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SC Code § 30-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 9 - Indexing And Filing|Section 30-9-40. Requirement and effect of indexing of instruments filed for recording.

 The register of deeds or clerk of court in those counties where the office of the register of deeds has been abolished shall immediately upon the filing for record of any deed, mortgage, or other written instrument of the character mentioned in Section 30-7-10 or Chapter 9 of Title 36 enter it upon the proper indexes in his office, which constitute an integral, necessary, and inseparable part of the recordation of the deed, mortgage, or other written instrument for any and all purposes whatsoever, and this shall likewise apply to any copy of the indexes made subsequently by the register of deeds or clerk of court, or the deputy of either, or by his authority for the purpose of replacing the original indexes. The entries in the indexes required to be made are notice to all persons sufficient to put them upon inquiry as to the purport and effect of the deed, mortgage, or other written instrument so filed for record, but the recordation of a deed, mortgage, or other written instrument is not notice as to the purport and effect of the deed, mortgage, or other written instrument unless the filing of the instrument for record is entered as required in the indexes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-156; 1952 Code Section 60-156; 1942 Code Section 8875; 1932 Code Section 8875; Civ. C. '22 Section 5312; Civ. C. '12 Section 3542; Civ. C. '02 Section 2456; G. S. 1776; R. S. 1968; 1879 (16) 92; 1898 (22) 746; 1909 (26) 190; 1914 (28) 482; 1925 (34) 85; 1927 (35) 72; 1934 (38) 1521; 1936 (39) 1387; 1988 Act No. 494, Section 8(16).  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 § 30-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 9 - Indexing And Filing|Section 30-9-50. Indexing of deeds of certain officers.

 Whenever any clerk of court or register of deeds in counties having such office, tax collector or sheriff shall make any conveyance of, or deed to, real estate, whether pursuant to any order or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, to a tax sale, to any levy, execution and sale for the satisfaction of a judgment or to any sale pursuant to a partition agreement or ordered by devise or last will, such sale shall be indexed in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds in the county in which the real estate is situate, not only in the name of the sheriff, clerk of court, register of deeds, or tax collector, making such conveyance, but in the name of the last titleholder. The officer named shall advise the clerk of court or register of deeds of the name of the last title holder and the clerk of court or register of deeds shall index such conveyance in accordance with the provisions hereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-157; 1952 Code Section 60-157; 1948 (45) 1971.  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 § 30-9-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 9 - Indexing And Filing|Section 30-9-70. Indexing of deeds of certain officers and of passage of title by will or inheritance shall not constitute notice.

 The indexing required by Sections 30-9-50 and 30-9-60 shall not constitute notice under the statutes of this State relating to the recording of instruments. But nothing herein contained shall impair or affect the notice of the record of the original instruments as otherwise provided by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-159; 1952 Code Section 60-159; 1948 (45) 1971.
SC Code § 30-9-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 9 - Indexing And Filing|Section 30-9-75. Second or backup copy of indices maintained by electronic or computer means.

 In all cases where indices affecting real property are required to be maintained in the offices of the clerk of court or register of deeds and where these indices are maintained by electronic or computer means, the clerk of court or register of deeds shall provide at least a second or backup copy of the indices which must be available for use by the public in the event of destruction or unavailability of the electronic indices.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 312, 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 § 30-9-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 9 - Indexing And Filing|Section 30-9-80. Fees for indexing or notation.

 For any indexing or notation under Section 30-9-50 or 30-9-60 the clerk or register shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents for each paper indexed in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds and the judge of probate shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents for each indexing in accordance with the provisions of said sections.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-160; 1952 Code Section 60-160; 1948 (45) 1971.  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 § 30-11-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-10. Recordation of deeds and other instruments.

 All deeds of conveyance of railroad beds, tracks and rights of way, cars, locomotive engines, rolling stock and other railway equipment, all leases and conditional sales of, and all other instruments in writing relating to, such property in this State, other than mortgages and deeds of trust, delivered or executed on or after January 1 1894 shall be valid, so as to affect from the time of such delivery or execution the rights of subsequent creditors or purchasers for valuable consideration without notice, only when filed in duplicate within forty days from the execution and delivery thereof in the office of the Secretary of State. But the above-mentioned deeds, leases, mortgages and other conditional sales and instruments in writing, if filed subsequent to the expiration of such period of forty days, shall be valid to affect the rights of subsequent creditors and purchasers for valuable consideration without notice from the date of such record only, one of the copies of any such instrument so filed shall be given its proper file number, indexed and retained in the office of the Secretary of State and the other shall be properly endorsed, giving the file number under which it is to be found and returned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-251; 1952 Code Section 60-251; 1942 Code Sections 3106, 3107; 1932 Code Sections 3106, 3107; Civ. C. '22 Sections 789, 790; Civ. C. '12 Sections 705, 706; Civ. C. '02 Sections 634, 635; R. S. 554; 1893 (21) 412; 1920 (31) 989; 1937 (40) 428.
SC Code § 30-11-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-20. Recordation of mortgages and deeds of trust.

 Mortgages or deeds of trust covering the whole or any part of the real property of a railroad company and the appurtenant franchises are valid so as to affect from the time of their execution and delivery the rights of all subsequent creditors and purchasers, when filed within forty days from the execution and delivery of the mortgages or deeds of trust in the office of the Secretary of State. Within six months thereafter the mortgages or deeds of trust must be recorded also in the books provided for the recording of mortgages on real estate in the office of clerk of court or register of deeds of each county in which any part of the real property affected by the mortgages or deeds of trust is situated. The mortgages or deeds of trust, if so filed in the office of the Secretary of State subsequent to the expiration of the period of forty days and also recorded in the books provided for the recording of mortgages on real estate in the office of the clerk of court or register of deeds subsequent to the expiration of the period of forty days are valid to affect the rights of all subsequent creditors and purchasers from the date of the record. Before any mortgage or deed of trust covering property of a railroad company and the appurtenant franchises can be filed by the Secretary of State, copies of the mortgage or deed of trust must be furnished in duplicate, one of which must be given its proper file number, indexed, and retained in his office, and the other must be properly endorsed, giving the file number under which it is to be found and returned.  Nothing contained in this section may be construed to affect the provisions of Section 58-15-920.  The provisions of this section do not in any way affect any mortgage or deed of trust covering property of a railway company and the appurtenant franchises executed and filed or recorded prior to March 22, 1937.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-252; 1952 Code Section 60-252; 1942 Code Section 8282; 1932 Code Section 8227; Civ. C. '22 Section 4791; Civ. C. '12 Section 3122; 1903 (24) 80; 1937 (40) 140; 1988 Act No. 494, Section 8(17).  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 § 30-11-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-30. Proof of execution of written instruments.

 Before any such deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in writing can be filed by the Secretary of State, the execution thereof shall first be proved by the affidavit in writing of a subscribing witness to such instrument, in the same manner prescribed for the probate of deeds in relation to the recording of deeds in the office of the register of deeds of the several counties of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-253; 1952 Code Section 60-253; 1942 Code Section 3107; 1932 Code Section 3107; Civ. C. '22 Section 790; Civ. C. '12 Section 706; Civ. C. '02 Section 635; 1920 (31) 989.  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 § 30-11-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-40. Filing and fee for filing written instruments.

 Such conveyances, leases, mortgages and other instruments in writing shall be filed by the Secretary of State in his office and for such filing he shall receive from the person offering such papers for file the sum of five dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-254; 1952 Code Section 60-254; 1942 Code Section 3108; 1932 Code Section 3108; Civ. C. '22 Section 791; Civ. C. '12 Section 707; Civ. C. '02 Section 636; 1920 (31) 989.
SC Code § 30-11-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-50. Effect of certified copy of recorded instrument.

 A certificate or certified copy of any of the aforesaid papers when once filed, as hereinabove provided, by the Secretary of State, shall be competent evidence of such filing and of the facts contained in each deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in writing so filed and certified in all the courts of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-255; 1952 Code Section 60-255; 1942 Code Section 3108; 1932 Code Section 3108; Civ. C. '22 Section 791; Civ. C. '12 Section 707; Civ. C. '02 Section 636; 1920 (31) 989.
SC Code § 30-11-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-60. Satisfaction of mortgage.

 When any such mortgage so filed shall be fully satisfied, the mortgagee shall note such satisfaction on the margin of the copy on file or declare the mortgage to be satisfied in a separate instrument in writing to be filed as provided in Section 30-11-40 under a penalty of five hundred dollars to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the mortgagor, his assignees or any other party aggrieved thereby.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-255.1; 1952 Code Section 60-255.1; 1942 Code Section 3108; 1932 Code Section 3108; Civ. C. '22 Section 791; Civ. C. '12 Section 707; Civ. C. '02 Section 636; 1920 (31) 989.
SC Code § 30-11-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 11 - Recordation Of Deeds And Documents Of Railroads|Section 30-11-70. Validation of recordation of certain instruments.

 The act entitled "An Act to Amend Sections 705, 706 and 707 of the Code of 1912, Volume I, by substituting the words 'filed in duplicate' wherever the word 'recorded' occurs," approved March 10 1920 shall not affect or apply to deeds of conveyance of railroad beds, tracks and rights of way, cars, locomotive engines, rolling stock and other railway equipment, leases and mortgages or other conditional sale of, or other instruments in writing relating to, such property which were duly recorded pursuant to the law as it existed prior to March 10, 1920 and the records thereof are hereby declared to be legal and valid according to the terms of the law existing when such recordations were made.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-256; 1952 Code Section 60-256; 1942 Code Section 3109; 1932 Code Section 3109; Civ. C. '22 Section 792; 1921 (32) 62.
SC Code § 30-13-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-10. Effect of delivery by agricultural association of "contract book".

 Whenever any body of agricultural producers, any co-operative association composed of agricultural producers or any co-operative marketing association incorporated under the laws of this State or under the laws of any other state of the United States and licensed to do business in this State (such body of agricultural producers, co-operative association or co-operative marketing association being hereinafter referred to as the association), which is engaged in marketing agricultural products for its members shall prepare and deliver to the register of deeds or to the clerk of the court in any county in which the office of the register of deeds has been abolished a book to be called "the contract book of __________" (naming the association), such book shall thereupon become a public record in the office of such register or such clerk and the register or clerk shall record therein the matters and things authorized by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-351; 1952 Code Section 60-351; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.  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 § 30-13-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-20. Recordation of marketing contracts or agreements.

 At any time after any such book shall have been so delivered to the register or clerk as provided in Section 30-13-10, the association which has delivered it may request the register or clerk to whom such book has been delivered to record therein any marketing contracts or agreements which have been entered into by such association and any members thereof. But if any such contracts or agreements be in the same words and figures as any other contracts or agreements with any other members of the association, with or without notations at the end thereof, and be separately signed by such members of the association, such association may have any such contract or agreement recorded once in extenso in such book and may furnish the register or the clerk with a list of the names of persons appearing on such contracts as signers thereof, with the dates, if any, of the signatures, respectively, together with a statement of any such notations, whereupon the register or clerk shall record such names as signatures, respectively, and the notations, if any, so furnished. Such recordation of the list of signatures so furnished shall be equivalent to the recordation in extenso of the contract or agreement of each signer thereof. Such copy of such contracts or agreements and such list of names of persons appearing on such contracts as signers thereof and statement of notations shall be sworn to by some officer of the association cognizant of the facts before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. But in no case shall any such contract or agreement be deemed to be recorded as to any signer thereof until his name shall be indexed in such book by the register or clerk, which indexing such officer is hereby required to do.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-352; 1952 Code Section 60-352; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.
SC Code § 30-13-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-30. Effect of recordation of marketing contract or agreement.

 When Sections 30-13-10 and 30-13-20 shall have been complied with and any such record as is therein mentioned is made in the county in which a member of any such association resides such record shall operate as constructive notice of the existence of such contract or agreement and of the terms thereof and all persons contracting or dealing with any such member in relation to any such produce covered by such contract or agreement shall be bound thereby and all rights or liens acquired by any such person in such produce subsequent to the date of such record shall be subject in all respects to the rights of the association under such contract or agreement. But if any agricultural produce covered by such contract is sold at public auction or on a warehouse floor, the warehouseman or purchaser shall not be liable for any damages provided to be paid by any member in such contract unless actual notice is given in writing before settlement that the produce sold or offered for sale belongs to a member of the association.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-353; 1952 Code Section 60-353; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.
SC Code § 30-13-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-40. Landlords' and laborers' liens.

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the statutory lien of a landlord for rent and advances or a laborer's lien.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-354; 1952 Code Section 60-354; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.
SC Code § 30-13-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-50. Powers of association over members.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not have the effect of conferring upon any such association any power over its members or of imposing upon its members any duties not now possessed by the association or owing by the members under existing contracts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-355; 1952 Code Section 60-355; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.
SC Code § 30-13-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 13 - Recordation Of Marketing Contracts|Section 30-13-60. Sharecroppers' rights.

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect the rights of a sharecropper as they now exist under the laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-356; 1952 Code Section 60-356; 1942 Code Section 8890; 1932 Code Section 8890; 1924 (33) 1072.
SC Code § 30-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-10. Book for recording discharges from military and naval forces of United States.

 There shall be provided and at all times maintained in the office of the clerk of court of each county a special and permanent book in which shall be recorded official discharges from the military and naval forces of the United States. Such book shall be securely bound, shall contain an alphabetical index and the pages of it shall be printed in the form of discharge papers, with sufficient blank lines for the recording of such dates as may be contained in the discharge papers offered for registration.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-401; 1952 Code Section 60-401; 1942 Code Section 8893; 1932 Code Section 8893; 1923 (33) 98.
SC Code § 30-15-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-15. Invalidating filing of discharge form with court clerk.

 A person retired or discharged from the armed services of the United States who has filed his release or discharge certificate now known as DD Form 214 with the clerk of court of any county of this State for safekeeping or other purposes may invalidate this filing and remove it from the public records in the manner provided by this section. The person filing the certificate must notify the clerk of court in writing and under oath he wishes the certificate to be removed from the public records. The clerk of court shall remove the certificate from the public records and return the original to him if available and in possession of the clerk.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 46, Section 1.
SC Code § 30-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-20. Recordation of discharges.

 Upon the presentation of any official discharge or official certificate of lost discharge from the armed services of the United States, the clerk of court of any county of the State shall record free such discharge in the book provided for in Section 30-15-10.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-402; 1952 Code Section 60-402; 1942 Code Section 8893; 1932 Code Section 8893; 1923 (33) 98; 1945 (44) 8, 54.
SC Code § 30-15-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 30 - Public Records|Chapter 15 - Recordation Of Veterans' Discharge|Section 30-15-30. Assistance from American Legion.

 The clerk of court shall call to his assistance the head officer of the posts of American Legion in his county to furnish a perfect list of the persons entitled to registration.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 60-403; 1952 Code Section 60-403; 1942 Code Section 8893; 1932 Code Section 8893; 1923 (33) 98.