2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code
Article 7 - South Carolina Trust Code
Section 62-7-919. Liquidating assets.
(A) In this section, "liquidating asset" means an asset whose value diminishes or terminates because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. The term includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right, and right to receive payments during a period of more than one year under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance. The term does not include a payment subject to Section 62-7-918, resources subject to Section 62-7-920, timber subject to Section 62-7-921, an activity subject to Section 62-7-923, an asset subject to Section 62-7-924, or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation pursuant to Section 62-7-927.
(B) A trustee shall allocate to income ten percent of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 66, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 2, eff January 1, 2014.
