Register of Deeds

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**New Recording Fees Go Into Effect In South Carolina on August 1, 2019**

Welcome to the Pickens County Register of Deeds Office. As the custodians and managers of the Public records for the county, we are pleased to provide this web site to provide answers to questions you may have about our office. The Register of Deeds Office exists primarily to enable the owner of an interest in property to give public notice of that ownership. We are responsible for the recording, indexing, maintenance, integrity and safe keeping of the public records for which we are legally entrusted. The staff and I in the Register of Deeds office are eager to provide you with the friendliest, efficient, and the most courteous service possible.

Help Us Fight Identity Theft
If you see a social security number or Birth Date in the public records, please contact us at (864) 898-5868 or click HERE to email us.

Amendment to the Code of Law (Regarding Public Records)

'A person preparing or filing a document for recordation or filing in the official records may not include a social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords in the document, unless expressly required by law. An individual has a right to request a register of deeds or clerk of court to remove, from an image or copy of an official record placed on a publicly available Internet web site or on a publicly available Internet web site used by a register of deeds or clerk of court to display public records, any social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords contained in an official record. The request must be made in writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission or in person, to the register of deeds or clerk of court. The request must specify the identification page number that contains the social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords to be redacted. There is no fee for the redaction pursuant to request.' South Carolina General Assembly Bill Number 453 – Signed by the Governor April 2, 2008 with an effective date of December 31, 2008.

Paul A. McGuffin, Registrar
Pickens County Administration Facility
222 McDaniel Avenue, B-5
Pickens, SC 29671
Phone: (864) 898-5868
Office Hours: 8:00AM to 5:00PM, Monday – Friday (We stop Recording Documents at 4:30PM)
Records Room closes at 4:50PM