If you are considering transferring your real or personal property to a family member or friend upon your death without going through probate, you should fill out and sign a South Carolina Transfer on Death Deed . A Beneficiary Deed of this kind will protect the interests of both parties: the grantor will keep their possessions for life and the grantee becomes the owner once the grantor passes away. The South Carolina Code of Laws requires the grantor to draft and formalize the deed properly to make sure it is valid: acknowledge the intention to transfer property before two witnesses or a notary public and file a copy of the deed with the local register of deeds.
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