NOTICE:

A person preparing or filing a document for recordation or filing in the official records may not include a social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords in the document, unless expressly required by law. An individual has a right to request a register of deeds or clerk of court to remove, from an image or copy of an official record placed on a publicly available Internet web site or on a publicly available Internet web site used by a register of deeds or clerk of court to display public records, any social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords contained in an official record. The request must be made in writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission or in person, to the register of deeds or clerk of court. The request must specify the identification page number that contains the social security, driver's license, state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code, or passwords to be redacted. A fee must not be charged for the redaction pursuant to the request.

Probate News Ads Now Available Online

http://news.greenvilleonline.com/probate

Thanks to the efforts of the Greenville News, Probate News Ads can now be accessed on line. The online Ads will include all news ads running from June 1, 2008 forward. Also, the News will archive these ads on their website for 7 years.

News Ads contain the mailing addresses of Personal Representatives along with the legal requirements for filing creditors' claims against estates. Online access will allow quick and easy address information for anyone interested in contacting a Personal Representative. Telephone numbers are not required in a news ad and none will be given over the telephone by Probate research staff.

The link to this service will be posted on our Records and Research page and on our Estates' page. For the next month, we will keep it on this, our main page, for our users to explore.

Thanks to all the nice folks at Greenville News for partnering with us to make this possible at no charge. Saving taxpayer dollars and providing a valuable service is always a good combination.

All the Best, Greenville County Probate Judge