(A) Promptly upon the filing of a foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor shall serve the notice of filing provided for in subsection (B) on the judgment debtor and shall attach a filed, stamped copy of the foreign judgment and affidavit to the notice. Service and proof of service of the notice may be made in any manner provided for in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
(B) The notice must set forth the name and address of the judgment creditor, his attorney if any, and the clerk's office in which the foreign judgment is filed in this State and must state that the judgment attached to the notice has been filed in that office, that the judgment debtor has thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty days, the judgment will be enforced in this State in the same manner as a judgment of this State.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 80, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
Chapter 35 - Judgments And Decrees Generally
Section 15-35-160. Judgment for damages and costs against married women.
Section 15-35-170. Judgments against unincorporated associations.
Section 15-35-180. Enforcement of judgments.
Section 15-35-350. Judgment by confession; generally.
Section 15-35-360. Judgment by confession; statement in writing and contents thereof.
Section 15-35-370. Judgment by confession; entry of judgment.
Section 15-35-380. Judgment by confession; execution thereon.
Section 15-35-400. Offer of judgment; acceptance; consequences of nonacceptance; attorney's fees.
Section 15-35-510. Clerk shall keep abstract of judgments.
Section 15-35-520. Entries in abstract of judgments; index to judgments.
Section 15-35-530. Judgment roll.
Section 15-35-540. Docketing transcript with clerks of other courts; effect thereof.
Section 15-35-610. Payment by surety shall not discharge judgment against principal.
Section 15-35-620. Payment by one surety shall not discharge judgment as to cosurety.
Section 15-35-630. Discharge of bankrupts from judgments.
Section 15-35-640. Discharge of bankrupts from judgments; notice of application.
Section 15-35-650. Entry of cancellation on margin or index of judgment.
Section 15-35-810. Judgments lien on real estate continue for ten years.
Section 15-35-820. Judgments do not constitute a lien on exempt property.
Section 15-35-830. Payment of taxes by lienholders.
Section 15-35-840. Attorneys as agents of judgment creditors for service of process.
Section 15-35-850. Termination of agency for service of process.
Section 15-35-860. Enrollment of appointments and revocations.
Section 15-35-870. Service of process in other manner suffices.
Section 15-35-900. Short title.
Section 15-35-910. Definitions.
Section 15-35-930. Notice of filing; service and proof of service of notice.
Section 15-35-960. Inapplicability to judgments based on claims contrary to public policy.