County Register of Deeds

2025-2026 Bill 5284: County Register of Deeds

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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A218, R217, H5284

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Rep. Gagnon

Document Path: LC-0659WAB26.docx

Introduced in the House on February 26, 2026

Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2026

Governor's Action: May 19, 2026, Signed

Summary: County Register of Deeds

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/26/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 14
)

2/26/2026

House

Referred to
Abbeville Delegation
(
House Journal-page 14
)

3/25/2026

House

Delegation report: Favorable
Abbeville Delegation
(
House Journal-page 2
)

3/26/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 37
)

3/26/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 37
)

3/26/2026

House

Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day (
House Journal-page 38
)

3/27/2026

House

Read third time and sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 3
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 14
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 14
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 9
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 68
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0 (
Senate Journal-page 68
)

4/16/2026

Senate

Read third time and enrolled (
Senate Journal-page 12
)

5/14/2026

Ratified R 217

5/19/2026

Signed By Governor

6/5/2026

Effective date 05/19/26

6/3/2026

Act No. 218

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

02/26/2026
03/25/2026
04/01/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A218, R217, H5284)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-10, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF A REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO INCLUDE ABBEVILLE COUNTY AMONG THE COUNTIES EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THESE DUTIES BE PERFORMED BY THE CLERK OF COURT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-12, RELATING TO COUNTIES WHERE THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY APPOINTS THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO INCLUDE ABBEVILLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Counties exempt from Clerk of Court performing Register of Deeds duties

SECTION 1. Section 30-5-10(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(A) In every county in the State other than Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, 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 Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties.

Counties appointing Register of Deeds

SECTION 2. Section 30-5-12(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(A) The governing bodies of Abbeville, Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Florence, 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.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 19th day of May, 2026.

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