Section 40-59-250. Credit report; factors indicating reputation for timely performance; outstanding judgments.

SC Code § 40-59-250 (2019) (N/A)

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(A) A person applying to the commission for licensure as a residential builder or registration as a residential specialty contractor must submit to a credit report. In addition to the information provided by the credit report, the commission may determine from the written application, the personal references provided by the applicant, written communications or complaints to the commission, and from any other reliable, documented sources whether an applicant for licensure as a residential builder or an applicant for registration as a residential specialty contractor has a reputation for the prompt payment of labor and material bills and for the timely completion of other contracts into which the applicant may have entered.

(B) The commission shall require the applicant to list on application and renewal forms any outstanding judgments issued against him or any entities with whom the applicant was associated for the past five years.

HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 359, Section 1.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws:1994 Act No. 463, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-59-85.

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