South Carolina, Horry County
Where Galivants Ferry's records are kept. Court and property records for Galivants Ferry sit with Horry County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina.
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Galivants Ferry relies on Horry County for its court cases, deeds and other public records. The cards below are the county and state offices that keep them. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Vital records
The South Carolina Department of Public Health Vital Records office issues certified birth certificates for births in the state since 1915 to the registrant, parents or legal guardians.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the SC Secretary of State.
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The South Carolina Department of Public Health issues certified death certificates to immediate family or their legal representatives. Others can get a statement confirming the date and county of death.
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Information from the SC Dept. of Corrections on death row inmates.
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The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina offers ECF and PACER access to federal case records, plus transcripts, forms and juror information. State cases are kept by the South Carolina Judicial Branch.
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The South Carolina Department of Public Health holds marriage records from July 1950 through 2025. Licenses from other years come from the county Probate Court that issued them.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
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The Horry County Sheriff's Office runs the county detention centre, serves the county's civil process and keeps the records of the work its deputies do.
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One can find South Carolina Civil Court Records and Small Claims Court Records by contacting the Clerk of Court's office in the county where the case.
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What we hold on Galivants Ferry, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Look to Horry County for records about Galivants Ferry. The Horry County offices are in Conway, the county seat. Each Horry County office is listed on our Horry County page.
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Inspecting records is free under South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act, and fees for searching and copying may not exceed the agency's actual cost. The Judicial Branch's Case Records Search is free, a South Carolina vital records search costs $12 and includes one certified copy, with $3 for each additional copy, and SLED's CATCH criminal record search charges a fee.
Ask the Galivants Ferry police department records office for incident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Horry County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crashes on state roads are usually worked by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, part of the Department of Public Safety.
Cases filed in Horry County are heard by the circuit court, magistrate court and probate court for the county, and the clerk of court keeps circuit court files. The Judicial Branch's Case Records Search gives free county public index access.
Deeds, mortgages and plats are recorded by the Horry County Register of Deeds. The Horry County Assessor sets property values, the auditor computes the tax and the Horry County Treasurer collects payments.
Any DPH Vital Records office in South Carolina issues birth certificates from any county, and the state office in Columbia issues birth and death certificates, $12 for the search and first copy. Marriage licenses are kept by the probate judge in the county where they were issued.
Yes. SLED's CATCH system lets anyone search South Carolina criminal records by name online for a fee. The Case Records Search also shows court cases by county.
South Carolina agencies must tell a requester within 10 business days whether the records are available under the Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code 30-4-30, or 20 business days for records more than 24 months old.
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Other places in Horry County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Horry County records are on the county page.