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S.C. Code Ann. § 34-39-140

Applicability of chapter; exceptions

Known as the South Carolina Deferred Presentment Services Act

The act spans §§ 34–34 (20 sections).

1998 Act No. 433, SECTION 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 11, 1998).

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a bank, savings institution, credit union, or farm credit system organized under the laws of the United States or any state; and

(2) a person principally engaged in the bona fide retail sale of goods or services who, either as an incident to or independently of a retail sale or service and not holding itself out to be a deferred presentment service, from time to time cashes checks, drafts, or money orders without a fee or other consideration.

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