{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-17-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-17-20","heading":"Chapter to be liberally construed.","body":"The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to promote the leveeing, ditching, draining and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands.","path":["Title 49 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES AND DRAINAGE","CHAPTER 17 Drainage or Levee Districts Under 1911 Act","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t49c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:46:09Z","sha256":"c8f79a5b09dc9a722bbf4f17499953df22c69ab4320d4c1a254b2bd0c19008c4","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-17-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-17-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}