South Carolina Enacts Servicemembers Civil Relief Act    

On April 26, 2019, the Governor of South Carolina signed House Bill 3180 to enact the South Carolina Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Act took effect on April 26, 2019 and its provisions are applicable to contracts entered into, extended, or amended on or after July 1, 2019. The Act is intended to expand and supplement the protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The definition of “military service” will affect South Carolina National Guardsmen who are on active duty for a period of more than thirty days.

SC Dept of Revenue May File Tax Liens Online

South Carolina Department of Revenue Law Change: Authorized to File Tax Liens with an Online Database System

The South Carolina Legislature has passed a new law that has far-reaching implications for those searching land records in the state of South Carolina. Traditionally, the South Carolina Department of Revenue has filed tax liens against individual taxpayers for non-payment of state taxes by filing a lien with the county recorder in the county where the taxpayer resides.

Did Loan Application Process Violate Statute?

SC Supreme Court Finds Lender’s Loan Application Process Did Not Violate the South Carolina Attorney Preference Statute

n 2017, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision finding that the loan closing process used by Quicken Loans, Inc. (Quicken) in South Carolina did not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. Boone v. Quicken Loans, Inc., 803 S.E. 2d. 707 (S.C. 2017). Now, in its recent decision in Quicken Loans, Inc., v. Wilson, (S.C. Appellate Case No.

Timing is Everything

Appellate Court upholds dismissal of Debtor’s claims due to failure make timely payments outlined in a loan modification plan

They say that there’s a time and a place for everything in life. For a while, the North Carolina courts were having quite a time deciding when a loan modification agreement amounted to a mere offer from the lender, and when the agreement became a contract that bound both parties.

A Tough Reminder from the Court to Draft Carefully

In re: Tacket: Davidson County, North Carolina File No. 17 CVS 1059

In a small county in the Piedmont region of North Carolina (best known for arguably being the ‘Barbeque Capital of the World’), a recent ruling has some foreclosure lawyers scouring their Notice of Foreclosure Sale templates and others wondering if previous foreclosure sales could end … up in smoke.

Already Litigated: Another Failed Res Judicata Challenge to a North Carolina Foreclosure Special Proceeding

Earlier this month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to a foreclosure special proceeding based on res judicata in Roberson v. Tr. Services of Carolina, LLC, No. COA17-1152. In this decision, the Court of Appeals reaffirmed the seminal 2016 Supreme Court decision, Matter of Lucks, limiting the applicability of the doctrine in the context of non-judicial foreclosure.

Will Your Junior Lien Be Stripped?

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the anti-modification provision of 11 USC 1322 does not prevent junior liens that are completely “underwater,” from being stripped, regardless of whether or not the creditor filed a proof of claim. In Burkhart v. Grigsby, 886 F.3d 434 (2018), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that whether or not a Chapter 13 debtor may strip off mortgage liens is decided by the application of 11 USC § 1322(b) and not 11 USC §506(d).

U.S. Bank NA v. Pinkney

North Carolina’s Supreme Court Delineates Crucial Differences Between Power of Sale Foreclosures and Judicial Foreclosures

A non-judicial foreclosure by power of sale is the more common, stream-lined method to foreclose a deed of trust in North Carolina. To allow a sale in a non-judicial foreclosure, the court must find the existence of only six factors. One of those six findings is whether there exists a “valid debt of which the party seeking to foreclose is the holder.”N.C. Gen. Stat. §45-21.16(d) (emphasis added).