South Carolina Statutes
§ 30-5-70 — Recording of instrument when affidavit of subscribing witness cannot be procured.
South Carolina § 30-5-70
This text of South Carolina § 30-5-70 (Recording of instrument when affidavit of subscribing witness cannot be procured.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 30-5-70 (2026).
Text
When the affidavit of a subscribing witness cannot be had by reason of the death, insanity or absence from the State of such witness, any such instrument may be recorded upon proof of such fact and of the handwriting of the parties who signed the instrument and of the subscribing witnesses by proper affidavit, the proof in every case to be recorded with the instrument.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 60-55; 1952 Code SECTION 60-55; 1942 Code SECTION 3632; 1932 Code SECTION 3632; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2176; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 1352; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 948; G. S. 768; R. S. 818; 1880 (17) 319; 1889 (20) 367; 1908 (25) 104; 1909 (26) 84; 1910 (26) 621.
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 30-5-70, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/5/30-5-70.