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South Carolina court case lookup

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58 verified official routes · Last reviewed 2026-07-22

1 verified official route currently tracked for South Carolina.

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    Verified 2026-07-22

    South Carolina Judicial Branch Public Index

    South Carolina county public indexes and available magistrate or municipal court records

    Official sourcepublicindex.sccourts.org

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    Case number · Party name · Filing or event date
    Cost
    No public-index search fee stated
    Account
    No account required for public index search

    Why this route: This page is already focused on this official portal · South Carolina matches the selected jurisdiction · This portal accepts case-number lookup

    Registration, format, access, and source details
    Court level
    State / state
    Query methods
    Case number · Party name · Filing or event date
    Registration
    No account required for public index search
    Fees
    No public-index search fee stated
    Case number format
    General Sessions and Common Pleas numbers use YYYY + two-letter court type + two-digit county code + five-digit case ID. Summary-court numbers use YYYY + A + two-digit county code + eight-digit case ID.
    Last verified
    2026-07-22
    Public / restricted
    County-based public case index with partial summary-court coverage; nonpublic records are excluded

    Choose a county before searching the official public index. The court help documents case-number structures for General Sessions, Common Pleas, Master-in-Equity, magistrate, and municipal records.

    Municipal coverage is limited to participating courts, and JavaScript and cookies are required. Confidential or sealed matters are excluded; home addresses stopped appearing in the public index on January 1, 2026.

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  2. Explainable routing signal

    A documented case-number format was recognized

    Routing confidenceHigh · 92/100

    Jurisdiction
    South Carolina county public indexes and available magistrate or municipal court records
    Most likely court
    Not inferred
    Official portal
    South Carolina Judicial Branch Public Index
    Case type
    Not inferred
    Why this inference
    • Matches the documented South Carolina trial-case signal: year, court marker, county code, and fixed-length case ID format for South Carolina Judicial Branch Public Index. Official evidence

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01 State / state South Carolina Judicial Branch Public Index South Carolina county public indexes and available magistrate or municipal court records Search byCase number · Party name · Filing or event date CostNo public-index search fee stated Verified2026-07-22
Registration
No account required for public index search
Record access
County-based public case index with partial summary-court coverage; nonpublic records are excluded
Case number guidance
General Sessions and Common Pleas numbers use YYYY + two-letter court type + two-digit county code + five-digit case ID. Summary-court numbers use YYYY + A + two-digit county code + eight-digit case ID.

The Judicial Branch provides the county-selection public index without stating a separate search fee. Copy, certification, filing, and clerk services are separate.

Municipal coverage is limited to participating courts, and JavaScript and cookies are required. Confidential or sealed matters are excluded; home addresses stopped appearing in the public index on January 1, 2026.

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What it never does

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Case Number Lookup is an independent directory that helps you reach official U.S. court search portals. It is not a court, clerk, law firm, or background-check service.

You are responsible for confirming any filing, hearing, deadline, or record status directly with the court that owns the case. Courts can change portals, fees, and access rules without notice.

We do not promise that every jurisdiction is covered or that every number format is accepted exactly as shown here. Format guidance is a practical lookup aid, not legal advice.

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