South Carolina § 62-3-805 Classification of claims.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 62-3-805 — Classification of claims.

South Carolina § 62-3-805

Title 62SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE

Ch.ARTICLE 3 - PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION

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S.C. Code Ann. § 62-3-805 (2026).

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(a)If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order:

(1)costs and expenses of administration, including attorney's fees, and reasonable funeral expenses;

(2)debts and taxes with preference under federal law;

(3)reasonable and necessary medical expenses, hospital expenses, and personal care expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including compensation of persons attending the decedent prior to death;

(4)debts and taxes with preference under other laws of this State, in the order of their priority, including medical assistance paid under Title XIX State Plan for Medical Assistance as provided for in Section 43-7-460;

(5)all other claims.

(b)Except as is provided under subsect

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(a) If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order: (1) costs and expenses of administration, including attorney's fees, and reasonable funeral expenses; (2) debts and taxes with preference under federal law; (3) reasonable and necessary medical expenses, hospital expenses, and personal care expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including compensation of persons attending the decedent prior to death; (4) debts and taxes with preference under other laws of this State, in the order of their priority, including medical assistance paid under Title XIX State Plan for Medical Assistance as provided for in Section 43-7-460; (5) all other claims. (b) Except as is provided under subsection (a)(4), no preference shall be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class, and a claim due and payable shall not be entitled to a preference over claims not due. (c) Any person advancing or lending money to a decedent's estate for the payment of a specific claim shall, to the extent of the loan, have the same priority for payment as the claimant paid with the proceeds of the loan.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, SECTION 1; 1994 Act No. 481, SECTION 8; 2013 Act No. 100, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2014. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote the section.