2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 37 - Consumer Protection Code
CHAPTER 16 - PREPAID LEGAL SERVICES
SECTION 37-16-30. Appointment of sales person as company representative; filing of name, address, and telephone number; renewal; fees; refusal or revocation of appointment.
Before any sales or solicitation activity commences, a person seeking to be involved in direct selling or direct in-person or electronic solicitation of the general public or segments of the general public, on behalf of a prepaid legal services company, must be appointed a representative of that prepaid legal services company by filing with the department, on a form prescribed by the department, the appointee's name, address, and telephone number. The appointment must be renewed each year no later than October first. The department may collect a fee of forty dollars with each initial or renewal filing and may use the proceeds to offset the costs of administering and enforcing this chapter. Appointment may be refused or revoked upon a finding that a prospective representative or representative has been convicted of a crime of deceit or dishonesty within the previous ten years.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 328, Section 1, eff July 1, 2000; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 16A, eff July 1, 2009.
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