South Carolina § 15-39-610 Property taken under execution shall be sold.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 15-39-610 — Property taken under execution shall be sold.

South Carolina § 15-39-610

Title 15CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES

Ch. 39EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES GENERALLY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 15-39-610 (2026).

Text

When any sheriff or other officer shall take the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of any person whatsoever by virtue of any execution and the owner of such lands, tenements, goods and chattels shall not, within five days after such taking, satisfy the debt, damages and costs of the party issuing such execution, such sheriff or officer shall and may sell, by auction, the lands, tenements, goods and chattels so taken or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment for the best price that can be got for them.

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When any sheriff or other officer shall take the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of any person whatsoever by virtue of any execution and the owner of such lands, tenements, goods and chattels shall not, within five days after such taking, satisfy the debt, damages and costs of the party issuing such execution, such sheriff or officer shall and may sell, by auction, the lands, tenements, goods and chattels so taken or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment for the best price that can be got for them.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-1751; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1751; 1942 Code SECTION 9069; 1932 Code SECTION 9069; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5478; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3699; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2615; G. S. 1986; R. S. 2115; 1785 (7) 229.