Warranty Deed in South Carolina

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What South Carolina law says

Signing and recording a deed	Before a deed can be recorded it must be proved by a subscribing witness's affidavit, acknowledged under the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act, or signed and acknowledged in the presence of two witnesses before an officer authorized to administer oaths. The deed must show the grantee's mailing address and include a derivation clause naming where the grantor's title came from (quitclaim and non-warranty deeds are exempt from the derivation clause). A deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value (or fraction) is charged, normally paid by the grantor, and the register of deeds requires an affidavit stating the property's value or the reason for an exemption. Deed recording fee: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t12c024.php Source: S.C. Code §§ 30-5-30, 30-5-35, 12-24-10(A), 12-24-20, 12-24-70
Signing and recording a deed	Before a deed can be recorded it must be signed by the grantor in the presence of two witnesses and then proved by a subscribing witness's affidavit or acknowledged before a notary. The deed must show the grantee's mailing address and a derivation clause. Deeds are recorded with the county Register of Deeds (or Clerk of Court in counties without one). A deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value (state $1.30 plus county $0.55) applies, and an affidavit of value must be filed with the deed (stating the exemption, if any). Fee and affidavit rules are in Title 12, Chapter 24: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t12c024.php Source: S.C. Code §§ 30-5-30, 30-5-35, 30-5-90, 12-24-10, 12-24-70, 12-24-90

Signing and recording a deed

Before a deed can be recorded it must be proved by a subscribing witness's affidavit, acknowledged under the Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act, or signed and acknowledged in the presence of two witnesses before an officer authorized to administer oaths. The deed must show the grantee's mailing address and include a derivation clause naming where the grantor's title came from (quitclaim and non-warranty deeds are exempt from the derivation clause). A deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value (or fraction) is charged, normally paid by the grantor, and the register of deeds requires an affidavit stating the property's value or the reason for an exemption.

Deed recording fee: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t12c024.php

Source: S.C. Code §§ 30-5-30, 30-5-35, 12-24-10(A), 12-24-20, 12-24-70

Signing and recording a deed

Before a deed can be recorded it must be signed by the grantor in the presence of two witnesses and then proved by a subscribing witness's affidavit or acknowledged before a notary. The deed must show the grantee's mailing address and a derivation clause. Deeds are recorded with the county Register of Deeds (or Clerk of Court in counties without one). A deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value (state $1.30 plus county $0.55) applies, and an affidavit of value must be filed with the deed (stating the exemption, if any).

Fee and affidavit rules are in Title 12, Chapter 24: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t12c024.php

Source: S.C. Code §§ 30-5-30, 30-5-35, 30-5-90, 12-24-10, 12-24-70, 12-24-90

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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