Legal FAQs

Owner Making Improvements/Builds on Property/Structures/Appurtenances

2020-08-19T08:31:37-05:00August 19th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

SECTION 40-59-260. Exception for projects by property owner for personal use; exemption disclosure statement; notice filed with register of deeds. (A) This chapter does not apply to an owner of residential property who improves the property or who builds or improves structures or appurtenances on the property if: (1) the owner does the work himself, [...]

Website Accessibility Links (ADA, Fair Housing, Disability, Visual Impaired)

2020-08-18T11:39:53-05:00August 18th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

https://mcusercontent.com/0eab3de8fcc215c40eddf17e9/files/cdac58ed-ebc7-4dbf-bc9e-44b790dbc643/Website_Compliance_Guidelines.01.pdf?utm_source=MASTER+LIST&utm_campaign=bbc45eefd0-Webinar_website_compliance_2020_07_24_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a41627ffca-bbc45eefd0-71367283 Mass Assn of REALTORS® video on website disability accessibility compliance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScwJ5V8jCaw&list=PLsRPfilPTeJsSwe3_QW7GRVMq4wXc3P_E&index=26&utm_source=MASTER+LIST&utm_campaign=bbc45eefd0-Webinar_website_compliance_2020_07_24_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a41627ffca-bbc45eefd0-71367283 Posted by: Byron King on 08/18/20 (This information is only accurate as of 08/18/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 08/18/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

Website Accessibility (disability, visual impairment) (ADA, Fair Housing)

2020-08-18T11:37:32-05:00August 18th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

Mass Assn of REALTORS® video on website disability accessibility compliance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScwJ5V8jCaw&list=PLsRPfilPTeJsSwe3_QW7GRVMq4wXc3P_E&index=26&utm_source=MASTER+LIST&utm_campaign=bbc45eefd0-Webinar_website_compliance_2020_07_24_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a41627ffca-bbc45eefd0-71367283 Posted by: Byron King on 08/18/20 (This information is only accurate as of 08/18/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 08/18/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email Byron)

#NationalEthicsDay

2020-08-11T15:02:56-05:00August 11th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

https://nationalethicsday.com/participant/ Look at the useful graphics that you can use in your business. The Code is Good Business! Posted by: Byron King on 08/11/20 (This information is only accurate as of 08/11/20. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 08/11/20 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 [...]

Buyers and Investment Rental Properties and Vacation Rental Properties

2020-07-29T11:56:00-05:00July 29th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

Buyers who desire to purchase properties with current and/or future rental tenants (e.g., long term resident tenants, shorter term vacation rental tenants) should investigate the property prior to contract and/or during a due diligence period so the buyer has a way out of the deal if the information is not to the buyer's liking. Buyers [...]

Sarah Takacs Grievance Committee educational video

2020-07-28T13:03:19-05:00July 28th, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

REALTOR® Sarah Takacs has been active with SCR and LLR in many roles for many years and created a short training video on the SCR Grievance Committee. The SCR Grievance Committee acts as a "grand jury/gatekeeper" for the Professional Standards Committee and Citation Panel for ethics complaints and handles arbitration complaints.  From the 2020 [...]

SC Attorney General Opinion, February 21, 2019, Fair Housing Catawba Indian Reservation

2020-07-22T13:01:10-05:00July 22nd, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

February 21, 2019 Opinion on the applicability of the South Carolina Fair Housing law to the Catawba Indian Nation (Section 31-21-10, South Carolina Code of Laws). Requested by The Honorable Raymond Buxton, II, Commissioner, and R. Alexander Pate, II, Staff Counsel, South Carolina Human Affairs Commission. Read full opinion. Read more: http://www.scag.gov/archives/37780#ixzz6Swp5djjM Posted by: Byron [...]

SC Attorney General Opinion, Casino Night

2020-07-22T12:22:22-05:00July 22nd, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

February 27, 2019 Opinion on whether the law related to casino night events was altered by certain amendments to Article XVII, Section 7 of the South Carolina Constitution and Section 33-57-100 et seq., of the Code of Laws which provided for the lawful operation of charitable raffles. Requested by The Honorable W. Walter Wilkins, Solicitor, [...]

SC Attorney General Opinion, March 29, 2019, liability overcharge millage

2020-07-22T12:11:49-05:00July 22nd, 2020|Coronavirus, Legal FAQs|

March 29, 2019 Opinion on a political subdivision’s liability for “costs” upon submitting an excessive millage rate to a county auditor. Requested by Andrea E. White, Esquire, Counsel to the Abbeville County School District. Read full opinion. Read more: http://www.scag.gov/archives/38119#ixzz6SwcfhRRo Posted by: Byron King on 07/22/20 (This information is only accurate as of 07/22/20. You [...]

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