South Carolina County Courts
South Carolina County Courts are another source for people search, criminal records and background checks. Search for personal and criminal records find people you are tyring to locate or find criminal history and get background check through county court records.
County courts usually oversee civil cases such housing, mortgage disputes, repayment, felonies, all cases of equity and eviction, reposession, personal injury cases, breach of contract, small claims, and divorces and adoptions, violations of county law and statues, traffic cases. Also land appropriations, guardianships, probate, involuntary hospitalization for mental institutes. Probate courts also rule over last testaments and wills. So whether you have a case you need to take to court or you want to research other cases or someones background county courts have a wealth of civil court cases to be researched most background checks include civil cases and document case numbers, offenses and judgements and convictions for felonies or any other matter.
If you are researching marriage and divorce county courts are the place to start your search of course you can try to save yourself time by getting an online report usually background checks and some people search reports include some of the information you search in courts but if you don't want to spend the money or have time to do the research yourself you can go to the court and request to see files and documents unless the case file is sealed by a judge for privacy.
Also County courts are where you can do searches for marriage records or to obtain marriage certificates if you are planning to get married.
South Carolina County Court Records
Abbeville
Abbeville Clerk
P.O. Box 99
Abbeville, SC 29620
Telephone: (864) 459-5074
Aiken
Aiken Clerk
P.O. Box 583
Aiken, SC 29802-0583
Telephone: (803) 642-2001
Allendale
Allendale Clerk
P.O. Box 126
Allendale, SC 29810-0126
Telephone: (803) 584-2737
Anderson
Anderson Health Dept.
220 MeGee Rd.
Anderson, SC 29625
Telephone: (864) 260-5667
Bamberg
Bamberg Clerk
P.O. Box 150
Bamberg, SC 29003-0150
Telephone: (803) 245-2025
Barnwell
Barnwell Clerk
P.O. Box 723
Barnwell, SC 29812-0723
Telephone: (803) 541-1031
Beaufort
Beaufort Clerk
P.O. Box 1083
Beaufort, SC 29901
Telephone: (843) 525-7300
Berkeley
Berkeley Clerk
223 North Live Oak Drive
Moncks Corner, SC 29461-2331
Telephone: (843) 761-6900
Calhoun
Calhoun Clerk
302 South Railroad Avenue
St. Matthews, SC 29135-1452
Telephone: (803) 874-3524
Charleston
Charleston Clerk
4050 Bridgeview Drive
North Charleston, SC 29405
Telephone: (843) 740-0801
Cherokee
Cherokee Clerk
P.O. Box 866
Gaffney, SC 26342
Telephone: (864) 487-2562
Chester
Chester Clerk
P.O. Drawer 580
Chester, SC 29706-0580
Telephone: (803) 385-2605
Chesterfield
Chesterfield Clerk
P.O. Box 529
Chesterfield, SC 29709-0529
Telephone: (803) 623-2574
Clarendon
Clarendon Clerk
P.O. Box E
Manning, SC 29102-0136
Telephone: (803) 435-4444
Colleton
Colleton Clerk
P.O. Box 620
Walterboro, SC 29488-0620
Telephone: (843) 549-5791
Darlington
Darlington Clerk
Courthouse
Darlington, SC 29532-3213
Telephone: (803) 393-3836
Dillon
Dillon Clerk
P.O. Box 1220
Dillon, SC 29536-1220
Telephone: (803) 774-5611
Dorchester
Dorchester Clerk
101 Ridge St.
Saint George, SC 29477-2443
Telephone: (843) 563-5100
Edgefield
Edgefield Clerk
215 Jeter Street
Edgefield, SC 29824-1133
Telephone: (803) 637-5781
Fairfield
Fairfield Clerk
P.O. Drawer 236
Winnsboro, SC 29180-0236
Telephone: (803) 635-1411
Florence
Florence Clerk
180 N. Irby St. MSC-L
Florence, SC 29501-3456
Telephone: (843) 665-3031
Georgetown
Georgetown Clerk
715 Prince St., P.O. Box 1270
Georgetown, SC 29440-3631
Telephone: (843) 546-5011
Greenville
Greenville Clerk
301 University Ridge, Suite 1200
Greenville, SC 29601
Telephone: (803) 467-7170
Greenwood
Greenwood Clerk
528 Monument
Greenwood, SC 29646-2643
Telephone: (864) 229-6622
Hampton
Hampton Clerk
P.O. Box 7
Hampton, SC 29924-0007
Telephone: (803) 943-7510
Horry
Horry Clerk
P.O. Box 288
Conway, SC 29528-0288
Telephone: (843) 248-1200
Jasper
Jasper Clerk
P.O. Box 248
Ridgeland, SC 29936-0248
Telephone: (843) 726-8832
Kershaw
Kershaw Clerk
1121 Broad St., Room 302
Camden, SC 29020
Telephone: (803) 425-1527
Lancaster
Lancaster Clerk
P.O. Box 1809
Lancaster, SC 29720
Telephone: (803) 285-1581
Laurens
Laurens Clerk
P.O. Box 287
Laurens, SC 29360-0287
Telephone: (864) 984-3538
Lee
Lee Clerk
P.O. Box 387
Bishopville, SC 29010
Telephone: (803) 484-5341
Lexington
Lexington Clerk
139 E. Main St., Room 110
Lexington, SC 29072-3488
Telephone: (803) 359-8324
Marion
Marion Clerk
P.O. Box 295
Marion, SC 29571-0295
Telephone: (843) 423-6500
Marlboro
Marlboro Clerk
P.O. Drawer 996
Bennettsville, SC 29512-0996
Telephone: (843) 479-8391
McCormick
McCormick Clerk
133 S. Mine St., P.O. Box 86
McCormick, SC 29835
Telephone: (803) 465-2195
Newberry
Newberry Clerk
P.O. Box 278
Newberry, SC 29108-0278
Telephone: (803) 276-3494
Oconee
Oconee Clerk
P.O. Box 158
Walhalla, SC 29691-0158
Telephone: (864) 638-4280
Orangeburg
Orangeburg Clerk
P.O. Box 100
Orangeburg, SC 29116-0100
Telephone: (803) 533-1000
Pickens
Pickens Clerk
P.O. Box 215
Pickens, SC 29671-0215
Richland
Richland Clerk
1701 Main St., P.O. Box 192
Columbia, SC 29202-2833
Telephone: (803) 748-4684
Saluda
Saluda Clerk
Courthouse Square
Saluda, SC 29138-1444
Telephone: (864) 445-3303
Spartanburg
Spartanburg Clerk
180 Magnolia St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Telephone: (864) 596-2556
Sumter
Sumter Clerk
141 N. Main St.
Sumter, SC 29150-4965
Telephone: (803) 773-1581
Union
Union Clerk
P.O. Box G
Union, SC 29379-0200
Telephone: (864) 427-0391
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Clerk
203 North Brooks
Kingstree, SC 29556
Telephone: (843) 354-6012
York
York Clerk
P.O. Box 649
York, SC 29745-0649
Telephone: (803) 684-8505