Within twenty years
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Winyah Nursing Homes, Inc. (1984)
Most recently applied in Walbeck v. I'On Co. (August 2018)
1962 Code SECTION 10-142; 1952 Code SECTION 10-142; 1942 Code SECTION 387; 1932 Code SECTION 387; 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.
Within twenty years:
(a) an action upon a bond or other contract in writing secured by a mortgage of real property;
(b) an action upon a sealed instrument, other than a sealed note and personal bond for the payment of money only whereon the period of limitation is the same as prescribed in Section 15-3-530, except that a sealed contract for sale or an offer to buy or sell goods whereon the period of limitation is the same as prescribed in Section 36-2-725.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.