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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 37 - Consumer Protection Code
CHAPTER 3 - LOANS
Section 37-3-510. Restrictions on interest in land as security.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 37-3-510 (2017)
(1) With respect to a supervised loan in which the principal is one thousand dollars or less, a lender may not contract for an interest in land as security. A security interest taken in violation of this section is void.
(2) An open-end credit agreement under which the credit limit is a minimum of five thousand dollars is exempt from this section even though one or more advances made pursuant to the agreement are less than one thousand dollars.
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 686 Section 2; 1991 Act No. 142, Section 15.
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