South Carolina Court Records

Access South Carolina Courts online directly. Search court records; from South Carolina county courts to Supreme courts. Find criminal filings, South Carolina dissolution of marriage or divorce records from official state websites. File small claims lawsuits. Link to South Carolina probate sources with helpful information. Bankruptcy courts by jurisdiction or by districts. South Carolina state courts contact information such as telephone numbers and more.

South Carolina divorces are Family Court cases under S.C. Code 63-3-530, kept by the county Clerk of Court. No statute closes the file, and county clerks state that Family Court records are public unless sealed by judicial order or closed by law, as juvenile and adoption matters are. The Financial Declaration each party serves and files under the Rules of Family Court, the final decree with its equitable apportionment under 20-3-620 and alimony under 20-3-130, and any court approved settlement agreement are in the public file.

The Public Index is county by county and varies in whether Family Court cases and images appear; the file is read at the county Family Court records office, with copy fees set by the county, 50 cents per page in Dorchester County and 25 cents in Greenville County. The South Carolina asset search page explains what the declaration and decree show.

These federal and national sources complement South Carolina's state-level records. They are the authoritative sources you should cross-check when South Carolina state records are incomplete or out-of-state activity matters.