South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 2214


                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2214
Ratification Number:       195
Act Number                 140
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Lien of laundries, dry cleaning
                           establishments, and other establishments
                           engaged in the cleaning or alteration of
                           personal property
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(A140, R195, H2214)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-15-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LIEN OF LAUNDRIES, DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN THE CLEANING OR ALTERATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE MAIL, REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO THE PERSON LEAVING THE PROPERTY AT THE ESTABLISHMENT BEFORE THE PROPERTY MAY BE SOLD, BE REGISTERED WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Mailing of notice of laundry liens to property owner

SECTION 1. Section 29-15-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 29-15-90. When any personal property has been left at any laundry, dyer, dry cleaning establishment, or retail store for the purpose of storage, cleaning, dry cleaning, dyeing, washing, alteration, or repairs and is not called for within a period of one hundred twenty days thereafter and the charges paid in full, the dyer, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or retail store may sell the property after having advertised the time and place of the sale by posting a notice in writing at least fifteen days before the sale in three public places in the county in which the personal property is found, one of which must be the courthouse door, or publishing the notice at least two weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the goods are located; provided, that notice must first have been sent by first-class mail to the last-known address of the person, his agent, or employee, who left the goods at the establishment. The advertisement also must contain the amount due, the name of the owner (if not known, this fact must be stated), and a brief description of the property."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.