S.C. Code Ann. § 35-6-20
Individuals eligible to obtain registration in beneficiary form; multiple owners of security
Effective Jun 13, 19971997 Act No. 102, SECTION 1, eff June 13, 1997.
Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, and not as tenants in common.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 102, SECTION 1, eff June 13, 1997.