S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-330 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 15-19-330
SECTION 15-19-330. Undertaking when property of one of several defendants is attached.
Status: in_force

When there is more than one defendant and the several property of any defendant has been seized by virtue of the order of attachment the defendant whose several property has been seized may deliver to the court or officer an undertaking, in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 15-19-310, to the effect that he will, on demand, pay to the plaintiff the amount of judgment that may be recovered against such defendant. And all the provisions of SECTION 15-19-310 applicable to such undertaking shall be applicable thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-610 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 7 / Section 15-67-610
SECTION 15-67-610. Duty of magistrate in case of trespass.
Status: in_force

If any person shall have gone into or shall hereafter go into possession of any lands or tenements of another without his consent or without warrant of law, the owner of the land so trespassed upon may apply to any magistrate to serve a notice on such trespasser to quit the premises, and if, after the expiration of five days from the personal service of such notice, such trespasser refuses or neglects to quit then such magistrate shall issue his warrant to any sheriff or constable requiring him forthwith to eject such trespasser, using such force as may be necessary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-32-510 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 32 / Article 5 / Section 15-32-510
SECTION 15-32-510. Claims for punitive damages must be prayed for in complaint; amount shall not be specifically plead.
Status: in_force

(A) A claim for punitive damages must be specifically prayed for in the complaint. (B) The plaintiff shall not specifically plead an amount of punitive damages, only that punitive damages are sought in the action. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 52, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. This act takes effect January 1, 2012, and applies to all actions that accrue on or after the effective date except the provisions of SECTION 3 do not apply to any matter pending on the effective date of this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-73-40 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 73 / Section 15-73-40
SECTION 15-73-40. Actions involving firearms or ammunition; basis for determining design defect; elements to be proved by plaintiff.
Status: in_force

(A) In a products liability action involving firearms or ammunition, whether a firearm or ammunition shell is defective in design must not be based on a comparison or weighing of the benefits of the product against the risk of injury, damage, or death posed by its potential to cause that injury, damage, or death when discharged. (B) In a products liability action brought against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, importer, distributor, or retailer that alleges a design defect, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove, in addition to any other elements required to be proved that: (1) the actual design of the firearm or ammunition was defective, causing it not to function in a manner reasonably expected by an ordinary consumer of firearms or ammunition; and (2) any defective design was the proximate cause of the injury, damage, or death.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-77-50 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 77 / Article 1 / Section 15-77-50
SECTION 15-77-50. Jurisdiction and venue of actions affecting State agencies and officials.
Status: in_force

The circuit courts of this State are hereby vested with jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions, actions and controversies, other than those involving rates of public service companies for which specific procedures for review are provided in Title 58, affecting boards, commissions and agencies of this State, and officials of the State in their official capacities in the circuit where such question, action or controversy shall arise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-400 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 15-19-400
SECTION 15-19-400. Time when sheriff or constable shall return attachment.
Status: in_force

When the warrant shall be fully executed or discharged the sheriff or constable shall return it, with his proceedings thereon, to the court in which the action was brought.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-9-350 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 15-9-350
SECTION 15-9-350. Service on Director of Department of Motor Vehicles as attorney of nonresident motorists.
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident of the rights and privileges conferred by the laws in force in this State permitting the operation of motor vehicles, as evidenced by the operation of a motor vehicle by such nonresident on the public highways, the streets of any incorporated municipality or the public roads of this State or anywhere within this State, or the operation by such nonresident of a motor vehicle on any such public highways, streets or public roads or anywhere within the State other than as so permitted or regulated shall be deemed equivalent to the appointment by such nonresident of the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles or of his successor in office to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all summons or other lawful process in any action or proceeding against him growing out of any accident or collision in which such nonresident may be involved by reason of the operation by him, for him or under his control or direction, express or implied, of a motor vehicle on such public highways, streets or public roads or anywhere within this State. Such acceptance or operation shall be a signification of his agreement that any such process against him shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally. Editor's Note 2003 Act No. 51, SECTION 18 directed the Code Commissioner to substitute "Department of Motor Vehicles" for "Department of Public Safety".
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-53-140 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 53 / Section 15-53-140
SECTION 15-53-140. Chapter intended to make uniform the laws of the states.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact substantially identical legislation and to harmonize, as far as possible, with Federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-69-210 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 69 / Section 15-69-210
SECTION 15-69-210. Judgment.
Status: in_force

In an action to recover the possession of personal property judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession, for the recovery of possession or for the value thereof in case a delivery cannot be had and for damages, both punitive and actual, for the detention. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff and the defendant claims a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for a return of the property, or the value thereof, in case a return cannot be had, and damages, both actual and punitive, for taking and withholding the property. But when either party gives bond for the property, as provided by law, no punitive damages shall be allowed for anything occurring after the giving of the bond.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-38-65 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 38 / Section 15-38-65
SECTION 15-38-65. Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act not applicable to governmental entities.
Status: in_force

No payment shall be made from state appropriated funds or other public funds to satisfy claims or judgments against governmental entities or governmental employees acting within the scope of their official duties arising under the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act. The South Carolina Tort Claims Act is the exclusive and sole remedy for any tort committed by an employee of a governmental entity while acting within the scope of his official duty. The Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act shall not apply to governmental entities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-47-140 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 47 / Section 15-47-140
SECTION 15-47-140. Deposition, production, and inspection.
Status: in_force

When a subpoena issued under Section 15-47-120 commands a person to attend and give testimony at a deposition, produce designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible items, or permit inspection of premises, the time and place and the manner of the taking of the deposition, the production, or the inspection must comply with the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure relating to discovery. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 132, SECTION 2, provides: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-100 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 15-19-100
SECTION 15-19-100. Persons to whom attachment shall be directed.
Status: in_force

The warrant shall be directed to any sheriff or constable of any county in which property of the defendant may be and shall require him to attach and safely keep all the property of such defendant within his county, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, the amount of which must be stated in conformity with the complaint, together with costs and expenses. Several warrants may be issued at the same time to the sheriffs or constables of different counties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-43-100 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 43 / Section 15-43-100
SECTION 15-43-100. Entry or use of closed building as contempt.
Status: in_force

If any person shall break and enter or use a building, erection or place so directed to be closed he shall be punished as for contempt, as provided in SECTION 15-43-70.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-230 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 15-67-230
SECTION 15-67-230. What constitutes adverse possession under written instrument or court decree or judgment.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by any person claiming a title founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases: (1) When it has been usually cultivated or improved; (2) When it has been protected by a substantial enclosure; (3) When, although not enclosed, it has been used for the supply of fuel or of fencing timber, for the purposes of husbandry or for the ordinary use of the occupant; and (4) When a known farm or a single lot has been partly improved the portion of such farm or lot that may have been left not cleared or not enclosed, according to the usual course and custom of the adjoining country, shall be deemed to have been occupied for the same length of time as the part improved and cultivated.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-81-160 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 81 / Section 15-81-160
SECTION 15-81-160. Annual rate of adjustment of fair market value.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in subsections (B), (C), and (D), the fair market value of total gross assets at the time of a merger or consolidation will increase annually at a rate equal to the sum of: (1) the prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published for each calendar year since the merger or consolidation, unless the prime rate is not published in that edition of the Wall Street Journal, in which case a reasonable determination of the prime rate on the first day of the year may be used; and (2) one percent. (B) The rate provided in subsection (A) may not be compounded. (C) The adjustment of fair market value of total gross assets continues as provided pursuant to the provisions of subsection (A) until the date the adjusted value is first exceeded by the cumulative amounts of successor asbestos-related liabilities paid or committed to be paid by or on behalf of the corporation or a predecessor, or by or on behalf of a transferor, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined. (D) No adjustment of the fair market value of total gross assets may be applied to liability insurance otherwise included in the definition of total gross assets by Section 15-81-150(C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-17-440 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 15-17-440
SECTION 15-17-440. Oath of petitioner.
Status: in_force

Upon such examination the clerk shall administer or tender to the petitioner an oath in the following words: "I, (A. B.), do solemnly swear that the account by me delivered into this honorable court with my petition doth contain a true and full account of all my real and personal estate, debts, credits and effects whatsoever, without exception, which I or any person in trust for me have or at the time of my petition had, or am or was, in any respect, entitled unto, in possession, remainder or reversion; and that I have not at any time since my being sued, arrested or imprisoned, or before, directly or indirectly sold, leased, assigned or otherwise disposed of or made over, in trust for myself or otherwise, other than is mentioned in such account, any part of my lands, estate, goods, stock, money, debts or other real or personal estate whereby to have or expect any benefit or profit to myself or to defraud any of my creditors to whom I am indebted; and that I will, to the utmost of my power, endeavor to collect all and singular the title deeds to my lands, together with the remainder of my goods and effects contained in said account and the vouchers relating to or concerning the same, wheresoever or in whosesoever hands they may be within this State, and will surrender the same to my assignee or assignees as soon as possible after my discharge from arrest and confinement. So help me God."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-37-160 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 37 / Section 15-37-160
SECTION 15-37-160. Costs on uncontested claims.
Status: in_force

No costs shall be allowed for proving uncontested claims; except for the days in which the court, master or referee is occupied in taking proof for or against such claim.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-90 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 15-39-90
SECTION 15-39-90. Executions on judgments of inferior courts.
Status: in_force

When judgment shall have been rendered in a court of a magistrate or other inferior court and docketed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court the application for leave to issue execution must be to the circuit court of the county in which the judgment was rendered.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-10 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 15-39-10
SECTION 15-39-10. Kinds of execution.
Status: in_force

There shall be three kinds of executions, (a) against the property of the judgment debtor, (b) against his person and (c) for the delivery of the possession of real or personal property or such delivery with damages for withholding the property. They shall be deemed the process of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-53-20 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 53 / Section 15-53-20
SECTION 15-53-20. Courts of record may declare rights, status and other legal relations.
Status: in_force

Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect. Such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-1-340 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-1-340
SECTION 15-1-340. Right of service member to proceed in civil action; providing evidence by video-camera or other electronic means.
Status: in_force

(A) A service member who is entitled to a stay in civil proceedings pursuant to the Service Members Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 501, et seq. may elect to proceed while the service member is reasonably unavailable to appear in the geographical location in which the litigation is pursued and may seek relief and provide evidence through video-conferencing, Internet camera, email, or another reasonable electronic means. Testimony presented must be made under oath, in a manner viewable by all parties, and in the presence of a court reporter. In matters when a party who is physically present in the State is permitted to use affidavits or seek temporary relief, the service member may submit testimony by affidavit. (B) The court must allow a party to proceed pursuant to this section unless an opposing party establishes a compelling reason not to proceed by clear and convincing evidence. The court must allow a party to present evidence pursuant to a method provided by this section unless an opposing party established that the method will cause a substantial injustice, deny effective cross examination, deny the right to confront the witness, or abridge another constitutional right.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-65-80 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 65 / Section 15-65-80
SECTION 15-65-80. Proceedings when security becomes insufficient.
Status: in_force

Should the security become insufficient upon any of such bonds after they have been given and approved, the court or judge may, upon application, after notice, require the security to be made sufficient and on default therein may proceed as if no bond had been given, but without prejudice to the right of any party entitled to the benefit of such bond to enforce it according to the terms and conditions thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-50-90 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 50 / Section 15-50-90
SECTION 15-50-90. Structured settlement purchase companies to register with Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

A person shall not act as a transferee, attempt to acquire structured settlement payment rights through a transfer from a payee who resides in this State, or file a structured settlement transfer proceeding unless the person is registered with the Secretary to do business in this State as a structured settlement purchase company. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 22, SECTION 20, provides as follows: "SECTION 20. SECTION 9 through SECTION 16 take effect on January 1, 2024. All other SECTIONS take effect on July 1, 2023, and apply to applications filed on or after the effective date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-17-500 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 15-17-500
SECTION 15-17-500. Filling vacancies in jury panel.
Status: in_force

If from the eighteen persons so summoned twelve cannot from any cause be empaneled then the clerk may complete that number from the other freeholders originally selected.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-1-260 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-1-260
SECTION 15-1-260. Payment of deposit in lieu of bond.
Status: in_force

Whenever such bond, recognizance or undertaking is required or authorized to be given in any civil proceeding: (1) In the courts of common pleas of this State the sum of money deposited in lieu thereof shall be paid to the clerk of the court of common pleas in which such proceeding is pending; (2) In the Supreme Court or court of appeals of this State the sum of money shall be paid to the clerk of that appellate court; (3) In the probate courts of this State such sum of money shall be paid to the judge of the court of probate in which the proceeding is pending; and (4) In a magistrate's court or other court of inferior jurisdiction, such sum of money shall be paid to the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county in which such magistrate's court or other court of inferior jurisdiction shall be.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-77-340 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 77 / Article 5 / Section 15-77-340
SECTION 15-77-340. Costs of blood tests.
Status: in_force

In any civil action in which the paternal or maternal relationship of one person to another is sought to be proved by use of blood tests, the costs of such tests shall be paid by that party upon whom the blood test is to be performed, except that the plaintiff shall pay the cost of any test administered to a child if a minor. Upon entry of judgment, the court shall award to the prevailing party any cost incurred by him or it under this section for the administration of such blood tests.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-150 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 15-39-150
SECTION 15-39-150. Sheriff must give notice of money collected.
Status: in_force

The sheriff, on the receipt of any money on account of any plaintiff in execution or other person entitled thereto, must within one month give notice in writing of the receipt of such money to such plaintiff or his attorney or other person entitled thereto by personal service or by mail. On failure to do so he shall be liable to pay interest for the money in his hands at the rate of five per cent per month until notice is given.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-9-440 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 15-9-440
SECTION 15-9-440. Service on trustees of inter vivos trusts.
Status: in_force

(1) Service on resident trustee constitutes service on all other trustees. —Service upon one resident trustee of an inter vivos trust shall constitute service on all other trustees, resident and nonresident, of the same trust, for the purpose of adjudicating any action or proceeding in a court of this State involving, directly or indirectly, such trust. (2) Trustee served to notify other trustees. —The resident trustee, so served, shall within five days, give prompt notice to such nonresident trustee and other resident trustee of the action. The failure of notification to the other trustees shall in no way impair the action. (3) Service on nonresident trustee when there is no resident trustee. —When there is no resident trustee, the nonresident trustee of an inter vivos trust shall be deemed to have consented to the service of any summons, notice or other legal process in connection with any proceeding in the courts of this State involving such trust, directly or indirectly, when served upon the Secretary of State, when the trust was created under the laws of this State or, in the case of a foreign trust, when part of the trust property is situated in this State. (4) Time allowed for answer. —The time within which to answer under the provisions of this section shall be the same as that provided for by law for substituted service. (5) Penalties. —Any trustee responsible for notifying another trustee, who fails to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-140 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 15-39-140
SECTION 15-39-140. Failure or neglect to make return.
Status: in_force

For failure or neglect to make any of the returns mentioned in SECTION 15-39-130 or for any false return the sheriff or other officer as therein stated shall be subject to rule, attachment, action, penalty and all other consequences provided by law for neglect of duty by executive or judicial officers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-61-340 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 61 / Article 3 / Section 15-61-340
SECTION 15-61-340. Service of pleading; notice by publication.
Status: in_force

(A) This article does not limit or affect the method by which service of pleading in a partition action may be made. (B) If the plaintiff in a partition action seeks notice by publication and the court determines that notice by publication is required and, pursuant to Section 15-61-330, that the property may be heirs' property, the plaintiff, not later than ten days after the determination of the court, shall post and maintain while the action is pending a conspicuous sign on the property that is the subject of the action in addition to compliance with the requirements for notice by publication. The sign must state that the action has commenced and identify the name and address of the court and the common designation by which the property is known. The court may require, through its order, the plaintiff to publish on the sign the name of the plaintiff and the known defendants. Editor's Note 2016 Act No. 153, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. This act takes effect on January 1, 2017, and applies to partition actions filed on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-38-40 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 38 / Section 15-38-40
SECTION 15-38-40. Action for contribution.
Status: in_force

(A) Whether or not judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution may be enforced by separate action. (B) Where a judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution may be enforced in that action by judgment in favor of one against other judgment defendants by motion upon notice to all parties to the action. Provided, however, contribution may not be enforced in the action until the issue of liability and resulting damages against the defendant or defendants named in the action is determined. Once the issue of liability has been resolved, subject to Section 15-38-20(B), a defendant has the right to seek contribution against any judgment defendant and other persons who were not made parties to the action. (C) If there is a judgment for the injury or wrongful death against the tortfeasor seeking contribution, any separate action by him to enforce contribution must be commenced within one year after the judgment has become final by lapse of time for appeal or after appellate review. (D) If there is no judgment for the injury or wrongful death against the tortfeasor seeking contribution, his right of contribution is barred unless he has either (1) discharged by payment the common liability within the statute of limitations period applicable to claimant's right of action against him and has commenced his action for contribution within one year after payment, or (2) agreed while action is pending against him to discharge the common liability and has within one year after the agreement paid the liability and commenced his action for contribution. (E) The recovery of a judgment for an injury or wrongful death against one tortfeasor does not of itself discharge the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless the judgment is satisfied. The satisfaction of the judgment does not impair any right of contribution. (F) The judgment of the court in determining the liability of the several defendants to the claimant for an injury or wrongful death shall be binding as among such defendants in determining their right to contribution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-640 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 7 / Section 15-35-640
SECTION 15-35-640. Discharge of bankrupts from judgments; notice of application.
Status: in_force

Notice of the application, accompanied with copies of the papers upon which it is made, must be served upon the judgment creditor or his attorney of record in the judgment, in the same manner as provided in the rules of the circuit courts of this State for the service of process, if the residence or place of business of such creditor or his attorney is known. But if such residence or place of business is unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence or if such creditor is a nonresident of this State and if his attorney is dead, removed from or cannot be found within the State, upon proof of such facts by affidavit, a judge of the court may make an order that the notice of such application be published in a newspaper designated therein once a week for not more than three weeks. Such publication, shown by the affidavit of the publisher, shall be sufficient service upon such judgment creditor of the application.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-43-80 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 43 / Section 15-43-80
SECTION 15-43-80. Abatement; sale of fixtures; closing place for year.
Status: in_force

If the existence of the nuisance be established in an action, as provided in this chapter or in a criminal proceeding, an order of abatement shall be entered as part of the judgment in the case. The order shall direct the removal from the building or place of all fixtures, furniture, musical instruments or movable property used in conducting the nuisance, shall direct the sale thereof in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution and shall direct the effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose and so keeping it closed for a period of one year, unless sooner released.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-77-330 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 77 / Article 5 / Section 15-77-330
SECTION 15-77-330. Payment of fees.
Status: in_force

Any attorney's fees assessed against an agency under this article shall be paid from the agency's funds to the extent the funds are available and from the state's or political subdivision's general fund if the agency has no available funds; provided, that such money shall only be paid upon presentation of an itemized accounting of the attorney's fees. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall determine whether or not the agency has available funds for this purpose. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-730 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 15-39-730
SECTION 15-39-730. Upset bids in other judicial sales.
Status: in_force

In judicial sales other than foreclosures or in execution the bidding shall not remain open but shall be closed upon the date of sale unless there be objection at or prior to the hearing at which the decree is rendered to such closing by one or more parties to the suit, in which case the question shall be within the discretion of the court. In sales which involve both partition and foreclosure the bidding shall remain open as in foreclosure sales unless the right to a deficiency judgment is expressly waived.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-29-80 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 29 / Section 15-29-80
SECTION 15-29-80. Charges for legal advertisements in newspapers.
Status: in_force

State and county officials authorized by law to publish advertisements in the newspapers of this State, including advertisements of sales of real and personal property by masters, clerks of court, judges of probate and sheriffs, citations, notices to creditors, notices of final settlement by executors, administrators, guardians and all other persons acting in a fiduciary capacity, service of summons by publication, notices of election ordered by commissioners, reports of county treasurers, supervisors and superintendents of education, notices of county auditors, proclamations of the executive department, proposals for works and supplies by the head of departments or other officials authorized to advertise for competitive bids and all other advertising whatever done by order of court or by State and county officials, shall be charged not more than the local retail display advertising rate shown on the newspaper's rate card or the rates published in the newspaper, deducting any and all applicable discounts earned by the volume or frequency of the legal advertising. The advertisement shall be set in solid six point type, including the caption and all other parts of the advertisement. Newspapers that do not use six point type shall receive compensation based on six point measure and any lesser measure shall be charged only at actual space measurement as printed; however, agencies placing advertisements may order larger measure at their discretion. The publication of any of the notices provided for in this section may be let by contract for not more than the price authorized by this section. No publication will be allowed to make any extra charges for affidavit of publication.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-5-120 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 15-5-120
SECTION 15-5-120. Actions against executors or administrators when one or more is out of State.
Status: in_force

In cases in which there are two or more executors or administrators to any estate and any one or more of them has withdrawn or shall withdraw or shall reside out of the State, any creditor or person having a right or cause of action against such estate may commence his action against all the executors or administrators, naming and setting forth therein the executor or administrator, one or more, who is out of the State. In such case if the summons be served in the usual form upon those who are within the State the suit shall be deemed to be good and effectual in law to all intents and purposes, saving only that the judgment in such cases shall not extend to work any devastavit upon the person so absent or to affect him in his private right.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-690 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 15-39-690
SECTION 15-39-690. Hours of sale.
Status: in_force

The hours of sale shall be between eleven and five o'clock. But sales shall not be held at any time after notice given by the sheriff that the sales for the day have been closed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-63-120 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 63 / Section 15-63-120
SECTION 15-63-120. Judgment in action for usurping office.
Status: in_force

In every case judgment shall be rendered upon the right of the defendant and also upon the right of the party alleged to be entitled or only upon the right of the defendant as justice shall require.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-50 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 1 / Section 15-67-50
SECTION 15-67-50. Appearance of unknown parties; subsequent defense by minors.
Status: in_force

All such unknown persons so served shall have the same right to appear and defend before and after judgment as would named defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and any order or judgment in the action shall be binding upon those who have been served or who shall appear and defend, whether they be of age or minors, and, if they be minors when judgment is rendered, they may be allowed to defend at any time within three years after coming of age.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-860 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 9 / Section 15-35-860
SECTION 15-35-860. Enrollment of appointments and revocations.
Status: in_force

The clerk of court shall forthwith enroll all appointments and revocations of appointments of attorneys filed under SECTIONS 15-35-840 and 15-35-850 and shall enter on the abstract of judgments a reference thereto and shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents for every such entry to be paid by the judgment creditor at the time of such filing. But such enrollment and entry shall not affect service of process made prior thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-650 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 5 / Section 15-39-650
SECTION 15-39-650. Sheriff shall advertise sale of property.
Status: in_force

The sheriff of every county in this State shall, before he exposes any lands or tenements which he may be directed to sell by virtue of any execution or mortgage, publicly advertise the lands or tenements three weeks immediately previous to the sale day or days on which he means to expose them for sale. Personal property shall be advertised for fifteen days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-7-120 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-7-120
SECTION 15-7-120. Application of contract and arbitration agreements relative to venue of actions.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding a provision in a contract requiring a cause of action arising under it to be brought in a location other than as provided in this title and the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure for a similar cause of action, the cause of action alternatively may be brought in the manner provided in this title and the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure for such causes of action. (B) A provision in an arbitration agreement that arbitration proceedings must be held outside this State is not enforceable with respect to a cause of action, which, but for the arbitration agreement, is triable in the courts of this State. The enforceability of the remaining provisions of the arbitration agreement and the method of selecting a forum for the conduct of the arbitration proceedings is as provided in this title, the Federal Arbitration Act, and any applicable rules of arbitration. (C) This act applies to contracts entered into after the effective date of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-48-30 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 48 / Section 15-48-30
SECTION 15-48-30. Appointment of arbitrators.
Status: in_force

If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointment of arbitrators, this method shall be followed. In the absence thereof, there shall be three arbitrators with one chosen by the party making the demand for arbitration, one chosen by the party against whom demand is made and third being chosen by those two chosen by the parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-37-180 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 37 / Section 15-37-180
SECTION 15-37-180. Costs against fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

In an action prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust or a person expressly authorized by statute costs shall be recovered as in an action by and against a person prosecuting or defending in his own right. But such costs shall be chargeable only upon or collected of the estate, fund, or party represented unless the court shall direct the costs to be paid by the plaintiff or defendant personally for mismanagement or bad faith in such action or defense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-43-40 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 43 / Section 15-43-40
SECTION 15-43-40. Trial; evidence of general reputation.
Status: in_force

The action, when brought, shall be triable at the first term of court after due and timely service of the notice has been given, and in such action evidence of the general reputation of the place shall be competent for the purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-69-180 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 69 / Section 15-69-180
SECTION 15-69-180. Taking of property concealed in building or enclosure.
Status: in_force

If the property or any part thereof be concealed in a building or enclosure the sheriff shall publicly demand its delivery. If it be not delivered he shall cause the building or enclosure to be broken open and take the property into his possession and, if necessary, he may call to his aid the power of his county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-75-51 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 75 / Section 15-75-51
SECTION 15-75-51. Notice not to transmit unsolicited material required prior to imposition of penalty.
Status: in_force

The penalty provided by Section 15-75-50, including injunctive relief, may not be imposed unless the person who is alleged to have violated that section does so after being instructed, (1) in writing, (2) by telephone, or (3) by a machine that electronically transmits facsimiles through connection with a telephone network, by the receiver of the unsolicited advertising material not to transmit the material.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-5-210 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 15-5-210
SECTION 15-5-210. Unemancipated child as party to motor vehicle accident action.
Status: in_force

An unemancipated child may sue and be sued by his parents in an action for personal injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident. In any such action there shall be appointed a guardian ad litem as provided by law for such child.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-63-110 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 63 / Section 15-63-110
SECTION 15-63-110. Complaint and arrest of defendant in action for usurping office.
Status: in_force

When such action shall be brought against a person for usurping an office, the Attorney General or private party bringing the action, in addition to the statement of the cause of action, may also set forth in the complaint the name of the person rightfully entitled to the office, with a statement of his right thereto. In such case, upon proof by affidavit that the defendant has received fees or emoluments belonging to the office by means of his usurpation thereof, an order may be granted by a judge of the circuit or by a justice of the Supreme Court for the arrest of such defendant and holding him to bail. Thereupon he shall be arrested and held to bail in the same manner, with the same effect and subject to the same rights and liabilities as in other civil actions when the defendant is subject to arrest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-720 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 9 / Section 15-67-720
SECTION 15-67-720. If such person is not produced, he is taken to be dead.
Status: in_force

If the person proceeded against shall fail to produce such other person, according to the direction made, the court may appoint commissioners before whom such other person may be produced. If such other person cannot be produced or there should be other satisfactory proof before the commissioners of the death of such person, they shall make return of the fact on oath. Such person sought shall then be taken to be dead, and any lawful claimant of any estate held by or for such person shall be let into the possession of such estate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-78-220 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 78 / Section 15-78-220
SECTION 15-78-220. Rights and privileges not affected.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Act 32 of 2005 do not affect any right, privilege, or provision of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act as contained in Chapter 78, Title 15 of the 1976 Code or the South Carolina Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act as contained in Chapter 56 of Title 33. Editor's Note This section was codified and altered for purposes of codification at the direction of the Code Commissioner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-17-800 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 15-17-800
SECTION 15-17-800. Bail may be liable to sheriff or constable.
Status: in_force

The bail taken upon the arrest shall, unless they justify or other bail be given or justified, be liable to the sheriff or constable by action for damages which he may sustain by reason of such omission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-650 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 7 / Section 15-35-650
SECTION 15-35-650. Entry of cancellation on margin or index of judgment.
Status: in_force

All clerks of court shall enter the word "cancelled," together with the signature of such officer, upon the margin or across the indices of judgments when any such judgment is duly cancelled of record by the judgment creditor or his assignee. Such cancellation and signature shall be entered in the margin opposite the names of the judgment debtor and judgment creditor, respectively, or across such names, and the like cancellation shall on the demand of the judgment debtor, or his legal representative, be made on judgments theretofore cancelled of record. Upon failure of such clerk of court to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall, in each instance, forfeit and pay to the judgment debtor the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, and if such failure be wilful he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court. The solicitor of each circuit shall see that the provisions of this section are complied with or shall forthwith prosecute violators thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-640 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 7 / Section 15-67-640
SECTION 15-67-640. Right to appeal; injunction; time of issuing warrant.
Status: in_force

Either party to these proceedings shall have the right of appeal. The magistrate shall not issue his warrant until the expiration of five days after he announces his decision, and in the meantime the defendant may apply for an injunction, as in other cases, upon giving the bond required by SECTION 15-67-620, restraining the execution of such warrant pending the determination of his appeal by the circuit court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-82-10 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 82 / Section 15-82-10
SECTION 15-82-10. Limitation on liability of land possessors to trespassers; exception.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this section, the terms: (1) "Possessor of land" means the possessor of any fee, reversionary, or easement interest in real property, including an owner, lessee, or other lawful occupant. (2) "Trespasser" means a person who enters or remains on the land of another without permission or without legal privilege. (B) A possessor of land owes no duty to a trespasser except to refrain from causing a wilful or wanton injury. (C) Notwithstanding subsection (B), a possessor of land is subject to liability for physical harm to children or a person with an intellectual disability who are trespassing thereon caused by an artificial condition upon the land if: (1) the place where the condition exists is one upon which the possessor knows or has reason to know that children or persons with an intellectual disability are likely to trespass; (2) the condition is one of which the possessor knows or has reason to know and which he realizes or should realize will involve an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to children or persons with an intellectual disability; (3) the person because of his youth or intellectual disability does not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in intermeddling with it or in coming within the area made dangerous by it; (4) the utility to the possessor of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger are slight as compared with the risk to children or the persons with an intellectual disability who are involved; and (5) the possessor fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or otherwise to protect the children or the persons with an intellectual disability. (D) For the purposes of subsection (C), "intellectual disability" has the same meaning as provided for in Section 44-20-30(12). (E) This chapter does not affect any immunities from or defenses to civil liability established by another section of the South Carolina Code of Laws or available at common law to which a possessor of land may be entitled. (F) The provisions of this chapter do not affect any right, privilege, or provision of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act pursuant to Chapter 78, Title 15.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-32-230 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 32 / Article 3 / Section 15-32-230
SECTION 15-32-230. Emergency medical and obstetrical care exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) In an action involving a medical malpractice claim arising out of care rendered in a genuine emergency situation involving an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to the patient receiving care in an emergency department or in an obstetrical or surgical suite, no physician may be held liable unless it is proven that the physician was grossly negligent. (B) In an action involving a medical malpractice claim arising out of obstetrical care rendered by a physician on an emergency basis when there is no previous doctor/patient relationship between the physician or a member of his practice with a patient or the patient has not received prenatal care, such physician is not liable unless it is proven such physician is grossly negligent. (C) The limitation on physician liability established by subsections (A) and (B) shall only apply if the patient is not medically stable and: (1) in immediate threat of death; or (2) in immediate threat of serious bodily injury. Further, the limitation on physician liability established by subsections (A) and (B) shall only apply to care rendered prior to the patient's discharge from the emergency department or obstetrical or surgical suite.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-37-210 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 37 / Section 15-37-210
SECTION 15-37-210. Costs in action prosecuted in name of the State.
Status: in_force

In an action prosecuted in the name of the State for the recovery of money or property or to establish a right of claim for the benefit of any county, city, town, village, corporation or person costs awarded against the plaintiff shall be a charge against the party for whose benefit the action was prosecuted and not against the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-65-120 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 65 / Section 15-65-120
SECTION 15-65-120. Enforcing order for deposit.
Status: in_force

Whenever, in the exercise of its authority, a court shall have ordered the deposit, delivery or conveyance of money or other property and the order is disobeyed, the court, besides punishing the disobedience as for contempt, may make an order requiring the sheriff or constable to take the money or property and deposit, deliver or convey it in conformity with the direction of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-53-10 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 53 / Section 15-53-10
SECTION 15-53-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-61-110 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 61 / Article 1 / Section 15-61-110
SECTION 15-61-110. Attorneys' fees.
Status: in_force

The court of common pleas may fix attorneys' fees in all partition proceedings and, as may be equitable, assess such fees against any or all of the parties in interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-63-130 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 63 / Section 15-63-130
SECTION 15-63-130. Assumption of office by relator, when judgment is in his favor.
Status: in_force

If the judgment be rendered upon the right of the person so alleged to be entitled and such judgment be in favor of such person, he shall be entitled, after taking the oath of office and executing such official bond as may be required by law, to take upon himself the execution of the office, and he shall immediately thereafter demand of the defendant in the action all the books and papers in his custody or within his power belonging to the office from which he shall have been excluded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-350 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 15-19-350
SECTION 15-19-350. Satisfying judgment for plaintiff.
Status: in_force

In case judgment be entered for the plaintiff in any such action the sheriff or constable shall satisfy it out of the property attached by him, if it shall be sufficient for that purpose: (1) By paying over to such plaintiff the proceeds of all sales of perishable property and of any vessel or share or interest in any vessel sold by him or of any debts or credits collected by him, or so much as shall be necessary to satisfy such judgment; (2) If any balance remain due and an execution shall have been issued on such judgment he shall proceed to sell, under such execution, so much of the attached property, real or personal, except as provided in item (4) of this section, as may be necessary to satisfy the balance, if enough for that purpose shall remain in his hands; and in case of the sale of any rights or shares in the stock of a corporation or association the sheriff or constable shall execute to the purchaser a certificate of sale thereof, and the purchaser shall thereupon have all the rights and privileges in respect thereto which were had by the defendant; (3) If any of the attached property belonging to the defendant shall have passed out of the hands of the sheriff or constable without having been sold or converted into money the sheriff or constable shall repossess himself of such property and for that purpose shall have all the authority which he had to seize such property under the attachment; and any person who shall wilfully conceal or withhold such property from the sheriff or constable shall be liable to double damages at the suit of the party injured; and (4) Until the judgment against the defendant shall be paid the sheriff or constable may proceed to collect the notes and other evidences of debt and the debts that may have been seized or attached under the warrant of attachment and to prosecute any bond he may have taken in the course of such proceedings and apply the proceeds thereof to the payment of the judgment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-43-120 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 43 / Section 15-43-120
SECTION 15-43-120. Notice shall be given to owner before action against him.
Status: in_force

No proceeding against the owner of the real estate shall be commenced hereunder unless ten days' written notice be given by the prosecuting attorney to such owner or his agent and upon his failure thereafter to abate the nuisance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-77-30 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 77 / Article 1 / Section 15-77-30
SECTION 15-77-30. State as defendant in action affecting title to real estate.
Status: in_force

In any action or suit at law affecting the title to real estate when it appears that the State has or claims a judgment lien upon such real estate the State may be made a party defendant in such action or suit at law, provided no money demand is made in such suit or action at law against the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-47-110 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 47 / Section 15-47-110
SECTION 15-47-110. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Clerk of court" means a clerk of court who is duly elected for that county elected in each county pursuant to Section 14-17-10 and who is ex officio clerk of the court of general sessions, the family court, and all other courts of record in the county except as may be provided by the law establishing the other courts. (2) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than South Carolina. (3) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. (4) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (5) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, federally recognized Indian tribes, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (6) "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to: (a) attend and give testimony at a deposition; (b) produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of the person; or (c) permit inspection of premises under the control of the person. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 132, SECTION 2, provides: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-63-80 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 63 / Section 15-63-80
SECTION 15-63-80. One action may be brought against several persons claiming office or franchise.
Status: in_force

When several persons claim to be entitled to the same office or franchise one action may be brought against all such persons in order to try their respective rights to such office or franchise.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-260 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 15-19-260
SECTION 15-19-260. Certificate of defendant's interest.
Status: in_force

Whenever the sheriff or constable shall with a warrant of attachment or execution against the defendant apply to such officer, debtor or individual for the purpose of attaching or levying upon such property, such officer, debtor or individual shall furnish him with a certificate, under his hand, designating the number of rights or shares of the defendant in the stock of such association or corporation, with any dividend or encumbrance thereon, or the amount and description of the property held by such association, corporation or individual for the benefit of or debt owing to the defendant. If such officer, debtor or individual refuses to do so he may be required by the court or judge to attend before him and be examined on oath concerning such rights, shares, property or debt, and obedience to such order may be enforced by attachment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-310 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 15-39-310
SECTION 15-39-310. Order for discovery of property.
Status: in_force

When an execution against property of the judgment debtor or any of the several debtors in the same judgment issued to the sheriff of the county in which he resides or has a place of business or, if he does not reside in the State, to the sheriff of the county in which a judgment roll is filed is returned unsatisfied in whole or in part the judgment creditor at any time after such return is made is entitled to an order from a judge of the circuit court requiring such judgment debtor to appear and answer concerning his property before such judge at a time and place specified in the order within the county to which the execution was issued. After the issuing of an execution against property and upon proof by affidavit of a party or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the court or a judge thereof, that any judgment debtor has property which he unjustly refuses to apply towards the satisfaction of the judgment such court or judge may by an order require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and place to answer concerning the same. And such proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor towards the satisfaction of the judgment as are provided upon the return of an execution.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-41-35 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 41 / Article 1 / Section 15-41-35
SECTION 15-41-35. Exempt property.
Status: in_force

No individual may exempt from the property of the estate in any bankruptcy proceeding the property specified in 11 U.S.C. Section 522(d) except as may be expressly permitted by this chapter or by other provisions of law of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-630 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 7 / Section 15-35-630
SECTION 15-35-630. Discharge of bankrupts from judgments.
Status: in_force

Any time after one year has elapsed since a bankrupt was discharged from his debts, pursuant to the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, the bankrupt, his receiver, trustee or any other interested person may apply, upon proof of the bankrupt's discharge, to the court in which a judgment was rendered against him or, if rendered in a court not of record, to the court of which it has become a judgment by docketing it therein for an order directing the judgment to be cancelled and discharged of record. If it appears upon the hearing that the bankrupt has been discharged from the payment of that judgment or the debt upon which such judgment was recovered, an order must be made directing the judgment to be cancelled and discharged of record. And thereupon the clerk of the court shall cancel and discharge the judgment by marking on the docket thereof that it is cancelled and discharged by order of the court, giving the date of entry of the order of discharge. The provisions of this section shall not operate to discharge any debt, judgment or claim that is not dischargeable under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or the law of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-250 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 3 / Section 15-67-250
SECTION 15-67-250. What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not under written instrument or court judgment or decree.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed in the following cases only: (1) When it has been protected by a substantial enclosure; and (2) When it has been usually cultivated or improved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-490 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 15-39-490
SECTION 15-39-490. Punishment for contempt.
Status: in_force

If any person, party or witness disobeys an order of the judge or master, duly served, such person, party or witness may be punished by the judge or master as for a contempt. In all cases of commitment under this chapter the person committed may, in case of inability to perform the act required or to endure the imprisonment, be discharged from imprisonment by the court or judge committing him or the court in which the judgment was rendered, on such terms as may be just.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-9-360 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 15-9-360
SECTION 15-9-360. Service on Director of Department of Motor Vehicles as attorney for nonresident motor carriers.
Status: in_force

The acceptance by a nonresident motor carrier of the rights and privileges conferred by the laws now or hereafter in force in this State, permitting the operation of motor vehicles as evidenced by the operation of a motor vehicle by such nonresident either personally or through an agent or employee on the public highways in this State, or the operation of such nonresident either personally or through an agent, lessee, or employee, of a motor vehicle on the public highways of this State other than as so permitted or regulated, shall be deemed equivalent to the appointment by such nonresident motor carrier of the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, or his successor in office, to be his true and lawful attorney and the attorney of his executor or administrator, upon whom may be served all summonses or other lawful process or notice in any action, assessment proceeding, or other proceeding against him or his executor or administrator, arising out of or by reason of any provisions in Chapter 31 of Title 12 relating to such vehicle or relating to the liability for tax with respect to operation of such vehicle on the highways of this State. Acceptance or operation shall be a signification by such nonresident motor carrier of his agreement that any such process against or notice to him or his executor or administrator shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally or on his executor or administrator. All of the provisions of Sections 15-9-370, 15-9-380, and 15-9-350 shall be applicable with respect to the service of process or notice pursuant to this section. Editor's Note 2003 Act No. 51, SECTION 18 directed the Code Commissioner to substitute "Department of Motor Vehicles" for "Department of Public Safety".
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-67-770 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 67 / Article 9 / Section 15-67-770
SECTION 15-67-770. Recovery of damages.
Status: in_force

Every person, his executors or administrators, who are, or shall be, entitled to any such lands, tenements and hereditaments, upon or after the determination of such particular estates or interests, shall be entitled to recover as damages for such unlawful holding the full value of the profits received during such wrongful possession, and such recovery may be had against the person holding over or his executors or administrators.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-810 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 9 / Section 15-35-810
SECTION 15-35-810. Judgments lien on real estate continue for ten years.
Status: in_force

Final judgments and decrees entered in any court of record in this State subsequent to November 25, 1873, or in any circuit or district court of the United States within this State or of any other Federal court the final judgments and decrees of which, by act of Congress, shall be declared to create a lien, shall constitute a lien upon the real estate of the judgment debtor situate in any county in this State in which the judgment or transcript thereof is entered upon the book of abstracts of judgments and duly indexed, the lien to begin from the time of such entry on the book of abstracts and indices and to continue for a period of ten years from the date of such final judgment or decree.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-78-80 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 78 / Section 15-78-80
SECTION 15-78-80. Filing of verified claim; handling and disposition of claims; requirement that agencies and political subdivisions cooperate with State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) A verified claim for damages under this chapter, setting forth the circumstances which brought about the loss, the extent of the loss, the time and place the loss occurred, the names of all persons involved if known, and the amount of the loss sustained may be filed: (1) in cases against the State, with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, or with the agency employing an employee whose alleged act or omission gave rise to the claim; (2) where the claim is against a political subdivision, with the political subdivision employing an employee whose alleged act or omission gave rise to the claim; (3) where the identification of the proper defendant is in doubt, with the Attorney General. (b) Each agency and political subdivision must designate an employee or office to accept the filing of the claims. (c) Filing may be accomplished by receipt of certified mailing of the claims or by compliance with the provisions of law relating to service of process. (d) The verified claim may be received by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the appropriate agency or political subdivision. If filed, the claim must be received within one year after the loss was or should have been discovered. (e) In all cases in which a claim is filed, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or political subdivision has one hundred eighty days from the date of filing of the claim in which to determine whether the claim should be allowed or disallowed. Failure to notify the claimant of action upon the claim within one hundred eighty days from the date of filing of the claim is considered a disallowance of the claim. (f) The handling and disposition of claims filed under this chapter are not subject to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 23 of Title 1. (g) In all cases, where insurance is provided by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, the agency or political subdivision involved must cooperate with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority in the investigation and handling of any claim. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-29-60 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 29 / Section 15-29-60
SECTION 15-29-60. Length of time legal sales shall be advertised.
Status: in_force

All notices for the sale of any real estate under execution or order of court shall be advertised for twenty-one days, that is to say once a week for at least three weeks prior to such sale. All notices for such sales of personal property, unless otherwise specially ordered, shall be advertised for fifteen days, that is to say once a week for two weeks before such sale.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-840 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 35 / Article 9 / Section 15-35-840
SECTION 15-35-840. Attorneys as agents of judgment creditors for service of process.
Status: in_force

Every judgment creditor who enters a judgment in any court of record in this State and does not at the same time enter as part thereof the appointment of an agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding affecting any real estate upon which the judgment may at any time constitute a lien shall be deemed thereby to have constituted the attorney of record making the entry of such judgment as the agent of such judgment creditor and of his successor in interest for the purpose of accepting service of or being served with process in any such action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-130 — SC Code / Title 15 / Chapter 39 / Article 1 / Section 15-39-130
SECTION 15-39-130. Returns.
Status: in_force

The sheriff, coroner or other officer with whom final process shall be lodged shall, at each regular term of the court from which the execution or process was sued out, during the continuance of its active energy, until full execution thereof be returned, make a return to the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of his actions and doings thereunder. If he shall have fully executed he shall return the process with the manner of its execution. If he shall have partially executed he shall return on oath to the clerk a statement in writing under his hand of such partial execution with the reason of his failure as to the remainder. If he shall have wholly failed to make execution he shall return on oath a statement in writing under his hand of his failure with the reasons. And in any event on the first day of the term at which the active energy of the process shall cease as provided by law he shall return the process, if it has not been before returned, as fully executed. The return of the officer made as aforesaid shall for all purposes have the same legal effect as if the process had been made returnable to the term succeeding its first lodgment and renewed after each subsequent regular term.