S.C. Code Ann. § 39-16-30

General prohibitions; applicability to "reproductions"

Effective May 9, 19881986 Act No. 396, eff September 1, 1986; 1988 Act No. 506, SECTION 3, eff May 9, 1988.
  1. (a) An art merchant or person may not knowingly publish or distribute any catalog, prospectus, or circular which offers for sale a fine print unless it clearly and conspicuously discloses all information required by Section 39-16-40.
  2. (b) An art merchant or person may not knowingly sell at retail or wholesale any fine print unless a written invoice, receipt for the purchase price, or certificate furnished to the purchaser clearly and conspicuously discloses all information required by Section 39-16-40.
  3. (c) If a print is described as a "reproduction", the information required by Section 39-16-40 is not required to be disclosed unless the print allegedly was published in a limited edition, an edition of numbered or signed prints, or any combination of them.
  4. (d) An art merchant or person offering for auction a fine print to which this article is applicable at an auction where nonart property also is sold shall provide a written invoice disclosing all information required by Section 39-16-40.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 396, eff September 1, 1986; 1988 Act No. 506, SECTION 3, eff May 9, 1988.

Effect of Amendment

The 1988 amendment added subsection (d).

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