South Carolina § 27-18-300 - Periods of limitation.
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§ 27-18-300. Periods of limitation.
(A) The expiration, after the effective date of this chapter, of any period of time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned or affect any duty to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the administrator as required by this chapter.
(B) No action or proceeding may be commenced by the administrator with respect to any duty of a holder under this chapter more than ten years after the duty arose.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, SECTION 34A.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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