Gift Deed - South Carolina
GIFT DEED
South Carolina — [________________] County
Before you use this: Confirm title, the full legal description, and all existing liens. This deed conveys only the Grantor's interest and gives no title warranty. Determine the deed recording fee and any exemption from the actual consideration, including debt assumed or forgiven; a family relationship alone does not establish an exemption. Arrange two subscribing witnesses and an acknowledgment before an authorized officer. Prepare a value or exemption affidavit unless the recording office waives it.
Prepared by: [________________________________]
Return recorded deed to: [________________________________]
Tax map / parcel number: [________________________________]
Parties and gift conveyance
Grantor full legal name: [________________________________]
Grantor address: [________________________________]
Grantee full legal name: [________________________________]
Grantee mailing address: [________________________________]
Grantor, wishing to make a present gift to Grantee, for love and affection and without payment of money or other consideration from Grantee, grants, bargains, sells, and releases to Grantee, Grantee's heirs and assigns, all of Grantor's right, title, and interest in the real property located in [________________] County, South Carolina, described in Exhibit A, together with its rights, members, hereditaments, and appurtenances (the Property).
To have and to hold Grantor's interest in the Property to Grantee, Grantee's heirs and assigns, forever. Grantor makes this conveyance without warranty of title, express or implied. This deed does not release any lien or debt or state that Grantee has assumed one.
Existing liens or specific matters to which this conveyance is subject, if any:
[____________________________________________________________]
[____________________________________________________________]
Execution
Witness Grantor's hand and seal on [__/__/____].
Grantor signature: [________________________________] (Seal)
Printed name: [________________________________]
Entity and representative capacity, if applicable: [________________________________]
Signed in our presence; we subscribe as witnesses to Grantor's signature:
Witness 1 signature: [________________________________]
Witness 1 printed name: [________________________________]
Witness 2 signature: [________________________________]
Witness 2 printed name: [________________________________]
Acknowledgment
State of [________________]
County of [________________]
I, [________________________________], [official title], certify that [GRANTOR FULL NAME], [representative capacity, if applicable], personally appeared before me on [__/__/____] and acknowledged the due execution of this Gift Deed in the presence of the two witnesses named above.
Official signature: [________________________________]
Printed name and title: [________________________________]
My commission expires, if applicable: [__/__/____]
Official seal, if required: [________________________________]
Exhibit A — property description
Full legal description of the Property:
[____________________________________________________________]
[____________________________________________________________]
[____________________________________________________________]
Source of Grantor's title (optional for this non-warranty deed): [________________________________]
About this template
- Last updated
- October 17, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 17, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Category
- Real Estate
Legal authority
- S.C. Code Ann. § 27-7-10 (fee-simple conveyance and two witnesses)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 27-7-20 (warranty clause optional)
- S.C. Code § 30-5-30(B) (two-witness acknowledgment route for recording)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 30-5-35(a) (grantee mailing address; no derivation clause for a non-warranty deed)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 30-7-10 (recording priority against specified later claimants)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-10(A) (deed recording fee)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-30(A) (value includes debt assumed or forgiven)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-40(1) (value of $100 or less)
- S.C. Code Ann. § 12-24-70(A) (value or exemption affidavit)
Real estate documents transfer ownership, define who can use a property, and record agreements between buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants. Deeds, purchase agreements, leases, and easements have to be drafted to meet state recording requirements, and mistakes show up at closing or years later in title disputes. Good real estate paperwork moves transactions forward quickly and avoids the kind of problems that only surface when it is time to sell or refinance.
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This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 17, 2026.
S.C. Code § 30-5-30, opening sentence (checked October 9, 2026): "Except as otherwise provided by statute, before any deed or other instrument in writing can be recorded in this State, it must be acknowledged or proved by the method described in subsection (A)(1), (A)(2), or (B)."
S.C. Code § 30-5-30(B) (checked October 9, 2026): "A deed or other instrument must be signed by the grantor, mortgagor, vendor, or lessor and the signing must be acknowledged by the grantor, mortgagor, vendor, or lessor in the presence of two witnesses, taken before some officer within this State competent to administer an oath."
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-7-10 (checked October 17, 2026): "The following form or purport of a release shall, to all intents and purposes, be valid and effectual to carry from one person to another or others the fee simple of any land or real estate if it shall be executed in the presence of and be subscribed by two or more credible witnesses:"
S.C. Code Ann. § 27-7-20 (checked October 17, 2026): "Section 27-7-10 shall be so construed as not to oblige any person to insert the clause of warranty or to restrain him from inserting any other clause in conveyances, as may be deemed proper and advisable by the purchaser and seller, or to invalidate the forms formerly in use within this State."
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