SC · rules
SCRE 101
SCOPE
Except as otherwise provided by rule or by statute, these rules govern proceedings in the courts of
South Carolina to the extent and with the exceptions stated in Rule 1101.
Note:
This rule differs from the federal rule in two regards. First, the phrase "except as
otherwise provided by rule or by statute" is added to make it clear that statutes or
other rules promulgated by the Supreme Court may limit the applicability of these
rules. An example of such a rule is Rule 11 of the South Carolina Administrative and
Procedural Rules for Magistrate's Court which provides that the rules of evidence
apply in civil actions before the magistrate's court, but allows those rules to be relaxed
in the interest of justice. Second, the phrase "courts of South Carolina" has been
substituted for the phrase "courts of the United States, and before the United States
bankruptcy judges and United States magistrate judges." Rule 1101 provides greater
detail regarding the applicability of these rules in various proceedings.
Provenance
- Source
- www.sccourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-sc-04-print-version-2026-10-02
- Content hash
aca4e75b5a68baa721edc76e2be33e9dab095417ff56c0a9b776f98ad64b8248
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