Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLESChapter 3 - JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS
Article 13 - PROCEEDINGS IN CLAIM AND DELIVERY
Section 22-3-1400 - Procedure when defendant cannot be found

S.C. Code § 22-3-1400

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Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 22-3-1400 - Procedure when defendant cannot be found

If it shall appear by the return of a constable that he has taken the property described in the plaintiff's affidavit and that the defendant cannot be found and has no last place of abode in the county and that no agent of defendant could be found on whom service could be made, the magistrate may proceed with the cause in the same manner as though there had been a personal service.

S.C. Code § 22-3-1400

1870 (14) 80; Civ. P. '02 Section 77; Civ. P. '12 Section 86; Civ. P. '22 Section 219; 1932 Code Section 263; 1942 Code Section 263; 1952 Code Section 43-174; 1962 Code Section 43-174.