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SC Code § 15-9-440 (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 15-9-440. Service on trustees of inter vivos trusts.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-432.2; 1962 (52) 1955.
SC Code § 15-9-450 (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 15-9-450. Service on nonresident individual fiduciaries.

 Service, upon any individual nonresident executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or trustee, of any claim, demand, debt, dues, summons, or any other process, or pleading in suits or actions relating to the administration of the estate in his charge may be made upon the resident of this State appointed by such fiduciary as his agent for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of the South Carolina Probate Code or, in the event of the death, removal, resignation or absence from the State of such agent, or the inability of the person desiring to serve such agent so to do for any other reason, then upon the probate judge or the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county wherein the application of such fiduciary for appointment was made.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-433; 1952 Code Section 10-433; 1942 Code Section 8952; 1932 Code Section 8952; Civ. C. '22 Section 5368; Civ. C. '12 Section 3591; 1902 (23) 1064; 1933 (38) 200; 1934 (38) 1402; 1935 (39) 387; 1937 (40) 523; 1955 (49) 456; 1986 Act No. 539, Section 3(1)(C).
SC Code § 15-9-460 (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 15-9-460. Service on certain nurserymen.

 Service of process on any person who shall have appointed the Secretary of State as his agent to accept service under the provisions of Section 46-33-40 may be made by serving such process upon the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-433.1; 1952 Code Section 10-433.1; 1942 Code Section 3267; 1932 Code Section 3267; 1926 (34) 957.
SC Code § 15-9-510 (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 15-9-510. Service of legal papers on patient in state mental health facility; duties of director of facility.

 The director of a state mental health facility must not accept service of legal papers, or consent to the appointment of a guardian ad litem, for any patient. When a legal paper is served on a patient in a facility, a copy of the legal paper must be filed with the director who shall cause it to be made a part of the permanent record of the patient. The director immediately, in writing, shall inform the court, out of which the process issued, of the date of service of the process, the procedure under which the patient was admitted to the facility, and the present mental and physical condition of the person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-437; 1952 Code Section 10-437; 1942 Code Section 6240; 1932 Code Section 6240; Civ. C. '22 Section 5101; 1920 (31) 704; 1952 (47) 2042; 2008 Act No. 266, Section 1, eff June 4, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment substituted "director" for "superintendent", deleted "or trainee", and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
SC Code § 15-9-710 (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 15-9-710. When service by publication may be had.

 When the person on whom the service of the summons is to be made cannot, after due diligence, be found within the State and (a) that fact appears by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court or judge thereof, the clerk of the court of common pleas, the master, or the probate judge of the county in which the cause is pending and (b) it in like manner appears that a cause of action exists against the defendant in respect to whom the service is to be made or that he is a proper party to an action relating to real property in this State, the court, judge, clerk, master, or judge of probate may grant an order that the service be made by the publication of the summons in any one or more of the following cases:  (1) when the defendant is a foreign corporation and has property within the State or the cause of action arose therein;  (2) when the defendant, being a resident of this State, has departed therefrom, with intent to defraud his creditors or to avoid the service of a summons or keeps himself concealed therein with like intent;  (3) when the defendant is a resident of this State and after a diligent search cannot be found;  (4) when the defendant is not a resident of this State but has property therein and the court has jurisdiction of the subject of the action;  (5) when the subject of the action is real or personal property in this State and the defendant has or claims a lien or interest, actual or contingent, therein or the relief demanded consists wholly or partly in excluding the defendant from any interest or lien therein;  (6) when the defendant is a party to an adoption proceeding and is either a nonresident or a person upon whom service cannot be had within the State after due diligence;  (7) when the defendant is a party to a proceeding for the determination of parental rights and is either a nonresident or a person upon whom service cannot be had within the State after due diligence; and  (8) when the defendant is a party to an annulment proceeding or where the subject of the matter involves the custody of minor children, support of minor children or wife, separate maintenance, or a legal separation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-451; 1952 Code Section 10-451; 1942 Code Section 436; 1932 Code Section 436; Civ. P. '22 Section 392; Civ. P. '12 Section 185; Civ. P. '02 Section 156; 1870 (14) 456 Section 158; 1876 (16) 190; 1898 (22) 698; 1901 (23) 635; 1904 (24) 379; 1913 (28) 40; 1914 (28) 534; 1933 (38) 452; 1940 (41) 1825; 1941 (42) 275; 1959 (51) 409; 1961 (52) 429; 1988 Act No. 531, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-9-720 (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 15-9-720. Service on unknown parties by publication for certain real property actions.

 (A) For the purposes of this section, "court" means a court, judge, clerk of court, master-in-equity, special referee, or judge of probate of competent jurisdiction in the county where the action is pending.  (B)(1) A court shall grant an order allowing a party with an interest in or lien on a parcel of real property subject to a partition action, mortgage foreclosure action, or other action affecting the property's title to serve by publication any unknown party to the action and who has an interest in or lien on the real property, any such legal notice as will accomplish the underlying purposes set forth in this section, if the:  (a) residence of the unknown party cannot, with a reasonably diligent effort, be ascertained by the plaintiff; and  (b) plaintiff presents an affidavit to the court stating he has been unable to ascertain the residence of the unknown party after making a reasonably diligent effort.  (2) A court order allowing a party to serve an unknown party by publication must require the party serving by publication to publish the service once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is situated. Service by publication under this section is equal to personal service on the unknown party.  (C) A party may accomplish service by publication pursuant to this section for multiple units in a single horizontal property regime by consolidating the services into a single service that identifies each apartment included in the action based on the apartment's description in the master deed. This consolidated service must comply with the other requirements of this section and other applicable statutes, including the requirement that publication must take place once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is situated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-452; 1952 Code Section 10-452; 1942 Code Section 436; 1932 Code Section 436; Civ. P. '22 Section 392; Civ. P. '12 Section 185; Civ. P. '02 Section 156; 1870 (14) 456 Section 158; 1876 (16) 190; 1898 (22) 698; 1901 (23) 635; 1904 (24) 379; 1913 (28) 40; 1914 (28) 534; 1933 (38) 452; 1940 (41) 1825; 1941 (42) 275; 2010 Act No. 164, Section 1, eff May 12, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 15-9-730 (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 15-9-730. Service on certain domestic corporations by publication.

 In any action or proceeding in this State in which the defendant is a corporation created by or organized under the laws of this State when no officer or agent thereof upon whom service of process can be made can, after due diligence, be found in this State and this is made to appear by affidavit, process may be served upon such corporation by publication.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-453; 1952 Code Section 10-453; 1942 Code Section 435; 1932 Code Section 435; Civ. P. '22 Section 391; 1920 (31) 797.
SC Code § 15-9-740 (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 15-9-740. Publication and mailing of summons.

 The order of publication shall direct the publication to be made in one newspaper, to be designated by the officer before whom the application is made, most likely to give notice to the person to be served and for such length of time as may be deemed reasonable not less than once a week for three weeks. The court, judge, clerk, master or judge of probate shall also direct that a copy of the summons be forthwith deposited in the post office directed to the person to be served at his place of residence, unless it appears that such residence is neither known to the party making the application nor can, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained by him. In case of minors, persons imprisoned outside of this State, lunatics confined outside of this State or in like cases, a similar order shall be made and like proceedings be had as in case of adults not under disabilities.  In all cases in which publication is made the complaint must first be filed and the summons, as published, must state the time and place of such filing. When service is made by publication the ten days' notice of application for judgment to be made at chambers as required in contested cases of certain kinds as provided by law may be inserted in the first or any subsequent publication mailed to the last known residence of the defendant. In case of publication of summons upon a minor under Section 15-9-480, or on a person non compos mentis under Section 15-9-490 when an order nisi has been passed and filed appointing a guardian ad litem it shall be sufficient publication of such order to publish with the summons, and it shall be a sufficient service of such order out of the State to serve with the summons, a notice giving the name and address of the guardian, the date when the appointment becomes absolute and the office in which the order is filed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-454; 1952 Code Section 10-454; 1942 Code Sections 37, 402, 436; 1932 Code Sections 37, 402, 436; Civ. P. '22 Sections 35, 359, 392; Civ. C. '12 Section 3833; Civ. P. '12 Sections 165, 185; Civ. C. '02 Section 2736; Civ. P. '02 Sections 137, 156; G. S. 2115; R. S. 2247; 1818 (7) 321; 1870 (14) 451 Section 139, 456 Section 158; 1876 (16) 190; 1882 (17) 38; 1887 (19) 813; 1891 (20) 1123; 1898 (22) 698; 1899 (23) 30; 1901 (23) 635; 1904 (24) 379; 1908 (25) 1055; 1912 (27) 623; 1913 (28) 40; 1914 (28) 534; 1920 (31) 806; 1921 (32) 281; 1925 (34) 94; 1930 (36) 1247; 1933 (28) 50, 452; 1937 (40) 79; 1940 (41) 1825; 1941 (42) 275; 1944 (43) 1326; 1956 (49) 1600.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, "as provided by law" was substituted for "by Section 15-27-30" in the second sentence of the second paragraph.
SC Code § 15-9-750 (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 15-9-750. Effect of personal service out of State.

 Personal service of the summons out of State shall be equivalent to publication and deposit in the post office, and when such service is had no affidavit, as provided for in Section 15-9-710, order for publication or deposit in the post office shall be necessary. Such personal service so made shall be complete and final on the day of the date of the personal service of the summons as fully as if such personal service had been made under the provisions of statutes providing personal service within the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-455; 1952 Code Section 10-455; 1942 Code Section 436; 1932 Code Section 436; Civ. P. '22 Section 392; Civ. P. '12 Section 185; Civ. P. '02 Section 156; 1870 (14) 456 Section 158; 1876 (16) 190; 1898 (22) 698; 1901 (23) 635; 1904 (24) 379; 1913 (28) 40; 1914 (28) 534; 1933 (38) 452; 1940 (41) 1825; 1941 (42) 275; 1960 (51) 1753.
SC Code § 15-11-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens|Section 15-11-10. Time when notice of lis pendens may be filed.

 In an action affecting the title to real property the plaintiff (a) not more than twenty days before filing the complaint or at any time afterwards or (b) whenever a warrant of attachment under Sections 15-19-10 to 15-19-560 shall be issued or at any time afterwards or a defendant when he sets up an affirmative cause of action in his answer and demands substantive relief, at the time of filing his answer or at any time afterwards if such answer be intended to affect real estate, may file with the clerk of each county in which the property is situated a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action and the description of the property in that county affected thereby. If the action be for the foreclosure of a mortgage such notice must be filed twenty days before judgment and must contain the date of the mortgage, the parties thereto and the time and place of recording such mortgage.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-501; 1952 Code Section 10-501; 1942 Code Section 432; 1932 Code Section 432; Civ. P. '22 Section 388; Civ. P. '12 Section 182; Civ. P. '02 Section 153; 1870 (14) 455 Section 155; 1930 (36) 1218; 1931 (37) 241; 1937 (40) 335.
SC Code § 15-11-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens|Section 15-11-20. Pendency as constructive notice; effect.

 From the time of filing only, the pendency of the action shall be constructive notice to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby, and every person whose conveyance or encumbrance is subsequently executed or subsequently recorded shall be deemed a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer and shall be bound by all proceedings taken after the filing of such notice to the same extent as if he were made a party to the action. For the purposes of this section, an action shall be deemed to be pending from the time of filing such notice.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-502; 1952 Code Section 10-502; 1942 Code Section 432; 1932 Code Section 432; Civ. P. '22 Section 388; Civ. P. '12 Section 182; Civ. P. '02 Section 153; 1870 (14) 455 Section 155; 1930 (36) 1218; 1931 (37) 241; 1937 (40) 335.
SC Code § 15-11-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens|Section 15-11-30. Service required.

 Such notice shall be of no avail unless it shall be followed by the first publication of the summons or an order therefor or by the personal service thereof on a defendant within sixty days after such filing.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-503; 1952 Code Section 10-503; 1942 Code Section 432; 1932 Code Section 432; Civ. P. '22 Section 388; Civ. P. '12 Section 182; Civ. P. '02 Section 153; 1870 (14) 455 Section 155; 1930 (36) 1218; 1931 (37) 241; 1937 (40) 335.
SC Code § 15-11-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens|Section 15-11-40. Cancellation of notice.

 The court in which the action was commenced, in its discretion at any time after the action is settled, discontinued, or abated, as provided in Section 15-5-190, on application of a person aggrieved and on good cause shown and on a notice as directed or approved by the court, may order the notice authorized by this chapter to be cancelled of record by the clerk of any county in whose office the notice was filed or recorded. The cancellation must be made by an endorsement to that effect on the margin of the record which refers to the order and for which the clerk is entitled to a fee of one dollar.  The lis pendens notice, however, may be cancelled without a court order by the person who filed the notice any time after the action has been settled, discontinued, abated, or dismissed by a court of law by the submission of a written notice of cancellation to the clerk of court of each county in which a notice was filed or recorded. The clerk may require a fee of one dollar for the effectuation of a cancellation in this manner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-504; 1952 Code Section 10-504; 1942 Code Section 432; 1932 Code Section 432; Civ. P. '22 Section 388; Civ. P. '12 Section 182; Civ. P. '02 Section 153; 1870 (14) 455 Section 155; 1930 (36) 1218; 1931 (37) 241; 1937 (40) 335; 1972 (57) 2603; 1989 Act No. 66, Section 1.
SC Code § 15-11-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 11 - Notice Of Lis Pendens|Section 15-11-50. Limitation of effect of notice; refiling.

 When the summons is published or served as above provided the notice of the pendency of the action shall constitute notice for only five years from the date of the filing of such notice, and, in order to provide constructive notice to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby after such five-year period or any such period after a refiling, the notice shall be refiled within five years from the date of filing in the first instance and within five years from the date of any such refiling. In the event any such notice be refiled it shall be entered in the book provided therefor as required for the original entry, and the clerk shall note upon the record of the filing that it is a refiling of such notice and shall also note thereupon the date of the first entry and the book and page at which such notice is filed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-505; 1952 Code Section 10-505; 1942 Code Section 432; 1932 Code Section 432; Civ. P. '22 Section 388; Civ. P. '12 Section 182; Civ. P. '02 Section 153; 1870 (14) 455 Section 155; 1930 (36) 1218; 1931 (37) 241; 1937 (40) 335.
SC Code § 15-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 17 - Arrest And Bail In Civil Actions|Section 15-17-10. Person shall not be arrested in civil action except as prescribed.

 No person shall be arrested in a civil action except as prescribed by this Code. But this shall not apply to proceedings for contempt.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-801; 1952 Code Section 10-801; 1942 Code Section 499; 1932 Code Section 499; Civ. P. '22 Section 441; Civ. P. '12 Section 229; Civ. P. '02 Section 199; 1870 (14) 466 Section 201.