{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-40","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-40","heading":"Exceptions as to persons under disability.","body":"If a person entitled to bring an action mentioned in Article 5 of this chapter or an action under Chapter 78 of this title, except for a penalty or forfeiture or against a sheriff or other officer for an escape, is at the time the cause of action accrued either:\n(1) within the age of eighteen years; or\n(2) insane;\nthe time of the disability is not a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action, except that the period within which the action must be brought cannot be extended:\n(a) more than five years by any such disability, except infancy; nor\n(b) in any case longer than one year after the disability ceases.","path":["Title 15 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 3 Limitation of Civil Actions","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"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":"1e19d4323b9c9428b4ed9b4918d68e1ba5d8256b909853e7895fc99b32836d25","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-30","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-15-3-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}