South Carolina — Palmetto

The South Carolina clock registry.

Dates here are raw calendar counts. Rule 6, SCRCP — the counting rule — is LOADED in this corpus (South Carolina publishes per-rule; there is no vendor boundary): read its computation and enlargement terms at /rules/sc-rcp-6 before relying on any landing day.

Rule 6, SCRCP — the loaded counting rule, whole

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The computable clocks — the rules' own words only

30 daysThe answer — SERVED within 30 days

Trigger: service of the summons and complaint

"A defendant shall serve his answer within 30 days after the service of the complaint upon him"

Rule 12(a), SCRCP

SERVE, not file — the Palmetto posture. Cross-claims and counterclaim replies carry their own 30-day lines in the same rule.

15 daysResponsive pleading after a Rule 12 ruling

Trigger: notice of the Court's action denying or postponing the motion

"the responsive pleading shall be served within 15 days after notice of the Court's action"

Rule 12(a)(1), SCRCP

15 daysAfter a more definite statement is granted

Trigger: service of the more definite statement

"the responsive pleading shall be served within 15 days"

Rule 12(a)(2), SCRCP

20 daysThe motion for costs — THE 2026 WAVE'S OWN LINE

Trigger: receipt of written notice of entry of the order, or final judgment after appeal

"from 10 days to 20 days of receipt of written notice of entry"

Rule 54(d), SCRCP (amended by Order dated April 30, 2026)

The integrated-wave pin: the page's own amendment note records the 10-to-20 extension effective April 30, 2026 — via the 90-day silence mechanism.

365 daysMagistrate-court relief from judgment (reasons 1-3)

Trigger: entry of the judgment, order, or proceeding

"not more than one year after the judgment, order, or proceeding was entered"

Rule 12(b), SCRMC

A reasonable time governs all reasons; one year caps mistake/newly-discovered/fraud.

The limitations pair

3 yrThe three-year core — contracts, injuries, statutory liability

"an action upon a contract, obligation, or liability, express or implied"

S.C. Code § 15-3-530

The section's own heading is 'Three years.' — read the whole enumeration on its page.

6 yrUCC contracts for sale — six years

"must be commenced within six years after the cause of action has accrued"

S.C. Code § 36-2-725

The exact cross-reference target 15-3-530(b) names for sealed sale contracts.

The clock behind every rule wave

"effective ninety calendar days after submission unless disapproved by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly, with the concurrence of three-fifths of the members of each House"

S.C. Const. art. V, § 4A

Order 2026-04-30-01 (SCRCP 5, 52, 53, 54, 59) became effective April 30, 2026 after the period elapsed without rejection — and the loaded per-rule pages already integrate it. The full story: the silence mechanism.