South Carolina, Darlington County
Where Hartsville's records are kept. Hartsville has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Hartsville's own offices, along with State of South Carolina offices; the Darlington County offices are on our Darlington County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
SLED's name based search of South Carolina criminal records for a $25 fee, $8 for qualifying charities; results cover South Carolina only, exclude wanted persons, and can differ from a fingerprint check.
Open official site SLED Citizens Access to Criminal Histories (CATCH)City records
Reference staff run the Research Room at 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, open Tuesday to Saturday, with indexes and microfilm of state and local records; they also answer queries by mail, phone or email.
Open official site SC Department of Archives and History Research and GenealogyCounty court
Charleston, Columbia and Greenville host South Carolina's bankruptcy court; beyond PACER case lookups it posts calendars, opinions, online fee payment and a search for unclaimed funds.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South CarolinaCounty court
South Carolina's unified court system online, linking the Public Index of trial court case records, appellate opinions, court calendars, traffic ticket search and contacts for each county's courts.
Open official site South Carolina Judicial BranchVital records
The state Vital Records Office issues certified copies of births, deaths, marriages and divorces that happened in South Carolina, with pages on fees, ID rules, processing times, amendments and death indexes for genealogy.
Open official site South Carolina Department of Public Health Vital Records OfficePolice & jail
SCDC's search shows photos and public details of people serving state prison sentences as of midnight the day before; county jail inmates, released offenders and people on parole or probation are not included.
Open official site South Carolina Department of Corrections Inmate SearchPolice & jail
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Fusion Center, home of the state Missing Person Information Center, with AMBER Alert and Endangered Person Advisory information.
Open official site SLED Missing Person Information CenterPolice & jail
Fugitives sought by the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, shown with photo, race, sex, age, height and county, with captures marked and a confidential tip hotline.
Open official site SC Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Most Wanted OffendersPolice & jail
Kept by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division with county sheriffs: accept the conditions of use, then search by name or location for photos, aliases, reported addresses and offenses, or sign up for notifications.
Open official site South Carolina Public Sex Offender RegistryFederal
Official QuickFacts table from the U.S. Census Bureau for Hartsville city, South Carolina, where the 2020 Census found 7,446 people, with core figures on population, business and geography.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Hartsville online: permit applications, online bill pay, tickets and fines, the city clerk and municipal court, online city codes, planning and zoning and utility accounts. City Hall: 100 E Carolina Ave.
Open official site City of HartsvilleCity records
The city's parks and recreation department runs athletic, non-athletic and senior programs, youth sports registration, the T.B. Thomas Sports Center and Neptune Island Waterpark, and takes ideas for new classes.
Open official site Hartsville Parks and RecreationEverything else, organized
9 more Hartsville sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Hartsville, a place of 7,446 people, is in Darlington County, whose county seat is Darlington. Court and property records sit with Darlington County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina. Hartsville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Darlington County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 28 investigations with a Hartsville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $113,170 in back wages agreed for 190 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra Security & Investigation, Inc | 1 | $13,092 | 82 |
| Lawson Farms | 3 | $12,361 | 7 |
| Medic of South Carolina LLC | 1 | $10,429 | 6 |
| Majesty Homes, Inc. | 1 | $9,374 | 13 |
| Montessori Day Academy of Hartsville, LLC | 1 | $7,887 | 11 |
| Carolina Girls & Barefoot Boys Daycare Center | 1 | $6,284 | 10 |
| Shree Dutt-Hartsville, LLC | 1 | $5,162 | 5 |
| Crescent Hospice Inc. | 2 | $5,022 | 44 |
| Humphrey Coker Seed Co. Inc. | 1 | $3,880 | 10 |
| The Center for Woman's Health | 1 | $3,610 | 7 |
| Bizzell's, Inc. | 1 | $3,332 | 12 |
| Darlington County Animal Shelter | 1 | $2,517 | 2 |
| Foxe's Corner Convenience Store | 1 | $1,365 | 4 |
| MKA Mechanical, Inc. | 1 | $1,228 | 1 |
| Char-Walt, Inc. | 1 | $1,057 | 12 |
| DDS Transmissions & Tires | 1 | $989 | 1 |
| Foxe's Corner LLC | 1 | $872 | 1 |
| Pine Needle Express, LLC | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Shoneys | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Morphis Pediatic Group of Hartsville PA, Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| J. Robert Griggs Farm | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| SREE Hartsville, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hartsville Poulet Inc | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Hartsville, by back wages agreed; 7 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The South Carolina wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in South Carolina is run by the South Carolina Election Commission and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Hartsville.
Deeds for property in Hartsville are recorded by the Darlington County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Darlington County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in South Carolina come from the state vital records office, South Carolina Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.