South Carolina § 15-39-450 - Filing and effect of order appointing receiver.
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§ 15-39-450. Filing and effect of order appointing receiver.
Whenever the judge shall grant an order for the appointment of a receiver of the property of the judgment debtor the order shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the judgment roll in the action or the transcript from the magistrate's judgment upon which the proceedings are taken is filed. The clerk shall record the order in a book, to be kept for that purpose in his office to be called "book of orders appointing receivers of judgment debtors" and shall note the time of the filing of such order therein. A certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the receiver named therein, and he shall be vested with the property and effects of the judgment debtor from the time of the filing and recording of the order as aforesaid. The receiver of the judgment debtor shall be subject to the direction and control of the court in which the judgment was obtained or docketed upon which the proceedings are founded.
A certified copy of the order shall also be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which any real estate of such judgment debtor sought to be affected by such order is situated and also in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such judgment debtor resides.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-1734; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1734; 1942 Code SECTION 751; 1932 Code SECTION 751; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 618; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 356; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 318; 1870 (14) 494 SECTION 324; 1997 Act No. 34, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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