S.C. Code § 12-37-720

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 12-37-720 - Persons who shall return property of ward, minor child having no guardian, wife, lessee, absent, unknown or deceased person, corporation, partnership or other firm, and property held in trust or by receiver or public officer

The personal property of every ward shall be listed by his guardian; of every minor child, having no other guardian, by the father if living, if the father be dead by the mother if living and if the mother be dead or remarried by the person having it in charge; of every wife, by the husband, if living and sane and the parties are residing together and if the husband be dead, is insane or is not living with his wife, by the wife; of every person for whose benefit property is held in trust, by the trustee; of every deceased person, by the executor or administrator; of those whose property or assets are in the hands of receivers, by such receivers; of every firm, company, body politic or corporate, by the president or principal accounting officer, partner or agent thereof; of all persons in the hands or custody of any public officer or appointee of a court, by such officer or appointee; of those absent or unknown, by their agent or the person having such property in charge; of lessees of real property, by such lessees.

S.C. Code § 12-37-720

R. S. 224, 225; G. S. 173; Civ. C. '02 Section 268; Civ. C. '12 Section 296; Civ. C. '22 Section 344; 1932 Code Section 2604; 1942 Code Section 2604; 1952 Code Section 65-1625; 1962 Code Section 65-1625.