Tenancies in South Carolina
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Tenancy by the Entirety
Not recognized in South Carolina
Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship
Creation
- SC Code of Laws Section 27-7-40 "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and not as tenants in common"
- Smith V. Cutler [1] “for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple․”
- this is an unseverable joint tenancy and requires both joint tenants to sign
Tenancy in Common
Default, presumed if JTROS is not delineated
