South Carolina Code Title 29, Chapter 1 — General Provisions

South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 29, ch. 1 · 5 active provisions

S.C. Code § 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 tha…

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S.C. Code § 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…

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S.C. Code § 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 t…

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S.C. Code § 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…

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S.C. Code § 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 stat…

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