South Carolina § 38-71-420 - Placement of required and optional provisions in policy.
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§ 38-71-420. Placement of required and optional provisions in policy.
The provisions which are the subject of SECTIONS 38-71-340 and 38-71-370, or any corresponding provisions which are used in lieu thereof in accordance with those sections, must be printed in the consecutive order of the provisions in those sections, or, at the option of the insurer, any such provision may appear as a unit in any part of the policy with other provisions to which it may be logically related, as long as the resulting policy is not in whole or in part unintelligible, uncertain, ambiguous, abstruse, or likely to mislead a person to whom the policy is offered, delivered, or issued.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-35-480 [1956 (49) 2029; 1962 Code SECTION 37-477] recodified as SECTION 38-71-420 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38-71-420 ("Placement of required and optional provisions in policy.") 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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