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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
Chapter 39 - EXECUTIONS AND JUDICIAL SALES GENERALLY
Section 15-39-50 - Execution against the person.
SC Code § 15-39-50 (2012) What's This?
If the action be one in which the defendant might have been arrested, as provided in Section 15-17-20, an execution against the person of the judgment debtor may be issued to any county within the jurisdiction of the court after the return of an execution against his property unsatisfied in whole or in part. But no execution shall issue against the person of a judgment debtor unless an order of arrest has been served, as in this Code provided, or unless the complaint contains a statement of facts showing one or more of the causes of arrest required by Section 15-17-20.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-1705; 1952 Code Section 10-1705; 1942 Code Section 741; 1932 Code Section 741; Civ. P. '22 Section 608; Civ. P. '12 Section 346; Civ. P. '02 Section 307; 1870 (14) 491 Section 311.
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