SC Judicial Department

South Carolina
Judicial Department

Civil Court Rules

I. Scope of Rules - One Form of Action
1	SCOPE OF RULES
2	ONE FORM OF ACTION
II. Commencement of Action: Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions and Orders
3	COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION
4	PROCESS
5	SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS
6	TIME
III. Pleadings and Motions
7	PLEADINGS ALLOWED: FORM OF MOTIONS
8	GENERAL RULES OF PLEADING
9	PLEADING SPECIAL MATTERS
10	FORM OF PLEADINGS
11	SIGNING OF PLEADINGS; ATTORNEYS
12	DEFENSES AND OBJECTIONS-WHEN AND HOW PRESENTED-BY PLEADING OR MOTION-MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON PLEADINGS
13	COUNTERCLAIM AND CROSS-CLAIM
14	THIRD PARTY PRACTICE
15	AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADINGS
16	PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE: FORMULATING ISSUES
IV. Parties
17	PARTIES PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT: CAPACITY
18	JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES
19	JOINDER OF PERSONS NEEDED FOR JUST ADJUDICATION
20	PERMISSIVE JOINDER OF PARTIES
21	MISJOINDER AND NON-JOINDER OF PARTIES
22	INTERPLEADER
23	CLASS ACTIONS
24	INTERVENTION
25	SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES
V. Depositions and Discovery
26	GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISCOVERY
27	DEPOSITIONS BEFORE ACTION OR PENDING APPEAL
28	PERSONS BEFORE WHOM DEPOSITIONS MAY BE TAKEN; DEPOSITIONS IN OUT-OF-STATE ACTIONS
29	STIPULATIONS REGARDING DISCOVERY PROCEDURE
30	DEPOSITIONS UPON ORAL EXAMINATION
31	DEPOSITIONS UPON WRITTEN QUESTIONS
32	USE OF DEPOSITIONS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
33	INTERROGATORIES TO PARTIES
34	PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND THINGS AND ENTRY UPON LAND FOR INSPECTION AND OTHER PURPOSES
35	PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXAMINATIONS
36	REQUEST FOR ADMISSION
37	FAILURE TO MAKE OR COOPERATE IN DISCOVERY: SANCTIONS
VI. Trials
38	JURY TRIAL OF RIGHT
39	TRIAL BY JURY OR BY THE COURT
40	GENERAL DOCKET, TRIAL ROSTERS, AND CALL OF CASES FOR TRIAL
41	DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS; NON-SUIT
41.1	SEALING DOCUMENTS AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
42	CONSOLIDATION; SEPARATE TRIALS
43	CONDUCT OF TRIAL
44	PROOF OF OFFICIAL RECORD; FOREIGN LAW
45	SUBPOENA
46	EXCEPTIONS UNNECESSARY
47	JURORS
48	JURIES OF LESS THAN TWELVE; MAJORITY VERDICT
49	SPECIAL VERDICTS AND INTERROGATORIE
50	MOTION FOR A DIRECTED VERDICT AND FOR JUDGEMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT
51	INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY: OBJECTION
52	FINDINGS BY THE COURT
53	MASTERS AND SPECIAL REFEREES
VII. Judgment
54	JUDGMENTS: COSTS
55	DEFAULT
56	SUMMARY JUDGMENT
57	DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS
58	ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
59	NEW TRIALS; AMENDMENT OF JUDGMENTS
60	RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT OR ORDER
61	HARMLESS ERROR
62	STAY OF PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT
63	DISABILITY OF A JUDGE
VIII. Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings
64	REMEDIES FOR SEIZURE, REMEDIES NOT PROVIDED
65	INJUNCTIONS; MANDAMUS, HABEAS CORPUS, AND OTHER REMEDIAL WRITS
66	RECEIVERS
67	DEPOSIT IN COURT
68	OFFER OF JUDGMENT
69	EXECUTION
70	JUDGMENT FOR SPECIFIC ACTS: VESTING TITLE
71	FORECLOSURE AND PARTITION
71.1	POST-CONVICTION RELIEF ACTIONS
IX. Appeals and Arbitration
72	JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS SUBJECT TO APPEAL
73	PROCEDURE ON APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT OR COURT OF APPEALS
74	PROCEDURE ON APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
75	RECORD ON APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT: TRANSMITTAL
76	ARBITRATION: AUTOMOBILE REPARATION
X. Courts and Clerks
77	COURTS AND CLERKS
78	CLERKS OF COURT: RECORDS, ABSTRACTS, BOOKS
79	CALENDAR OF CIVIL ACTIONS; FILE BOOK
80	STENOGRAPHIC REPORT OF TRANSCRIPT AS EVIDENCE
XI. General Provisions
81	APPLICABILITY
82	JURISDICTION AND VENUE
84	FORMS
85	TITLE; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; RULES REPEALED
86	EFFECTIVE DATE
APPENDIX OF FORMS