South Carolina, Sumter County
Where Pinewood's records are kept. Court and property records for Pinewood sit with Sumter County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina.
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As a small town, Pinewood relies on Sumter 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.
Open official site South Carolina Business & Corporation SearchVital records
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.
Open official site South Carolina Death RecordsPolice & jail
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.
Open official site South Carolina Federal CasesVital records
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 PropertyPolice & jail
Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis at 1281 North Main Street in Sumter: the hours, phone, fax and email for the office, with the agency's own website given for law enforcement details.
Open official site Sumter County Sheriff's OfficeCounty court
Physical Address: 16 Clark Street Pinewood, SC 29125-8914
Open official site Sumter, South Carolina Judicial BranchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Pinewood, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Pinewood in ZIP code 29125 keeps its own council and town business records. Sumter, the county seat, is where the county offices are. See our Sumter County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 1 investigation with a Pinewood address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $0 in back wages agreed for 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VenueSmart LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Pinewood, by back wages agreed; 0 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.
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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 Pinewood police department records office for incident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Sumter 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County Register of Deeds. The Sumter County Assessor sets property values, the auditor computes the tax and the Sumter 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.
Same county
Other places in Sumter County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Sumter County records are on the county page.