In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4, the defendant may give the third person notice of the litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and defend.
S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-119
Notice of right to defend action
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Swindler v. Swindler (2003)
Most recently applied in Swindler v. Swindler (July 2003)
1962 Code SECTION 10.3-119; 1966 (54) 2716; 2008 Act No. 204, SECTION 2, eff July 1, 2008.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.