2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 37 - Consumer Protection Code
CHAPTER 5 - REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
SECTION 37-5-109. Default.
An agreement of the parties to a consumer credit transaction with respect to default on the part of the consumer is enforceable only to the extent that:
(1) the consumer fails to make a payment as required by agreement; provided, with respect to a consumer rental-purchase agreement, a lessee defaults when he fails to renew an agreement and fails to return the rented property or make arrangements for its return as provided for by the agreement; or
(2) the prospect of payment, performance, or realization of collateral is significantly impaired; the burden of establishing the prospect of significant impairment is on the creditor.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 686 Section 39; 1985 Act No. 121, Section 12.
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