{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-550","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-550","heading":"Service on defendant in action to annul marriage.","body":"When a marriage has been contracted or solemnized in this State and an action is brought under Sections 20-1-80, 20-1-510, and 20-1-530 seeking to annul it, the plaintiff shall serve his complaint on the defendant by publication as provided in Sections 15-9-710 and 15-9-740. The original summons must be filed in the office of the clerk of court of the county in which the action is pending.\nService by publication as provided in Sections 15-9-710 and 15-9-740 also is available to a plaintiff in an action for annulment whose marriage was contracted or solemnized outside of this State when the plaintiff was a resident of this State at the time of the marriage or has been a resident of this State for at least one year prior to the commencement of the action.","path":["Title 20 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 1 Marriage","ARTICLE 5 Proceedings to Determine Status of Marriage"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t20c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:48:14Z","sha256":"dcbe6d9dd3c34dced11cfaaff00fd81c527a73fe656c93d8e085e4b87b4fe7ff","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-540","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-20-1-560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}