Personal loans in Kline, SC
A lender serving Kline holds a South Carolina license and answers to a South Carolina regulator, not to any city office. An estimated 145 people make their home in Kline, a figure that ranks 242nd in South Carolina. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 decrease at about 0.7%. Consumer lending in South Carolina is governed by state statute; no city ordinance changes it. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees. The closest larger city is Barnwell, SC about 8 miles away.
Borrowing in Kline: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced South Carolina table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 145 residents; Kline is the 242nd-largest of 271 places in South Carolina (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 0.7% below the 2020 Census base.
- Size percentile: about 11% of South Carolina communities are smaller.
- Location: 33.1247, -81.3425 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Barnwell (8 mi); Allendale (8 mi); Olar (10 mi); Snelling (11 mi); Hilda (12 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Kline on the same terms.
- Nearest smaller places: Ulmer (8 mi); Sycamore (9 mi); Govan (12 mi).
What South Carolina law requires in Kline
Each figure in the table below carries a publisher and a date; where the state publishes nothing, we point to the source rather than estimate.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Supervised loan threshold (state-specific rule) | Consumer loans with a finance charge above 12%/year are "supervised loans" requiring licensed supervised lenders; supervised lenders may charge up to 18% per year on unpaid balances. Source says: "Supervised loan means a consumer loan in which the rate of the loan finance charge exceeds twelve percent per year" (37-3-301); "eighteen percent per year on the unpaid balances of principal" (37-3-201(2)(c)). | South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code of Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 8.75% per annum statutory legal rate where no rate is agreed (judgment rate: Wall Street Journal prime + 4 points). Source says: "the legal interest shall be at the rate of eight and three-fourths percent per annum" (S.C. Code 34-31-20(A)). | South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code of Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal for licensed deferred presentment providers; max $550 advanced at one time; fee limited to 15% of principal; term up to 31 days; 2025 repeal bill S.379 introduced but not enacted. Source says: "The total amount advanced by a licensee to any customer at one time for deferred presentment or deposit may not exceed five hundred fifty dollars" (34-39-180(B)); fees capped at "fifteen percent of the principal amount of the transaction" (34-39-180(E)). | South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code of Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Finance Division licenses and regulates companies making consumer loans with APRs exceeding 12% (Title 37 Consumer Protection Code; Consumer Finance Act, Title 34, ch. 29). Source says: "The Consumer Finance Division (CFD) licenses and regulates the business activities of all companies... that make consumer loans which have annual percentage rates exceeding 12%." | South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions - Consumer Finance Division as of 2026-09-16 |
| State lending regulator | South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions - Consumer Finance Division (Office of the Commissioner of Consumer Finance) Source says: "South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions Office of the Commissioner of Consumer Finance" (site heading). | South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions - Consumer Finance Division as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Kline personal loan looks like
Because a personal loan payment is fixed, the total cost is knowable in advance — the main difference from a credit card, where the balance revolves. Deciding what the loan is for, and what you will do differently afterward, matters more than the headline rate. Deal only with a lender licensed in South Carolina, which you can check with the regulator named below.
A pre-application checklist for Kline
Complete these steps first when you borrow in Kline:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Confirm the lender holds a South Carolina licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
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Nearby places
- Barnwell, SC — population 4,577
- Allendale, SC — population 2,490
- Ulmer, SC — population 59
- Sycamore, SC — population 140
- Olar, SC — population 208
- Snelling, SC — population 250
- Hilda, SC — population 422
- Govan, SC — population 52