South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-77-1140 — Requirement that information be held in confidence until release is required; obligation of authorized agency, and its agents and employees, to testify.

South Carolina § 38-77-1140
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 38INSURANCE
Ch. 77AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

This text of South Carolina § 38-77-1140 (Requirement that information be held in confidence until release is required; obligation of authorized agency, and its agents and employees, to testify.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-77-1140 (2026).

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(a)Any authorized agency or insurance company which receives any information furnished pursuant to this article shall hold the information in confidence until its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil action or proceeding.
(b)Any authorized agency, its agents, or employees, may be required to testify in any litigation in which the insurance company at interest is named as a party.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-37-1640 [1986 Act No. 513, SECTION 4] recodified as SECTION 38-77-1140 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1.

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