South Carolina § 38-43-260 - Signing certain blank documents.
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§ 38-43-260. Signing certain blank documents.
Except as provided in this section, no producer may sign any blank application, contract, or policy of insurance. Trip, travel, or transportation ticket policies of insurance covering accidental personal or property injury, loss, or damage may be signed in blank, or facsimile impression or stamp, for issuance only through coin-operated machines, subject to regulations prescribed by the department. A producer guilty of violating this section must, upon conviction, be fined for each offense not more than two hundred dollars.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-51-220 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-252; 1956 (49) 2147; 1962 Code SECTION 37-252] recodified as SECTION 38-43-260 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 666; 2002 Act No. 323, SECTION 2, eff January 31, 2003.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38-43-260 ("Signing certain blank documents.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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