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Preparation & Execution MUST be completed prior to attempting to record the document in the Register of Deeds. Please note: South Carolina is an Attorney State when it comes to Deed preparation. Any preparation by an individual is considered an unauthorized practice of law.

NOTE: The recording pre-requisites are fairly simple: in order to be recorded, an instrument must be signed by the grantor, mortgagor, vendor, lessor or maker in the presence of two witnesses and taken before a notary. (See Section 8.3 for exceptions/additional requirements.)

A South Carolina deed must include the original signature of the current owner (the grantor). Signatures should match and appear immediately above the signer's printed or typed name in the deed. Notarization. The current owner's execution of the deed must be acknowledged before a notary or other authorized officer.

The prior owner conveying the property is primarily responsible for payment, and the new owner is secondarily responsible. The deed-recording fee rate is $1.85 for each $500.00 of the real estate's value.

New Owners Fill out a Transfer of Ownership form. This form must include the previous owner's signature as well as a notary signature. Send to the Division immediately.

The new owner or other person requesting recording must present to the register of deeds a completed affidavit for taxable or exempt transfers when filing a South Carolina deed. The affidavit calculates the deed recording fee?attesting to the property's value or the reason the deed is tax-exempt.