South Carolina Statutes
§ 15-39-110 — Sheriff may break into house in certain cases.
South Carolina § 15-39-110
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 15CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES
Ch. 39EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES GENERALLY
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-110 (2026).
Text
The sheriff or his deputy may break and enter any house after a request to be permitted to enter such house and a refusal of such request, in order to arrest the person or to seize the goods of anyone in such house, provided, such sheriff or his deputy have process requiring him to arrest such person or seize such goods.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-1712; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1712; 1942 Code SECTION 3527; 1932 Code SECTION 3527; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2070; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1177; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 852; G. S. 669; R. S. 732; 1839 (11) 43 SECTION 16.
Nearby Sections
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§ 15-39-10
Kinds of execution.§ 15-39-130
Returns.§ 15-39-140
Failure or neglect to make return.§ 15-39-150
Sheriff must give notice of money collected.§ 15-39-20
Executions of course within ten years.§ 15-39-310
Order for discovery of property.§ 15-39-320
Arrest in lieu of discovery order.§ 15-39-330
Examination of witnesses and debtor.§ 15-39-350
Examination of debtors of judgment debtor.§ 15-39-360
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 15-39-110, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/39/15-39-110.