S.C. Code § 62-8-115

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 62-8-115 - Exoneration of agent

A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal's successors in interest except to the extent the provision:

(1) relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed:
(A) dishonestly;
(B) in bad faith;
(C) with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney;
(D) through wilful misconduct;
(E) through gross negligence; or
(F) with actual fraud; or
(2) was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal.

S.C. Code § 62-8-115

Added by 2016 S.C. Acts, Act No. 279 (SB 778), s 1, eff. 1/1/2017.