(1) With respect to a supervised loan in which the principal is one thousand dollars or less, a lender may not contract for an interest in land as security. A security interest taken in violation of this section is void. (2) An open-end credit agreement under which the credit limit is a minimum of five thousand dollars is exempt from this section even though one or more advances made pursuant to the agreement are less than one thousand dollars.
Restrictions on interest in land as security
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-3-510, under Title 37, Chapter 3.
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-3-510