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Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
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Renting
- Renting The Lot, Owning The HomeS.C. Code 27-47-310 and S.C. Code 27-47-530 — a written lot agreement, thirty days' notice of new rent, and the grounds for eviction
- Housing DiscriminationS.C. Code 31-21-40 and S.C. Code 31-21-120 — the protected classes, one hundred eighty days to complain, one year to sue
- Getting The Deposit BackS.C. Code 27-40-410 — an itemized notice within thirty days, or three times the amount withheldalso here
- When The Landlord Will Not Fix ItS.C. Code 27-40-440 and S.C. Code 27-40-610 — fit and habitable, and a fourteen day noticealso here
- Being EvictedS.C. Code 27-40-710 and S.C. Code 27-37-20 — five days on rent, a rule to vacate, ten days to show causealso here
- Locked Out By The LandlordS.C. Code 27-40-660 — three months' rent or twice the damages, whichever is greateralso here
- Retaliatory EvictionS.C. Code 27-40-910 — no rent hike, cut service or eviction for a complaintalso here
- When The Landlord Can Come InS.C. Code 27-40-530 — twenty-four hours' notice, at reasonable times, with the exceptions it listsalso here
- What A Lease Cannot SayS.C. Code 27-40-330 — no waiver of rights, no confession of judgment, no excusing the landlordalso here
- Notice To End A TenancyS.C. Code 27-40-770 — seven days for week to week, thirty for month to monthalso here
The police at the door
- TrespassS.C. Code 16-11-620 and S.C. Code 16-11-600 — after a warning, on a request to leave, or past purple paint
- Reading A Search WarrantS.C. Code 17-13-140 — sworn grounds, served within ten days, a copy with the affidavit, and an inventory
- When Police Are Called To A HouseS.C. Code 16-25-70 — an arrest without a warrant, the primary aggressor, and no threat to arrest everyone
Family, children and school
- Who The Father Is On PaperS.C. Code 63-17-50 — a signed acknowledgment, and sixty days to rescind it
- When Child Protection ComesS.C. Code 63-7-620 and S.C. Code 63-7-640 — emergency protective custody on probable cause, and an investigation within twenty-four hours
- What Parents Answer ForS.C. Code 63-5-60 — up to $5,000 for a child's malicious or wilful harmalso here
- Protective OrdersS.C. Code 20-4-50 and S.C. Code 20-4-70 — no filing fee, an emergency hearing within twenty-four hours, and an order of six months to a yearalso here
- Getting DivorcedS.C. Code 20-3-10 and S.C. Code 20-3-30 — five grounds, one of them a year living apart, and a year's residencealso here
- Alimony And PropertyS.C. Code 20-3-130 and S.C. Code 20-3-630 — the kinds of alimony, and an equitable division of what was acquired during the marriagealso here
- Custody And Parenting TimeS.C. Code 63-15-230 and S.C. Code 63-15-240 — joint or sole custody in the child's best interest, a parenting plan, and equal access to recordsalso here
Debt, buying and money
Owning a home, land and animals
- A Lien On Your HouseS.C. Code 29-5-90 and S.C. Code 29-5-120 — a statement within ninety days, a suit within six monthsalso here
- Dog BitesS.C. Code 47-3-110 — the owner or keeper is liable for a bite in a public place or where the person was lawfully presentalso here
- A Dog Called DangerousS.C. Code 47-3-710 and S.C. Code 47-3-760 — never for its breed alone, a locked pen, and fifty thousand dollars of insurance or bondalso here
- The Dog The Pound Picked UpS.C. Code 47-3-40 and S.C. Code 47-3-50 — proof of a rabies shot and the fee, which bars a charge for running at largealso here
- The Value On Your Tax BillS.C. Code 12-60-2510 and S.C. Code 12-60-2530 — ninety days to object to a notice, a conference, then the county boardalso here
- The Break On Your Tax BillS.C. Code 12-37-250 — the first fifty thousand dollars of the home's value, at sixty-five, totally disabled or legally blindalso here
- When The Taxes Go UnpaidS.C. Code 12-51-40 and S.C. Code 12-51-90 — a notice, a sale, and twelve months to redeem with interest up to twelve percentalso here
- The Strip You Have Been MowingS.C. Code 15-67-210 and S.C. Code 15-3-340 — ten years of adverse possession, and without a deed only what is fenced and workedalso here
- When The House Is ForeclosedS.C. Code 15-39-720 and S.C. Code 29-3-660 — a court foreclosure, bidding open thirty days, and a deficiency judgmentalso here
- The Form That Comes With The HouseS.C. Code 27-50-40 and S.C. Code 27-50-65 — the seller's disclosure statement, and actual damages for one known to be falsealso here
- The Tree On The LineS.C. Code 16-11-520 — wilfully cutting another's tree or fence, a misdemeanor up to two thousand dollars of damage and a felony abovealso here
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