South Carolina Statutes

§ 27-6-20 — Nonvested property interest or power of appointment.

South Carolina·Title 27 PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES·Ch. 6 UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
(A)A nonvested property interest is invalid unless:
(1)when the interest is created, it is certain to vest or terminate no later than twenty-one years after the death of an individual then alive; or (2) the interest either vests or terminates within three hundred sixty years after its creation.
(B)A general power of appointment not presently exercisable because of a condition precedent is invalid unless:
(1)when the power is created, the condition precedent is certain to be satisfied or become impossible to satisfy no later than twenty-one years after the death of an individual then alive; or (2) the condition precedent either is satisfied or becomes impossible to satisfy within three hundred sixty years after its creation.
(C)A nongeneral power of appointment or a general testamentar

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 12, SECTION 1; 2025 Act No. 25 (H.3432), SECTION 1, eff May 8, 2025. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 25, SECTION 1, thrice substituted "three hundred sixty years" for "ninety years" throughout the section; and added (E).

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