South Carolina, Aiken County
Where Salley's records are kept. Salley has its own police department and municipal court; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Salley's own offices, along with the Aiken County and State of South Carolina offices that keep the rest of its public records. 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.
Open official site South Carolina Birth RecordsState records
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.
Open official site South Carolina Death RowCounty court
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.
Open official site South Carolina Marriage SearchState records
Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the state treasurer.
Open official site South Carolina Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
If a Salley police officer issued the traffic citation, you can pay it at the Salley Police Department located at 161 Railroad Ave N.
Open official site Salley Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina provides patrol and runs the county detention center. Its site lists general information and non emergency phone numbers and describes its divisions.
Open official site Aiken County Sheriff's OfficeCounty court
South Carolina State Auditor's agreed upon procedures report on the Town of Salley Municipal Court's accounting records for the year ended June 30, 2016, with findings and the town's response.
Open official site State Auditor Report on Salley Municipal CourtEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
Salley, a place of 329 people, is in Aiken County, whose county seat is Aiken. Court and property records sit with Aiken County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of South Carolina. Salley's own offices are in the cards above, and our Aiken County page lists each county office.
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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 Salley police department records office for incident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Aiken 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 Aiken 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 Aiken County Register of Deeds. The Aiken County Assessor sets property values, the auditor computes the tax and the Aiken 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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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.