South Carolina Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator
Built from the statute and cross-checked against what the revenue department currently applies.
Verified September 21, 2026 · statute and revenue department cross-checked
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Who pays
Seller.
What to know about South Carolina
South Carolina calls it a deed recording fee, but it works like a transfer tax at 0.37 percent. The county share is fixed by statute, so it does not vary by location.
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Sources
Statute: S.C. Code § 12-24-10
S.C. Code § 12-24-10 “The fee is one dollar eighty-five cents for each five hundred dollars, or fractional part of five hundred dollars, of the realty’s value ... a state fee equal to one dollar thirty cents ... a county fee equal to fifty-five cents”
Last verified: September 21, 2026.
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Estimates only. Your closing agent or the county recorder issues the final figure, and exemptions can change what you owe. This page does not collect or store anything you enter.