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EX PARTE WATSON

No. 25757.

356 S.C. 432 (2003)

589 S.E.2d 760

EX PARTE Charles M. WATSON, Jr., County Attorney for Greenwood County, Petitioner. In re The Unauthorized Practice of Law.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Watson, Jr., of Greenwood, for Petitioner.

A.J. Tothacer, Jr., of Greenville, Alexander Cruikshanks, IV, of Clinton, Charles Heath Ruffner, of Cheraw, D'Anne Haydel, of Orangeburg, Hubbard W. McDonald, Jr., of Bennettsville, Kelly Jean Golden, of Beaufort, Robert M. Bell, of Langley, Thomas L. Martin, of Anderson, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:

Charles M. Watson, Jr., County Attorney for Greenwood County, ("Petitioner"), seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether nonlawyer title abstractors engage in the unauthorized practice of law when they conduct a title search and report the title status in connection with a tax foreclosure sale. We hold that such activities constitute the unauthorized practice of law and must either be conducted or supervised by an attorney.

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