A South Carolina quitclaim deed is a written document that passes the grantor's interest in real estate to the grantee, with no promise about the title. The grantor is the person giving up the interest, and the grantee is the person receiving it. People most often use this deed to add or remove a spouse or to move property between relatives. Create your free form below in minutes.
Last Updated: October 2026. This guide is reviewed and updated regularly to reflect current South Carolina law. If you notice an error or outdated information, please contact us.
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The FormsPal form passes all of the grantor's right, title and interest in the property, if any, and nothing more. If you need a deed that makes promises about the title, see all deed forms.
Two parts of the state code apply to a quitclaim deed. Title 27, Chapter 7 covers how a deed is worded and signed. Title 30, Chapter 5 covers how a deed is acknowledged and recorded. The sections below walk through each rule and show where the FormsPal form handles it.
Each rule is marked with a source number that points to the numbered list at the end of the page. For the basics of this deed type in every state, see our quitclaim deed overview.
Two rules cover signing, and the FormsPal form has a place for each:
The register of deeds for the county where the land sits must record the conveyances and other writings about land titles that are brought in to be recorded. The register records them in the order they arrive.[1.2] After the deed is signed and acknowledged, take it to that office. In a county that has no register of deeds, the clerk of court performs the register's duties (S.C. Code 30-5-10).[1.3]
A state deed recording fee is charged when the deed is recorded. It is the liability of the grantor, or the joint liability of the grantors, and the grantee is secondarily liable for it (S.C. Code 12-24-20(A)).[3.1]
A seal can be implied. Suppose the attestation clause or other parts of a written deed show that the parties meant it to be sealed. South Carolina then treats it as sealed even with no seal attached.[2.2] The attestation clause is the short statement near the signatures that records how the deed was witnessed.
South Carolina law does not oblige anyone to insert a warranty clause in a conveyance. It also does not restrain the buyer and seller from adding any other clause they think proper.[2.1] Page 2 of the FormsPal form states that the property is quit claimed without covenant, representation or warranty of any kind.
The FormsPal form has five pages. Each page has its own job, from the names and the transfer wording at the start to the notary acknowledgments at the end. This overview shows where each part sits before you open the form.
The FormsPal form asks for a handful of details, and it is quicker to collect them before you start. Keep the items below on hand so you can fill in the form in one sitting without stopping to look things up.
The FormsPal form runs five pages, and page 3 is blank on purpose. Fill in the parts below in order, then have the deed signed, witnessed and acknowledged as described under Signing Requirements above.
Keep a copy of the signed and acknowledged deed for your records before you take the original to the register of deeds.
After the signatures and the acknowledgment are done, take the deed to the register of deeds to file it, as covered under Recording Requirements above.
The answer below follows the state statute that sets out the statutory deed form. It also quotes the statute word for word, so you can see exactly what it says and where the rule comes from.
A deed in South Carolina's statutory form carries the fee simple of land from one person to another. It is valid if two or more credible witnesses see it signed, and they sign it too.[2.1] The statute reads:
The following form or purport of a release shall, to all intents and purposes, be valid and effectual to carry from one person to another or others the fee simple of any land or real estate if it shall be executed in the presence of and be subscribed by two or more credible witnesses:
In plain words, the statutory form carries full ownership of land when two or more credible witnesses see it signed and sign it too.
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These are the Code sections this page draws on. Each bracketed marker in the text above points to a numbered source and section listed here, so you can check the wording yourself.
