South Carolina Statutes
§ 15-37-220 — Officers may take out execution for costs.
South Carolina § 15-37-220
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-37-220 (2026).
Text
Whenever a case may be (a) settled or determined at the mutual costs of parties or (b) discontinued or settled by plaintiff, or whenever (a) the judgment shall be for defendant or (b) the execution against the defendant shall be returned nulla bona, any of the officers entitled to receive any portion of such costs may issue an execution for his costs, or the clerk may issue for the whole, directed to the sheriff who shall execute such process as in other cases of execution delivered to him.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-1624; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1624; 1942 Code SECTION 760; 1932 Code SECTION 760; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 625; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 363; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 324; 1878 (16) 631.
Nearby Sections
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§ 15-37-10
Costs generally.§ 15-37-120
Costs for mileage.§ 15-37-130
Costs for references.§ 15-37-140
Costs to master, special master or referee.§ 15-37-160
Costs on uncontested claims.§ 15-37-170
Costs against infant plaintiff.§ 15-37-180
Costs against fiduciaries.§ 15-37-190
Costs against assignee after action brought.§ 15-37-20
Costs allowed only to successful party.§ 15-37-200
Costs in action prosecuted by the State.§ 15-37-220
Officers may take out execution for costs.§ 15-37-30
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 15-37-220, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/37/15-37-220.