General rule as to time for commencement
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Transportation Insurance v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund (2010)
Most recently applied in Estate of Mims v. S.C. Dep't of Disabilities & Special Needs (November 2017)
1962 Code SECTION 10-102; 1952 Code SECTION 10-102; 1942 Code SECTION 356; 1932 Code SECTION 356; Civ
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(A) Civil actions may only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this title after the cause of action has accrued, except when, in special cases, a different limitation is prescribed by statute.
(B) A civil action is commenced when the summons and complaint are filed with the clerk of court if actual service is accomplished within one hundred twenty days after filing.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.