Statute of Limitations for Continuing Violation Doctrine in South Carolina

How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for US-SC statute-of-limitations — continuing-violation-doctrine is S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-530.

S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-530. Within three years: (1) an action upon a contract, obligation, or liability, express or implied, excepting those provided for in Section 15-3-520; (2) an action upon a liability created by statute other than a penalty or forfeiture; (3) an action for trespass upon or damage to real property; (4) an action for taking, detaining, or injuring any goods or chattels including an action for the specific recovery of personal property; (5) an action for assault, battery, or any injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract and not enumerated by law, and those provided for in Section 15-3-545; (6) an action under Sections 15-51-10 to 15-51-60 for death by wrongful act, the period to begin to run upon the death of the person on account of whose death the action is brought

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Sources

• S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-530 — Section 15-3-530. Three years.

All sources are official primary law published by www.scstatehouse.gov.

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