South Carolina § 15-35-840 Attorneys as agents of judgment creditors for service of process.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 15-35-840 — Attorneys as agents of judgment creditors for service of process.

South Carolina § 15-35-840

Title 15CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES

Ch. 35JUDGMENTS AND DECREES GENERALLY

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S.C. Code Ann. § 15-35-840 (2026).

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Every judgment creditor who enters a judgment in any court of record in this State and does not at the same time enter as part thereof the appointment of an agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding affecting any real estate upon which the judgment may at any time constitute a lien shall be deemed thereby to have constituted the attorney of record making the entry of such judgment as the agent of such judgment creditor and of his successor in interest for the purpose of accepting service of or being served with process in any such action.

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Every judgment creditor who enters a judgment in any court of record in this State and does not at the same time enter as part thereof the appointment of an agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding affecting any real estate upon which the judgment may at any time constitute a lien shall be deemed thereby to have constituted the attorney of record making the entry of such judgment as the agent of such judgment creditor and of his successor in interest for the purpose of accepting service of or being served with process in any such action.