The purchaser of an apartment (other than a purchaser at a foreclosure sale as described above in SECTION 27-31-210(b)) shall be jointly and severally liable with the seller for the amounts owing by the latter under SECTION 27-31-190 up to the time of the conveyance, without prejudice to the purchaser's right to recover from the other party the amounts paid by him as such joint debtor. The council of co-owners shall provide for the issuance and shall issue to any purchaser, upon his request, a statement of such amounts due by the seller and the purchaser's liability under this section shall be limited to the amount as set forth in the statement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-31-220
Liability of purchaser of apartment
Known as the Horizontal Property Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (34 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Council of Co-Owners of Forest Beach Villas Horizontal Property Regime v. Smith (1994)
Most recently applied in Council of Co-Owners of Forest Beach Villas Horizontal Property Regime v. Smith (March 1994)
1962 Code SECTION 57-515; 1962 (52) 1866; 1967 (55) 449.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.