S.C. Code Ann. § 5-1-10

Certified municipalities and established townships declared perpetual bodies politic and corporate

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant (2000)

Most recently applied in Cabiness v. Town of James Island (June 2011)

1962 Code SECTION 47-1; 1975 (59) 692; 2005 Act No. 77, SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2005.

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(A) A municipality having a certificate of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State and a township established by act of the General Assembly are declared to be perpetual bodies, politic and corporate, entitled to exercise all the powers and privileges provided for municipal corporations in this State, and subject to all the limitations and liabilities provided for municipal corporations in this State.

(B) The incorporation or corporate capacity of a municipality or township established by act of the General Assembly must not be attacked in any court in this State except as provided by statute.

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