South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

S 744 — Eviction Expungement

Last action — Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Stalled 14% · moderate confidence

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-37-170 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EVICTIONS MAY BE EXPUNGED.

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2025-2026 Bill 744 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
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10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 744Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-37-170 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EVICTIONS MAY BE EXPUNGED.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Chapter 37, Title 27 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      Section 27-37-170.
A person may apply for an expungement of their civil eviction file to the magistrate court in the county in which he resides.
The expungement must be granted if the person has had no additional evictions for a period of at least five years within this State since the last eviction.
The magistrate court shall conduct a search through the public index or another reasonable method to certify that no other evictions have occurred within the previous five years.
Fees must be set by the South Carolina Office of Court Administration for civil expungement.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Action History

  1. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Introduced and read first time

  3. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  4. Prefiled

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Sponsors (1)

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 744 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-37-170 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EVICTIONS MAY BE EXPUNGED.
Who sponsors S 744?
S 744 is sponsored by Senator Russell L. Ott.
What is the current status of S 744?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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