The S.C. Consumer Protection Code requires that persons who make consumer credit sales, leases or loans or persons who engage in rent-to-own, and persons who take assignments of rights against debtors arising from such transactions are required to file a notification form and pay a notification fee to the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs for each location at which such transactions are made. The notification fee is $120.00 per location.

Consumer Credit Sales - Maximum Rate - Consumer Grantor Notification Flyer - February 2006 (PDF)

Online Filing

Consumer Credit Grantor Notification

• S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-202
• South Carolina Regulation
• Notification Filing Form - Initial (PDF) (Word)
• Notification Filing Form - Renewal (PDF) (Word)

Credit Grantor Notification for Rent-to-Own Businesses

• S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-204
• South Carolina Regulation
• Rent-to-Own Filing Form - Initial (PDF) (Word)
• Rent-to-Own Filing Form - Renewal (PDF) (Word)

Maximum Rate Schedules

For more information contact the Department of Consumer Affairs at:
Accounting Division
3600 Forest Drive, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 5246
Columbia, SC 29250-5246
Phone: (803) 734-4253