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SC Code § 15-7-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-50. Hearing elsewhere by consent.

 Nothing in Sections 15-7-10, 15-7-30 or 15-7-40 contained shall be so construed as to prevent the hearing of any such action as is referred to in those sections by consent of the parties or their attorneys and of the guardian ad litem of any infant party to the action in a county other than that in which the action may have been brought and may be pending or other than that in which the property is situated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-305; 1952 Code Section 10-305; 1942 Code Sections 420, 422; 1932 Code Sections 420, 422; Civ. P. '22 Sections 376, 378; Civ. P. '12 Sections 172, 174; Civ. P. '02 Sections 144, 146; 1870 (14) 453 Sections 146, 148; 1875 (15) 913; 1887 (19) 835; 1894 (21) 793; 1898 (22) 687; 1905 (24) 848.
SC Code § 15-7-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-60. Suits for penalty on freight claims.

 Any action to recover a penalty against any common carrier for loss, delay or damage to freight may be brought before any court of competent jurisdiction in any county in this State in which the cause of action for the damage in such case may be brought.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-306; 1952 Code Section 10-306; 1942 Code Section 7170; 1932 Code Section 7170; Civ. C. '22 Section 3892; Civ. C. '12 Section 2576; 1909 (26) 22.
SC Code § 15-7-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-70. Suits against insurance companies.

 All suits brought against any and all fire, life or other insurance companies doing business in this State may be brought in the county where the loss occurs. But nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the court from changing the place of trial for any of the causes provided for in Section 15-7-100.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-307; 1952 Code Section 10-307; 1942 Code Section 423; 1932 Code Sections 423, 7997; Civ. P. '22 Section 379; Civ. P. '12 Section 175; Civ. C. '22 Section 4111; Civ. C. '12 Section 2732; 1906 (25) 111.
SC Code § 15-7-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-80. Suits by certain mutual insurance companies against members.

 All suits instituted by any mutual life insurance company or mutual fire insurance company formed in this State against a member or former member of such company or any receiver of such company against any member or former member of such company shall be brought in the county in which such member resides.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-308; 1952 Code Section 10-308; 1942 Code Section 424; 1932 Code Section 424; Civ. P. '22 Section 380; 1912 (27) 776.
SC Code § 15-7-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-90. Removal of suits by certain mutual insurance companies against members.

 Wherever any such suit or proceeding has been brought, either as an independent suit or an ancillary proceeding to a receivership suit, in any county other than the county where the member or former member resides the court where such proceeding is pending shall, upon motion of such member or former member sued, on affidavit showing that he resides in a different county, remove for trial such suit or proceeding to the county where such member or former member resides.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-309; 1952 Code Section 10-309; 1942 Code Section 425; 1932 Code Section 425; Civ. P. '22 Section 381; 1912 (27) 776.
SC Code § 15-7-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-100. Changing place of trial.

 (A) The court may change the place of trial if:  (1) it is a court in a county designated for that purpose in the complaint, but the designated county is not the proper county pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 15 of the 1976 Code or other statutes providing for the venue of actions;  (2) there is reason to believe that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had there; or  (3) the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.  (B) When the place of trial is changed, all other proceedings must be in the county to which the place of trial is changed, unless otherwise provided by the consent of the parties in writing duly filed or by order of the court. The pleadings and other papers must be filed or transferred accordingly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-310; 1952 Code Section 10-310; 1942 Code Sections 35, 426; 1932 Code Sections 35, 426; Civ. P. '22 Sections 34, 382; Civ. P. '12 Section 176; Civ. P. '02 Section 147; Civ. C. '12 Section 3832; Civ. C. '02 Section 2735; G. S. 2114; R. S. 2246; 1870 (14) 339, 453 Section 149; 1879 (17) 14; 1896 (22) 12; 1905 (24) 845; 2005 Act No. 27, Section 4, eff July 1, 2005, applicable to causes of action arising on or after that date.  Effect of Amendment  The 2005 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); rewrote subsection (A)(1); in subsection (B) in the second sentence substituted "The pleadings and other papers must" for "And the papers shall"; and made language changes throughout.
SC Code § 15-7-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-110. Procedure for changing place of trial when fair and impartial trial cannot be had in county.

 When the ground for a change of place of trial in a circuit court in a case in which such court has original jurisdiction is that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county in which such action was commenced the application for removal must be made by some party interested to the judge sitting in regular term. Such application must be supported by an affidavit that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in such county. Four days' notice of such application shall be given to the adverse party, but such adverse party shall have the right to waive such notice. The circuit judge shall have the power, upon application made to him by either party and upon proper cause shown, to shorten or extend the time for the hearing of such application. If a change is ordered it shall be to a county in the same judicial circuit, and the judge shall order the record to be removed to such county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-311; 1952 Code Section 10-311; 1942 Code Section 35; 1932 Code Section 35; Civ. P. '22 Section 34; Civ. C. '12 Section 3832; Civ. C. '02 Section 2735; G. S. 2114; R. S. 2246; 1870 (14) 339; 1896 (22) 12; 1905 (24) 845.
SC Code § 15-7-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 7 - Venue|Section 15-7-120. Application of contract and arbitration agreements relative to venue of actions.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 397, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-9-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-15. Affidavit as proof of service by publication.

 In addition to the method of proof of service by publication provided by the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, proof of service by publication may be made by affidavit before a notary public of this State that the appropriate notice has been printed or published.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 400, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-9-17 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-17. Service of summons, complaint or other judicial documents on Sunday.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, a process server may serve a summons, complaint, or other judicial documents on Sundays; however, a process server may not serve a person who is going to or from or attending a regularly or specially scheduled church or other religious service on Sunday.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 360, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-9-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-210. Service of process on domestic corporations.

 (a) A domestic business or nonprofit corporation's registered agent is the agent of the corporation for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served, and the service is binding upon the corporation.  (b) The business or nonprofit corporation may be served under Rule 4(d)(8) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the office of the registered agent, or the office of the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. Service is effective upon the date of delivery as shown on the return receipt. Entry of default and default judgments shall be subject to the conditions of Rule 4(d)(8).  (c) If the business or nonprofit corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence by means authorized by rule or statute, other than under Section 15-9-710, and such appears by affidavit, the court or judge thereof, the clerk of the court of common pleas or the master may grant an order that the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the office of the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. The summons shall state the date it was mailed under this subsection, and the date service is effective. Service is perfected five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, or other evidence of the date the summons and complaint was mailed pursuant to this paragraph, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the address of the company's principal office which is listed on the last filed annual report of the business corporation or last filed notice of change of principal office for a nonprofit corporation or, if none has been filed, the address of the principal office specified in the initial annual report of the business corporation filed with the South Carolina Department of Revenue and, in the Articles of Incorporation (or initial annual report, if filed) for a nonprofit corporation. Entry of judgment and judgment by default may be taken as otherwise provided by Rule 55 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.  (d) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic business or nonprofit corporation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-421; 1952 Code Section 10-421; 1942 Code Section 434; 1932 Code Section 434; Civ. P. '22 Section 390; Civ. P. '12 Section 184; Civ. P. '02 Section 155; 1870 (14) 456 Section 157; 1873 (15) 497; 1882 (18) 256; 1883 (18) 437; 1887 (19) 835; 1892 (21) 404; 1899 (23) 42; 1927 (35) 292; 1940 (41) 1831; 1941 (42) 275; 1947 (45) 322; 1964 (53) 1830; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 4; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 42, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 258; 1994 Act No. 384, Section 2.
SC Code § 15-9-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-220. Service on corporations generally; who is deemed to be agent of railroad.

 Service upon any person occupying an office or room in any railway station and attending to and transacting therein any business of any railroad shall be deemed service upon the corporation under the charter of which such railroad is authorized by law. Any such person shall be deemed the agent of the corporation, notwithstanding he may claim to be the agent of some other person or corporation claiming to operate the railroad by virtue of any lease, contract or agreement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-422; 1952 Code Section 10-422; 1942 Code Section 434; 1932 Code Section 434; Civ. P. '22 Section 390; Civ. P. '12 Section 184; Civ. P. '02 Section 155; 1870 (14) 456 Section 157; 1873 (15) 497; 1882 (18) 256; 1883 (18) 437; 1887 (19) 835; 1892 (21) 404; 1899 (23) 42; 1927 (35) 292; 1940 (41) 1831; 1941 (42) 275.
SC Code § 15-9-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-230. Service on corporations generally; qualification as to foreign corporations.

 Service can be made in respect to a foreign corporation under the provisions of Section 15-9-210 only (a) when it has property within the State, (b) when the cause of action arose therein or (c) when such service shall be made in this State personally upon the president, cashier, treasurer, attorney, secretary or any other agent thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-423; 1952 Code Section 10-423; 1942 Code Section 434; 1932 Code Section 434; Civ. P. '22 Section 390; Civ. P. '12 Section 184; Civ. P. '02 Section 155; 1870 (14) Section 157; 1873 (15) 497; 1882 (18) 256; 1883 (18) 437; 1887 (19) 835; 1892 (21) 404; 1899 (23) 42; 1927 (35) 292; 1940 (41) 1831; 1941 (42) 275.
SC Code § 15-9-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-240. Service of process on authorized foreign corporation.

 (a) The registered agent of a foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this State is the corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation.  (b) A foreign business or nonprofit corporation may be served under Rule 4(d)(8) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the office of the registered agent, or office of the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its most recent annual report. Service is effective upon the date of delivery as shown on the return receipt. Entry of default and default judgments shall be subject to the conditions of Rule 4(d)(8).  (c) If the foreign business or nonprofit corporation:  (1) has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence by other means authorized by rule or statute, other than under Section 15-9-710 service by publication;  (2) has withdrawn from transacting business in this State as provided by law; or  (3) has had its certificate of authority revoked as provided by law, and such appears by affidavit, the court or judge, the clerk of court of common pleas, or the master may grant an order that the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the office of the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. The summons shall state the date it was mailed under this subsection and that service is perfected five days after its deposit in the United States mail.  (d) Service is perfected under subsection (c) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, or other evidence of the date the summons and complaint was mailed pursuant to this subsection, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the address of the company's principal office which is listed on the filed annual report of a business corporation or listed on the last filed notice of change of principal office for a nonprofit corporation (or in its application for certificate of authority if no annual report or notice of change of principal office has ever been filed).  (e) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign business or nonprofit corporation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-424; 1952 Code Section 10-424; 1942 Code Section 7765; 1932 Code Section 7765; Civ. C. '22 Section 4029; Civ. C. '12 Section 2665; Civ. C. '02 Section 1780; R. S. 1466; 1893 (21) 409; 1922 (32) 1023; 1933 (38) 486; 1964 (53) 1830; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 5; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 42, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 384, Section 3.
SC Code § 15-9-245 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-245. Service of process on foreign corporation not authorized to do business in state.

 (a) Every foreign business or nonprofit corporation which is not authorized to do business in this State, by doing in this State, either itself or through an agent, any business, including any business activity for which authority need not be obtained as provided by Section 33-15-101, is considered to have designated the Secretary of State as its agent upon whom process against it may be served in any action or proceeding arising in any court in this State out of or in connection with the doing of any business in this State.  (b) Service of the process is made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State, or with any person designated by him to receive such service, duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. The Secretary of State immediately shall cause one of the copies to be forwarded by certified mail, addressed to the corporation either at its registered office in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, its principal place of business in the jurisdiction, or at the last address of the foreign business or nonprofit corporation known to the plaintiff, in that order.  (c) Proof of service must be by affidavit of compliance with this section and filed, together with a copy of the process, with the clerk of court in which the action or proceeding is pending. There must be filed with the affidavit of compliance the return receipt signed by the foreign business or nonprofit corporation or other official proof of delivery or, if acceptance was refused, there must be filed the original or a photostated or certified copy of the envelope with a notation by the postal authorities that acceptance was refused. If acceptance was refused, a copy of the notice and process, together with notice of the mailing by certified mail and of refusal to accept must be sent promptly to the foreign business or nonprofit corporation. If this section is complied with, the refusal to accept delivery of the certified mail or to sign the return receipt shall not affect the validity of the service, and the foreign corporation refusing to accept the certified mail must be charged with knowledge of the contents thereof.  (d) Service under this section may be made also by delivery of a copy of the process to any foreign business or nonprofit corporation outside the State. Proof of the delivery must be made by affidavit of the person making delivery, and the affidavit must be filed with the clerk of court in which the action or proceeding is pending.  (e) The Secretary of State shall charge a fee of ten dollars for the service.  (f) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign business or nonprofit corporation not authorized to do business in this State.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 146, Section 6; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 3; 1994 Act No. 384, Section 4.
SC Code § 15-9-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-250. Service on foreign rural electric cooperatives.

 Service of process may be made upon the Secretary of State as agent for a foreign rural electric cooperative pursuant to his appointment as such under the provisions of Section 33-49-1320. In the event of such service, the Secretary of State shall forthwith forward it by registered mail to such corporation at the address specified in the instrument appointing the Secretary of State as such agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-424.2; 1952 Code Section 10-424.2; 1942 Code Section 8555-116; 1939 (41) 240.
SC Code § 15-9-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 9 - Summonses, Orders Of Publication And Service Of Papers Generally|Section 15-9-270. Service on insurance companies.

 The summons and any other legal process in any action or proceeding against it must be served on an insurance company as defined in Section 38-1-20, including fraternal benefit associations, by delivering two copies of the summons or any other legal process to the Director of the Department of Insurance, as attorney of the company with a fee of ten dollars, of which five dollars must be retained by the director to offset the costs he incurs in service of process and of which five dollars must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the State. A company shall appoint the director as its attorney pursuant to the provisions of Section 38-5-70. This service is considered sufficient service upon the company. When legal process against any company with the fee provided in this section is served upon the director, he shall immediately forward by registered or certified mail one of the duplicate copies prepaid directed toward the company at its home office or, in the case of a fraternal benefit association, to its secretary or corresponding officer at the head of the association.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-425; 1952 Code Section 10-425; 1947 (45) 322; 1960 (51) 1646; 1964 (53) 1746; 1971 (57) 709; 1979 Act No. 15, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 155, Section 15; 1988 Act No. 366, Section 1; 1993 Act No.181, Section 259.