S.C. Code Ann. § 62-5-429: Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 62 - SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE
- ARTICLE 5 Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property
- Part 4 Protection of Property of Persons Under Disability and Minors
(A) A person indebted to a protected person, or having possession of property of or an instrument evidencing a debt, stock, or chose in action belonging to a protected person may pay or deliver to a conservator, guardian of the estate, or other like fiduciary appointed by a court of the state of residence of the protected person, upon being presented with proof of his appointment and an affidavit made by him or on his behalf stating that:
(1) no protective proceeding relating to the protected person is pending in this State; and
(2) the foreign conservator is entitled to payment or to receive delivery.
(B) If the person to whom the affidavit is presented is not aware of a protective proceeding pending in this State, payment or delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the debtor or possessor.
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