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Section 27-47-410. Name and address of owner for purposes of service of process and receiving or receipting notices and demands; agent of owner for this and other purposes.

SC Code § 27-47-410 (2019) (N/A)
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(A) An owner shall disclose his name and address or a person authorized to act as his agent for the purposes of service of process and receiving or receipting notices and demands. The information required to be furnished by this section must be kept current, and this section may be enforced against a successor owner.

(B) A person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on behalf of an owner who fails to comply with this section with regard to a rental agreement entered into on behalf of the owner becomes his agent for purposes of that rental agreement for:

(1) service of process and receiving and receipting notices and demands;

(2) performing the obligations of the owner under this chapter and under the rental agreement and expending or making available for the performance of the obligations rent collected from the resident and retained by the person on behalf of the owner.

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 135, Section 1.

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