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SC Code § 28-11-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 28 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 11 - Relocation Assistance|Section 28-11-40. Contracts between governmental agencies.

 Any such State or local government agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the State may contract with any other State or local government agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the State to carry out its functions under this chapter but none shall be required to do so.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 25-184; 1972 (57) 2522.
SC Code § 28-11-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 28 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 11 - Relocation Assistance|Section 28-11-50. Promulgation of rules and regulations.

 Each State or local government agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the State may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 25-185; 1972 (57) 2522.
SC Code § 28-11-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 28 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 11 - Relocation Assistance|Section 28-11-60. Impact for purposes of income tax or public assistance eligibility.

 No payment received by a person or other legal entity hereunder shall be considered as income or resources for tax purposes or for any purpose related to public assistance received by or due to such person or other legal entity.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 25-186; 1972 (57) 2522, 3105.
SC Code § 28-11-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 28 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 11 - Relocation Assistance|Section 28-11-70. Chapter does not create element of damage in eminent domain.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating an element of damage in an eminent domain proceeding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 25-187; 1972 (57) 2522.
SC Code § 29-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 29-1-10. Lien on real estate of no force after twenty years; exception for acknowledged debt or payment on account; lien on property interest held by gas or electric utility or electric cooperative.

 No mortgage or deed having the effect of a mortgage or other lien shall constitute a lien upon any real estate after the lapse of twenty years from the date for the maturity of the lien. However, if the holder of the lien shall, at any time during the continuance of the lien, cause to be recorded upon the record of that mortgage or deed having the effect of a mortgage or other lien a note of some payment on account or some written acknowledgment of the debt secured thereby, with the date of the payment or acknowledgment, the mortgage or deed having the effect of a mortgage or other lien shall be, and shall continue to be, a lien for twenty years from the date of the record of that payment on account or acknowledgment. When there is no maturity stated or fixed in the mortgage or the record of the mortgage, then the provisions hereof are applicable from the date of that mortgage and that mortgage shall not constitute a lien after the lapse of twenty years from the date thereof. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, any mortgage or other instrument which by its terms creates a lien upon any real property interest held by a gas or electrical utility or electric cooperative shall continue to constitute a lien thereon until satisfied or released of record regardless of whether or not the instrument states a maturity date.  Any mortgage or other instrument executed or modified of record after the effective date of this paragraph which affects a lien upon any real property interest held by a gas or electrical utility or electric cooperative and is intended to take advantage of the provisions of this section shall state on its face that the lien continues until satisfied or released of record regardless of whether or not the instrument states a maturity date, and shall also state on its face that it is subject to the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-1; 1952 Code Section 45-1; 1942 Code Section 8864; 1932 Code Section 8864; Civ. C. '22 Section 5305; Civ. C. '12 Section 3535; Civ. C. '02 Section 2449; G. S. 1831; R. S. 1961; 1879 (17) 167; 1898 (22) 748; 1903 (24) 88; 1904 (24) 408; 1924 (33) 990; 1993 Act No. 141, Section 1.  Editor's Note  1993 Act No. 141, Section 5, effective June 14, 1993, provides as follows:  "SECTION 5. The provisions provided for gas or electrical utilities or electric cooperatives in Sections 29-1-10, 29-3-50(B), 29-3-80, and 29-3-90 of this act shall be construed as cumulative authority and shall not be construed to impliedly repeal any existing laws affecting mortgages and liens of gas or electrical utilities or electric cooperatives."
SC Code § 29-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 29-1-20. Right of tenant in common or cotenant to purchase real estate at sale for enforcement of lien.

 A tenant in common or cotenant may purchase real property owned in common at a sale of real property for the enforcement of a lien other than a tax lien, and, unless it be otherwise provided in the judgment or order of sale in the action, the title so acquired by him shall be free and clear of any interests or equities arising from such tenancy in favor of his cotenants or his tenants in common who were properly before the court. In all cases when a tenant in common or cotenant has heretofore purchased real property at a sale of real property for the enforcement of a lien other than a tax lien in an action or proceeding in which all or some of the tenants in common or cotenants were properly before the court, unless it affirmatively appears otherwise in some decree or order duly entered in such action or proceeding, the title of such purchaser is hereby declared to be free of all of the interests and equities of all such tenants in common or cotenants who were properly before the court in such action or proceeding.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-2; 1952 Code Section 45-2; 1942 Code Section 8830-1; 1934 (38) 1608.
SC Code § 29-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 29-1-30. Wilful sale of property on which lien exists.

 Any person who shall wilfully and knowingly sell and convey any real or personal property on which any lien exists without first giving notice of such lien to the purchaser of such real or personal property shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than ten days nor more than three years and be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, either or both in the discretion of the court. But the penalties enumerated in this section shall not apply to public officers in the discharge of their official duties. When the value of such property is less than fifty dollars the offense may be triable in the magistrate's court and the punishment shall be not more than is permitted by law without presentment or indictment of the grand jury. When the case is within the jurisdiction of the magistrate's court, the court of general sessions shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the magistrate's court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-4; 1952 Code Section 45-4; 1942 Code Section 1276; 1932 Code Section 1276; Cr. C. '22 Section 171; Cr. C. '12 Section 446; Cr. C. '02 Section 336; G. S. 2514; R. S. 276; 1872 (15) 332; 1892 (21) 93; 1893 (21) 411; 1894 (21) 824; 1964 (53) 1719.
SC Code § 29-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 29-1-40. Validation of certain mortgages.

 All mortgages given prior to March 9, 1928 by any public utility company, hydroelectric company or manufacturing company to any person whomsoever, covering the whole or any part of its real or personal property, all chattel mortgages executed prior to April 26, 1935 to a production credit association or to the governor of the Farm Credit Administration and all mortgages executed prior to April 4, 1949 by the State Rural Electrification Authority or by a cooperative organized under or subject to the provisions of Electric Cooperative Act and now of record in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds of any county in this State are hereby validated although the description of the property mortgaged be in whole or in part in printing, mimeographing or any other process of reproduction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-5; 1952 Code Section 45-5; 1942 Code Section 8713; 1932 Code Section 8713; Civ. C. '22 Section 5626; Civ. C. '12 Section 4103; Civ. C. '02 Section 3002; 1901 (23) 735; 1903 (24) 99; 1928 (35) 1235; 1935 (39) 269; 1949 (46) 157.  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 § 29-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 29-1-50. Unlawful use of dual contracts to induce loan commitment on real property.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make, issue, deliver or receive dual contracts for the purchase or sale of real property. "Dual contracts", either written or oral, are two contracts concerning the same parcel of real property, one of which states the true and actual purchase price and one of which states a purchase price in excess of the true and actual purchase price and is used as an inducement for mortgage investors to make a loan commitment on such real property in reliance upon the stated inflated value.  Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-6; 1966 (54) 2284.
SC Code § 29-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-10. Rights and title of mortgagor and mortgagee.

 No mortgagee shall be entitled to maintain any possessory action for the real estate mortgaged, even after the time allotted for the payment of the money secured by mortgage is elapsed, but the mortgagor shall be deemed the owner of the land and the mortgagee as owner of the money lent or due and the mortgagee shall be entitled to recover satisfaction for such money out of the land by foreclosure and sale according to law. But notwithstanding the foregoing provision all releases of the equity of redemption shall be binding and effectual in law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-51; 1952 Code Section 45-51; 1942 Code Section 8701; 1932 Code Section 8701; Civ. C. '22 Section 5223; Civ. C. '12 Section 3460; Civ. C. '02 Section 2374; G. S. 2299; R. S. 1893; 1791 (5) 170; 1797 (5) 311; 1879 (17) 19.  Editor's Note  1984 Act No. 355, Section 1, provides as follows:  "The provisions of Section 804 of the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982, Title VIII of P.L. 97-320 (96 Stat. 1545), known as the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, do not apply to any alternative mortgage transaction as the term alternative mortgage transaction is defined in Section 803(1) of the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982, and that this State does not want the provisions of Section 804 of the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982 to apply with respect to any alternative mortgage transaction made in this State."
SC Code § 29-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-20. Prior mortgages may be redeemed by second mortgagees.

 If it so happen there be more than one mortgage at the same time by any person to any person or persons of the same lands and tenements, the several mortgagees who have not registered or recorded their mortgages, their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, may redeem any former mortgage registered upon payment of the principal debt, interest and cost of suit to the prior mortgagee, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-52; 1952 Code Section 45-52; 1942 Code Section 8886; 1932 Code Section 8886; Civ. C. '22 Section 5317; Civ. C. '12 Section 3547; Civ. C. '02 Section 2461; G. S. 1781; R. S. 1973; 1698 (2) 137.
SC Code § 29-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-30. Mortgagee may pay taxes.

 Any person holding a lien by way of, or an interest in the nature of, a mortgage upon any property, the subject of taxation, upon which the mortgagor shall have failed to pay the tax or upon which there may exist a lien for taxes on any other property of the mortgagor, may at any time before the sale thereof for delinquent taxes, as provided in Title 12, pay the tax on all the property of the mortgagor, with any costs, penalties or assessments which may have accrued thereon, and thereupon he shall be entitled, as against the mortgagor, his representatives, privies or assigns, to include the amount so paid, and all interest thereafter accruing thereon, in the debt secured by the mortgage. And if a mortgagee pay such taxes he shall have a first lien on the property subject to such tax to the extent of the taxes so paid with interest from the date of payment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-53; 1952 Code Section 45-53; 1942 Code Section 2783; 1932 Code Section 2831; Civ. C. '22 Section 506; Civ. C. '12 Section 455; Civ. C. '02 Section 407; G. S. 277; R. S. 334; 1882 (17) 1028; 1900 (23) 352; 1922 (32) 927; 1943 (43) 126.
SC Code § 29-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-40. Priority of certain advancements by mortgage.

 The holder of any mortgage of real property, when the mortgage contains provisions authorizing advancements thereunder for taxes, insurance premiums, public assessments and repairs, may make such advancements and, when made, they shall be secured by the mortgage and have the same rank and priority as the principal debt thereby secured and bear interest from the date of such advancements, as provided in the mortgage. Advancements made for taxes by any such mortgage holder shall be a first lien on the mortgaged real property to the extent of the taxes so paid with interest from the date of payment, regardless of the rank and priority of the mortgage under which such taxes are advanced.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-54; 1952 Code Section 45-54; 1942 Code Section 8712-1; 1935 (39) 307; 1982 Act No. 385, Section 57(2)(a).  Editor's Note  1982 Act No. 385, Section 1, provides as follows:  "Section 1. It is hereby explicitly stated by the terms of this act that the provisions of Title V Part A-Mortgage Usury Laws, Mortgages, Section 501(a)(1), and Part B-Business and Agricultural Loans, Sections 511 and 512 of Public Law No. 96-221 (94 Stat. 132) known as the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, as amended, shall not apply with respect to loans, mortgages, credit sales and advances made in this State, and that this State does not want the provisions of Title V, Part A-Mortgage Usury Laws, Mortgages, Section 501(a)(1) and Part B-Business and Agricultural Loans, Sections 511 and 512 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to apply with respect to loans, mortgages, credit sales and advances made in this State."
SC Code § 29-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-70. Limitation on requirement of casualty insurance by mortgagee.

 A bank, savings and loan association, financial institution, mortgage company, or any public or private mortgagee doing business in this State, when making a mortgage loan, may not require, as a condition or term of the mortgage, that the mortgagor purchase casualty insurance on property which is the subject of the mortgage in an amount in excess of the replacement cost of the buildings or appurtenances on the mortgaged premises.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 428, Section 1.
SC Code § 29-3-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-80. Effect of recording of mortgage or other instrument by gas or electric utility or electric cooperative; after-acquired property; notice.

 Any mortgage or other instrument executed by a gas or electrical utility or electric cooperative transacting business in this State which by its terms creates a lien upon any real property interest then owned or thereafter acquired and which is recorded as a mortgage of real property in any county in which the property is located or is to be located shall have the same force and effect as if the mortgage or other instrument were also recorded or filed in the proper office in the county as a mortgage of personal property. Recordation of the mortgage or other instrument shall cause the lien thereof to attach to all after-acquired property of the mortgagor of the nature therein described immediately upon the acquisition thereof by mortgagor and the lien is superior to all claims of creditors of the mortgagor and purchasers of these real property interests, except prior liens of record, affecting the property. The gas or electrical utility or electric cooperative shall file a notice in every county in which the utility intends to claim the benefit of this provision of law and referencing the book and page number of the mortgage or other instrument which is entitled to the benefit of this provision of law. Thereafter, there shall be no further document necessary to create or give notice of the lien upon the real property interest thereafter acquired by the gas or electrical utility or electric cooperative.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 141, Section 3.  Editor's Note  1993 Act No. 141, Section 5, effective June 14, 1993, provides as follows:  "SECTION 5. The provisions provided for gas or electrical utilities or electric cooperatives in Sections 29-1-10, 29-3-50(B), 29-3-80, and 29-3-90 of this act shall be construed as cumulative authority and shall not be construed to impliedly repeal any existing laws affecting mortgages and liens of gas or electrical utilities or electric cooperatives."
SC Code § 29-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-310. Request for entry of satisfaction.

 Any holder of record of a mortgage who has received full payment or satisfaction or to whom a legal tender has been made of his debts, damages, costs, and charges secured by mortgage of real estate shall, at the request by certified mail or other form of delivery with a proof of delivery of the mortgagor or of his legal representative or any other person being a creditor of the debtor or a purchaser under him or having an interest in any estate bound by the mortgage and on tender of the fees of office for entering satisfaction, within three months after the certified mail, or other form of delivery, with a proof of delivery, request is made, enter satisfaction in the proper office on the mortgage which shall forever thereafter discharge and satisfy the mortgage.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-61; 1952 Code Section 45-61; 1942 Code Section 8703; 1932 Code Section 8703; Civ. C. '22 Section 5224; Civ. C. '12 Section 3461; Civ. C. '02 Section 2375; G. S. 1791; R. S. 1894; 1817 (6) 61; 1928 (35) 1253; 1988 Act No. 494, Section 8(2); 1999 Act No. 67, Section 1.
SC Code § 29-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-320. Liability for failure to enter satisfaction.

 Any holder of record of a mortgage having received such payment, satisfaction, or tender as aforesaid who shall not, by himself or his attorney, within three months after such certified mail, or other form of delivery, with a proof of delivery, request and tender of fees of office, repair to the proper office and enter satisfaction as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay to the person aggrieved a sum of money not exceeding one-half of the amount of the debt secured by the mortgage, or twenty-five thousand dollars, whichever is less, plus actual damages, costs, and attorney's fees in the discretion of the court, to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State. And on judgment being rendered for the plaintiff in any such action, the presiding judge shall order satisfaction to be entered on the judgment or mortgage aforesaid by the clerk, register, or other proper officer whose duty it shall be, on receiving such order, to record it and to enter satisfaction accordingly.  Notwithstanding any limitations under Sections 37-2-202 and 37-3-202, the holder of record of the mortgage may charge a reasonable fee at the time of the satisfaction not to exceed twenty-five dollars to cover the cost of processing and recording the satisfaction or cancellation. If the mortgagor or his legal representative instructs the holder of record of the mortgage that the mortgagor will be responsible for filing the satisfaction, the holder of the mortgage shall mail or deliver the satisfied mortgage to the mortgagor or his legal representative with no satisfaction fee charged.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-62; 1952 Code Section 45-62; 1942 Code Section 8704; 1932 Code Section 8704; Civ. C. '22 Section 5225; Civ. C. '12 Section 3461; Civ. C. '02 Section 2376; G. S. 1792; R. S. 1895; 1817 (6) 61; 1999 Act No. 67, Section 2.
SC Code § 29-3-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens|Chapter 3 - Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Generally|Section 29-3-340. Certificate of satisfaction.

 The recording officer or his deputy shall enter on the original mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument securing the payment and being a lien upon real property when it is produced before him a certificate that a satisfaction has been entered of record and the date of the entry.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-66; 1952 Code Section 45-66; 1942 Code Section 8702; 1932 Code Section 8702; 1924 (33) 929; 1925 (34) 83; 1930 (36) 1283; 1940 (41) 1844; 1988 Act No. 494, Section 8(4).