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Criminal Records — South Carolina
Criminal case records for South Carolina are kept by the court that heard each case. In South Carolina, felony cases are tried in the Circuit Court (Court of General Sessions); lesser offenses are heard by county magistrate courts and city municipal courts. Many court records are public and can be viewed or copied at the clerk's office of the court that heard the case. Source: sccourts.org ↗
⚖️ Official criminal records sources in South Carolina
| State court system | South Carolina Judicial Branch |
Criminal Records by County
Abbeville County
Pop. 24,607
Aiken County
Pop. 179,245
Allendale County
Pop. 7,551
Anderson County
Pop. 217,183
Bamberg County
Pop. 12,870
Barnwell County
Pop. 20,495
Beaufort County
Pop. 201,775
Berkeley County
Pop. 264,276
Calhoun County
Pop. 14,249
Charleston County
Pop. 431,001
Cherokee County
Pop. 57,770
Chester County
Pop. 32,323
Chesterfield County
Pop. 44,488
Clarendon County
Pop. 31,030
Colleton County
Pop. 39,259
Darlington County
Pop. 62,425
Dillon County
Pop. 27,577
Dorchester County
Pop. 174,663
Edgefield County
Pop. 29,455
Fairfield County
Pop. 20,369
Florence County
Pop. 138,049
Georgetown County
Pop. 66,035
Greenville County
Pop. 570,745
Greenwood County
Pop. 70,041
Hampton County
Pop. 18,172
Horry County
Pop. 413,391
Jasper County
Pop. 35,618
Kershaw County
Pop. 71,698
Lancaster County
Pop. 111,652
Laurens County
Pop. 70,545
Lee County
Pop. 15,958
Lexington County
Pop. 313,774
Marion County
Pop. 28,368
Marlboro County
Pop. 25,498
McCormick County
Pop. 9,983
Newberry County
Pop. 39,203
Oconee County
Pop. 82,475
Orangeburg County
Pop. 83,129
Pickens County
Pop. 138,207
Richland County
Pop. 430,651
Saluda County
Pop. 19,452
Spartanburg County
Pop. 369,256
Sumter County
Pop. 104,776
Union County
Pop. 26,678
Williamsburg County
Pop. 29,865
York County
Pop. 303,001