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S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-930

Notice of filing; service and proof of service of notice

Known as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act

The act spans §§ 15–15 (7 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Law Firm of Paul L. Erickson, P.A. v. Boykin (2007)

Most recently applied in Law Firm of Paul L. Erickson, P.A. v. Boykin (June 2007)

1993 Act No. 80, SECTION 1.

(A) Promptly upon the filing of a foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor shall serve the notice of filing provided for in subsection (B) on the judgment debtor and shall attach a filed, stamped copy of the foreign judgment and affidavit to the notice. Service and proof of service of the notice may be made in any manner provided for in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

(B) The notice must set forth the name and address of the judgment creditor, his attorney if any, and the clerk's office in which the foreign judgment is filed in this State and must state that the judgment attached to the notice has been filed in that office, that the judgment debtor has thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty days, the judgment will be enforced in this State in the same manner as a judgment of this State.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.