South Carolina § 40-59-600 Penalties; actions to enforce contract; injunction.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 40-59-600 — Penalties; actions to enforce contract; injunction.

South Carolina § 40-59-600

Title 40PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Ch. 59RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 40-59-600 (2026).

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(A)The administrator is authorized to use the powers granted to him pursuant to this chapter to enforce the provisions of this article.

(B)A home inspector who is not otherwise exempt from this article who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of home inspection without first obtaining a license or who knowingly presents, or files with, the commission false information for the purpose of obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and:

(1)for the first offense, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both;

(2)for a second offense, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.

(3)for a third and subsequent offense, upon convicti

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(A) The administrator is authorized to use the powers granted to him pursuant to this chapter to enforce the provisions of this article. (B) A home inspector who is not otherwise exempt from this article who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of home inspection without first obtaining a license or who knowingly presents, or files with, the commission false information for the purpose of obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and: (1) for the first offense, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both; (2) for a second offense, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. (3) for a third and subsequent offense, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one hundred eighty days, or both. (C) A home inspector who does not have a license as required by this article may not bring an action either at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of a contract for home inspection which he entered into in violation of this article. (D) If it appears to the commission that a home inspector has violated, or is about to violate, a provision of this article, the commission may in its own name petition an administrative law judge to issue a temporary restraining order enjoining the violation of this article, pending a full hearing to determine whether or not the injunction must be made permanent.