South Carolina Code 37-3-504. Revocation or suspension of license
(a) the licensee has repeatedly and wilfully violated this title or any rule or order lawfully made pursuant to this title; or
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 37-3-504
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
(b) facts or conditions exist which would clearly have justified the Board in refusing to grant a license had these facts or conditions been known to exist at the time the application for the license was made.
(2) No revocation or suspension of a license is lawful unless prior to institution of proceedings by the State Board of Financial Institutions notice is given to the licensee of the facts or conduct which warrant the intended action, and the licensee is given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for retention of the license.
(3) If the State Board of Financial Institutions finds that probable cause for revocation of a license exists and that enforcement of this title requires immediate suspension of the license pending investigation, it may, after a hearing upon 5 days’ written notice, enter an order suspending the license for not more than 30 days.
(4) Whenever the State Board of Financial Institutions revokes or suspends a license, it shall enter an order to that effect and forthwith notify the licensee of the revocation or suspension. Within five days after the entry of the order it shall deliver to the licensee a copy of the order and the findings supporting the order.
(5) Any person holding a license to make supervised loans may relinquish the license by notifying the State Board of Financial Institutions in writing of its relinquishment, but this relinquishment shall not affect his liability for acts previously committed.
(6) No revocation, suspension, or relinquishment of a license shall impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract between the licensee and any debtor.
(7) The State Board of Financial Institutions may reinstate a license, terminate a suspension, or grant a new license to a person whose license has been revoked or suspended if no fact or condition then exists which clearly would have justified the Board refusing to grant a license.