2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 69 - RECOVERY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section 15-69-20. Any one of several joint owners may sue for possession.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 15-69-20 (2017)

Any one or more of several joint owners of personal property who can establish such partial ownership in such property shall have the right to institute an action in claim and delivery to recover possession of the property from any wrongful holder thereof. In such an action the co-owners of the property who do not join the plaintiff in bringing the suit may be made parties defendant.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2502; 1952 Code Section 10-2502; 1942 Code Section 564-1; 1940 (41) 1667.

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