South Carolina § 62-2-403 - Federal veteran payments shall be exempt from creditors' claims.
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§ 62-2-403. Federal veteran payments shall be exempt from creditors' claims.
All monies paid for insurance, compensation, or pensions by the United States of America to the executors, administrators, or heirs-at-law of any deceased veteran who served during any "period of war" as determined in reference to pension entitlement under 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541 and 1542 and the regulations issued thereunder, and whose estate is administered in this State for insurance, compensation, or pensions is hereby declared to be exempt from the claims of any and all creditors of such deceased veteran.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, SECTION 1; 2013 Act No. 100, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2014.
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Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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