South Carolina § 56-19-670 - Assignment of security interest; perfection; filing.
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§ 56-19-670. Assignment of security interest; perfection; filing.
A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest, and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until an assignment by the lienholder is delivered to the Department of Motor Vehicles as provided in this section.
The assignee may, but need not, to perfect the assignment, deliver to the department an assignment by the lienholder in the form the department prescribes with the required fee.
The Department shall file each assignment received by it with the required fee and note the assignee as lienholder upon the record of security interests maintained by the Department pursuant to Section 56-19-660.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-150.47; 1957 (50) 595; 1990 Act No. 577, SECTION 3(A).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 56-19-670 ("Assignment of security interest; perfection; filing.") 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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