How to search deeds in Hilton Head, SC
Deeds in Hilton Head (Beaufort County) are recorded with the Beaufort County Register of Deeds, searchable by grantor and grantee name. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Hilton Head: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
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Step by step in Hilton Head
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Start from the parcel
The Beaufort County Assessor parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Beaufort County Register of Deeds grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Hilton Head address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Hilton Head records show
In South Carolina, deeds, mortgages and the satisfactions and releases of them are recorded with the county Register of Deeds. An unrecorded deed or mortgage is not valid against later creditors or purchasers for value without notice; the instrument counts only from the day and hour it is recorded (S.C. Code § 30-7-10).
A South Carolina mortgagee that has been paid in full must enter satisfaction of the mortgage within three months after the mortgagor or another interested person asks in writing by certified mail or another method with proof of delivery (S.C. Code § 29-3-310), so a mortgage with no recorded satisfaction is still of record.
The Beaufort County Register of Deeds links each mortgage to the satisfaction recorded for it by book and page.
A judgment is a lien on a debtor's real estate in a county only once it is entered on that county's book of abstracts of judgments, and lasts ten years from the date of the judgment (S.C. Code § 15-35-810).
What the report checks in Hilton Head
- The vesting deed, then deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, assignments and modifications recorded with the Register of Deeds
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Hilton Head not cover?
Documents are tied to the property by parcel number, street address or lot, unit and subdivision; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Hilton Head property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Hilton Head property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Hilton Head title search guide
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