South Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Cherokee County, SC
Cherokee County (population 56,406) records real-property documents through the Cherokee 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.
Cherokee County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Cherokee County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Cherokee County Register of Deeds, 110 Railroad Ave., Gaffney, SC 29340
- Phone
- (864) 487-2575
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30–5:00; recording stops at 4:30
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Cherokee County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $15.00 per deed, any number of pages
- Additional pages
- None; flat fee per document
- Other fees
- Mortgages, easements, leases $25.00; affidavits, assignments, releases $10.00; plats $25.00; copies $0.50 per page; certification $10.00
- Transfer tax on deeds
- Deed recording fee of $3.70 per $1,000 of consideration ($2.60 state + $1.10 county), paid to the Register of Deeds at recording; affidavit of consideration required
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Cherokee County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Cherokee County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 paper; 1.5-inch top and bottom margins; black or dark blue ink; no highlighting; names typed under signatures
- Submission & return
- Mailed back in the self-addressed stamped envelope you provide
Checked against official Cherokee County and South Carolina sources on October 6, 2026: cherokeecountysc.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Cherokee County?
Cherokee 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 Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Cherokee 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 Cherokee County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Cherokee County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Cherokee County property are searchable at Cherokee County Assessor (Search Our Records / qPublic). 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.