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Williamsburg County Clerk of Court
125 West Main Street
Kingstree, SC 29556
(843) 355-9321 ext. 153
Fax (843) 355-7821
Carolyn F. Williams
Clerk of Court
Description
Each County of South Carolina has an elected Clerk of Court who serves a four-year term. The Clerk of Court serves the Circuit, Juvenile, and Family courts, and also as Register of Deed.
It is the duty of the Clerk of Court to provide administrative support, maintain court records and information of the judicial system for Common Pleas, Family Court, and General Sessions including criminal felony and misdemeanor cases, civil, family, and juvenile cases.
Records include the filing of new civil cases, judgments, Lis Pendens, arbitration actions and attachments, coordinating motion hearings, jury and non-jury court proceedings, and court rosters for attorneys.
The Clerk of Court has jurisdiction in matters such as child support, alimony, domestic abuse, divorces, interstate custody case, URESA (Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act), visitation, separate maintenance, custody, name change, annulment, paternity, equitable distribution,
legal guardianship, support modification and termination of support, Family Court maintains case records and records associated with court actions.
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Register of Deeds
Contracts
Deeds
Financial Statements
Judgements
Liens (South Carolina & Federal)
Mortgages (Real & Personal)
Plats/Maps
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Family Court
Adoption
Divorces
Custody Hearings
Emergency Domestic Protective Hearings
Receiving and Disbursing Child Support
Rule to Show Cause
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Civil Court
Rosters for Jury & Non-Jury Cases
Car Accident Cases
Claim and Delivery (Repossession)
Foreclosures
Condemnations
Post Conviction Relief Hearings (PCR)
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Criminal/General Sessions Court
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Appointment of Public Defender
Approval of Bonds
Dispositions of all General Sessions Cases
Receiving Fines, Fees, and Disbursing Restitution Payments
Receiving Warrants and Bonds
Circuit Court Division & Register of Deeds Staff
Laura Brown
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Rhonda July
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Maurice Morris
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Tammy Jones
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Family Court Division Staff
Lucinda Green
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Ethel Holmes
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Karla Joe
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Leslie Nesmith
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