S.C. Code § 15-3-380

Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 15-3-380 - Effect of forty-year lapse

No action shall be commenced in any case for the recovery of real property or for any interest therein against a person in possession under claim of title by virtue of a written instrument unless the person claiming, his ancestor or grantor, was actually in the possession of the same or a part thereof within forty years from the commencement of such action. And the possession of a defendant, sole or connected, pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deemed valid against the world after the lapse of such a period.

S.C. Code § 15-3-380

1873 (15) 496; Civ. P. '02 Section 109; Civ. P. '12 Section 134; Civ. P. '22 Section 328; 1932 Code Section 385; 1942 Code Section 385; 1952 Code Section 10-129; 1962 Code Section 10-129.