Text of (A) effective until January 1, 2025 (A) The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon. Text of (A) effective January 1, 2025 (A) The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon. (B) The governing body of Georgetown County may appoint a register of deeds only after advertising the information concerning the appointment for two weeks before action is taken in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 153, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 5, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 294, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 417, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 8, Section 2; 2000 Act No. 272, Section 2; 2001 Act No. 75, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 140, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 299, Section 2, eff May 31, 2006; 2008 Act No. 96 Act No. 417, Section 2; 1999 Act No. 8, Section 2; 2000 Act No. 272, Section 2; 2001 Act No. 75, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 140, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 299, Section 2, eff May 31, 2006; 2008 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 15, 2008); 2010 Act No. 127, Section 2, eff February 24, 2010; 2013 Act No. 12, Section 2, eff April 23, 2013; 2024 Act No. 197 (H.3313), Section 2, eff January 1, 2025.
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