Spartanburg County Recorder Information

Land records in Spartanburg County are recorded by the Register of Deeds. The office is held by Ashley Williams.

Available online: deeds 1970-present, mortgages 1990-present, plats 1992-present. Older documents are available in the office. Plats recorded before 1992 can be found with the Old Plat Book Search.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Staff Directory • Register of Deeds · Register of Deeds Additional Information

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Other charges

Fee schedule effective July 1, 2023.

StatewideSection 8-21-310 sets uniform filing fees. Twenty-five dollars applies to land sale installment contracts, real estate sales contracts, UCC documents, plats or surveys not attached to another document, real estate leases, partition orders, easements, powers of attorney, and notices of mechanic's lien. Ten dollars applies to revocations of power of attorney, assignments of leases and rents and their releases, separate probates, acknowledgements, affidavits, or certificates, assignments affecting a single mortgage or instrument (seven dollars for each mortgage, instrument, or lien when more than one is affected), trustee qualifications, memoranda or certifications of trust, state or federal liens, lis pendens without summons and complaint, releases of mechanic's liens, and vacation time sharing ownership deeds. Fifteen dollars applies to a Notice of Project Commencement under Section 29-5-23.

Paying the office

Credit and debit payments must be made in person and accompanied by a photo ID that must match the person listed on the card.

Transfer tax

Deed Recording Fee. One dollar eighty-five cents for each five hundred dollars, or fractional part of five hundred dollars, of the realty's value as determined by Section 12-24-30. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-10)

StatewideThe deed recording fee is composed of a state fee of one dollar thirty cents and a county fee of fifty-five cents for each five hundred dollars, or fractional part of five hundred dollars, of the realty's value (S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-90). It is remitted to the clerk of court or register of deeds in the county where the realty is located and recorded; where realty lies in more than one county, the value in each county is stated by affidavit (§ 12-24-50). Before recording, the officer collects the fee and places a notation on the deed showing the filing date and fee collected, or the word "exempt" (§ 12-24-60). Exemptions are listed in § 12-24-40.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: SC Code Title 8 Chapter 21 - Fees and Costs · SC Code Title 12 Chapter 24 - Deed Recording Fee · Spartanburg County Register of Deeds Fee Schedule – Effective July 1, 2023 · Spartanburg County Register of Deeds Recording Requirements

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

StatewideDeeds conveying an interest in land and real estate mortgages must include a derivation clause in the property description; a derivation clause is not required on a quitclaim or non-warranty deed or on utility or railroad property (S.C. Code Ann. § 30-5-35). Before recording, a deed or other instrument must be acknowledged or proved as described in § 30-5-30, including by affidavit of a subscribing witness or by acknowledgment in the presence of two witnesses.

Original documents with original signatures must be presented in the order in which they are to be recorded. Documents should not contain white-out, correction tape or scribbles. The probate clause should state that the subscribing witness is not a party to or beneficiary of the transaction (SC Code 26-1-120(E)(4)). Notaries should include their printed name along with signature and expiration of commission. Do not leave blanks within the derivation.

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Affidavit showing the value of the realty Statewide Clerk of court or register of deeds
  Filed with a deed; for exempt deeds the affidavit states the reason for the exemption; the clerk of court or register of deeds may waive it
• Affidavit Spartanburg County Register of Deeds
  Affidavits are required on deeds. An affidavit is not required for an instrument or deed of distribution assigning, transferring, or releasing real property to the distributee of an estate pursuant to Section 62-3-907

Submitting documents

StatewideWritings concerning titles to land are recorded in the order in which they are brought to the office, and every such writing is to be recorded within thirty days after its lodgment (S.C. Code Ann. § 30-5-90).

Documents cannot be left after the 4:30 p.m. cut-off time. The cut-off time for E-filing is 4 p.m.; documents time stamped after 4 p.m. are processed on the next business day.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: SC Code Title 12 Chapter 24 - Deed Recording Fee · SC Code Title 30 Chapter 5 - Recording Generally · Spartanburg County Register of Deeds Recording Requirements