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SC Code § 15-67-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-90. Time limitation upon reopening matter.

 No judgment or decree quieting title to land or determining the title thereto, or adverse claims therein, shall be adjudged invalid or set aside for any reason, unless the action or proceeding to vacate or set aside such judgment or decree shall be commenced or application for leave to defend be made within three years from the time of filing for record a certified copy of such judgment or decree in the office of the clerk of court of the county in which the lands affected by such judgment or decree are situated or, in case of minors, within three years after coming of age.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2409; 1952 Code Section 10-2409; 1942 Code Section 883; 1932 Code Section 883; Civ. P. '22 Section 831; 1916 (29) 930.
SC Code § 15-67-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-100. Right to jury trial unchanged.

 Nothing in this article shall be construed or held to change the existing law in reference to trials by jury in all actions of trespass to try titles, trespass quare clausum fregit or ejectment or other action to recover possession of real estate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2411; 1952 Code Section 10-2411; 1942 Code Section 884; 1932 Code Section 884; Civ. P. '22 Section 832; 1916 (29) 930.
SC Code § 15-67-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-210. Presumption of possession; when occupation deemed under legal title.

 In every action for the recovery of real property or the possession thereof the person establishing a legal title to the premises shall be presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law. The occupation of such premises by any other person shall be deemed to have been under and in subordination to the legal title unless it appear that such premises have been held and possessed adversely to such legal title for ten years before the commencement of such action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2421; 1952 Code Section 10-2421; 1942 Code Section 377; 1932 Code Section 377; Civ. C. '22 Section 320; Civ. P. '12 Section 126; Civ. P. '02 Section 101; 1870 (14) 445 Section 104; 1873 (15) 496.
SC Code § 15-67-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-220. Effect of occupation under written instrument or court decree or judgment.

 Whenever it shall appear (a)that the occupant or those under whom he claims entered into the possession of premises under claim of title, exclusive of any other right, founding such claim upon a written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises in question or upon the decree or judgment of a competent court and (b) that there has been a continued occupation and possession of the premises, or of some part of such premises, included in such instrument, decree or judgment under such claim for ten years, the premises so included shall be deemed to have been held adversely, except that when the premises so included consist of a tract divided into lots, the possession of one lot shall not be deemed a possession of any other lot of the same tract.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2422; 1952 Code Section 10-2422; 1942 Code Section 378; 1932 Code Section 378; Civ. P. '22 Section 321; Civ. P. '12 Section 127; Civ. P. '02 Section 102; 1870 (14) 445 Section 105; 1873 (15) 496.
SC Code § 15-67-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-230. What constitutes adverse possession under written instrument or court decree or judgment.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2423; 1952 Code Section 10-2423; 1942 Code Section 379; 1932 Code Section 379; Civ. P. '22 Section 322; Civ. P. '12 Section 128; Civ. P. '02 Section 103; 1870 (14) 446 Section 106.
SC Code § 15-67-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-240. Premises held adversely but not under written instrument or court judgment or decree.

 When it shall appear that there has been an actual continued occupation of premises under a claim of title, exclusive of any other right but not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, the premises so actually occupied, and no other, shall be deemed to have been held adversely.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2424; 1952 Code Section 10-2424; 1942 Code Section 380; 1932 Code Section 380; Civ. P. '22 Section 323; Civ. P. '12 Section 129; Civ. P. '02 Section 104; 1870 (14) 446 Section 107.
SC Code § 15-67-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-250. What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not under written instrument or court judgment or decree.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2425; 1952 Code Section 10-2425; 1942 Code Section 381; 1932 Code Section 381; Civ. P. '22 Section 324; Civ. P. '12 Section 130; Civ. P. '02 Section 105; 1870 (14) 446 Section 108.
SC Code § 15-67-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-260. Relation of landlord and tenant as affecting adverse possession.

 Whenever the relation of landlord and tenant shall have existed between any persons the possession of the tenant shall be deemed the possession of the landlord until the expiration of ten years from the termination of the tenancy or, when there has been no written lease, until the expiration of ten years from the time of refusal to pay rent, notwithstanding that such tenant may have acquired another title or may have claimed to hold adversely to his landlord. But such presumptions shall not be made after the periods herein limited.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2426; 1952 Code Section 10-2426; 1942 Code Section 382; 1932 Code Section 382; Civ. P. '22 Section 325; Civ. P. '12 Section 131; Civ. P. '02 Section 106; 1870 (14) 446 Section 109; 1873 (15) 496.
SC Code § 15-67-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-410. Action may be had against person wrongfully disseizing.

 If any person be put out or disseized of any lands or tenements in forcible manner or put out peaceably and be afterwards holden out with strong hand, or, after such entry, any feoffment or discontinuance in any wise thereof be made to defraud and take away the right of the possessor, the party grieved in this behalf shall have an action against such disseizor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2431; 1952 Code Section 10-2431; 1942 Code Section 889; 1932 Code Section 889; Civ. P. '22 Section 837; Civ. C. '12 Section 4068; Civ. C. '02 Section 2967; G. S. 2294; R. S. 2427; 1712 (2) 445.
SC Code § 15-67-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-420. Plaintiff's right to treble damages.

 If the party grieved recover in such action and it be found by verdict or in other manner by due form of law that the party defendant entered with force into the lands and tenements or, after his entry, did hold them with force, the plaintiff shall recover treble damages against the defendant.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2432; 1952 Code Section 10-2432; 1942 Code Section 890; 1932 Code Section 890; Civ. P. '22 Section 838; Civ. C. '12 Section 4069; Civ. C. '02 Section 2968; G. S. 2295; R. S. 2428; 1712 (2) 445.
SC Code § 15-67-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-430. Court of common pleas shall have jurisdiction.

 The court of common pleas of the county wherein such lands and tenements may be situated may inquire by the people of the same county, as well of them that make forcible entries in lands and tenements as of them which hold such lands and tenements with force.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2433; 1952 Code Section 10-2433; 1942 Code Section 886; 1932 Code Section 886; Civ. P. '22 Section 834; Civ. C. '12 Section 4065; Civ. C. '02 Section 2964; G. S. 2291; R. S. 2424; 8 H 6 c. 9; 1712 (2) 444; 1972 (57) 2535.
SC Code § 15-67-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-440. Restitution of possession to tenants for years.

 The court authorized and enabled upon inquiry to give restitution of possession unto tenants of any estate of freehold of their lands or tenements which shall be entered upon with force or from them withholden by force shall have the like and the same authority and ability, upon indictment of such forcible entries or forcible withholdings before them duly found, to give like restitution of possession unto tenants for terms of years of lands or tenements by them so holden which shall be entered upon by force or holden from them by force.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2434; 1952 Code Section 10-2434; 1942 Code Section 892; 1932 Code Section 892; Civ. P. '22 Section 840; Civ. C. '12 Section 4071; Civ. C. '02 Section 2970; G. S. 2297; R. S. 2430; 21 J. 1 c. 15; 1712 (2) 445; 1972 (57) 2535.
SC Code § 15-67-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-450. Persons who have held by force three years are unaffected by this article.

 They which keep their possessions with force in any lands and tenements whereof they or their ancestors or they whose estate they have in such lands and tenements have continued their possessions in such lands and tenements by three years or more shall not be endangered by force of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2435; 1952 Code Section 10-2435; 1942 Code Section 893; 1932 Code Section 893; Civ. P. '22 Section 841; Civ. C. '12 Section 4072; Civ. C. '02 Section 2971; G. S. 2298; R. S. 2431; 8 H 6 c. 1712 (2) 445.
SC Code § 15-67-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-460. Putting party ousted in possession.

 If it be found before any of them that any do contrary to this article, then the court shall cause to be reseized the lands and tenements so entered or holden as stated in this article and shall put the party so put out in full possession of the same lands and tenements so entered or holden as before.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2436; 1952 Code Section 10-2436; 1942 Code Section 887; 1932 Code Section 887; Civ. P. '22 Section 835; Civ. C. '12 Section 4066; Civ. C. '02 Section 2965; G. S. 2292; R. S. 2425; 1712 (2) 444; 1972 (57) 2536.
SC Code § 15-67-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-470. Forms and proceedings in cases of forcible entry and detainer are same as for tenants holding over.

 The forms and proceedings in cases of forcible entry and detainer shall be such as are prescribed by law in cases when tenants hold over after the expiration of their leases.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2437; 1952 Code Section 10-2437; 1942 Code Section 891; 1932 Code Section 891; Civ. P. '22 Section 839; Civ. C. '12 Section 4070; Civ. C. '02 Section 2969; G. S. 2296; R. S. 2429; 1829 (6) 338; 1972 (57) 2557.
SC Code § 15-67-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-610. Duty of magistrate in case of trespass.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2441; 1952 Code Section 10-2441; 1942 Code Section 894; 1932 Code Section 894; Civ. P. '22 Section 842; Civ. C. '12 Section 4073; Civ. C. '02 Section 2972; R. S. 2432; 1883 (18) 556; 1912 (23) 577.
SC Code § 15-67-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-620. When warrant shall not be issued.

 If the person in possession shall, before the expiration of the five days, appear before such magistrate and satisfy him that he has a bona fide color of claim to the possession of such premises and enter into bond to the person claiming the land, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the magistrate, conditioned for the payment of all such costs and expenses as the person claiming to be the owner of the land may incur in the successful establishment of his claim and also for any damages which the owner of the land may sustain by reason of the possession being withheld from him, by any of the modes of proceeding now provided by law, the magistrate shall not issue his warrant as provided in Section 15-67-610.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2442; 1952 Code Section 10-2442; 1942 Code Section 894; 1932 Code Section 894; Civ. P. '22 Section 842; Civ. C. '12 Section 4073; Civ. C. '02 Section 2972; R. S. 2432; 1883 (18) 556; 1912 (23) 577.
SC Code § 15-67-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-630. Fee of magistrate and sheriff or constable.

 The magistrate shall be entitled to demand and receive from the person applying for such warrant a fee of two dollars before issuing the warrant, and the sheriff or constable shall in like manner be entitled to demand and receive from such person a fee of two dollars and mileage before executing such warrant.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2443; 1952 Code Section 10-2443; 1942 Code Section 895; 1932 Code Section 895; Civ. P. '22 Section 843; Civ. C. '12 Section 4074; Civ. C. '02 Section 2973; R. S. 2433; 1883 (18) 556.  Editor's Note  Insofar as this section refers to magistrates or constables, it is superseded by Section 8-21-1080.
SC Code § 15-67-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-640. Right to appeal; injunction; time of issuing warrant.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2444; 1952 Code Section 10-2444; 1942 Code Section 896; 1932 Code Section 896; Civ. P. '22 Section 844; Civ. C. '12 Section 4075; Civ. C. '02 Section 2974; R. S. 2434; 1883 (18) 556; 1911 (27) 134.
SC Code § 15-67-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-710. Remaindermen and certain others may compel production of person whose death he believes is being concealed.

 Any person who shall have any claim or demand in or to any remainder, reversion or expectance in or to any estate after the death of any other person may, once a year, make affidavit of his title, that he has cause to believe that such other person is dead and that his death is concealed by his guardian, trustee, husband or any other person and apply to the court of common pleas for an order requiring such guardian, trustee, husband or other person concealing, or suspected of concealing, the death of such other person, at such time and place as the court shall direct, on due service of such order, to produce and show such person whose death is suspected to such person or persons, not exceeding two, as shall, in such order, be named by the party prosecuting such order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2451; 1952 Code Section 10-2451; 1942 Code Section 870; 1932 Code Section 870; Civ. P. '22 Section 818; Civ. C. '12 Section 4056; Civ. C. '02 Section 2955; G. S. 2275; R. S. 2415; 1712 (2) 561.
SC Code § 15-67-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-720. If such person is not produced, he is taken to be dead.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2452; 1952 Code Section 10-2452; 1942 Code Section 871; 1932 Code Section 871; Civ. P. '22 Section 819; Civ. C. '12 Section 4057; Civ. C. '02 Section 2956; G. S. 2276; R. S. 2416; 1712 (2) 561.
SC Code § 15-67-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-730. Proceedings on affidavit that such person is beyond limits of State.

 Should it appear by affidavit that the person sought is, or lately was, at some certain place beyond the limits of this State, the court may direct the commissioners to make personal search at the place or places named if the person prosecuting such order shall provide the necessary expenses of such search. And upon return of the commissioners, duly made and filed, of their failure to view such person allegedly concealed or absent or other satisfactory proof of death, such person shall be taken to be dead and any lawful claimant of any estate held by or for such person shall be let into possession of it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2453; 1952 Code Section 10-2453; 1942 Code Section 872; 1932 Code Section 872; Civ. P. '22 Section 820; Civ. C. '12 Section 4058; Civ. C. '02 Section 2957; G. S. 2277; R. S. 2417; 1712 (2) 561.
SC Code § 15-67-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-740. Rights preserved when it afterwards appears that person sought is living.

 In case it should afterwards appear that the person sought was living at the time proceedings under Sections 15-67-710 through 15-67-730 were had, such person or any person claiming title under or through such person concealed or absent may re-enter upon his estate and may have an action of damages for the rents and profits during eviction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2454; 1952 Code Section 10-2454; 1942 Code Section 873; 1932 Code Section 873; Civ. P. '22 Section 821; Civ. C. '12 Section 4059; Civ. C. '02 Section 2958; G. S. 2278; R. S. 2418; 1712 (2) 561; 1956 (49) 1601.
SC Code § 15-67-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-750. Guardian, husband or trustee may prove that such person was alive.

 Nothing contained in Sections 15-67-710 through 15-67-730 shall prevent any guardian, husband or trustee from showing by satisfactory proof that the person sought was actually living at the time proceedings for a view of such person were commenced.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2455; 1952 Code Section 10-2455; 1942 Code Section 874; 1932 Code Section 874; Civ. P. '22 Section 822; Civ. C. '12 Section 4060; Civ. C. '02 Section 2959; G. S. 2279; R. S. 2419; 1712 (2) 561; 1956 (49) 1601.
SC Code § 15-67-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-760. Guardians and others holding estates after determination of life estate adjudged to be trespassers.

 Every person who, as guardian or trustee for any infant and every other person having any estate determinable upon any life or lives who, after the determination of such particular estate or interests, without the express consent of him or them who are, or shall be, next and immediately entitled upon and after the determination of such particular estates or interests, shall hold over and continue in possession of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be, and are hereby, adjudged to be trespassers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2456; 1952 Code Section 10-2456; 1942 Code Section 875; 1932 Code Section 875; Civ. P. '22 Section 823; Civ. C. '12 Section 4061; Civ. C. '02 Section 2960; G. S. 2280; R. S. 2420; 1712 (2) 563.
SC Code § 15-67-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 67 - Recovery Of Real Property|Section 15-67-770. Recovery of damages.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2457; 1952 Code Section 10-2457; 1942 Code Section 876; 1932 Code Section 876; Civ. P. '22 Section 824; Civ. C. '12 Section 4062; Civ. C. '02 Section 2961; G. S. 2281; R. S. 2421; 1712 (2) 563; 1956 (49) 1601.
SC Code § 15-69-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures|Chapter 69 - Recovery Of Personal Property|Section 15-69-10. Time when immediate delivery may be claimed.

 The plaintiff, in an action to recover the possession of personal property, may, at the time of issuing the summons, or at any time before answer, claim the immediate delivery of such property, as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2501; 1952 Code Section 10-2501; 1942 Code Section 552; 1932 Code Section 552; Civ. P. '22 Section 469; Civ. P. '12 Section 257; Civ. P. '02 Section 227; 1870 (14) 470 Section 229.