{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-704","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 36-9-704","heading":"Security interest unperfected before effective date.","body":"A security interest that is enforceable immediately before this act takes effect but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:\n(1) remains an enforceable security interest for one year after this act takes effect;\n(2) remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under Section 36-9-203 when this act takes effect or within one year thereafter; and\n(3) becomes perfected:\n(A) without further action, when this act takes effect if the applicable requirements for perfection under this act are satisfied before or at that time; or\n(B) when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.","path":["Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 9 Commercial Code—Secured Transactions","Part 7 Transition"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t36c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:08:49Z","sha256":"cf59a7b58a7efd494b17e514a6aaf93049c7ae7e82ea972f202df60fc4174f26","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-703","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}