# Written contract · South Carolina — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Written contract · South Carolina, limitation period is twenty years; section is 15-3-520; how the statute describes it is an action upon a bond or other contract in writing secured by a mortgage of real property, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Written contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** South Carolina _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** twenty years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** an action upon a bond or other contract in writing secured by a mortgage of real property _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 15-3-520 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 15-3-520. Within twenty years. Within twenty years: (a) an action upon a bond or other contract in writing secured by a mortgage of real property;

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c003.php

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).