{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-380","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-380","heading":"Effect of forty-year lapse.","body":"No action shall be commenced in any case for the recovery of real property or for any interest therein against a person in possession under claim of title by virtue of a written instrument unless the person claiming, his ancestor or grantor, was actually in the possession of the same or a part thereof within forty years from the commencement of such action. And the possession of a defendant, sole or connected, pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deemed valid against the world after the lapse of such a period.","path":["Title 15 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 3 Limitation of Civil Actions","ARTICLE 3 Actions for Recovery of Real Property"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:40:34Z","sha256":"9dc0bbe1f593ee272994f9b3dabaf233ce0e0192a70eeadd8344327799c52cee","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-370","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}