South Carolina, Georgetown County
Where Pawleys Island's records are kept. Court and property records for Pawleys Island sit with Georgetown County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina.
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As a small town, Pawleys Island relies on Georgetown County and the State of South Carolina for its public records. The cards below are the South Carolina state offices, and the Georgetown County offices are on our Georgetown County page. 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.
Open official site South Carolina Unclaimed PropertyEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Pawleys Island, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Pawleys Island in ZIP code 29585 keeps its own council and town business records. The Georgetown County offices are in Georgetown, the county seat. See our Georgetown County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 25 investigations with a Pawleys Island address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $117,582 in back wages agreed for 169 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abundance Home Healthcare LLC | 1 | $44,190 | 40 |
| Dependable Service Plumbing & Air, Inc. | 1 | $12,821 | 25 |
| Coastal Nissan, Inc. | 1 | $12,397 | 13 |
| Ponderosa Inc. | 1 | $9,613 | 6 |
| Pawleys Plantation, LLC | 1 | $8,167 | 4 |
| Williams Carpet and More Inc. | 1 | $6,697 | 8 |
| C Troy, Inc. | 1 | $4,389 | 14 |
| React 365 Inc. | 1 | $3,609 | 2 |
| Waccamaw Landscaping & Constuction, Inc. | 1 | $2,557 | 2 |
| Quigley's Pint & Plate, Inc. | 1 | $2,381 | 8 |
| M & S Tire Company, Inc. | 1 | $1,557 | 6 |
| P and R Food Services LLC | 1 | $1,161 | 1 |
| Gundling Law Firm, P.A. | 1 | $783 | 4 |
| DPH, LLC | 1 | $207 | 3 |
| Litchfield Hotel Associates, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Hamilton Pool | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Pawleys Pools | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Low Country Delicatessen, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Murray Law Office, PA | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| The Reserve Golf Club, LLC. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Deroma's Pizzeria, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Paradice LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Tuscany Bistro, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Pawleys Island, by back wages agreed; 5 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.
Same county
Other places in Georgetown County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Georgetown County records are on the county page.