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SC Code § 29-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 7 - Liens Of Laborers And Others On Contract Price|Section 29-7-20. Failure to pay laborers and others; falsely certifying that payment has been made; penalties; waiver of right to file or claim lien for labor and material; set off against money owed.

 (1) A contractor or subcontractor who, for other purposes than paying the money loaned upon such contract, transfers, invests or expends and fails to pay to a laborer, subcontractor, or materialman out of the money received as provided in Section 29-7-10 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, when the consideration for the work and material exceeds the value of one hundred dollars must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than three months nor more than six months and when such consideration does not exceed the value of one hundred dollars must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not longer than thirty days.  (2) Any person who wilfully and intentionally certifies to any owner or lending institution by affidavit or otherwise that all persons, firms, or corporations including subcontractors and materialmen having furnished services, labor, or materials or extra items used in the construction, improvement, or repair to the owner's building or real property have been paid in full, when such persons have not been paid in full, except with regard to services or materials concerning which all lien rights have been waived in writing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. Provided, however, that an agreement to waive the right to file or claim a lien for labor and materials is against public policy and is unenforceable unless payment substantially equal to the amount waived is actually made.  (3) Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between the parties, a contractor or subcontractor may set off, against the money upon which a laborer, subcontractor, or materialman has a lien as provided by Section 29-7-10, any debt claimed to be owed to the contractor by such laborer, subcontractor, or materialman, based upon a good faith claim that those services and materials for which payment is claimed by the laborer, subcontractor, or materialman were defective. In order to make such a set-off, a declaration and accounting thereof must be included in any certificate submitted with an application for payment and a copy thereof or a separate notarized original of the declaration must be sent by certified mail to the affected laborer, subcontractor, or materialman at the time the certificate is submitted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-302; 1952 Code Section 45-302; 1942 Code Section 1278; 1932 Code Sections 1278, 8770; Civ. C. '22 Sections 173, 5682; Civ. C. '12 Sections 451, 4152; Civ. C. '02 Sections 338, 3047; 1896 (22) 198; 1897 (22) 487; 1976 Act No. 545, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 247, Section 2.
SC Code § 29-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 7 - Liens Of Laborers And Others On Contract Price|Section 29-7-30. Right of arbitration.

 Any contractor or subcontractor may have the right of arbitration by agreement with any such laborer, subcontractor or materialman.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-303; 1952 Code Section 45-303; 1942 Code Section 1278; 1932 Code Sections 1278, 8770; Civ. C. '22 Sections 173, 5682; Civ. C. '12 Sections 451, 4152; Civ. C. '02 Sections 338, 3047; 1896 (22) 198; 1897 (22) 487.
SC Code § 29-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-10. Liens for labor performed and materials furnished.

 When, by virtue of a contract, expressed or implied, with (a) the owners of a ship or vessel, (b) the agents, contractors or subcontractors of such owners or any of them or (c) any person having been employed to construct, repair or launch such ship or vessel or to assist them, money is due to any person for labor performed, materials used or labor and materials furnished in the construction, launching or repair of such ship or vessel in this State or for constructing the launchingways for or for provisions, stores or other articles furnished for or on account of such ship or vessel in this State, such person shall have a lien upon the ship or vessel, her tackle and furniture, to secure the payment of such debt which shall be preferred to all others thereon, except mariners' wages, and shall continue until the debt is satisfied.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-351; 1952 Code Section 45-351; 1942 Code Section 8781; 1932 Code Section 8787; Civ. C. '22 Section 5683; Civ. C. '12 Section 4153; Civ. C. '02 Section 3048; G. S. 2389; R. S. 2504; 1858 (12) 741; 1869 (14) 224.
SC Code § 29-9-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-20. Statement of account.

 Such lien shall be dissolved unless the person claiming it shall file, within ninety days after he ceases to labor on or furnish labor or materials for such ship or vessel, in the office of the register of deeds or clerk of court of the county within which the ship or vessel was at the time the debt was contracted, a statement, subscribed and sworn to by himself or by some person in his behalf, giving a just and true account of the demands claimed to be due to him, with all just credits, and also the name of the person with whom the contract was made, the name of the owner of the ship or vessel, if known, and the name of the ship or vessel or a description thereof sufficient for identification. Such statement shall be recorded by the register of deeds or clerk in a book kept by him for that purpose, for which he shall receive the same fees as for recording other papers of equal length.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-352; 1952 Code Section 45-352; 1942 Code Section 8782; 1932 Code Section 8788; Civ. C. '22 Section 5684; Civ. C. '12 Section 4154; Civ. C. '02 Section 3049; G. S. 2390; R. S. 2505; 1869 (14) 224; 1884 (18) 735.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
SC Code § 29-9-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-30. Place of debt when ship built in two places.

 If the ship or vessel is partly constructed in one place and partly in another, either place shall be deemed the port at which she was when the debt was contracted, within the meaning of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-353; 1952 Code Section 45-353; 1942 Code Section 8783; 1932 Code Section 8789; Civ. C. '22 Section 5685; Civ. C. '12 Section 4155; Civ. C. '02 Section 3050; G. S. 2391; R. S. 2506; 1869 (14) 224.
SC Code § 29-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-40. Inaccuracies in statement.

 No inaccuracy in the description of the ship or vessel, if she can be recognized thereby, or in stating the amount due for labor or materials, shall invalidate the proceedings, unless it appears that the person filing the certificate has knowingly and wilfully claimed more than his due.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-354; 1952 Code Section 45-354; 1942 Code Section 8783; 1932 Code Section 8789; Civ. C. '22 Section 5685; Civ. C. '12 Section 4155; Civ. C. '02 Section 3050; G. S. 2391; R. S. 2506; 1869 (14) 224.
SC Code § 29-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-50. Petition to enforce lien.

 Such lien may be enforced by petition to the court of common pleas for the county in which the vessel was at the time the debt was contracted or in which she is at the time of instituting proceedings. The petition may be entered in court or filed in the clerk's office in vacation or may be served with the summons, with an order of attachment, and returned and entered as other civil actions and the subsequent proceedings for enforcing the lien shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be as prescribed for enforcing liens on buildings and lands, so far as applicable. At the time of entering or filing the petition a process of attachment against such ship or vessel, her tackle, apparel and furniture shall issue and continue in force or may be dissolved like attachments in civil cases, but such dissolution shall not dissolve the lien.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-355; 1952 Code Section 45-355; 1942 Code Section 8784; 1932 Code Section 8790; Civ. C. '22 Section 5686; Civ. C. '12 Section 4156; Civ. C. '02 Section 3051; G. S. 2392; R. S. 2507; 1869 (14) 225.
SC Code § 29-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-60. Contents of petition.

 The petition shall contain a brief statement of the labor, materials or work done or furnished or the stores, provisions or other articles furnished and the amount due therefor, with a description of the ship or vessel subject to the lien and all other material facts and circumstances and shall pray that the ship or vessel may be sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to the discharge of the demand.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-356; 1952 Code Section 45-356; 1942 Code Section 8784-1; 1932 Code Section 8791; Civ. C. '22 Section 5687; Civ. C. '12 Section 4157; Civ. C. '02 Section 3052; G. S. 2393; R. S. 2508; 1869 (14) 225.
SC Code § 29-9-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-70. Petition filed by multiple lienors.

 Any number of persons having such liens upon the same ship or vessel may join in the same petition to enforce them, and the same proceedings shall be had in regard to the respective rights of each petitioner and the respondent may defend as to each petitioner in the same manner as if they had severally petitioned for their individual liens.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-357; 1952 Code Section 45-357; 1942 Code Section 8784-3; 1932 Code Section 8793; Civ. C. '22 Section 5689; Civ. C. '12 Section 4159; Civ. C. '02 Section 3054; G. S. 2395; R. S. 2510; 1869 (14) 224.
SC Code § 29-9-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 9 - Liens On Ships And Vessels|Section 29-9-80. Marshalling claims; distribution of proceeds; preference to labor claims.

 When there is money due to more than one person holding a lien upon a ship or vessel under the provisions of this chapter all persons interested having been cited to appear and answer, the claims of all shall be marshalled and the court shall make such order or decree as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of a double lien for the same labor, materials, stores, provisions or other articles and to secure the just rights of all. And the proceeds arising from the sale of such ship or vessel, after deducting all proper costs and expenses, shall be distributed among the several claimants to the amount of their respective debts. When such proceeds are insufficient to satisfy the liens of all those having liens for labor they shall receive a percentage on their respective claims one third greater, as near as may be, than those having liens for materials, stores or other articles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-358; 1952 Code Section 45-358; 1942 Code Section 8784-4; 1932 Code Section 8794; Civ. C. '22 Section 5690; Civ. C. '12 Section 4160; Civ. C. '02 Section 3055; G. S. 2396; R. S. 2511; 1869 (14) 225.
SC Code § 29-11-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 11 - Lien Of Mining And Manufacturing Employees|Section 29-11-10. Lien of mining and manufacturing employees on output of employer.

 All employees of factories, mines, mills, distilleries and every kind of manufacturing establishment of this State shall have a lien upon all the output of the factory, mine, mill, distillery or other manufacturing establishment by which they may be employed, either by the day or month, whether the contract be in writing or not, to the extent of such salary or wages as may be due and owing to them under the terms of their contract with the employer, such lien to take precedence over any and all other liens except the lien for municipal, State and county taxes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-451; 1952 Code Section 45-451; 1942 Code Section 8789; 1932 Code Section 8782; Civ. C. '22 Section 5703; Civ. C. '12 Section 4173; Civ. C. '02 Section 3069; 1897 (22) 502; 1915 (29) 248.
SC Code § 29-11-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 11 - Lien Of Mining And Manufacturing Employees|Section 29-11-20. Proceedings to enforce lien.

 Anyone entitled to the provisions of this chapter may begin suit upon his demands in any court of competent jurisdiction and at the time of commencing action may file with the officer out of whose court he desires process to issue an affidavit setting forth the facts out of which his alleged lien arose and the amount thereof and shall designate the property alleged to be affected by such lien. Thereupon such officer shall issue his process in the nature of a warrant of attachment, directing the sheriff of the county or any lawful constable to seize so much of the property described in the affidavit as may be necessary to satisfy the alleged lien.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-452; 1952 Code Section 45-452; 1942 Code Section 8790; 1932 Code Section 8783; Civ. C. '22 Section 5704; Civ. C. '12 Section 4174; Civ. C. '02 Section 3070; 1897 (22) 502; 1906 (25) 81.
SC Code § 29-11-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 11 - Lien Of Mining And Manufacturing Employees|Section 29-11-30. Seizure and disposition of property.

 The officer executing the process shall seize and take into his possession and custody, according to the mandate of the process, the property described and shall hold it until the final determination of the suit between the parties, following the usual practice in attachment cases as to sale after judgment if the property seized be perishable and ordered sold by the court. But if a person claiming to be the legal owner of the property seized desire to do so pending suit, he may furnish good and sufficient security for the payment of such judgments as may be recovered by the plaintiff against him in the suit pending, to be approved by the officer issuing the process, and shall thereupon be entitled to the custody of the property seized, just as though no process had been issued against it. Claims of third persons in such cases shall be made and determined in the same manner as such claims in attachment cases.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-453; 1952 Code Section 45-453; 1942 Code Section 8790; 1932 Code Section 8783; Civ. C. '22 Section 5704; Civ. C. '12 Section 4174; Civ. C. '02 Section 3070; 1897 (22) 502; 1906 (25) 81.
SC Code § 29-11-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 11 - Lien Of Mining And Manufacturing Employees|Section 29-11-40. Costs and fees of officers.

 The costs and fees of officers in proceedings under this chapter shall be the same as in cases of attachment under this Code.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-454; 1952 Code Section 45-454; 1942 Code Section 8791; 1932 Code Section 8784; Civ. C. '22 Section 5705; Civ. C. '12 Section 4175; Civ. C. '02 Section 3071; 1897 (22) 502.
SC Code § 29-13-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-10. Lien of landlord for rent and advances.

 Every landlord leasing land for agricultural purposes shall have a prior and preferred lien for his rent to the extent of all crops raised on the lands leased by him, whether raised by the tenant or some other person. No writing or recording shall be necessary to create such lien, but it shall exist from the date of the contract, whether in writing or verbal, and the landlord and his assigns may enforce such lien in the same manner, upon the same conditions and subject to the same restrictions as are provided in this chapter for persons making advances for agricultural purposes. And, subject to the liens hereinafter provided for and enforceable in the same way, the landlord and his assigns shall have a lien on all the crops raised by the tenant for all advances made by the landlord to such tenant during the year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-501; 1952 Code Section 45-501; 1942 Code Section 8771; 1932 Code Section 8771; Civ. C. '22 Section 5692; Civ. C. '12 Section 4162; Civ. C. '02 Section 3057; G. S. 2399; R. S. 2512; 1878 (16) 411, 743; 1880 (17) 413; 1884 (18) 752; 1885 (19) 146; 1906 (25) 83.
SC Code § 29-13-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-20. Laborer's lien on crops.

 Laborers who assist in making any crop on shares or for wages in money or other valuable consideration shall have a lien thereon to the extent of the amount due them for such labor. Such portion of the crop to them belonging, or such amount of money or other valuable consideration as may be due them, shall be recoverable by an action in any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-502; 1952 Code Section 45-502; 1942 Code Section 8772; 1932 Code Section 8772; Civ. C. '22 Section 5693; Civ. C. '12 Section 4163; Civ. C. '02 Section 3058; G. S. 2083; R. S. 2217; 1884 (18) 752; 1885 (19) 146.
SC Code § 29-13-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-30. Priorities among landlord and laborer liens.

 The landlord shall have a lien upon the crops of his tenant for his rent in preference to all other liens. Laborers who assist in making any crop shall have a lien thereon to the extent of the amount due them for such labor, next in priority to the landlord, and as between such laborers there shall be no preference. The landlord's lien for advances shall be paid next after the satisfaction of the landlord's lien for rent and the laborer's lien for labor and shall rank in other respects as it does now under existing laws.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-503; 1952 Code Section 45-503; 1942 Code Section 8773; 1932 Code Section 8773; Civ. C. '22 Section 5694; Civ. C. '12 Section 4164; Civ. C. '02 Section 3060; R. S. 2515; 1885 (19) 146; 1944 (43) 1321.
SC Code § 29-13-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-40. Indexing of landlord's lien for advances.

 The landlord's lien for advances shall be indexed in the office of the register of deeds or clerk of the court (when the office of register of deeds does not exist) of the county in which the land is located and the indexing of such lien shall constitute notice thereof to all third persons and entitle the lien to the benefit of this chapter only from the time of such filing for indexing. The index shall show the names of the lienor and lienee, the date and amount of the lien and a brief description of the place so cultivated. And such indexing shall be a sufficient record of the lien and the property covered by such lien, so indexed as aforesaid, if found in the hands of subsequent purchasers or creditors, shall be liable to such lien. The clerk of court or register of deeds, as the case may be, shall endorse his official certificate upon every lien on a crop or crops filed in his office under the provisions of this chapter and his only fee for filing, indexing and certifying such liens shall be fifteen cents for each lien so filed, indexed and endorsed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-504; 1952 Code Section 45-504; 1942 Code Section 8774; 1932 Code Section 8774; Civ. C. '22 Section 5695; Civ. C. '12 Section 4165; Civ. C. '02 Section 3061; G. S. 2339; R. S. 2516; 1878 (16) 411; 1880 (18) 413; 1884 (18) 896; 1944 (43) 1321.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
SC Code § 29-13-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-50. Lien for supplies advanced.

 Any person who shall make advances in provisions, supplies and other articles for agricultural purposes shall have a lien in preference to all other liens, existing or otherwise, upon such provisions, supplies and other articles, until they shall be consumed in the use. In case anyone to whom such provisions, supplies and other articles are so advanced shall endeavor to dispose of them for other purposes than that for which they were advanced or in case any person shall endeavor to make such provisions, supplies and other articles liable for the debts of the person to whom they were advanced, then the person advancing such provisions, supplies or other articles shall have the same remedies and means for enforcing his lien as are herein provided in case of advances for agricultural supplies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-505; 1952 Code Section 45-505; 1942 Code Section 8779; 1932 Code Section 8779; Civ. C. '22 Section 5700; Civ. C. '12 Section 4170; Civ. C. '02 Section 3066; G. S. 2402; R. S. 2521; 1879 (17) 142.
SC Code § 29-13-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-60. Seizure of crop to prevent defeat of lien.

 If any landlord making such advances shall prove by affidavit to the satisfaction of the clerk of the court of the county in which such crop is that the person to whom such advances have been made is about to sell or dispose of his crop or in any other way is about to defeat the lien herein provided for and shall accompany such affidavit with a statement of the amount then due, such clerk may issue his warrant, directed to any of the sheriffs of this State, requiring them to seize such crop and, after due notice, sell it for cash and pay over the net proceeds thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in extinguishment of the amount then due.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-506; 1952 Code Section 45-506; 1942 Code Section 8775; 1932 Code Section 8775; Civ. C. '22 Section 5696; Civ. C. '12 Section 4166; Civ. C. '02 Section 3062; G. S. 2398; R. S. 2517; 1878 (16) 410; 1944 (43) 1321.
SC Code § 29-13-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 13 - Agricultural Liens|Section 29-13-70. Notice that amount claimed not justly due; proceeds to be held.

 If the person to whom such advances have been made shall, within thirty days after such sale has been made, give notice in writing to the sheriff, accompanied with an affidavit to this effect, that the amount claimed is not justly due, the sheriff shall hold the proceeds of such sale subject to the decision of the court upon an issue which shall be made up and set down for trial at the next succeeding term of the court of common pleas for the county in which the person to whom such advances have been made resides. In such issue the landlord who makes such advances shall be the actor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-507; 1952 Code Section 45-507; 1942 Code Section 8775; 1932 Code Section 8775; Civ. C. '22 Section 5696; Civ. C. '12 Section 4166; Civ. C. '02 Section 3062; G. S. 2398; R. S. 2517; 1878 (16) 410; 1944 (43) 1321.