Clerk of Court

The Edgefield County Clerk of Court’s Office oversees the 11^th Judicial Circuit Courts for Edgefield County. These courts are separated into three separate divisions: General Sessions, Common Pleas, and Family Court. General Sessions comprises of criminal charges, usually on the felony level; Common Pleas processes civil matters which are outside of the Magistrate’s jurisdiction; and Family Court handles domestic (divorces, child support, child custody, etc.) and juvenile matters.

The Clerk of Court is also the Register of Deeds. The Register of Deeds office files and keeps records of all land transactions, such as deeds, plats, mortgages, Power of Attorney’s, and liens. The documents in this office go back as far as 1913 in paper form; any document recorded after 1996 is in a digital record form.

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129 Courthouse Square

Edgefield, SC  29824