South Carolina Code 15-35-930. Notice of filing; service and proof of service of notice
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(A) Promptly upon the filing of a foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor shall serve the notice of filing provided for in subsection (B) on the judgment debtor and shall attach a filed, stamped copy of the foreign judgment and affidavit to the notice. Service and proof of service of the notice may be made in any manner provided for in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
(B) The notice must set forth the name and address of the judgment creditor, his attorney if any, and the clerk‘s office in which the foreign judgment is filed in this State and must state that the judgment attached to the notice has been filed in that office, that the judgment debtor has thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty days, the judgment will be enforced in this State in the same manner as a judgment of this State.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 15-35-930
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
- Foreign judgment: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or a court of another state which is entitled to full faith and credit in this State, except any orders as defined in § 63-17-2910 (the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act) or a "custody decree" as defined in § 63-15-302 (the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act). See South Carolina Code 15-35-910
- Judgment creditor: means the party in whose favor a foreign judgment has been rendered. See South Carolina Code 15-35-910
- Judgment debtor: means the party against whom a foreign judgment has been rendered. See South Carolina Code 15-35-910