2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 67 - RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY
Section 15-67-250. What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not under written instrument or court judgment or decree.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 15-67-250 (2017)

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument or a judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed in the following cases only:

(1) When it has been protected by a substantial enclosure; and

(2) When it has been usually cultivated or improved.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2425; 1952 Code Section 10-2425; 1942 Code Section 381; 1932 Code Section 381; Civ. P. '22 Section 324; Civ. P. '12 Section 130; Civ. P. '02 Section 105; 1870 (14) 446 Section 108.

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