Executions may issue upon final judgments or decrees at any time within ten years from the date of the original entry thereof and shall have active energy during such period, without any renewal or renewals thereof, and this whether any return may or may not have been made during such period on such executions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-30
Issuance of executions; effective period
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Home Port Rentals Inc v. The International Yachting Group Inc Etc (2001)
Most recently applied in Gordon v. Lancaster (November 2018)
1962 Code SECTION 10-1703; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1703; 1942 Code SECTION 744; 1932 Code SECTION 774; Civ
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