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South Carolina Bankruptcy ExemptionsHomestead 15-41-30 - Real property, personal property used as homestead, or co-op, up to $50,000. Personal Property 15-41-30 - Motor vehicle up to $1,200; clothing, household goods, furnishings, appliances, books, musical instruments, animals and crops up to $2,500 total; jewelry up to $500; health aids; personal injury and wrongful death recoveries needed for support. 15-41-30 - IN LIEU OF Homestead: Burial plot up to $50,000. 15-41-30 - IN LIEU OF Homestead AND BURIAL PLOT Cash and other liquid assets up to $1,000. 59-2-140 - College investment program trust fund. Pensions 11 U.S.C. § 522 - Tax exempt retirement accounts; Traditional and Roth IRAs up to $1,095,000 per person. 9-1-1680 - Public employees. 9-8-190 - Judges and solicitors. 9-9-180 - General assembly members. 9-11-270 - Police officers. 9-13-230 - Firefighters. 15-41-30 - ERISA-qualified benefits; Roth IRAs and IRAs needed for support. Public Benefits 15-41-30 - Unemployment compensation; Social Security; veterans' benefits; local public assistance; crime victims' compensation. 42-9-360 - Workers' compensation. 43-5-190 - General relief; aid to blind, aged, and disabled. Tools of Trade 15-41-30 - Tools, books, and implements of trade up to $750 total. Alimony and Child Support 15-41-30 - Alimony and child support. Insurance 15-41-30 - Unmatured life insurance contract (but a credit insurance policy is not exempt); disability or illness benefits; life insurance proceeds from a policy for a person you depended upon which is needed for support; life insurance dividends, interest, loan, cash, or surrender value from a policy for a person you depended upon up to $4,000. 38-38-330 - Fraternal benefit society benefits. 38-63-40 - Accident and disability benefits; Group life insurance proceeds' cash value not to exceed $50,000; Life insurance proceeds for a spouse or child if purchased 2 years before filing for bankruptcy. 38-63-50 - Life insurance proceeds if policy prohibits use to pay creditors. Miscellaneous 33-41-720 - Business partnership property. Other - Add any applicable Federal Nonbankruptcy Exemptions HOME BANKRUPTCY STEPS FREE CONSULTATION EMERGENCY FILING
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