S.C. Code Ann. § 12-21-3000: Lien of judgment.

Any judgment rendered in favor of the department in any civil action or suit shall be a first preferred lien for taxes upon all property of the taxpayer and in the event of nonpayment shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court in the county in which it was rendered and execution may be issued by the department as provided by law. But the lien provided for in this section shall not have priority over any bona fide lien recorded before the judgment is rendered on any property belonging to the taxpayer other than that directly pertaining to and used in the conduct of the business in which such penalty was incurred.