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You can use an Affidavit in South Carolina for estates with less than $25,000, not counting liens or encumbrances (like a mortgage) that pass by Will or under law. There is a 30-day waiting period. Probate judge must approve the Affidavit.
You can use a summary probate procedure for estates in which the value of the estate passing by Will, less liens or encumbrances, is less than $25,000 (not counting exempt property, funeral expenses, and medical expenses of last illness).
South Carolina, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
No. S.C. Code Ann. § 15-41-35.
Real property, including co-op, to $76,125 (joint owners to 152,250)
Motor vehicle to $7,600
In South Carolina, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 20 weeks.
South Carolina does not have its own minimum wage law. Therefore, employees in South Carolina are entitled to earn at least the federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour.
The minimum wage in Lexington County is $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage. South Carolina law prohibits city and county governments from adopting a local minimum wage that's higher than the federal minimum wage.
In South Carolina, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.13 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.