South Carolina Property Records by County

South Carolina property records are held at the county level in all 46 counties. Each county operates either a Register of Deeds office or handles recording through the Clerk of Court. These offices store deeds, mortgages, plats, liens, and other instruments affecting real estate in their jurisdiction. You can search most county property records online through the statewide SC Land Records portal at sclandrecords.com or through each county's own search system. Select a county below to find property record resources for that area.

Under Section 30-5-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 24 counties maintain a separate Register of Deeds office: Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter. The other 22 counties handle all property recording through the Clerk of Court. Regardless of which office maintains the records, the documents are indexed, scanned, and made available to the public through in-person terminals and, in most cases, online search systems. All county offices record deeds, mortgages, plats, liens, and other instruments in the order they are received and must complete recording within 30 days of lodgment under Section 30-5-90.