Name: Certificate of Trust
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Included Forms

All Charleston County specific forms and documents listed below are included in your immediate download package:

Charleston County Certificate of Trust Form Page 1

Certificate of Trust Form - Charleston County

Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements
Included document last updated 9/23/2021

Charleston County Certificate of Trust Guide Page 1

Certificate of Trust Guide - Charleston County

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form
Included document last updated 10/5/2021

Charleston County Completed Example of the Certificate of Trust Document Page 1

Completed Example of the Certificate of Trust Document - Charleston County

Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included document last updated 10/1/2021

Included Supplemental Documents

The Following South Carolina and Charleston County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order.

Recording Requirements - Information Sheet (South Carolina Document)

Recording Fee Manual (South Carolina Document)

Deed Stamps Table (South Carolina Document)

Affidavit for Taxable Transfers (South Carolina Document)

Affidavit for Exempt Transfers (South Carolina Document)

Certificate of Acknowledgment - Individual (South Carolina Document)

Certificate of Acknowledgment - Representative (South Carolina Document)

Jurat (South Carolina Document)

Frequently Asked Questions:

How long does it take to get my forms?
- Forms are available immediately after submitting payment.
What are supplemental forms?
- Often when a deed is recorded additional documents are required by the state or local jurisdiction. These could be tax related, informational, or even as simple as a coversheet. Supplemental forms are provided for free with your order where available.
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Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Charleston County ?
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Are there any recurring fees involved?
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Areas covered by these Certificate of Trust Forms:

Charleston County

Including:

Adams Run
Awendaw
Charleston
Charleston Afb
Folly Beach
Hollywood
Isle Of Palms
Johns Island
Mc Clellanville
Mount Pleasant
North Charleston
Ravenel
Sullivans Island
Wadmalaw Island

What is the South Carolina Certificate of Trust?

South Carolina Certification of Trust

The certification of trust is codified at S.C. Code 62-7-1013 as part of the South Carolina Trust Code. A certificate of trust presents a summary of the trust to which it pertains, and verifies a trust's existence and the trustee's authority to act on behalf of the trust. A trustee may present the document in lieu of the trust instrument any person who is not a trust beneficiary. This allows the trustee to maintain the privacy of the settlor's estate plans by presenting only necessary information about the trust to parties outside the trust arrangement.

The format of the South Carolina certificate presents the most basic information about the trust first, including the name of the trust and date of execution of the trust instrument, and the name of each settlor and the acting trustee's name and address.

The certificate then presents certified statements, made by the trustees, that all currently serving trustees have executed and acknowledged the instrument, and that the trust "has not been revoked, modified, or amended in any manner that would cause the representations contained in the certification of trust to be incorrect" ( 62-4-1013(7)(c)).

Information about the trust's ability to be revoked, and the identity of any person who may revoke the trust pursuant to the terms of the trust instrument comes next, and information regarding the execution of trust documents follows. For trusts with co-trustees, the certificate shows how many trustees are required to execute trustee powers and enumerates the signature requirements established in the trust.

The certificate also requires the name by which the trust is to hold title to assets, typically by way of the trustee (e.g. "John Doe as Trustee of the Doe Revocable Trust Dated..."). In addition, the certificate presents the exact powers of the trustee to enter the transaction for which the certificate is presented, and may make a reference to the powers set forth in the South Carolina Trust Code.

Persons doing business with trustees have certain protections under the statutes. Recipients of a certification of trust, for example, "may assume without inquiry the existence of the facts contained in the certification" and "may enforce the transaction against the trust property as if the representations contained in the certification were correct" ( 62-4-1013(7)(f),(g)). Recipients may request that a trustee provide copies of excerpts from the trust instrument which designate the trustee and present the trustee's relevant powers, in addition to the certificate. Requesting the entire trust instrument opens them up to liabilities, however ( 62-4-1013(7)(h)).

Where a certification of trust is presented for transactions involving real property, the document should meet standards for recording documents in the State of South Carolina. The certificate must be acknowledged by the acting trustees and witnesses in the presence of a Notary Public before it is recorded in the county where the subject real property is situated.

Consult a lawyer with questions regarding certifications of trust in South Carolina.

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Customer Reviews:

4.8 out of 5 (3129 Reviews)

December 6th, 2021

Name: Daniel R.

Review: Could have had Clerk's certification of mailing form after it is recorded. Not fatal, but I did have to resort to reading the statute as well.

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December 3rd, 2021

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