South Carolina, Beaufort County
Where Hilton Head Island's records are kept. Hilton Head Island has its own town government, fire department and parks department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Hilton Head Island's own offices, along with State of South Carolina offices; the Beaufort County offices are on our Beaufort 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 CarolinaVital 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
Hilton Head Island town, South Carolina on the Census Bureau's data site: 2020 population 37,661, median household income $94,657 and employment rate 48.3%, the last two from 2024 American Community Survey estimates.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCounty court
Hilton Head Island's official town site lists agendas, minutes and meeting videos, permits and licenses, municipal election information, performance dashboards and beach and park information. Town Hall: 1 Town Center Court, 843-341-4600.
Open official site Town of Hilton Head IslandProperty records
Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue at 10 Park Lane, phone 843-682-5100, with its programs, community resources, a request center, fire permits and licenses and recent incident news.
Open official site Hilton Head Island Fire RescueProperty records
Town of Hilton Head Island Our Island section with beach information, parks and amenities, getting around, special events, arts, culture and history, wildlife, town owned property and capital projects.
Open official site Hilton Head Island Our IslandEverything else, organized
8 more Hilton Head Island sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Hilton Head Island, a place of 37,661 people, is in Beaufort County, whose county seat is Beaufort. Court and property records sit with Beaufort County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina. Hilton Head Island's own offices are in the cards above, and our Beaufort County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; REE.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. No abandoned mine inventory is published.
South Carolina abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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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 Hilton Head Island.
Deeds for property in Hilton Head Island are recorded by the Beaufort County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Beaufort 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.
Same county
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.