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S.C. Code Ann. § 37-3-302

Receipts; statements of account; evidence of payment

Known as the South Carolina Consumer Protection Code

The act spans §§ 37–37 (347 sections).

1976 Act No. 686 SECTION 25.

(1) The creditor shall deliver or mail to the debtor, without request, a written receipt for each payment by coin or currency on an obligation pursuant to a consumer loan. A periodic statement showing a payment received by mail complies with this subsection.

(2) Upon written request of a debtor, the person to whom an obligation is owed pursuant to a consumer loan, except one pursuant to a revolving loan account, shall provide a written statement of the dates and amounts of payments made within the twelve months preceding the month in which the request is received and the total amount unpaid as of the end of the period covered by the statement. The statement shall be provided without charge once during each year of the term of the obligation. If additional statements are requested the creditor may charge not in excess of two dollars for each additional statement.

(3) After a debtor has fulfilled all obligations with respect to a consumer loan, except one pursuant to a revolving loan account, the person to whom the obligation was owed, upon request of the debtor, shall deliver or mail to the debtor written evidence acknowledging payment in full of all obligations with respect to the transaction.

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