South Carolina § 40-57-740 - Actions against owners and agents.
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§ 40-57-740. Actions against owners and agents.
(A) No cause of action may arise against an owner of real estate or licensed real estate agent of a party to a transaction for failure to disclose in a transaction:
(1) that the subject real estate is or was occupied by an individual who was infected with a virus or another disease which has been determined by medical evidence as being highly unlikely to be transmitted through occupancy of a dwelling place either presently or previously occupied by the infected individual;
(2) that the death of an occupant of a property has occurred or the manner of the death;
(3) any off-site condition or hazard that does not directly impact the property being transferred; or
(4) any psychological impact that has no material impact on the physical condition of the property being transferred.
(B) Nothing in subsection (A) precludes an action against an owner of real estate or agent of the owner who makes intentional misrepresentations in response to direct inquiry from a buyer or prospective buyer with regard to psychological impacts, offsite conditions, or stigmas associated with the real estate.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 24, SECTION 1; 2004 Act No. 218, SECTIONS 24, 25; 2005 Act No. 141, SECTION 10; 2008 Act No. 412, SECTION 3; formerly 1976 Code SECTION 40-57-180; 2016 Act No. 170 (S.1013), SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2017; 2024 Act No. 204 (H.4754), SECTION 3, eff May 21, 2024.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 170, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
2024 Act No. 204, SECTION 3, deleted (C) to (I), which related to education standards, education providers, and instructors.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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