South Carolina Statutes
§ 37-3-510 — Restrictions on interest in land as security.
South Carolina § 37-3-510
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-3-510 (2026).
Text
(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.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 686 SECTION 2; 1991 Act No. 142, SECTION 15.
Nearby Sections
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§ 37-3-101
Short title.§ 37-3-102
Scope.§ 37-3-103
Index of definitions.§ 37-3-104
"Consumer loan" defined.§ 37-3-105
First mortgage real estate loans.§ 37-3-106
"Loan" defined.§ 37-3-108
"Revolving loan account" defined.§ 37-3-109
"Loan finance charge" defined.§ 37-3-200
Restricted loans and restricted lenders.§ 37-3-201
Loan finance charge for consumer loans.§ 37-3-202
Additional charges.§ 37-3-203
Delinquency charges.§ 37-3-204
Deferral charges.§ 37-3-205
Loan finance charge on refinancing.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 37-3-510, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/3/37-3-510.