South Carolina § 39-19-60 Disposal of stored cotton without consent of owner penalty; effect on mortgagees and other creditors.

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§ 39-19-60 — Disposal of stored cotton without consent of owner penalty; effect on mortgagees and other creditors.

South Carolina § 39-19-60

Title 39TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 19WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSEMEN GENERALLY

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S.C. Code Ann. § 39-19-60 (2026).

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It shall be a misdemeanor for any person doing business as a cotton factor or warehouseman and having in his warehouse any cotton on storage, the property of another, to dispose of such cotton or any portion thereof by sale, loan, pledge or otherwise to any person without the consent or approval of the owner of such stored cotton, except as permitted by the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 36, and, upon conviction of so doing, any such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year. The rights of persons holding mortgages over such cotton or of persons who have advanced or loaned money on such cotton shall not be abridged or affected by the provisions of this section, nor shall the provisions of this section affect the wa

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It shall be a misdemeanor for any person doing business as a cotton factor or warehouseman and having in his warehouse any cotton on storage, the property of another, to dispose of such cotton or any portion thereof by sale, loan, pledge or otherwise to any person without the consent or approval of the owner of such stored cotton, except as permitted by the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 36, and, upon conviction of so doing, any such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year. The rights of persons holding mortgages over such cotton or of persons who have advanced or loaned money on such cotton shall not be abridged or affected by the provisions of this section, nor shall the provisions of this section affect the warehouseman's claim for storage.