{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-57-380","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-57-380","heading":"Effect of termination, expiration, completion or performance of agency agreements; accounting and confidentiality.","body":"A real estate broker and all supervised licensees owe no duty or obligation to a client following termination, expiration, completion, or performance of an agency agreement or closing of the real property transaction, whichever occurs first, except the duties of:\n(1) accounting in a timely manner for all money and property related to and received during the relationship; and\n(2) keeping confidential all information received during the course of the engagement which was made confidential by request or instructions from the client, except as provided for in Section 40-57-350(C)(1)(f) and Section 40-57-350(E)(1)(f) unless the:\n(a) client permits the disclosure by written agreement;\n(b) disclosure is required by law;\n(c) disclosure is necessary to defend the licensee against an accusation of wrongful conduct in a proceeding before the commission or before a professional association or professional standards committee; or\n(d) the information becomes public from a source other than the broker.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 57 Real Estate Brokers, Brokers-in-Charge, Associates, and Property Managers","ARTICLE 3 Real Estate Brokers, Brokers-in-Charge, and Associates"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c057.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:23:29Z","sha256":"4f89e874130f3c371bc44486d46fa20f3bef90acf92c79293dc1920b1dd5c4b9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-57-370","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-57-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}