(A)(1) The following described portion of Charleston County is transferred and annexed to Dorchester County:

All that area, approximately 30.12 acres, now lying in the County of Charleston and identified as TMS #379-00-00-064 and is Tract 6, a portion of Gahagan Plantation, and shown on a map prepared by Cornerstone Surveying & Engineering, Incorporated, designated as project #04069 and dated October 1, 1993.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 4-3-235

  • Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Probate: Proving a will

(2) The proper proportion of the existing Charleston County indebtedness of the area transferred must be assumed by Dorchester County.

(B) Upon application, the clerk of court, register of mesne conveyances, sheriff, and probate judge of Charleston County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage, or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers, upon payment of proper fees and when this certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Dorchester County, it has the same force and effect in Dorchester County that it had in Charleston County and any record not transferred continues in force and effect, and each has the same force and effect in Dorchester County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Dorchester County.