South Carolina § 37-23-85 Compliance failure.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 37-23-85 — Compliance failure.

South Carolina § 37-23-85

Title 37CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE

Ch. 23HIGH-COST AND CONSUMER HOME LOANS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 37-23-85 (2026).

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A lender of a consumer home loan who acts in good faith but fails to comply with this article does not violate this article if the lender establishes that either:

(1)within forty-five days of the loan closing and before the institution of an action pursuant to this article, the lender notifies the borrower of the compliance failure, makes appropriate restitution, and makes necessary adjustments to the loan to make the consumer home loan satisfy the requirements of Section 37-23-70, 37-23-75, or 37-23-80; or (2) the compliance failure was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid those errors, and within ninety days after the discovery of the compliance failure and before the institution of an action pursu

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A lender of a consumer home loan who acts in good faith but fails to comply with this article does not violate this article if the lender establishes that either: (1) within forty-five days of the loan closing and before the institution of an action pursuant to this article, the lender notifies the borrower of the compliance failure, makes appropriate restitution, and makes necessary adjustments to the loan to make the consumer home loan satisfy the requirements of Section 37-23-70, 37-23-75, or 37-23-80; or (2) the compliance failure was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid those errors, and within ninety days after the discovery of the compliance failure and before the institution of an action pursuant to this article or the receipt of written notice of the compliance failure, the lender notifies the borrower of the compliance failure, makes appropriate restitution, and makes necessary adjustments to the loan to make the consumer home loan satisfy the requirements of Sections 37-23-70, 37-23-75, and 37-23-80. Examples of a bona fide error include clerical, calculation, computer malfunction and programming, and printing errors. An error of legal judgment with respect to a person's obligations pursuant to this article is not a bona fide error.