South Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Anderson County, SC
Anderson County (population 205,928) records real-property documents through the Anderson County Register of Deeds. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Anderson County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Anderson County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Anderson County Courthouse, 100 S. Main Street, Room 101, Anderson, SC 29624 (mailing: PO Box 8002, Anderson, SC 29622)
- Phone
- 864-260-4053 (office); 864-260-4054 also listed
- Checks payable to
- Anderson County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Anderson County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $15 first page (base recording fee)
- Additional pages
- $5 each additional page
- Other fees
- SC state deed recording fee (documentary tax) of $1.85 per $500 of stated value applies to all ownership-transfer deeds, collected by the SC Dept. of Revenue via the recording office
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Anderson County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Anderson County requires
- Cover sheet
- Cover sheet required for e-recording; 3"x3" blank space upper right corner of first page for paper deeds per SC statewide practice; see official Document Recording Checklist
Can you e-record in Anderson County?
Anderson County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Anderson County, South Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Anderson County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Anderson County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Anderson County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Anderson County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Anderson County property are searchable at Anderson County Assessor's Office (Property Search / GIS). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
Filing with Jurably in South Carolina
South Carolina requires two subscribing witnesses physically present at signing (S.C. Code §30-5-30), which our online notarization flow can't satisfy — not currently supported. See the states we file in.