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S.C. Code Ann. § 34-36-20

Prohibited behavior; advance fees; false, misleading, fraudulent, or deceptive acts

1992 Act No. 452, SECTION 1, eff June 15, 1992.

No loan broker shall:

(1) assess or collect an advance fee from a borrower to provide services as a loan broker.

(2) make or use any false or misleading representations or omit any material fact in the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a loan broker, notwithstanding the absence of reliance by the buyer.

(3) make or use any false or deceptive representation or conceal a material fact in its business dealings with the borrower or with the department.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.