South Carolina Code — 39
Browse 629 sections in division 39 of the South Carolina code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 39-1-10. Licensing of nonresidents to do business in State.
- § 39-1-20. Making intentionally untrue statement in advertising.
- § 39-1-30. Signs shall be displayed by sellers of Japanese textiles.
- § 39-1-40. Photographic copies of business instruments or records.
- § 39-1-50. Certain unsolicited merchandise received through mails deemed gift to recipient.
- § 39-1-55. Gift certificates; expiration; notice of expiration and conditions relating to use.
- § 39-1-60. Municipalities may regulate auction sales of personal property.
- § 39-1-70. Regulations of Commissioner of Agriculture, labeling imitation food; registration.
- § 39-1-80. Industrial hygiene and safety professionals; certification requirements; penalties.
- § 39-1-90. Business data, breach of security; notifications, definitions, penalties, and exceptions.
- § 39-3-10. Arrangements, contracts, agreements, trusts, and combinations adversely affecting competition or price declared against public policy.
- § 39-3-20. Penalties for corporate violations of Section 39-3-10.
- § 39-3-30. Injured person may recover damages.
- § 39-3-40. Testimony may be compelled; immunity of witness.
- § 39-3-110. "Monopoly" defined.
- § 39-3-120. Monopolies declared unlawful.
- § 39-3-130. Agreement in restraint of trade shall be conspiracy to defraud.
- § 39-3-140. Agreements to limit competition, conspiracy to defraud.
- § 39-3-150. Conspiracy to form monopoly; exemptions for motor fuel sales to meet existing competition; records to support exemption.
- § 39-3-160. Forfeiture of corporate franchise.
- § 39-3-170. Disqualification of foreign corporation.
- § 39-3-180. Penalties.
- § 39-3-190. Enforcement by Attorney General and solicitors.
- § 39-3-200. Provisions of article are cumulative.
- § 39-3-310. Investigations by Attorney General; attendance of witnesses.
- § 39-3-320. Application for discovery.
- § 39-3-330. Issuance of order of discovery; form and service of order.
- § 39-3-340. Conduct of examination.
- § 39-3-350. Testimony may be compelled; immunity of witness.
- § 39-3-360. Powers of referee.
- § 39-3-510. Repeal of common-law rights in phonograph records after sale.
- § 39-5-10. Short title; definitions.
- § 39-5-20. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices unlawful; application of federal act.
- § 39-5-35. Requiring certain insurance coverage as unfair trade practice.
- § 39-5-36. Resale of tickets for more than original price.
- § 39-5-37. Use of assumed or fictitious name to misrepresent business is unfair trade practice.
- § 39-5-38. Deceptive or misleading advertisement of live musical performance; injunction; penalty.
- § 39-5-39. Attorney advertising in false, deceptive, or misleading manner.
- § 39-5-40. Article inapplicable to certain practices and transactions.
- § 39-5-42. Misrepresenting food or food products as product of South Carolina.
- § 39-5-50. Injunction; orders or judgments to restore property.
- § 39-5-60. Assurance of voluntary compliance with article.
- § 39-5-70. Investigative demand by Attorney General.
- § 39-5-80. Additional powers of Attorney General.
- § 39-5-90. Service of notice, demand, or subpoena.
- § 39-5-100. Person served with notice, investigative demand, or subpoena shall comply; penalty enforcement.
- § 39-5-110. Civil penalties for willful violation or violations of injunction.
- § 39-5-120. Dissolution, suspension, or forfeiture.
- § 39-5-130. Duty of solicitors, county, and city attorneys.
- § 39-5-140. Actions for damages.
- § 39-5-145. Price gouging during emergency; definitions; penalty; evidence.
- § 39-5-147. Charitable solicitations during emergencies; penalty.
- § 39-5-149. Registration of agent to receive notification of state of emergency.
- § 39-5-150. Limitation of actions.
- § 39-5-160. Article is cumulative.
- § 39-5-170. Vehicle glass repair business; unlawful practices.
- § 39-5-180. Vehicle glass repairs; false claims.
- § 39-5-310. Definitions.
- § 39-5-320. Retail sale by wholesaler at wholesale price is an unfair trade practice.
- § 39-5-325. Unfair trade practice for motor fuel retailer to sell below cost in order to affect competition; exemptions.
- § 39-5-330. Retail sale at lower than wholesale price is an unfair trade practice.
- § 39-5-340. Liability of wholesaler.
- § 39-5-350. Exemptions.
- § 39-5-360. Penalties.
- § 39-5-510. Definitions.
- § 39-5-520. Blind bidding prohibited; notice of trade screenings required.
- § 39-5-530. Contents of invitation to bid; examination of bids; rebids.
- § 39-5-540. Waiver of blind bidding prohibited.
- § 39-5-550. Applicability.
- § 39-5-560. Penalty.
- § 39-5-710. Short title.
- § 39-5-720. Definitions.
- § 39-5-730. Pyramid promotional schemes prohibited.
- § 39-5-810. Short title.
- § 39-5-820. Definitions.
- § 39-5-830. Registration.
- § 39-5-840. Compliance with requirements for providers.
- § 39-5-850. Prohibited activities.
- § 39-5-860. Earned wage access services; compliance with article.
- § 39-5-870. Records; reporting requirements; confidentiality of data.
- § 39-5-880. Cease and desist orders.
- § 39-5-890. Appeal of order.
- § 39-6-10. Short title.
- § 39-6-20. Definitions.
- § 39-6-30. Persons subject to chapter; jurisdiction and service of process.
- § 39-6-40. Legislative basis for unfair competition.
- § 39-6-50. Unfair competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
- § 39-6-60. Notification of cancellation or nonrenewal; petition to modify notice period; grounds for immediate termination.
- § 39-6-70. Manufacturer prohibited from owning or competing with dealerships; exceptions.
- § 39-6-80. Notice of intent to establish new dealership or relocate dealership; petition for injunction; factors considered; exceptions.
- § 39-6-90. Sale or lease of new equipment by manufacturer; preparation and service by dealer.
- § 39-6-100. Fulfilling warranty agreement; payment of dealer claims; withholding warranty reimbursement prohibited.
- § 39-6-110. Unreasonable restrictions on dealers; sales agreements for competing lines; separate facilities requirement.
- § 39-6-120. Agreements covered by provisions of chapter.
- § 39-6-130. Termination of dealership.
- § 39-6-140. Actions for damages.
- § 39-6-150. Time for bringing actions.
- § 39-6-160. Contract provision in violation of chapter.
- § 39-6-170. Venue provisions in contract.
- § 39-6-180. Severability.
- § 39-7-10. Short title.
- § 39-7-20. Definitions.
- § 39-7-30. Permissible provisions in contract for sale of commodity bearing trademark.
- § 39-7-40. Sale below stipulated price constitutes unfair competition.
- § 39-7-50. Exemptions.
- § 39-8-10. Short title.
- § 39-8-20. Definitions.
- § 39-8-30. Trade secrets; employees' obligation to refrain from disclosing; civil actions and remedies.
- § 39-8-40. Recovery of actual damages; exemplary damages.
- § 39-8-50. Injunctions against actual or threatened misappropriations.
- § 39-8-60. Preservation of secrecy during discovery proceedings of civil actions; substantial need defined.
- § 39-8-70. Time limit for bringing action.
- § 39-8-80. Bad faith; award of attorney's fees.
- § 39-8-90. Persons guilty of stealing trade secrets; criminal penalties.
- § 39-8-100. Criminal proceedings; finding of disclosure of trade secrets; issuance of protective order.
- § 39-8-110. Chapter's effect on conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other laws; effect on remedies.
- § 39-8-120. Severability.
- § 39-8-130. Retroactive application of chapter.
- § 39-9-10. Short title.
- § 39-9-20. Definitions.
- § 39-9-30. Certain weighing devices are subject to standards and inspection.
- § 39-9-40. Systems of weights and measures which are recognized; definitions and tables published by National Institute of Standards and Technology govern.
- § 39-9-50. State's primary standards; verification of secondary standards.
- § 39-9-60. Specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices.
- § 39-9-62. Requirements for packaging and labeling of commodities.
- § 39-9-64. Requirements for method of sale of commodities.
- § 39-9-65. Registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices.
- § 39-9-66. Requirements for type evaluation.
- § 39-9-68. Department of Agriculture Consumer Services Division; fee for calibrations performed for private sector entities.
- § 39-9-70. Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture.
- § 39-9-80. Inspection and testing of moisture meters.
- § 39-9-90. Powers of Commissioner of Agriculture.
- § 39-9-100. Powers and duties of county and municipal weights and measures officials.
- § 39-9-110. Selling less or taking more than quantity represented prohibited.
- § 39-9-120. Misrepresentation of price prohibited; display of price.
- § 39-9-130. Standard cord-equivalent weights for pulpwood.
- § 39-9-140. Measures by which commodities are sold.
- § 39-9-150. Delivery ticket must accompany certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; information to be contained on ticket.
- § 39-9-160. Information on packages.
- § 39-9-170. Situation in which package must show price per single unit of weight.
- § 39-9-180. Declaration of quantity required in advertisement stating retail price.
- § 39-9-190. Sale of leaf tobacco; weights and measures in auction warehouse.
- § 39-9-200. Unlawful acts.
- § 39-9-203. Civil penalties; civil action to recovery penalty.
- § 39-9-206. Administrative hearing before assessment of a civil penalty; amount of penalty.
- § 39-9-208. Unlawful acts; criminal penalties.
- § 39-9-210. Restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions.
- § 39-9-220. Presumption as to use of weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device.
- § 39-9-230. Implementation of metric system; duties of Commissioner of Agriculture; advisory committee.
- § 39-9-240. Metric Education Committee.
- § 39-11-10. Administration of chapter.
- § 39-11-20. "Public weighmaster" defined.
- § 39-11-30. Registration of weighmasters.
- § 39-11-60. Length of registration.
- § 39-11-80. Refusal or revocation of license.
- § 39-11-90. Limited licenses for public officers and employees.
- § 39-11-100. Public weighmaster stamp.
- § 39-11-110. Issuance of certificates by weighmasters; records.
- § 39-11-120. Contents of certificates; penalty for alterations.
- § 39-11-130. Compelling return of state stamp upon violation of chapter.
- § 39-11-140. Certain acts declared misdemeanors.
- § 39-11-150. Reweighing commodity of disputed weight or measure for certificate previously issued by weighmaster.
- § 39-11-160. Net weight and actual weight.
- § 39-11-170. Penalties.
- § 39-11-180. Weighing leaf tobacco.
- § 39-11-200. Rules and regulations.
- § 39-11-210. Disposition of moneys collected.
- § 39-11-220. Chapter inapplicable to certain materials used for construction of buildings or roads.
- § 39-14-10. Citation of chapter.
- § 39-14-20. Definitions.
- § 39-14-30. Regulation of off-premises outdoor advertising signs by local government; removal or relocation; notice; compensation.
- § 39-14-40. Compensation; payment in installments.
- § 39-15-10. Use of marked beer, soda water, or mineral water containers.
- § 39-15-15. Requirements for labeling product as "peat"; penalties.
- § 39-15-20. Fraud in sale of goods marked "sterling".
- § 39-15-30. Fraud in sale of goods marked "coin" or "coin silver".
- § 39-15-40. Penalties.
- § 39-15-410. Adoption and use of individual brands or marks.
- § 39-15-420. Registration of mark or brand with Secretary of State; registered number.
- § 39-15-430. Issuance of certificate; fees; admissibility of certificate as evidence.
- § 39-15-440. Transfer, release, or sale of brand or mark; records.
- § 39-15-450. Effect of use of brand or mark.
- § 39-15-460. Unauthorized alteration, change, removal, or obliteration of registered mark or brand.
- § 39-15-470. Purchase or receipt of containers marked or branded from other than registered owner.
- § 39-15-480. Unauthorized possession of marked or branded containers.
- § 39-15-490. Effect of refusal to deliver containers to lawful owner.
- § 39-15-500. Taking or sending containers out of State without consent of owner.
- § 39-15-510. Situation in which article is inapplicable.
- § 39-15-520. Article is cumulative.
- § 39-15-710. Definitions.
- § 39-15-720. Authority to use trademark on timber.
- § 39-15-730. Purchaser's lien on branded timber.
- § 39-15-740. Loss of lien upon default in payments; removal of brand.
- § 39-15-750. Destruction of brand; removal or transfer of timber.
- § 39-15-910. Use of name or trade name in advertising.
- § 39-15-920. Penalties.
- § 39-15-1105. Definitions.
- § 39-15-1110. Registration of distinguishing mark for goods or services; exceptions.
- § 39-15-1115. Registration of mark; required information.
- § 39-15-1120. Application, registration of mark, examination and amendment.
- § 39-15-1125. Certificate of registration; issuance; admissibility as evidence.
- § 39-15-1130. Effective period, registration of mark; renewal.
- § 39-15-1135. Mark and registration, assignment; change of name; recording.
- § 39-15-1140. Registered or renewed marks, public record.
- § 39-15-1145. Registration of mark, cancellation from register; conditions.
- § 39-15-1150. Goods and services, classification.
- § 39-15-1155. Fraudulent filing, registration of mark; liability.
- § 39-15-1160. Liability for unapproved use.
- § 39-15-1165. Famous mark; factors used in determining; injunctive or other relief against use by another.
- § 39-15-1170. Action to enjoin counterfeit or imitation use of registered mark; damages.
- § 39-15-1175. Action for cancellation of registered mark or appeal from refusal to register; process in action against nonresident.
- § 39-15-1180. Rights in marks not adversely affected by article.
- § 39-15-1185. Application fees.
- § 39-15-1190. Sale of goods or services with counterfeit mark; production or reproduction of counterfeit mark; penalties.
- § 39-15-1195. Seizure and forfeiture; storage and maintenance of seized property; reports to prosecuting agencies; return of items.
- § 39-16-10. Definitions.
- § 39-16-20. Applicability of chapter.
- § 39-16-30. General prohibitions; applicability to "reproductions".
- § 39-16-40. Disclosure requirements.
- § 39-16-50. Penalties.
- § 39-17-10. Declaration of purpose.
- § 39-17-20. Division of markets shall assist in marketing farm products.
- § 39-17-30. Division of markets shall administer article; employment of agents.
- § 39-17-40. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 39-17-50. Establishment of standards of receptacles, grades and labels; use of federal standards where applicable.
- § 39-17-60. Packing of farm products must conform to standard grades; "Not graded" products exempted.
- § 39-17-70. Packing must conform to standards as to receptacles and labels; exceptions.
- § 39-17-80. Inspections and classifications.
- § 39-17-90. Designation and license of inspectors.
- § 39-17-100. Suspension or revocation of license.
- § 39-17-110. Manner in which inspections must be conducted.
- § 39-17-120. Appeals, classification of products.
- § 39-17-130. Inspection fees.
- § 39-17-140. Violation of article, or rules and regulations, or interference with inspector constitutes a misdemeanor.
- § 39-17-150. Penalties.
- § 39-17-160. Construction.
- § 39-17-310. Standards for grades of watermelons; grading is optional.
- § 39-17-320. Carload lot shipments, grading, certificate.
- § 39-17-330. Bill of lading must refer to certificate.
- § 39-17-340. Unlawful acts; penalties.
- § 39-17-410. Certain metal beverage containers unlawful after July 1, 1980.
- § 39-19-10. Persons and corporations who must become public warehousemen.
- § 39-19-20. Warehousemen must give bond.
- § 39-19-30. Actions against warehouseman.
- § 39-19-40. Warehouseman must insure property on request.
- § 39-19-50. Damages for use of cotton on storage without consent of owners.
- § 39-19-60. Disposal of stored cotton without consent of owner penalty; effect on mortgagees and other creditors.
- § 39-19-70. Warehouseman shall keep transactions; inspection.
- § 39-19-80. Warehouse receipts issued by corporations formed, owned, or controlled by cooperatives.
- § 39-19-210. "Warehouseman" defined.
- § 39-19-220. Maximum rates for handling and selling leaf tobacco; statement of charges.
- § 39-19-230. Warehousemen must keep record of amount of tobacco sold.
- § 39-19-290. Civil penalty for violating maximum rates provision; action to recover penalty.
- § 39-19-410. Declaration of purpose.
- § 39-19-420. "Warehouseman" defined.
- § 39-19-430. True name of owner or producer of tobacco must be furnished to warehousemen or cooperatives.
- § 39-19-440. Delivery records must be kept by warehouseman or cooperative.
- § 39-19-450. Information ticket or card must be placed on tobacco.
- § 39-19-460. Tickets or cards and tobacco must be open to inspection.
- § 39-19-470. Retention of tickets or cards after sale.
- § 39-19-480. Failure to give true name is a misdemeanor.
- § 39-19-490. Offenses by warehousemen or cooperatives.
- § 39-19-500. Sale of tobacco in name other than that of true owner.
- § 39-19-510. Penalties.
- § 39-20-10. Short title.
- § 39-20-20. Definitions.
- § 39-20-30. Rental unit, lien; access to personal property.
- § 39-20-40. Rental agreement.
- § 39-20-45. Enforcement of lien.
- § 39-20-47. Enforcement of lien by distraint.
- § 39-20-49. Person claiming contents of storage facility to pay all unpaid rents.
- § 39-20-50. Additional rights, duties, and obligations by agreement; relation of chapter to other laws.
- § 39-22-10. Authority to grant licenses; minimum standards to maintain.
- § 39-22-15. "Loss" defined.
- § 39-22-20. Applicants for license, bonding and security requirements.
- § 39-22-30. Department to promulgate regulations.
- § 39-22-40. Term "cotton" to refer to all nonperishable farm products.
- § 39-22-50. Chapter inapplicable to "linters" cotton.
- § 39-22-60. Department to accept federal standards and classifications of cotton.
- § 39-22-70. Receipt of lint cotton.
- § 39-22-80. Warehouse receipt forms, requirements; electronic receipts exempt; notice to depositor; transfers to other parties.
- § 39-22-90. Prohibited acts; penalties.
- § 39-22-100. State guarantee; limitations.
- § 39-22-110. Required identification tags on bales.
- § 39-22-120. Warehouse insurance requirements.
- § 39-22-130. Inspection of warehouses; inventory.
- § 39-22-140. Sums collected under this chapter must be deposited annually.
- § 39-22-150. State warehouse system, disposition of revenues; fees; guaranty fund; claims against fund.
- § 39-22-160. Annual report.
- § 39-22-170. State's liability limited.
- § 39-22-180. Warehouseman may enter into agreements required by Commodity Credit Corporation; conflicting provisions.
- § 39-22-190. Record keeping requirements.
- § 39-22-200. Receipts, restrictions; exceptions.
- § 39-23-10. Short title.
- § 39-23-20. Definitions.
- § 39-23-30. Drug or device deemed adulterated.
- § 39-23-40. Drug or device deemed misbranded.
- § 39-23-50. Labeling or packaging requirements, exemptions; certain drugs must be dispensed only on prescription; requirements.
- § 39-23-55. Labeling of prescription or nonprescription drug samples.
- § 39-23-60. Coal-tar colors, regulations.