South Carolina Department of Archives and History

12-501.1. Grantor and Grantee Index to Conveyances. A. Description: A finding aid to instruments in the conveyance book series. Information includes name of grantee and grantor, book and page number where document is recorded, day and year of execution, month, day and year of rec…

12-501.10. Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements. A. Description: Original papers recording liens on personal property under the Uniform Commer- cial Code adopted for South Carolina as of January 1968. These replace chattel mortgages. Information includes file number, debt…

12-501.11. Charters. A. Description: Consists of information on charters which have been recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. Information includes name of organization, incorporators, date, place of activities, capital, stock, increases in capital stock and cancellat…

12-501.12. Chattel Mortgages and Indexes. A. Description: Defunct series containing original papers recording liens on personal property by chattel mortgages. Information includes debtor’s name and address, secured party, filing date, time, number, officer, types of property cove…

12-501.13. Index to Federal Tax Liens. A. Description: Finding aid to federal tax liens. Information includes name of taxpayer, address of taxpayer, date of filing, hour of filing, and amount of tax with interest. B. Retention: Permanent. Microfilm optional. HISTORY: Added by Sta…

12-501.14. Federal Tax Liens. A. Description: Standard forms filed in the office against personal property as a means of collecting delinquent federal taxes. Information includes period ending, type and amount of taxes owed, amount of penalty, amount of interest, total taxes, nam…

12-501.15. Index to State Tax Liens. A. Description: Finding aid to state tax liens. Information includes name of taxpayer, address of taxpayer, date of filing, hour of filing, and amount of tax with interest. B. Retention: 10 years, then destroy. HISTORY: Added by State Register…

12-501.16. State Tax Liens. A. Description: Standard forms filed in the office against personal property as a means of collecting delinquent state taxes. Information includes period ended, type and amount of taxes owed, amount of penalty, interest, total tax, name/address of taxp…

12-501.17. Index to Mechanics Liens. A. Description: Serves as the principal finding aid for locating mechanics liens. Information includes name of plaintiff, name of defendant, and file number. B. Retention: 10 years after final entry has been executed, discharged, released, or …

12-501.18. Mechanics Liens. A. Description: Records transcripts of mechanics’ and contractor’s claims filed as statutory liens on property to secure payment of debt for materials or labor used thereon. Information includes name of defendant, name of plaintiff, description of lien…

12-501.2. Conveyances (Deeds, Titles to Real Estate). A. Description: Documents real property transactions plus infrequent entries involving personal property. Information includes grantor, grantee, location and description of land, monetary consider- ation, encumbrances (if any)…

12-501.3. Mortgagor and Mortgagee Index to Real Estate Mortgages. A. Description: A finding aid to instruments in the real estate mortgage book series. Information includes name of mortgagee and mortgagor, book and page number where document is recorded, and the date. B. Retentio…

12-501.4. Real Estate Mortgages and Satisfactions. A. Description: Records the transfer of property, serving as a security for a debt which becomes void when the debt is paid according to the terms of the mortgage. Information includes name of mortgagor and mortgagee, description…

12-501.5. Index to Plats. A. Description: A finding aid to plats. Information includes name of owner and surveyor, date filed, date surveyed, volume and page number, property location, description, map number. B. Retention: Permanent. Microfilm for security. HISTORY: Added by Sta…

12-501.6. Plats. A. Description: Documents the legal survey and mapping of lands for grants and conveyances. Information includes location, boundaries and divisions, date of survey, certificate of surveyor, scale, property owners, date of recording, and plat. B. Retention: Perman…

12-501.7. Index to Miscellaneous Records. A. Description: A finding aid to instruments in the miscellaneous record series. Information includes name of party, book and page number. B. Retention: Permanent. Microfilm optional. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. …

12-501.8. Miscellaneous Records. A. Description: Various instruments filed with the register of mesne conveyance or clerk of court as register of mesne conveyance. These include charters, contracts, options, agreements, powers of attorney, covenants, articles of association, arti…

12-501.9. Index to Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements. A. Description: A finding aid for liens on personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code adopted for South Carolina as of January 1968. Information includes name of debtor, date of personal debt, date of matur…

12-502.1. Incident Reports. A. Description: Records the original report of a felony or incident and pertinent facts surrounding the offense. Information includes incident type, case number, NCIC entry, incident code, premise type, incident location, incident date, time date, repo…

12-502.10. Case Files. A. Description: Compilation of all relevant data necessary for the creation of a case against a defendant(s) on a particular crime. Information includes detailed investigative data on the offense and the defendant(s) compiled on several standard forms such …

12-502.11. Evidence Case Files. A. Description: Property invoice and receipt showing evidence taken from crime scene and suspects. Information includes case number, crime type, victim name and address, suspect name and address, location, examination requested, lab case number, it…

12-502.12. Booking Reports. A. Description: Record of all persons arrested and booked by the Sheriff’s office. Information includes agency identification, case number, name, sex, date of birth, docket number, age, height, weight, hair, eyes, social security number, visible scars …

12-502.13. Arrest Cards. A. Description: Card system which serves as a record of arrests in the sheriff’s department. Information includes race, height, sex, date of birth, social security number, age, date and place of birth along with case number, date arrested, charge, and dis…

12-502.14. Fingerprint Files. A. Description: Records fingerprints of persons arrested by the sheriff’s department. These files are utilitized for investigative and identification purposes. Information includes date, name and address of defendant, date of birth, social security n…

12-502.15. Mug Shots. A. Description: Photographs of individuals who have been arrested and charged with various criminal offenses. These photographs are used by law enforcement personnel, victims, and witnesses to aid in identification of suspects. Information includes person’s …

12-502.16. Inmate Medical Forms. A. Description: Medical screening record created upon the incarceration of an inmate and compiled throughout the incarceration of the inmate. Information includes Receiving Screening Form, Display Medical Screening, nurse’s and physician’s notes, …

12-502.17. Inmate Request Forms. A. Description: Record of inmate requests. Information includes date of request, inmate’s name, cell location, date of birth, type of request. B. Retention: 3 years, then destroy. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 26, Issue No. 4, eff April …

12-502.18. Inmate Visitor Log. A. Description: Record of each inmate’s visitors. Information includes date, inmate’s name, time in/out, visitor’s name, relation to inmate. B. Retention: 3 years, then destroy. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 26, Issue No. 4, eff April 26, …

12-502.19. Inmate Accounting Records. A. Description: Listing of the inmates assigned to each cell. Information includes shift number, shift time, date, time of report, cell identification, max, act, booking number, name of inmate and comments. B. Retention: 5 years, then destroy…

12-502.2. Criminal History Records. A. Description: Records complete cumulative original history on any subject arrested for a crime by the Sheriff’s department. Information may include any/all of the following: name, date of birth, physical description, FBI number, address, empl…

12-502.20. Arrest Warrants. A. Description: Sheriff’s office copies of orders issued by judges or magistrates to arrest a subject for suspicion of a crime. Information includes name of county, name and address of defendant, date, description, description of offense, location of j…

12-502.21. Daily Shift Report. A. Description: Record of daily activities during each shift. Information includes employees working, shift, census report, custodial report, shift supervisor’s signature. B. Retention: 3 years, then destroy. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume …

12-502.22. Training Files. A. Description: Summary training information of all commissioned personnel. Information in- cludes appointment/commission; copies of application for Police Academy, including photo copies of High School Diplomas, GED or official transcript, certified co…

12-502.23. Dispatch Records. A. Description: Records each time an officer is dispatched in response to a citizen’s call. Informa- tion includes complainant’s name, complainant’s address, and complainant’s phone number. B. Retention: 3 years, then destroy. HISTORY: Added by State …

12-502.24. Complaint Cards. A. Description: Documents the complaints received by the Sheriff’s Department. Information includes complaint number, nature/code complaint, date received, name of complainant, home address and telephone number, time received, action taken, time dispat…

12-502.25. Polygraph Records. A. Description: Sheriff’s Department copies of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s record of the testing of subjects who submit to a polygraph test in an effort to determine truthfulness regarding facts in an investigation of a criminal act…

12-502.26. SLED Lab Reports. A. Description: Report from SLED explaining preliminary examination of evidence submitted from the sheriff’s department regarding crimes that have been committed. Information includes date, reference (case number, victim’s name, subject, offense, loca…

12-502.27. Property Receipts. A. Description: Records collection of personal property taken from abandoned vehicles, recovered stolen vehicles, and other stolen property. Information includes date, time, case number, description of property, name and address of owner (if availabl…

12-502.28. Radio Logs. A. Description: Document all incoming and outgoing radio communications. Information in- cludes date, time, broadcast from, broadcast to, signal number, message, dispatcher name, on duty time, and off duty time. B. Retention: 2 years, then destroy. HISTORY:…

12-502.29. Summons and Arrest. A. Description: Standard state form including the following information: driver’s name, address, occupation, state licensed, license number, vehicle number, state, make of vehicle, year, name of trial officer, street and number, city, date of trial,…

12-502.3. Writ Book (Receipt Book for Civil Papers Served). A. Description: Record of initial and intermediate civil processes served including writs, citations, subpoenas, notices, injunction, or warrants (19th century volumes may include criminal processes). Information include…

12-502.30. Uniform Crime Reports. A. Description: Copy of the monthly statistics sent to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division outlining criminal activity within the county. Information includes date, case number, description of crime, subject name, victim name, officer number,…

12-502.4. Execution Books. A. Description: Record of all final civil processes received by the sheriff for executions against property to satisfy judgements issued from the court. Information includes kind of process, when lodged, name of parties, debt and interest, attorneys’ na…

12-502.5. Tax Execution Books. A. Description: Record of delinquent taxes turned over for execution. Information includes number of tax execution, name of defaulter, date of entry, amount of taxes and penalties collected (later volumes may contain property valuations). B. Retenti…

12-502.6. Sale Book. A. Description: Record of all relevant information pertaining to property sold by the sheriff for satisfaction of judgement or liquidation of confiscated and stolen goods. Information includes parties, date of advertisement, when sold, description of property…

12-502.7. Jail Book. A. Description: Record of persons incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes name of prisoner, offense, date of commitment, by whom committed, bond, releasing officer, date released, how released, and remarks. B. Retention: Permanent. Microfilm opt…

12-502.8. Juvenile Booking Records. A. Description: Documents juveniles arrested and booked by county law enforcement. Informa- tion includes date, name, alias, address, nearest relative, relative’s address, charge, arresting officer. B. Retention: 3 years after subject reaches m…