South Carolina procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a South Carolina complaint: 30 days, and a default entered on the calendarSouth Carolina Rule 12(a) gives 30 days to serve an answer, with 60 or 90 days for the State in post-conviction matters — and the clerk enters default on the calendar, or file book.
• Answering a South Carolina summons: thirty days, and five defenses you lose by not raisingSCRCP 12(a) gives a defendant 30 days to answer a complaint in South Carolina — and Rule 12(h)(1) waives five defenses outright if they are left out of the first motion or the answer.

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