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SOUTH CAROLINA AUTO INSURANCE GUIDE

South Carolina Crash Investigation, Evidence Preservation & Three-Year Limitation

Serious-crash evidence can disappear quickly, and ordinary South Carolina personal-injury, property-damage and wrongful-death claims generally operate within a three-year limitations framework, subject to Tort Claims Act and other claim-specific rules.

  • Preserve vehicle condition, event-data-recorder and telematics evidence.
  • Collect law-enforcement, 911, body-camera, dash-camera and dispatch records.
  • Identify roadway, weather, signal, surveillance and witness evidence.
  • Calendar the general three-year limitation and any shorter governmental, contractual or claim-specific deadline.

Publication review note — September 17, 2026. Verify current limitations statutes, Tort Claims Act timing and case-specific procedural requirements before publication.