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SC Code § 27-31-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-110. Plot plan and building plan.

 There must be attached to the master deed or lease, at the time it is filed for record, a map or plat showing the horizontal and vertical location of any building which is proposed or in existence and other improvements within the property boundary, which shall have the seal and signature of a registered land surveyor licensed to practice in this State. There must also be attached a plot plan of the completed or proposed construction showing the location of the building which is proposed or in existence and other improvements, and a set of floor plans of the building which must show graphically the dimensions, area, and location of each apartment therein and the dimension, area, and location of common elements affording access to each apartment. Other common elements, both limited and general, must be shown graphically insofar as possible and must be described in detail in words and figures. The building plans must be certified to by an engineer or architect authorized and licensed to practice his profession in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-504; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572; 1984 Act No. 463, Section 3; 1999 Act No. 86, Section 4.
SC Code § 27-31-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-120. Designation of apartments on plans; conveyance or lease of apartment.

 Each apartment must be designated, on the plans referred to in Section 27-31-110, by letter or number or other appropriate designation and any conveyance, lease, or other instrument affecting title to the apartment, which describes the apartment by using the letter or number followed by the words "in Horizontal Property Regime," is deemed to contain a good and sufficient description for all purposes. Any conveyance or lease of an individual apartment is deemed to also convey or lease the undivided interest of the owner in the common elements, both general and limited, appertaining to the apartment without specifically or particularly referring to same.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-505; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1973 (58) 783; 1984 Act No. 463, Section 4.
SC Code § 27-31-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|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 property constituted into a horizontal property regime may waive the regime and regroup or merge the records of the individual apartments with the principal property, if the individual apartments are unencumbered, or if encumbered, if the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded agree to accept as security the undivided portions of the property owned by the debtors.  (B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), in the case of nonprofit long-term care retirement or life care facilities where there are co-owners, a two-thirds vote of the co-owners suffices to waive the regime and regroup or merge the records of the individual apartments with the principal property if the individual apartments are unencumbered, or if encumbered, if the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded agree to accept as security the undivided portions of the property owned by the debtors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-506; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1999 Act No. 25, Section 1.
SC Code § 27-31-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-140. Merger as bar to subsequent horizontal property regime.

 The merger provided for in Section 27-31-130 shall in no way bar the subsequent constitution of the property into another horizontal property regime whenever so desired and upon observance of the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-507; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-150. Administration of property; bylaws.

 The administration of the property constituted into horizontal property, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall be governed by bylaws which shall be inserted in or appended to and recorded with the master deed or lease.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-508; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572.
SC Code § 27-31-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-160. Provisions required in bylaws; modification of system of administration.

 The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following:  (a) Form of administration, indicating whether this shall be in charge of an administrator or of a board of administration, or otherwise, and specifying the powers, manner of removal and, where proper, the compensation thereof;  (b) Method of calling or summoning the co-owners to assemble; that a majority of at least fifty-one percent is required to adopt decisions; who is to preside over the meeting and who will keep the minutes book wherein the resolutions shall be recorded;  (c) Care, upkeep and surveillance of the property and its general or limited common elements and services;  (d) Manner of collecting from the co-owners for the payment of the common expenses;  (e) Designation and dismissal of the personnel necessary for the works and the general or limited common services of the property.  The sole owner of the property or, if there be more than one, the co-owners representing two thirds of the total value of the property, may at any time modify the system of administration, but each one of the particulars set forth in this section shall always be embodied in the bylaws. No such modification may be operative until it is embodied in a recorded instrument which shall be recorded in the same office and in the same manner as was the master deed or lease and original bylaws of the horizontal property regime involved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-509; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572.
SC Code § 27-31-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-170. Compliance with bylaws, rules, and regulations; remedy for noncompliance.

 Each co-owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as either of the same may be lawfully amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions and restrictions set forth in the master deed or lease or in the deed or lease to his apartment. Failure to comply with any of the same shall be grounds for a civil action to recover sums due for damages or injunctive relief, or both, maintainable by the administrator or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, on behalf of the council of co-owners, or in a proper case, by an aggrieved co-owner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-510; 1967 (55) 449; 1973 (58) 783.
SC Code § 27-31-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-180. Records of receipts and expenditures.

 The administrator or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, shall keep a book with a detailed account, in chronological order, of the receipts and expenditures affecting the property and its administration, and specifying the maintenance and repair expenses of the common elements and any other expenses incurred. Both the book and the vouchers accrediting the entries made thereupon shall be available for examination by all the co-owners at convenient hours on working days that shall be set and announced for general knowledge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-511; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-190. Expenses shall be shared.

 The co-owners of the apartments are bound to contribute pro rata in the percentages computed according to Section 27-31-60 toward the expenses of administration and of maintenance and repair of the general common elements and, in the proper case, of the limited common elements of the property and toward any other expense lawfully agreed upon.  No co-owner may exempt himself from contributing toward such expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of the common elements or by abandonment of the apartment belonging to him.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-512; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-200. Unpaid assessments; payment upon sale.

 Upon the sale or conveyance of an apartment, all unpaid assessments against a co-owner for his pro rata share in the expenses to which Section 27-31-190 refers shall first be paid out of the sales price or by the acquirer in preference over any other assessments or charges of whatever nature except the following:  (a) Assessments, liens and charges for taxes past due and unpaid on the apartment; and  (b) Payments due under mortgage instruments or encumbrances duly recorded.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-513; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|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 of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, but unpaid, for the share of common expenses chargeable to any apartment shall constitute a lien on such apartment prior to all other liens except only (i) tax liens on the apartment in favor of any assessing unit, and (ii) mortgage and other liens, duly recorded, encumbering the apartment. Such lien may be foreclosed by suit by the administrator, or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, acting on behalf of the council of co-owners, in like manner as a mortgage of real property. In any such foreclosure the apartment owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the apartment after the commencement of the foreclosure action and the plaintiff in such foreclosure shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect such rents. The administrator, or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, acting on behalf of the council of co-owners, shall have the power to bid in the apartment at foreclosure sale and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the same. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid common expenses may be maintainable without instituting foreclosure proceedings.  (b) Where the mortgagee of any mortgage of record or other purchaser of an apartment obtains title at the foreclosure sale of such a mortgage, such acquirer of title, his successors and assigns, shall not be liable for the share of the common expenses or assessments by the co-owners chargeable to such apartment accruing after the date of recording such mortgage but prior to the acquisition of title to such apartment by such acquirer. Such unpaid share of common expenses or assessments shall be deemed to be common expenses collectible from all of the apartment owners, including such acquirer, his successors and assigns.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-514; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-220. Liability of purchaser of apartment.

 The purchaser of an apartment (other than a purchaser at a foreclosure sale as described above in Section 27-31-210(b)) shall be jointly and severally liable with the seller for the amounts owing by the latter under Section 27-31-190 up to the time of the conveyance, without prejudice to the purchaser's right to recover from the other party the amounts paid by him as such joint debtor. The council of co-owners shall provide for the issuance and shall issue to any purchaser, upon his request, a statement of such amounts due by the seller and the purchaser's liability under this section shall be limited to the amount as set forth in the statement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-515; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-230. Liens arising subsequent to recording of master deed or lease.

 (a) No lien arising subsequent to recording the master deed or lease as provided in this chapter, and while the property remains subject to this chapter, shall be effective against the property. During such period liens or encumbrances shall arise or be created only against each apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to such apartment, in the same manner and under the same conditions in every respect as liens or encumbrances may arise or be created upon or against any other separate parcel of real property subject to individual ownership; provided, that no labor performed or materials furnished with the consent or at the request of a co-owner or his agent or his contractor or subcontractor, shall be the basis for the filing of a mechanic's or materialman's lien against the apartment or any other property of any other co-owner not expressly consenting to or requesting the same, except that such express consent shall be deemed to be given by the owner of any apartment in the case of emergency repairs thereto. Labor performed or materials furnished for the common elements, if duly authorized by the council of co-owners, the administrator or board of administration or other administration specified by the bylaws, in accordance with this chapter, the master deed, lease or bylaws, shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each co-owner and shall be the basis for the filing of a mechanic's or materialman's lien against each of the apartments and shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b) hereunder.  (b) In the event a lien against two or more apartments becomes effective, the owners of the separate apartments may remove their apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment from the lien by payment of the fractional or proportional amounts attributable to each of the apartments affected. Such individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentages appearing in the master deed or lease. Subsequent to any such payment, discharge or other satisfaction, the apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant thereto shall thereafter be free and clear of the lien so paid, satisfied or discharged. Such partial payment, satisfaction or discharge shall not prevent the lienor from proceeding to enforce his rights against any apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant thereto not so paid, satisfied or discharged.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-516; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572.
SC Code § 27-31-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-240. Insurance.

 The council of co-owners shall insure the property against risks, without prejudice to the right of each co-owner to insure his apartment on his own account and for his own benefit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-517; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|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 required pursuant to Section 27-31-240 and which is damaged or destroyed must be repaired or replaced promptly by the council of co-owners unless:  (1) repair or replacement is illegal under a state statute or local health ordinance; or  (2) eighty percent of the co-owners, including the owner of an apartment which is not to be rebuilt, vote not to rebuild; except that the property bylaws may expressly require a percentage greater, but not less than, eighty percent of the co-owners.  (B) The cost of repair or replacement in excess of insurance proceeds and reserve must be considered a common expense.  (C) If the entire property is not repaired or replaced, the insurance proceeds:  (1) attributable to the damaged common elements must be used to restore the damaged area to a condition compatible with the remainder of the property;  (2) attributable to apartments and limited common elements that are not rebuilt must be distributed to the owners of those apartments and to the owners of those apartments to which limited common elements were allocated, or to the lienholders, as their interests may appear;  (3) remaining must be distributed to all of the co-owners or lienholders, as their interests may appear, in proportion to the percentage as described in Section 27-31-60.  (D) If the co-owners vote not to rebuild an apartment, that apartment's allocated interest must be reallocated automatically upon the vote and the council of co-owners promptly shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the master deed reflecting the reallocations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-518; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1984 Act No. 463, Section 5; 2006 Act No. 250, Section 1, eff March 24, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 250, Section 2, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all horizontal properties governed by the Horizontal Property Act, notwithstanding a provision in the master deed or bylaws to the contrary."  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 27-31-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-260. Sharing expenses in case of fire or other disaster.

 Where the property is not insured or where the insurance indemnity is insufficient to cover the cost of reconstruction, the rebuilding costs shall be paid by all the co-owners directly affected by the damage, in proportion to the value of their respective apartments, or as may be provided in the bylaws; and if any one or more of those composing the minority shall refuse to make such payments, the majority may proceed with the reconstruction at the expense of all the co-owners benefited thereby, upon proper resolution setting forth the circumstances of the case and the cost of the works, with the intervention of the council of co-owners.  The provisions of this section may be changed by unanimous resolution of the parties concerned, adopted subsequent to the date on which the fire or other disaster occurred.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-519; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-270. Assessment and collection of taxes.

 Taxes, assessments and other charges of this State, or of any political subdivision, or of any special improvement district, or of any other taxing or assessing authority shall be assessed against and collected on each individual apartment, each of which shall be carried on the tax books as a separate and distinct entity for that purpose, and not on the building or property as a whole. No forfeiture or sale of the building or property as a whole for delinquent taxes, assessments or charges shall ever divest or in anywise affect the title to an individual apartment so long as taxes, assessments and charges on the individual apartment are currently paid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-520; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-280. Council of co-owner's right of access.

 The council of co-owners shall have the irrevocable right, to be exercised by the administrator or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, to have access to each apartment from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any of the common elements therein or accessible therefrom, or for making emergency repairs therein necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to another apartment or apartments.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-521; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-290. Limitation on liability of co-owners for common expenses.

 The liability of each co-owner for common expenses shall be limited to the amounts for which he is assessed from time to time in accordance with this chapter, the master deed or lease and the bylaws.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-522; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572.
SC Code § 27-31-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-300. Effect on contracts entered into before June 6, 1967.

 The provisions of this chapter shall in no way impair, alter or revise any contract entered into with regard to horizontal properties or condominiums prior to June 6, 1967.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-523; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-410. "Conversion of rental units to condominium ownership" defined.

 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.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 37, Section 2.