S.C. Code Ann. § 19-3-170
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SECTION 19-3-170. No evidence of foreign law shall be received or noticed judicially unless pleaded.
Official statutory text
No foreign law shall be received in evidence nor shall any court in this State take judicial notice of any foreign law unless such foreign law shall have been appropriately pleaded in the cause in the manner provided by law.
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