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SC Code § 27-29-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act|Section 27-29-170. Jurisdiction of circuit court.

 Dispositions of subdivided lands are subject to this chapter, and the circuit court of this State has jurisdiction in claims or causes of action arising under this chapter, if:  (1) The subdivider's principal office is located in this State; or  (2) Any offer or disposition of subdivided lands is made in this State, whether or not the offeror or offeree is then present in this State, if the offer originates within this State or is directed by the offeror to a person or place in this State and received by the person or at the place to which it is directed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-567; 1968 (55) 3052.
SC Code § 27-29-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act|Section 27-29-180. Extradition.

 In the proceedings for extradition of a person charged with a crime under this chapter, it need not be shown that the person whose surrender is demanded has fled from justice or at the time of the commission of the crime was in the demanding or other state.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-568; 1968 (55) 3052.
SC Code § 27-29-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act|Section 27-29-190. Service of process.

 (a) In addition to the methods of service provided for in the rules of civil practice service may be made by delivering a copy of the process to the office of the commission, but it is not effective unless the plaintiff (which may be the commission in a proceeding instituted by it):  (1) forthwith sends a copy of the process and of the pleading by certified or registered mail to the defendant or respondent at his last known address, and  (2) the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with this section if filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within such further time as the court allows.  (b) If any person, including any nonresident of this State, engages in conduct prohibited by this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, and has not filed a consent to service of process and personal jurisdiction over him cannot otherwise be obtained in this State, that conduct authorizes the commission to receive service of process in any noncriminal proceeding against him or his successor which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, with the same force and validity as if served on him personally. Notice shall be given as provided in subsection (a).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-569; 1968 (55) 3052; 1994 Act No. 385, Section 39.
SC Code § 27-29-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act|Section 27-29-200. Fees; land, books, and records subject to examination by commission; annual renewal reports.

 (a) For the registration of subdivided lands there shall be paid to the commission a registration fee of ten dollars, plus one-tenth of one percent of the maximum aggregate offering price of the registered subdivided lands to be offered in this State up to one hundred thousand dollars, plus one-twentieth of one percent of the amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, plus one-fortieth of one percent of the amount in excess of four hundred thousand dollars; but in no case shall such fee be greater than five hundred dollars for each registration. Provided, however, that the commission may prescribe a maximum amount of subdivided lands to be registered at any one time. If registration is denied or withdrawn before the offering of subdivided lands in this State, the commission shall refund all of the fee in excess of one hundred dollars.  (b) the land and books and records of every person selling or offering for sale subdivided lands subject to the provisions of this chapter are subject to examination by the commission, or such other person as it may designate, and the examinee shall pay a fee for each examiner employed to make such examination of not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each day or fraction of it, plus the actual expenses, including the cost of transportation of the examiner, while he is absent from his office for the purpose of making the examination.  (c) The commission may require any registrant under this chapter to file an annual renewal report containing such reasonable information as it may believe necessary regarding the financial condition of such registrant and the subdivided lands sold in this State by such person. Each renewal report must be accompanied by a renewal filing fee of one hundred dollars.  (d) In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter the commission shall retain such fees and other funds which may come into its possession to defray expenses in the administration of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-570; 1968 (55) 3052; 1994 Act No. 385, Section 40.
SC Code § 27-29-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 29 - Uniform Land Sales Practice Act|Section 27-29-210. Construction.

 This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-571; 1968 (55) 3052.
SC Code § 27-30-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-110. Short title.

 This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Homeowners Association Act".  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-120. Definitions.

 As used in 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) "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.  (3) "Declaration" means the recorded instruments, however denominated, that create a homeowners association, including amendments to those instruments.  (4) "Governing documents" means declaration, master deeds, or bylaws, or any amendments to the declaration, master deeds, or bylaws.  (5) "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.  (6) "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 time sharing plan organized and subject to the provisions of Chapter 32.  (7) "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.  (8) "Unit" means an apartment in a horizontal property regime, or a lot in a subdivision.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018; 2019 Act No. 66 (H.3754), Section 4, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 66, Section 4, in (6), in the second sentence, substituted "time sharing" for "timesharing" and deleted "only" following "and subject".
SC Code § 27-30-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-130. Enforceability of governing documents; recording requirements; rules, regulations, and amendments.

 (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in order to be enforceable, a homeowners association's governing documents must be recorded in the clerk of court's, Register of Mesne Conveyance (RMC), or register of deeds office in the county where the property is located.  (2) To continue to be enforceable, any governing document not recorded prior to the effective date of this section must be recorded by January tenth of the year following the effective date of this section in the clerk of court's, Register of Mesne Conveyance (RMC), or register of deeds office in the county where the property is located.  (B)(1) Rules, regulations, and amendments to rules and regulations:  (a) are effective upon passage or adoption; and  (b) must be made accessible to a homeowners association member upon the request of that member of the homeowners association, and, at the option of the homeowners association, via electronic mail or through methods provided by the homeowners association's bylaws that ensure actual notice, unless they are:  (i) posted in a conspicuous place in a common area in the community; or  (ii) available on an Internet website maintained by the homeowners association, where they may be downloaded by the homeowner.  (2) In order to remain enforceable, a homeowners association's rules, regulations, and amendments to rules and regulations must be recorded in the clerk of court's, Register of Mesne Conveyance (RMC), or register of deeds office in the county in which the property is located by January tenth of each year following their adoption or amendment.  (C) Homeowners associations in existence on the effective date of this section must record the documents required by subsections (A)(1) and (B)(2) by January tenth following the effective date of this section.  (D) The recording of the rules, regulations, bylaws, and amendments to rules and regulations are not subject to the requirements of witnesses and acknowledgements required under Section 30-5-30.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-140. Annual budget increases; notice requirements.

 (1) Before a homeowners association may take action to increase an annual budget in any single year, the homeowners association must provide notice to homeowners at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting in which a decision to raise the annual budget is made. Notice of the meeting may be through posting notice:  (a) in a conspicuous place in a common area in the community;  (b) on an Internet website maintained by the homeowners association;  (c) by electronic mail; or  (d) through methods provided in the association's bylaws that ensure actual notice.  (2) The provisions of this section do not apply to a homeowners association that is incorporated under the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act found in Chapter 31, Title 33.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-150. Application of access to documents provisions.

 The access to documents provisions of Sections 33-31-1602, 33-31-1603, 33-31-1604, and 33-31-1605 apply to all homeowners associations not subject to the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act for the purposes of allowing homeowners access to inspect and copy a homeowners association's annual budget and homeowners membership lists.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-160. Jurisdiction of magistrates court.

 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.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-170. Construction of article.

 No provision of this article may be construed to be in conflict with the provisions of the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-310. Short title.

 This article must be known and may be cited as the "Department of Consumer Affairs Services for Homeowners and Homeowners Associations Act".  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-320. Definitions.

 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.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-30-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 30 - Homeowner Association Act|Section 27-30-330. Information department is authorized to include on publicly available website.

 The department is authorized to include on its publicly available Internet website:  (1) information for homeowners and homeowners associations concerning how they may contact the department on its toll free number or submit complaint forms;  (2) information concerning the governance of homeowners associations as provided in this chapter and other provisions of the South Carolina Code of Laws; and  (3) educational and reference materials about homeowners associations, including general information about the roles, rights, and responsibilities of the board, declarant, homeowners, and other parties.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 27-31-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-10. Short title.

 This chapter shall be known as the "Horizontal Property Act."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-494; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-30. Establishment of horizontal property regime.

 Whenever a lessee, sole owner, or the co-owners of property expressly declare, through the recordation of a master deed or lease, which shall set forth the particulars enumerated in Section 27-31-100, their desire to submit their property to the regime established by this chapter, there shall thereby be established a horizontal property regime. Property may be submitted to a horizontal property regime prior to construction or the completion of any building or apartment, improvements, or structures on the property if all proceeds from its sale are deposited into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent until construction or completion of the proposed property as evidenced by issuance of a certificate of occupancy from the appropriate municipal or county authority. In lieu of any escrow required by this section, the escrow agent may accept a surety bond issued by a company licensed to do business in this State as surety in an amount equal to or in excess of the funds that would otherwise be placed in the escrow account with the South Carolina Real Estate Commission designated as beneficiary of any such surety bond.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-496; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1970 (56) 2572; 1999 Act No. 86, Section 2.
SC Code § 27-31-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-40. Apartments may be purchased, owned, and the like.

 Once the property is submitted to the horizontal property regime, an apartment in the property may be individually conveyed and encumbered and may be the subject of ownership, possession or sale and of all types of juridic acts inter vivos or mortis causa, as if it were sole and entirely independent of the other apartments in the property of which it forms a part, and the corresponding individual titles and interests shall be recordable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-497; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-50. More than one person may own apartment.

 Any apartment may be held and owned by more than one person as tenants in common or in any other real estate tenancy relationship recognized under the laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-498; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-60. Property rights of apartment owner.

 (a) An apartment owner shall have the exclusive ownership of his apartment and shall have a common right to a share, with the other co-owners, in the common elements of the property, equivalent to the percentage representing the value of the individual apartment, with relation to the value of the whole property. This percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the individual apartment in relation to the value of the property as a whole.  The percentage shall be expressed at the time the horizontal property regime is constituted, shall have a permanent character, and shall not be altered without the acquiescence of the co-owners representing all the apartments of the property.  The basic value, which shall be fixed for the sole purpose of this chapter and irrespectively of the actual value, shall not prevent each co-owner from fixing a different circumstantial value to his apartment in all types of acts and contracts.  (b) The owner of any apartment embraced in the master deed and building plan shall have the right to require specific performance of any proposed common elements for recreational purposes set out in the master deed which are included in the next stage of the development that applies to recreational facilities in the event the additional stages of erection do not develop.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-499; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449; 1973 (58) 783.
SC Code § 27-31-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-70. Common elements shall not be divided.

 The common elements, both general and limited, shall remain undivided and shall not be the object of an action for partition or division of the co-ownership. Any covenant to the contrary shall be void.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-500; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-80. Use of common elements.

 Each co-owner may use the elements held in common in accordance with the purpose for which they are intended, without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other co-owners.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-501; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
SC Code § 27-31-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 27 - Property and Conveyances|Chapter 31 - Horizontal Property Act|Section 27-31-90. Incorporation of co-owners.

 Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any council of co-owners from incorporating pursuant to the laws of South Carolina for the purpose of the administration of the property constituted into a horizontal property regime. In the event of such incorporation, the percentage of stock ownership of each co-owner in the corporation shall be equal to the percentage of his right to share in the common elements as computed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-502; 1967 (55) 449.