South Carolina Code > Title 39 > Chapter 20 – Self-Service Storage Facilities

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• Affidavit : A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Articles of incorporation : includes the articles of conversion of a converted corporation. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Assets : (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Broadband network : is a s defined in § 58-9-3010(4). See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Commission : means the South Carolina Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Complaint : A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract : A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation : A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corridor : means the area within 300 feet of an electric supplier's distribution lines as described in Act 432 of 1969. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Damages : Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed : The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Jurisdiction : (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease : A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
• Lien : A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Member : means each incorporator of a cooperative and each person admitted to and retaining membership therein and shall include a husband and wife admitted to joint membership. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Mortgage : The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation : An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person : includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
• Personal property : All property that is not real property.
• Real property : Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.