2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 19 - DOMESTIC MUTUAL INSURERS
Section 38-19-1040 - Extent of liability; release by transfer rights of purchaser.

All property insured by said corporation shall be liable as herein provided until all outstanding losses shall have been paid, and until the owner thereof shall have withdrawn his insurance in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of said corporation: Provided, however, That any transfer of such property shall operate as a release of the same under the provisions of Sections 38-19-1010 through 38-19-1050, as to all subsequent liabilities, unless the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall make application to the Board of Directors for a continuance of said insurance within ten days from the date of such transfer, in which event such purchaser or purchasers shall be substituted to all the rights of the vendor under Sections 38-19-1010 through 38-19-1050, and the said property shall be held liable as herein provided, and the provisions of this Section shall apply as well to personal representatives and guardians as to purchasers of such property.

HISTORY: 1893 Act No. 462, Section 5.