South Carolina Code 34-9-30. Recovery of penalties for nonpayment of stock subscriptions and unpaid installments on subscriptions
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 34-9-30
- 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.
- 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.
The penalties for the nonpayment of any stock subscriptions as prescribed in § 34-3-240, together with any unpaid installments on such subscriptions, may be recovered in any court having jurisdiction of the aggregate amount so due or the stock may be sold for cash after twenty days’ notice advertised in the nearest newspaper. If at any such sale the sum bid should not be sufficient to satisfy and discharge the amount so due, together with the cost and charges incident to such sale, the subscriber in default shall be liable for any deficiency, and it may be recovered in the name of the corporation in any court having jurisdiction.