S.C. Code § 15-3-380
Effect of forty-year lapse
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 15, Chapter 3 — Limitation of Civil Actions · Status: effective
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No action shall be commenced in any case for the recovery of real property or for any interest therein against a person in possession under claim of title by virtue of a written instrument unless the person claiming, his ancestor or grantor, was actually in the possession of the same or a part thereof within forty years from the commencement of such action. And the possession of a defendant, sole or connected, pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deemed valid against the world after the lapse of such a period.