South Carolina Code 12-6-5595. Timber deeds as real property conveyances
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-6-5595
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
For purposes of the nonrecognition of gain under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code and comparable provisions of state law, the conveyance by timber deed of the right to cut standing timber for a period of time exceeding thirty years is considered a conveyance of a real property interest, and as such, under the laws of this State, is a like-kind exchange with other similar conveyances of a real property interest or with conveyances of similar investment real property owned in fee simple.