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SC Code § 30-4-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-45. Information concerning safeguards and off-site consequence analyses; regulation of access; vulnerable zone defined.

 (A) The director of each agency that is the custodian of information subject to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7)(H), 40 CFR 1400 "Distribution of Off-site Consequence Analysis Information", or 10 CFR 73.21 "Requirements for the protection of safeguards information", must establish procedures to ensure that the information is released only in accordance with the applicable federal provisions.  (B) The director of each agency that is the custodian of information, the unrestricted release of which could increase the risk of acts of terrorism, may identify the information or compilations of information by notifying the Attorney General in writing, and shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Sections 1-23-110 through 1-23-120(a) and Section 1-23-130, to regulate access to the information in accordance with the provisions of this section.  (C) Regulations to govern access to information subject to subsections (A) and (B) must at a minimum provide for:  (1) disclosure of information to state, federal, and local authorities as required to carry out governmental functions; and  (2) disclosure of information to persons who live or work within a vulnerable zone.  For purposes of this section, "vulnerable zone" is defined as a circle, the center of which is within the boundaries of a facility possessing hazardous, toxic, flammable, radioactive, or infectious materials subject to this section, and the radius of which is that distance a hazardous, toxic, flammable, radioactive, or infectious cloud, overpressure, radiation, or radiant heat would travel before dissipating to the point it no longer threatens serious short-term harm to people or the environment.  Disclosure of information pursuant to this subsection must be by means that will prevent its removal or mechanical reproduction. Disclosure of information pursuant to this subsection must be made only after the custodian has ascertained the person's identity by viewing photo identification issued by a federal, state, or local government agency to the person and after the person has signed a register kept for the purpose.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 30.
SC Code § 30-4-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-55. Disclosure of fiscal impact on public bodies offering economic incentives to business; cost-benefit analysis required.

 A public body as defined by Section 30-4-20(a), or a person or entity employed by or authorized to act for or on behalf of a public body, that undertakes to attract business or industry to invest or locate in South Carolina by offering incentives that require the expenditure of public funds or the transfer of anything of value or that reduce the rate or alter the method of taxation of the business or industry or that otherwise impact the offeror fiscally, must disclose, upon request, the fiscal impact of the offer on the public body and a governmental entity affected by the offer after:  (a) the offered incentive or expenditure is accepted, and  (b) the project has been publicly announced or any incentive agreement has been finalized, whichever occurs later.  The fiscal impact disclosure must include a cost-benefit analysis that compares the anticipated public cost of the commitments with the anticipated public benefits. Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, information that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under Section 30-4-40(a)(1), (a)(5)(c), and (a)(9) remains exempt from disclosure.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 86, Section 3.
SC Code § 30-4-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-60. Meetings of public bodies shall be open.

 Every meeting of all public bodies shall be open to the public unless closed pursuant to Section 30-4-70 of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 593, Section 7.
SC Code § 30-4-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-65. Cabinet meetings subject to chapter provisions; cabinet defined.

 (A) The Governor's cabinet meetings are subject to the provisions of this chapter only when the Governor's cabinet is convened to discuss or act upon a matter over which the Governor has granted to the cabinet, by executive order, supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power.  (B) For purposes of this chapter, "cabinet" means the directors of the departments of the executive branch of state government appointed by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-30-10(B)(1)(i) when they meet as a group and a quorum is present.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 86, Section 6.
SC Code § 30-4-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-90. Minutes of meetings of public bodies.

 (a) All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all of their public meetings. Such minutes shall include but need not be limited to:  (1) The date, time and place of the meeting.  (2) The members of the public body recorded as either present or absent.  (3) The substance of all matters proposed, discussed or decided and, at the request of any member, a record, by an individual member, of any votes taken.  (4) Any other information that any member of the public body requests be included or reflected in the minutes.  (b) The minutes shall be public records and shall be available within a reasonable time after the meeting except where such disclosures would be inconsistent with Section 30-4-70 of this chapter.  (c) All or any part of a meeting of a public body may be recorded by any person in attendance by means of a tape recorder or any other means of sonic or video reproduction, except when a meeting is closed pursuant to Section 30-4-70 of this chapter, provided that in so recording there is no active interference with the conduct of the meeting. Provided, further, that the public body is not required to furnish recording facilities or equipment.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 593, Section 10; 2001 Act No. 13, Section 1.
SC Code § 30-4-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-100. Injunctive relief; costs and attorney's fees.

 (A) A citizen of the State may apply to the circuit court for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or both, to enforce the provisions of this chapter in appropriate cases if the application is made no later than one year after the date of the alleged violation or one year after a public vote in public session, whichever comes later. Upon the filing of the request for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief related to provisions of this chapter, the chief administrative judge of the circuit court must schedule an initial hearing within ten days of the service on all parties. If the hearing court is unable to make a final ruling at the initial hearing, the court shall establish a scheduling order to conclude actions brought pursuant to this chapter within six months of initial filing. The court may extend this time period upon a showing of good cause. The court may order equitable relief as it considers appropriate, and a violation of this chapter must be considered to be an irreparable injury for which no adequate remedy at law exists.  (B) If a person or entity seeking relief under this section prevails, he may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of litigation specific to the request. If the person or entity prevails in part, the court may in its discretion award him reasonable attorney's fees or an appropriate portion of those attorney's fees.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 593, Section 11; 1987 Act No. 118, Section 8; 2017 Act No. 67 (H.3352), Section 4, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 67, Section 4, amended the section, providing time constraints within which determinative hearings on the requests for relief must be made.
SC Code § 30-4-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-110. Hearings regarding disclosure; appropriate relief; civil fine for violation.

 (A) A public body may file a request for hearing with the circuit court to seek relief from unduly burdensome, overly broad, vague, repetitive, or otherwise improper requests, or where it has received a request but it is unable to make a good faith determination as to whether the information is exempt from disclosure.  (B) If a request for disclosure may result in the release of records or information exempt from disclosure under Section 30-4-40(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), (9), (14), (15), or (19), a person or entity with a specific interest in the underlying records or information shall have the right to request a hearing with the court or to intervene in an action previously filed.  (C) If a person or entity seeking relief under this section prevails, the court may order:  (1) equitable relief as he considers appropriate;  (2) actual or compensatory damages; or  (3) reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of litigation specific to the request, unless there is a finding of good faith. The finding of good faith is a bar to the award of attorney's fees and costs.  (D) If a court determines that records are not subject to disclosure, the determination constitutes a finding of good faith on the part of the public body or public official, and acts as a complete bar against the award of attorney's fees or other costs to the prevailing party should the court's determination be reversed on appeal.  (E) If the person or entity prevails in part, he may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees or other costs of litigation specific to the request, or an appropriate portion thereof, unless otherwise barred.  (F) If the court finds that the public body has arbitrarily and capriciously violated the provisions of this chapter by refusal or delay in disclosing or providing copies of a public record, it may, in addition to actual or compensatory damages or equitable relief, impose a civil fine of five hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 593, Section 12; 2017 Act No. 67 (H.3352), Section 5, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 67, Section 5, rewrote the section, removing criminal penalties, and providing rights and remedies of public bodies from whom requests are made and persons with specific interests in exempt information for which disclosure is sought.
SC Code § 30-4-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-160. Sale of Social Security number or driver's license photograph or signature.

 (A) This chapter does not allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to sell, provide, or otherwise furnish to a private party Social Security numbers in its records, copies of photographs, or signatures, whether digitized or not, taken for the purpose of a driver's license or personal identification card.  (B) Photographs, signatures, and digitized images from a driver's license or personal identification card are not public records.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 53.
SC Code § 30-4-165 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 4 - Freedom Of Information Act|Section 30-4-165. Privacy of driver's license information.

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may not sell, provide, or furnish to a private party a person's height, weight, race, social security number, photograph, or signature in any form that has been compiled for the purpose of issuing the person a driver's license or special identification card. The department shall not release to a private party any part of the record of a person under fifteen years of age who has applied for or has been issued a special identification card.  (B) A person's height, weight, race, photograph, signature, and digitized image contained in his driver's license or special identification card record are not public records.  (C) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a private person or private entity shall not use an electronically-stored version of a person's photograph, social security number, height, weight, race, or signature for any purpose, when the electronically-stored information was obtained from a driver's license record.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 33, Section 1.
SC Code § 30-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-10. . Performance of register of deeds' duties by clerk of court in certain counties.

 (A) In every county in the State other than Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter the duties prescribed by law for the register of deeds must be performed by the clerk of court who has all the powers and emoluments given the register of deeds in Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties.  (B) The registers of deeds in Berkeley and Dorchester counties are elected for terms of four years and until a successor is elected in the general election and qualifies.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-7; 1952 Code Section 60-7; 1942 Code Section 3629; 1932 Code Section 3629; Civ. C. '22 Section 2173; Civ. C. '12 Section 1349; Civ. C. '02 Section 945; 1779 (7) 296; 1839 (11) 115; 1882 (18) 682; 1896 (22) 122; 1908 (25) 1020; 1973 (58) 803, 833; 1975 (59) 147; 1978 Act No. 458, Section 1; 1980 Act No. 329, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 123, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 541, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 153, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 186, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 5, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 294, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 417, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 8, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 272, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 75, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 140, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 299, Section 1, eff May 31, 2006; 2008 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 15, 2008); 2010 Act No. 127, Section 1, eff February 24, 2010; 2013 Act No. 12, Section 1, eff April 23, 2013.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment added Colleton County.  The 2008 amendment added Clarendon county.  The 2010 amendment made subsection (A) and (B) designations and in subsection (A) added Lancaster county.  The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), added two references to Cherokee county.
SC Code § 30-5-12 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-12. . Appointment of register of deeds for certain counties.

 (A) The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon.  (B) The governing body of Georgetown County may appoint a register of deeds only after advertising the information concerning the appointment for two weeks before action is taken in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 153, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 5, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 294, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 417, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 8, Section 2; 2000 Act No. 272, Section 2; 2001 Act No. 75, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 140, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 299, Section 2, eff May 31, 2006; 2008 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 15, 2008); 2010 Act No. 127, Section 2, eff February 24, 2010; 2013 Act No. 12, Section 2, eff April 23, 2013.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.  Effect of Amendment  The 2006 amendment added Colleton County.  The 2008 amendment added Clarendon county.  The 2010 amendment made subsection (A) and (B) designations and in subsection (A) added Lancaster county.  The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A), added the reference to Cherokee county.
SC Code § 30-5-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-15. Duties of clerk of court for state tax liens to be performed by register of deeds.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in those counties which have a register of deeds, the duties of the clerk of court for the county pertaining to the indexing and filing of state tax liens are hereby devolved upon the register of deeds for the county and the register of deeds shall index and file such liens in his office in the same manner as required of the clerk of court by law.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 594, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
SC Code § 30-5-16 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-16. Records of state tax liens before and after August 1, 1978.

 On the effective date of Sections 30-5-15 and 30-5-16, in those counties which have a register of deeds, all current records pertaining to state tax liens shall be maintained in the office of the register of deeds unless otherwise directed by the governing body of the county concerned. The register of deeds may begin a new record book of state tax liens beginning with liens filed after August 1, 1978, but such book shall note on the cover that the records of the clerk of court relating to state tax liens are on file in the office of the clerk of court and contain a record of state tax liens which are still effective.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 594, Section 2.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
SC Code § 30-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-20. Certified copies of recorded instruments; effect of furnishing incorrect copy.

 The register of deeds, or his deputy, shall be required, on application, to give a certified copy of any writing recorded in his office, the fees for such copy being first paid in advance, if required or tendered, as the case may be. If the register or his deputy shall furnish an incorrect transcript of any deed recorded, he shall forfeit and pay to the party the damages that may accrue in consequence thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-8; 1952 Code Section 60-8; 1942 Code Section 3636; 1932 Code Section 3638; Civ. C. '22 Section 2182; Civ. C. '12 Section 1358; Civ. C. '02 Section 951; G. S. 720; R. S. 821; 1698 (2) 138; 1839 (11) 116; 1843 (11) 255; 1947 (45) 150.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.
SC Code § 30-5-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-35. Derivation clause and address of grantee or mortgagee on deeds and mortgages.

 (a) All deeds conveying an interest in land and all mortgages of real estate executed after July 1, 1976, must include a derivation clause in the property description and there must be inscribed on the deed or mortgage the mailing address of the grantee or mortgagee. When the grantor's or mortgagor's title was acquired by deed, the derivation clause must include the name of the grantor and the recording date of that deed. However, when the deed of derivation has been simultaneously executed and delivered and has not then been recorded it is sufficient to set forth in the deed or mortgage the name of the grantor of the deed of derivation and its date and that it is to be recorded. When the grantor's or mortgagor's title was obtained by inheritance or devise, the derivation clause must include the name of the person from whom the title was acquired, the approximate date of acquisition, and, in the case of property acquired under a probated will or administered estate, the probate court in which such estate was filed. However, a derivation clause is not required on a deed or mortgage of property devoted to a utility or railroad purpose of any private or public utility or railroad. Further, a derivation clause is not required on a quitclaim or non-warranty deed of real property.  (b) A clerk of court or register of deeds shall not record any deed or mortgage after July 1, 1976, unless it contains a derivation clause as prescribed in subsection (a); provided, however, that he may record a deed or mortgage without such clause upon a showing satisfactory to him that the necessary information for such clause was not available.  (c) The provisions of this section are intended to be regulatory in nature and will not affect the legality, force, effect or record notice of any instrument recorded in violation hereof.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 463, Sections 1-3; 1976 Act No. 691, Section 1; 1977 Act No. 181, Section 1; 1983 Act No. 105, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  1997 Act No. 34, Section 1 directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the Code.  Editor's Note  1976 Act No. 463, Section 4, provides as follows:  "All acts requiring derivation clauses for particular counties are repealed."
SC Code § 30-5-36 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 5 - Recording Generally|Section 30-5-36. Conveyance of property used for hazardous waste storage or disposal to contain notice of previous use.

 When any real property used as a hazardous waste storage or disposal facility permitted under Sections 44-56-10 through 44-56-140 is sold, leased, conveyed or transferred in any manner, the deed or other instrument of transfer shall contain in the legal description in no smaller type than that used in the body of such deed or instrument, the following statement:  "The real property conveyed or transferred by this instrument has previously been used as a storage or disposal facility for hazardous wastes."  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 517, Part II, Section 13.