South Carolina § 4-3-235 - Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
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§ 4-3-235. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
(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.
(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.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 255, SECTION 1, eff June 15, 2004.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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