SC Judicial Department

South Carolina
Judicial Department

Magistrate Court Rules

	SCOPE & PURPOSE
1	DEFINITIONS
2	APPLICATION OF STATUTORY LAW AND CIRCUIT COURT PRACTICE IN ABSENCE OF RULE
3	COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS
4	FILING CIVIL ACTION; ACTION AGAINST CORPORATION; LONG ARM STATUTE
5	COMPLAINT
6	SUMMONS; SERVICE
7	ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM; TIME FOR FILING
8	DELIVERY AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS
9	COUNTERCLAIM
10	TRIAL DATE; NOTICE; FAILURE TO ANSWER
11	DEFAULT JUDGMENT; DISMISSAL OF ACTION; DAMAGES
12	RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT OR ORDER
13	CONDUCT OF TRIAL; JURY TRIALS; WITNESSES; SUBPOENAS
14	AMENDMENT OF COMPLAINTS, ANSWERS, AND COUNTERCLAIMS; CONTINUANCES
15	EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN PARTIES; SETTLEMENT
16	DIRECTED VERDICT; JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT
17	COSTS; NOTICE OF JUDGMENT; ENFORCEMENT
18	APPEALS
19	NEW TRIAL; AMENDMENT OF JUDGMENTS
20	OFFER OF JUDGMENT; CONSEQUENCES OF NON-ACCEPTANCE
21	BUSINESS REPRESENTATION
22	ARGUMENTS ON MOTIONS AND AT TRIAL
23	SUBPOENAS
24	FORMS