2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 34 - Banking, Financial Institutions and Money
CHAPTER 26 - SOUTH CAROLINA CREDIT UNION ACT
Section 34-26-760. Share accounts held in trust; beneficiaries.
(1) Share and deposit accounts may be owned by one or more members in trust for one or more beneficiaries, or owned by one or more nonmembers in trust for one or more beneficiaries who are members.
(2) Beneficiaries may be minors, but no beneficiary unless a member in that person's own right, shall be permitted to vote in accordance with the bylaws, obtain loans, hold office, or be required to pay a membership fee.
(3) Payment of part or all of such a trust account to the party in whose name the account is held shall, to the extent of such payment, discharge the liability of the credit union to that party and to the beneficiary, and the credit union shall be under no obligation to see to the application of such payment.
(4) In the event of the death of the party who owns a trust account, if the credit union has been given no other written notice of the existence or terms of any trust and has not received a court order as to disposition of the account, account funds and any dividends or interest thereon may be paid to the beneficiary on request.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 371, Section 1, eff May 29, 1996.
