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S744 • 2026

Eviction Expungement

Eviction Expungement

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Sponsor
Senator Ott
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journal-page 39 )
Effective date
Not listed

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Eviction Expungement

Eviction Expungement

What This Bill Does

  • Eviction Expungement

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 39 )

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journal-page 39 )

  3. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Prefiled

  4. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Eviction Expungement

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2025-2026 Bill 744: Eviction Expungement - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ott
Document Path: LC-0434SA26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Judiciary
Summary: Eviction Expungement
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 39
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 39
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
27-37-170
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EVICTIONS MAY BE EXPUNGED.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 37, Title 27 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

S
ection
27-37-170
. A person may apply for an expungement of their civil eviction file to
the magistrate court in the county in which he resides. The expungement must be
granted if the person has had no additional evictions for a period of at least
five years within this State since the last eviction. The magistrate court
shall conduct a search through the public index or another reasonable method to
certify that no other evictions have occurred within the previous five years.
Fees must be set by the South Carolina Office of Court Administration for civil
expungement.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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