South Carolina § 37-1-102 Purposes; rules of construction.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 37-1-102 — Purposes; rules of construction.

South Carolina § 37-1-102

Title 37CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 37-1-102 (2026).

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(1)This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(2)The underlying purposes and policies of this title are:

(a)to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing retail installment sales, consumer credit and usury;

(b)to provide rate ceilings to assure an adequate supply of credit to consumers;

(c)to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at reasonable cost;

(d)to protect consumer buyers, lessees, and borrowers against unfair practices by some suppliers of consumer credit, having due regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous creditors;

(e)to permit and encourage the development of fair and ec

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(1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this title are: (a) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing retail installment sales, consumer credit and usury; (b) to provide rate ceilings to assure an adequate supply of credit to consumers; (c) to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at reasonable cost; (d) to protect consumer buyers, lessees, and borrowers against unfair practices by some suppliers of consumer credit, having due regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous creditors; (e) to permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound consumer credit practices; (f) to conform the regulation of consumer credit transactions to the policies of the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act; and (g) to make uniform the law, including administrative rules, among the various jurisdictions. (3) A reference to a requirement imposed by this title includes reference to a related rule of the administrator adopted pursuant to this title.