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SC · Durable Power of Attorney
Make your South Carolina power of attorney.
Name someone you trust to handle your finances if you can't. Legally valid in South Carolina once signed under the South Carolina signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
South Carolina POA requirements
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About your agent, the powers you want to grant, and when they take effect.
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Download your power of attorney
A complete, personalized document, formatted for South Carolina.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses and a notary. Give a copy to your agent.
Recording your South Carolina POA
South Carolina conditions all of the agent's authority after the principal's incapacity on the power of attorney having been recorded in the same manner as a deed in the county where the principal resides, whether or not real property is involved (S.C. Code §62-8-109(c)). An instrument must be acknowledged or proved before it can be recorded (§30-5-30).
The recording office is the Register of Deeds (or Clerk of Court) in the county where the principal resides at the time the instrument is recorded (or, if the principal resides outside South Carolina, in any county where property of the principal is located). See S.C. Code §62-8-109(c)-(d) (post-incapacity recording requirement) and §30-5-30 (acknowledgment or proof of the instrument as a prerequisite to recording).
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