South Carolina § 27-35-80 Attornments by tenants.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 27-35-80 — Attornments by tenants.

South Carolina § 27-35-80

Title 27PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES

Ch. 35CREATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND TERMINATION OF LEASEHOLD ESTATES

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S.C. Code Ann. § 27-35-80 (2026).

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To prevent the difficulty and expense to which a landlord or lessor may be put by the fraudulent practice of tenants in attorning to strangers who claim title to the estates of their respective landlords or lessors, every such attornment of any tenant of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever and the possession of the landlord or lessor shall not be deemed or construed to be in any wise changed, altered or affected by any such attornment. But nothing herein contained shall extend to vacate or affect any attornment made pursuant to, and in consequence of, some judgment, decree or order of court or made with the privity and consent of the landlord or lessor or pursuant to SECTION 27-35-50.

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To prevent the difficulty and expense to which a landlord or lessor may be put by the fraudulent practice of tenants in attorning to strangers who claim title to the estates of their respective landlords or lessors, every such attornment of any tenant of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever and the possession of the landlord or lessor shall not be deemed or construed to be in any wise changed, altered or affected by any such attornment. But nothing herein contained shall extend to vacate or affect any attornment made pursuant to, and in consequence of, some judgment, decree or order of court or made with the privity and consent of the landlord or lessor or pursuant to SECTION 27-35-50.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 41-58; 1952 Code SECTION 41-58; 1942 Code SECTION 8803; 1932 Code SECTION 8803; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5269; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3499; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2413; G. S. 1810; R. S. 1929; 1712 (2) 575.