South Carolina Statutes
§ 62-8-118 — Agent's resignation; notice.
South Carolina·Title 62 SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE·Ch. ARTICLE 8 - SOUTH CAROLINA UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT
(a)Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving written notice to:
(1)the principal;
(2)a coagent or successor agent;
(3)the principal's conservator if one has been appointed for the principal; and (4) the principal's guardian if one has been appointed for the principal.
(b)If there is no person described in subsection (a)(1) through (4), then the agent shall provide written notice to:
(1)the principal's health care agent, if there is a health care agent; or (2) another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare, if there is no health care agent.
(c)If the power of attorney has been recorded then the resignation also must be recorded in the same location as the r
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 279 (S.778), SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2017.
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