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S.C. Code Ann. § 36-2-803

Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).

Applied in 65 court decisions — leading case ESAB Group, Inc. v. Centricut, Inc. (1997)

Most recently applied in 376 F. Supp. 3d 654 - Sunny Days Entm't, LLC v. Traxxas, L.P. (March 2019)

1962 Code SECTION 10.2-803; 1966 (54) 2716; 2005 Act No. 27, SECTION 8, eff July 1, 2005, applicable to causes of action arising after that date.

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

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.

(A) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person who acts directly or by an agent as to a cause of action arising from the person's:

(1) transacting any business in this State;

(2) contracting to supply services or things in the State;

(3) commission of a tortious act in whole or in part in this State;

(4) causing tortious injury or death in this State by an act or omission outside this State if he regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered in this State;

(5) having an interest in, using, or possessing real property in this State;

(6) contracting to insure any person, property, or risk located within this State at the time of contracting;

(7) entry into a contract to be performed in whole or in part by either party in this State; or

(8) production, manufacture, or distribution of goods with the reasonable expectation that those goods are to be used or consumed in this State and are so used or consumed.

(B) When jurisdiction over a person is based solely upon this section, only a cause of action arising from acts enumerated in this section may be asserted against him.

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