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S.C. Code Ann. § 15-69-20

Any one of several joint owners may sue for possession

1962 Code SECTION 10-2502; 1952 Code SECTION 10-2502; 1942 Code SECTION 564-1; 1940 (41) 1667.

Any one or more of several joint owners of personal property who can establish such partial ownership in such property shall have the right to institute an action in claim and delivery to recover possession of the property from any wrongful holder thereof. In such an action the co-owners of the property who do not join the plaintiff in bringing the suit may be made parties defendant.

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