{"id":"SC-050","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of South Carolina","authority":"S.C. Const. art. V, § 4; Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 407, SCACR","instrument":"Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)","title":"Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergency","dateIssued":"2020-05-01","effective":"2020-05-01","end":"Through the emergency (electronic notarization later addressed by Act No. 85 of 2021, as SC-056 recites)","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["South Carolina closing attorneys","lenders, title insurers, notaries and parties to real estate transactions"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED, that to the extent the Rules of Professional Conduct may require an attorney to be physically present at the closing of a real estate transaction and in close proximity to the parties to the transaction, in light of the current crisis and need for social distancing, an attorney may participate in and supervise the closing of a real estate transaction by way of a video conference... necessary persons to a real estate transaction may, under the direction of the supervising attorney, similarly participate in the real estate closing by way of a video conference, provided any necessary person so consents","enforcement":"Supervising attorney must confirm identities, ensure a notary attests signatures and confirm the measures are acceptable to lenders and title insurers","functions":["CL closings, notaries and title","ML mortgage lending","CB buyers and sellers"],"notes":"South Carolina is an attorney-closing State; this order changed how every residential closing could be conducted.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2020-05-01-01.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250703121059/https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2020-05-01-01.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":54781,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-050","citation":"Supreme Court of South Carolina, Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SC-050)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-056","SC-048","SC-047"]}