South Carolina § 15-39-610 - Property taken under execution shall be sold.
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§ 15-39-610. Property taken under execution shall be sold.
When any sheriff or other officer shall take the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of any person whatsoever by virtue of any execution and the owner of such lands, tenements, goods and chattels shall not, within five days after such taking, satisfy the debt, damages and costs of the party issuing such execution, such sheriff or officer shall and may sell, by auction, the lands, tenements, goods and chattels so taken or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment for the best price that can be got for them.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-1751; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1751; 1942 Code SECTION 9069; 1932 Code SECTION 9069; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5478; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3699; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2615; G. S. 1986; R. S. 2115; 1785 (7) 229.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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