2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 22 - Magistrates and Constables
Chapter 3 - Jurisdiction And Procedure In Magistrates' Courts
Section 22-3-30. Counterclaim requiring transfer to court of common pleas.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 22-3-30 (2021)

When a counterclaim is filed which if successful would exceed the magistrates' civil jurisdictional amount as provided in Section 22-3-10, then the initial claim and counterclaim must be transferred to the docket of the common pleas court for that judicial circuit.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 678, Part I, Section 8; 1997 Act No. 48, Section 2.

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