not performed, but not more than five thousand dollars. (C) A person who fails to pay or deliver property to the administrator as required pursuant to this chapter may be required to pay a civil penalty equal to twenty-five percent of the value of the property that should have been paid or delivered. (D) A person who wilfully refuses after written demand by the administrator to pay or deliver property to the administrator as required under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment, in subsections (B) and (C), substituted "pursuant to this chapter may be required to" for "under this chapter shall".
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-25-10 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-25-10
SECTION 27-25-10. Assignment by insolvent debtor.
Status: in_force

Any assignment by an insolvent debtor of his property for the benefit of his creditors in which any preference or priority is given to any creditor or creditors of the debtor by the terms of the assignment over any other creditor or creditors, other than as to any debts due to the public, or in which any provision or disposition of the property so assigned is made or directed other than that it be distributed among all creditors of the insolvent debtor equally, in proportion to the amount of their several demands and without preference or priority of any kind whatsoever, save only as to debts due to the public and save only as to such creditors as may accept the terms of such assignment and execute a release of their claim against the debtor, and except as hereinafter provided, shall be absolutely null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-47-230 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 27-47-230
SECTION 27-47-230. Determining unconscionability.
Status: in_force

Unconscionability must be determined according to Section 27-40-230.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-50-30 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 27-50-30
SECTION 27-50-30. Certain transfers excluded from scope of article.
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to transfers: (1) pursuant to court order including transfers in administration of an estate, pursuant to a writ of execution, by foreclosure sale, by a trustee in bankruptcy, by a receiver, by eminent domain, and resulting from a decree for specific performance; (2) to a mortgagee from the mortgagor or his successor in interest in a mortgage if the indebtedness is in default, by a trustee pursuant to a deed of trust or to a mortgagee pursuant to a mortgage if the indebtedness is in default, by a trustee under a mortgagee pursuant to a foreclosure sale, or by a mortgagee who has acquired the real property at a sale conducted pursuant to a judgment and order of foreclosure; (3) by a fiduciary in the course of the administration of a decedent's estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust; (4) from one or more co-owners solely to one or more other co-owners; (5) made solely to a spouse or a person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of one or more transferors; (6) between spouses resulting from a divorce decree or support order or marital property distribution order; (7) made by virtue of the record owner's failure to pay federal, state, or local taxes; (8) to or from the federal government; (9) to the State, its agencies and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts; (10) involving the first sale of a dwelling never inhabited; (11) real property sold at public auction; (12) to a residential trust; (13) between parties when both parties agree in writing not to complete a disclosure statement; (14) of a vacation time sharing plan as defined in Section 27-32-10(9); and (15) of a vacation multiple ownership interest as described in Section 27-32-250.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-220 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 27-40-220
SECTION 27-40-220. Obligation of good faith.
Status: in_force

Every duty under this chapter and every act which must be performed as a condition precedent to the exercise of a right or remedy under this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performances or enforcement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-19-330 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 27-19-330
SECTION 27-19-330. Assessment of costs and charges.
Status: in_force

When any person shall appear and make title to lands or personal estate, after office found by the jury, the court may assess such reasonable costs and charges as the Secretary of State has sustained in promoting the claim of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-155 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-155
SECTION 27-37-155. Commercial lease contract claims and counterclaims.
Status: in_force

(A) In any action involving a commercial lease where the landlord sues for possession and the tenant raises defenses or counterclaims pursuant to this chapter or the lease agreement: (1) the tenant is required to pay the landlord all rent which becomes due after the issuance of a written rule requiring the tenant to vacate or show cause as rent becomes due and the landlord is required to provide the tenant with a written receipt for each payment except when the tenant pays by check; and (2) the tenant is required to pay the landlord all rent allegedly owed prior to the issuance of the rule; provided, however, that in lieu of the payment the tenant may be allowed to submit to the court a receipt and cancelled check, or both, indicating that payment has been made to the landlord. (B)(1) In the event a jury trial is requested and upon motion of either party or upon his own motion, the magistrate may order that the commercial lease ejectment case be heard at the next term of court following the tenant's appearance. (2) In the event that the amount of rent is in controversy, the court shall preliminarily determine the amount of rent to be paid to the landlord. (3) If the tenant appears in response to the rule and alleges that rent due as provided by Section 27-37-150 and this section has been paid, the court shall determine the issue. If the tenant has failed to comply with Section 27-37-150 and this section, the court shall issue a warrant of ejectment and the landlord must be placed in full possession of the premises by the sheriff, deputy, or constable. (4) If the amount of rent due is determined at final adjudication to be less than alleged by the landlord, decision must be entered for the tenant if the court determines that the tenant has complied fully with the provisions of Section 27-37-150, this section, and the lease agreement. (5) If the court orders that the tenant pay all rent due and accruing as of and during the pendency of the action as provided by Section 27-37-150 and this section, the order may require the payments to be made (a) directly to the commercial landlord or to the clerk of court, to be held until final disposition of the case, or (b) through the magistrate's office. If payments are to be made through the magistrate's office, a fee of three percent of the rental payment must be added to the amount paid through the office and the fee of three percent shall be retained in the collecting magistrate's office to defray the costs of collection. If the tenant fails to make a payment as provided in Section 27-37-150 and this section, the tenant's failure to comply entitles the landlord to execution of the judgment for possession and, upon application of the landlord, the magistrate shall issue a warrant of ejectment and the landlord must be placed in full possession of the premises by the sheriff, deputy, or constable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-760 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 40 / Article 7 / Section 27-40-760
SECTION 27-40-760. Recovery of possession limited.
Status: in_force

A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including wilful diminution of required essential services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of services, except in case of abandonment, surrender, termination, or as permitted in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-50-90 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 50 / Article 1 / Section 27-50-90
SECTION 27-50-90. "Psychologically affected" property disclosure exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) An owner is not required to disclose the fact or suspicion that a property may be or is psychologically affected, as described in subsection (B). (B) A cause of action may not arise against an owner of real estate in a covered transaction for failure to disclose: (1) that the subject real estate is or was occupied by an individual who was infected with a virus or other disease which has been determined by medical evidence to be highly unlikely to be transmitted through his occupancy of a dwelling place; or (2) that the death of an occupant of a property has occurred or the manner of the death; or (3) public information from the sex offender registry as defined in Article 7, Title 23. (C) Subsection (B) does not preclude an action against an owner of real estate who makes intentional misrepresentations in response to direct inquiry from a purchaser or prospective purchaser with regard to psychological effects or stigmas associated with the real estate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-37-20 — SC Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 27-37-20
SECTION 27-37-20. Ejectment proceedings.
Status: in_force

Any tenant may be ejected in the following manner, to wit: Upon application by the landlord or his agent or attorney any magistrate having jurisdiction shall issue a written rule requiring the tenant forthwith to vacate the premises occupied by him or to show cause why he should not be ejected before the magistrate within ten days after service of a copy of such rule upon the tenant.