{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-29-5-400","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 29-5-400","heading":"Allowance of claim and costs of petitioning creditor.","body":"If the suit is commenced by the petitioning creditor before his right of action accrues, his claim may nevertheless be allowed if the suit is carried on by any other creditor, as provided in SECTION 29-5-390, but he shall not in such case be entitled to costs and he may be required to pay the costs incurred by the debtor or such part thereof as the court may deem reasonable.","path":["Title 29 - MORTGAGES AND OTHER LIENS","CHAPTER 5 Mechanics' Liens"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t29c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:58:24Z","sha256":"8905c0d4b31c35d21d1b5e67e04f1c2425a9ba320f343ea965f121043baa2c9d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-29-5-390","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-29-5-410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}