A transcript of a final judgment of any court of record of this State or of any district or circuit court of the United States within this State directing in whole or in part the payment of money, may be docketed with the clerk of the court of common pleas in any county and when so docketed shall be entered upon the book of abstracts and duly indexed and shall have the same force and effect as a judgment of that court. Any such transcript shall set out the names of the parties, plaintiff and defendant, the attorneys of record, the date and amount of the judgment, the time from which interest is to be computed and the amount of costs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-540
Docketing transcript with clerks of other courts; effect thereof
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT INC. v. Brown (2009)
Most recently applied in FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT INC. v. Brown (September 2009)
1962 Code SECTION 10-1544; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1544; 1942 Code SECTIONS 664, 743; 1932 Code SECTIONS 664, 743; Civ
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