S.C. Code § 29-5-370

Current through 2024 Act No. 120.
Section 29-5-370 - Persons against whom lien may be enforced when debtor dies or conveys his interest

If the person indebted dies or conveys away his estate or interest before the commencement of a suit on the contract, the suit may be commenced and prosecuted against his heirs or whoever holds the estate or interest which he had in the premises at the time the labor or materials were performed or furnished. Or, if a suit is commenced in his lifetime, it may be prosecuted against his executors, administrators, heirs or assigns in like manner as if the estate or interest had been mortgaged to secure the debt.

S.C. Code § 29-5-370

1869 (14) 223; R. S. 2497; G. S. 2382; Civ. C. '02 Section 3040; Civ. C. '12 Section 4145; Civ. C. '22 Section 5675; 1932 Code Section 8763; 1942 Code Section 8763; 1952 Code Section 45-287; 1962 Code Section 45-287.