South Carolina Code 27-40-620. Failure to deliver possession
(1) terminate the rental agreement upon at least five days’ written notice to the landlord and upon termination the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security; or
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 27-40-620
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
(2) demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant elects, maintain an action for possession of the dwelling unit against the landlord or any person wrongfully in possession and recover the actual damages sustained by him. Where the landlord is unable to deliver possession due to a previous tenant remaining in possession without the landlord’s consent, after the expiration of the term of their rental agreement or its termination, the landlord is not liable for damages pursuant to this subsection, if the landlord made reasonable efforts to obtain possession of the premises.
(b) If a person’s failure to deliver possession is wilful and not in good faith, an aggrieved person may recover from that person an amount not more than three months’ periodic rent or twice the actual damages sustained, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney’s fees.