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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 12 - Taxation
CHAPTER 51 - ALTERNATE PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES
Section 12-51-160. Deed as evidence of good title; statute of limitations.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 12-51-160 (2017)
In all cases of tax sale the deed of conveyance, whether executed to a private person, a corporation, or a forfeited land commission, is prima facie evidence of a good title in the holder, that all proceedings have been regular and that all legal requirements have been complied with. An action for the recovery of land sold pursuant to this chapter or for the recovery of the possession must not be maintained unless brought within two years from the date of sale as provided in Section 12-51-90(C).
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-2815.15; 1971 (57) 499; 1985 Act No. 166, Section 15; 2006 Act No. 238, Section 3.B, eff March 15, 2006.
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