When declaratory relief is sought all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise the municipality shall be made a party and shall be entitled to be heard. If the statute, ordinance or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional the Attorney General shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled to be heard.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-53-80
Parties
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act
The act spans §§ 15–15 (14 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Charleston County School District v. Charleston County Election Commission (1999)
Most recently applied in Gressette v. Sunset Grille, Inc. (June 2006)
1962 Code SECTION 10-2008; 1952 Code SECTION 10-2008; 1948 (45) 2014.
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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.