Within two years:
(1) an action for libel, slander, or false imprisonment; and
(2) an action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-550
Two years
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Owens v. Okure (1989)
Most recently applied in Harvey v. Saluda Smiles Family Dentistry (September 2016)
1962 Code SECTION 10-145; 1952 Code SECTION 10-145; 1942 Code SECTION 390; 1932 Code SECTION 390; Civ
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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.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.