S.C. Code § 49-19-1820
Notice of the pendency of such suit shall be given by publication once each week for four successive weeks before judgment is entered for the sale of such lands in some newspaper published in the county in which such suits may be pending. Such notice may be in the following form:
NOTICE
In the Court of Common Pleas, __________ County, South Carolina. |
_______________, Plaintiff. |
vs. |
_______________, Defendants. |
Notice is hereby given to all persons having or claiming any interest in the lands hereinafter mentioned that suit is pending in the court of common pleas of __________ County, South Carolina, to enforce the collection of certain drainage taxes on such lands situated in __________ drainage district in said county, the name or names of the owners, so far as known, having been set opposite the lands owned by them, together with the amounts severally due from each, to wit: (Here follows a list of owners, so far as can be ascertained, with a descriptive list of the delinquent lands and amounts due thereon respectively.)
Any and all persons and corporations interested in said lands or any part thereof are hereby notified that they are required by law to appear within twenty days after this notice has been published four weeks and make defense to such suit or the same will be taken for confessed and final judgment and decree will be entered directing the sale of all or any part of such lands for the purpose of collecting such taxes, together with the payment of interest, penalty and costs allowed by law, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
First publication _______ 19__, _______, |
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, |
_______ County, South Carolina. |
S.C. Code § 49-19-1820