2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 5 - Municipal Corporations
CHAPTER 31 - ELECTRICITY, WATER, NATURAL GAS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Section 5-31-420. Condemnation upon refusal to sell land desired.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 5-31-420 (2017)

In case the owner of a any land situate within the corporate limits and desired by a municipal corporation for any of the purposes referred to in Section 5-31-410 or (b) any land desired by the corporation for enlarging, extending, or establishing a sewerage system or a water system within or without the corporate limits shall refuse to sell it, the municipal corporation may condemn the land in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Procedure Act (Chapter 2 of Title 28).

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 59-202; 1952 Code Section 59-202; 1942 Code Section 7308; 1932 Code Section 7308; Civ. C. '22 Section 4456; Civ. C. '12 Section 3033; 1907 (25) 640; 1951 (47) 732; 1953 (48) 272; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 8.

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