2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 30 - Public Records
CHAPTER 5 - RECORDING GENERALLY
Section 30-5-10. . Performance of register of deeds' duties by clerk of court in certain counties.
(A) In every county in the State other than Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter the duties prescribed by law for the register of deeds must be performed by the clerk of court who has all the powers and emoluments given the register of deeds in Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties.
(B) The registers of deeds in Berkeley and Dorchester counties are elected for terms of four years and until a successor is elected in the general election and qualifies.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-7; 1952 Code Section 60-7; 1942 Code Section 3629; 1932 Code Section 3629; Civ. C. '22 Section 2173; Civ. C. '12 Section 1349; Civ. C. '02 Section 945; 1779 (7) 296; 1839 (11) 115; 1882 (18) 682; 1896 (22) 122; 1908 (25) 1020; 1973 (58) 803, 833; 1975 (59) 147; 1978 Act No. 458, Section 1; 1980 Act No. 329, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 123, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 541, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 153, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 186, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 5, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 294, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 417, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 8, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 272, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 75, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 140, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 299, Section 1, eff May 31, 2006; 2008 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 15, 2008); 2010 Act No. 127, Section 1, eff February 24, 2010; 2013 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff April 23, 2013.
Code Commissioner's Note
1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment added Colleton County.
The 2008 amendment added Clarendon county.
The 2010 amendment made subsection (A) and (B) designations and in subsection (A) added Lancaster county.
The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), added two references to Cherokee county.
