2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 29 - Mortgages and Other Liens
CHAPTER 3 - MORTGAGES AND DEEDS OF TRUST GENERALLY
Section 29-3-670. Deficiency shall not be extinguished on purchase by mortgagee.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 29-3-670 (2017)

When any sale of land is made under the circumstances under which such a sale is permitted by Section 29-3-630 any balance of the mortgage debt over the purchase price of the land at such sale shall not be extinguished by reason of the mortgagee or his assigns becoming the purchaser at such sale, whether the mortgage contained a provision to that effect or not.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-87; 1952 Code Section 45-87; 1942 Code Section 8711; 1932 Code Section 8711; Civ. C. '22 Section 5231; Civ. C. '12 Section 3467; Civ. C. '02 Section 2381; 1896 (22) 194.

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