South Carolina § 12-37-890 - Place where property shall be returned for taxation.

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§ 12-37-890. Place where property shall be returned for taxation.

All property used in any business, furniture, and supplies used in hotels, restaurants and other houses of public resort, personal property used in or in connection with storehouses, manufactories, warehouses, or other places of business, all personal property and merchants' and manufacturers' stock and capital shall be returned for taxation and taxed in the county, city, and town in which it is situated. All shares of stock in incorporated banks located in this State shall be returned for taxation and taxed in the county, city, or town in which the bank is located. All property of deceased persons shall be returned for taxation and taxed in the county where administration may be legally granted, until distribution thereof and payment may be made to the parties entitled thereto. All other personal property shall be returned for taxation and taxed at the place where the owner thereof shall reside at the time of listing the same, if the owner resides in this State; if not, at the residence of the person having it in charge. And all real estate shall be taxed in the county, city, ward, or town where it is located. The owners of real property situate partly within and partly without any incorporated town or city shall list the part in the town or city separately from the part outside the incorporated limits thereof.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 65-1643; 1952 Code SECTION 65-1643; 1942 Code SECTION 2606; 1932 Code SECTION 2606; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 346; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 298; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 270; G. S. 175; R. S. 227; 1881 (17) 989; 1901 (23) 615; 2015 Act No. 87 (S.379), SECTION 11, eff June 11, 2015.

Effect of Amendment

2015 Act No. 87, SECTION 11, in the first sentence, substituted "All property used" for "All horses, neat cattle, mules, asses, sheep, hogs, dogs, wagons, carts and other vehicles used", inserted a comma following "warehouses" and "city", and deleted "on farms" following "all personal property"; deleted the former second sentence, relating to bankers' capital and personal assets; in the second sentence, inserted a comma following "city"; in the fourth sentence, inserted "resides" before "in this State"; and in fifth sentence, inserted a comma following "ward".

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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