Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-18-160
Unpaid wages and unpresented payroll checks
Known as the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (44 sections).
1988 Act No. 658, Part II, SECTION 34A.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.