Relevant Statutes:
Maximum Dollar Limit:
Locating Agent For Service:
Online Court Forms:
Service Of Process:
Hearing Date:
Attorneys:
Transfer:
Appeals:
Additional Information:
South Carolina Code Annotated, Title 22, Ch. 3, Article 1, Sections 10-30; Title 22, Article 3, Sections 110-320; Title 15, Ch. 7, Article 1, Section 30; Title 18, Ch. 7, Article 1, Section 20; Administrative and Procedural Rules for Magistrate's Court, Rules 1-19.
$7,500.
Secretary of State Corporation Division, Edgar Brown Building,1205 Pendleton Street Suite 525, Columbia, SC 2920; Phone: (803) 734-2158; Fax: (803) 734-1614
Charleston County Court Forms Link.
Certified or registered mail, sheriff, deputy, attorney in case or court-approved disinterested adult.
Set by the court.
Allowed.
If defendant counterclaim exceeds $7,500, case tried under docket of common pleas.
Either party may file an appeal for review of law, not facts to Circuit Court within 30 days of judgment.
Jury trial available. Defendant must answer within 30 days or lose by default.