South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 19-1-100. No statement shall be used for impeachment in civil proceeding unless copy furnished when signed.

No statement taken from and signed by a witness or litigant after July 1, 1966 shall be used in any civil judicial proceeding for the purpose of contradicting, impeaching or attacking the credibility of such a witness or litigant, unless such party shall have been furnished a copy of said statement at the time of its signing.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-7.3; 1966 (54) 2621.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 19 - Evidence

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Section 19-1-10. Rules of construction.

Section 19-1-20. "Clerk" defined.

Section 19-1-30. Pleading shall not be evidence against accused.

Section 19-1-60. Request for admission of authenticity of documents and other papers.

Section 19-1-70. Proof of negligence by plaintiff in certain motor vehicle cases.

Section 19-1-80. Conditions on examination of witness in criminal proceeding concerning written statement made to public employee.

Section 19-1-90. Admissibility in criminal proceeding of written statement made to public employee.

Section 19-1-100. No statement shall be used for impeachment in civil proceeding unless copy furnished when signed.

Section 19-1-110. Introduction of certain instruments or copies issued by common carriers.

Section 19-1-120. Proving signature of absent witness to bond or note; effect of sworn denial of signature.

Section 19-1-130. Situations in which notary's protest is sufficient evidence.

Section 19-1-140. Use of testimony in subsequent trials when witness is in armed forces.

Section 19-1-150. Life expectancy tables.

Section 19-1-160. Nonsealed instruments may be considered as sealed.

Section 19-1-180. Out-of-court statements by certain children.

Section 19-1-190. South Carolina Unanticipated Medical Outcome Reconciliation Act; legislative purpose; definitions; inadmissibility of certain statements; waiver of inadmissibility; impact of South Carolina Rules of Evidence.