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Every source behind the South Carolina guide

5 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 20 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch October 3, 2026

What each source establishes

The South Carolina guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

S.C. Code § 62-3-1201

South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC) · 2025 Act No. 26 (H.3472), SECTION 1, eff May 8, 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

state that the value of the entire probate estate (the decedent's property passing under the decedent's will plus the decedent's property passing by intestacy), wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed forty-five thousand dollars

What this means: Threshold $45,000 measured on the entire probate estate less liens and encumbrances (net-of-liens). 2025 Act No. 26 confirms current text — no stale session-law trap.

What was published from this source

  • SC S.C. Code § 62-3-1201

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • threshold $45,000 net of liens
  • 30-day wait
  • section identity 62-3-1201
  • section identity

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Simplified-procedure rule

S.C. Code § 62-3-1203

South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC) · 2025 Act No. 26 (H.3472), SECTION 2, eff May 8, 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

SECTION 62-3-1203. Small estates; summary administrative procedure. (a) If it appears from the inventory and appraisal that the value of the entire probate estate (the decedent's property passing under the decedent's will plus the decedent's property passing by intestacy), less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed forty-five thousand dollars and exempt property, costs and expenses of administration, reasonable funeral expenses, and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent, the personal representative, after publishing notice to creditors pursuant to Section 62-3-801, but without giving additional notice to creditors, may immediately disburse and distribute the estate to the persons entitled thereto

What this means: Summary administration is a distinct procedure from the § 62-3-1201 affidavit: it runs inside an opened estate after a personal representative is appointed and after inventory/appraisal, and is closed by sworn statement under § 62-3-1204. Same $45,000 net-of-liens cap, raised by 2025 Act No. 26.

What was published from this source

  • SC S.C. Code § 62-3-1203

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • SC summary admin $45,000 plus allowances
  • SC summary admin immediate disbursement after notice
  • section identity 62-3-1203
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

S.C. Code § 62-3-719

South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC) · 2013 Act No. 100, SECTION 1, eff January 1, 2014 · Verified August 9, 2026

not to exceed five percent of the appraised value of the personal property of the probate estate plus the sales proceeds of real property of the probate estate received on sales directed or authorized by will or by proper court order

What this means: 5% ceiling applies to appraised personalty PLUS realty-sale proceeds (not unsold realty); minimum $50; separate 5% cap on income earned.

What was published from this source

  • SC S.C. Code § 62-3-719

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • comp ceiling 5% personalty + realty sale proceeds
  • minimum commission $50
  • income 5% cap
  • section identity 62-3-719
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

S.C. Code § 8-21-770

South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 8) · 1995 Act No. 15, SECTION 1, eff April 4, 1995 · Verified August 9, 2026

the fee shall be based upon the gross value of the decedent's probate estate or the protected person's estate as shown on the inventory and appraisement as follows: (1) Property valuation less than $5,000.00 $25.00 (2) Property valuation of $5,000.00 but less than $20,000.00 $45.00 (3) Property valuation of $20,000.00 but less than $60,000.00 $67.50 (4) Property valuation of $60,000.00 but less than $100,000.00 $95.00 (5) Property valuation of $100,000.00 but less than $600,000.00 $95.00 plus .15 percent of the property valuation between $100,000.00 and $600,000.00 (6) Property valuation of $600,000.00 or higher amount set forth in (5) above plus one-fourth of one percent of the property valuation above $600,000.00.

What this means: Graduated statewide schedule keyed to GROSS value of the probate estate. The marginal 0.15%/0.25% pieces apply only to value within their bands, added to the $95 base.

What was published from this source

  • SC S.C. Code § 8-21-770

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • filing fee graduated schedule on gross value
  • section identity 8-21-770
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

S.C. Code §§ 62-3-801, 62-3-803

South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC) · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

to present their claims within eight months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred

What this means: No HISTORY line is emitted for § 62-3-801 in the chapter dump, so currentnessSignal is null; the same file is confirmed current at chapter level by the 2025 Act No. 26 signal on § 62-3-1201. Publication bar (8 months) is kept separate from the actual-notice bar and the § 62-3-803 one-year outer non-claim limit.

What was published from this source

  • SC S.C. Code §§ 62-3-801, 62-3-803

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • publication bar 8 months
  • outer non-claim one year after death
  • section identity 62-3-801
  • section identity

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What South Carolina courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

Limits on court material

  • Probate is heard in the county Probate Court. The filing fee is a statewide graduated schedule (§ 8-21-770); the small-estate affidavit threshold ($45,000) is net of liens and encumbrances.

Checking these South Carolina records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the267 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for South Carolina. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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