Selling a Home During a Divorce in Murrells Inlet, SC

Selling a house during a divorce in Murrells Inlet needs a process neither owner has to second-guess. Local to Coastal Realty sends pricing, offers, showing feedback, and the timeline to both of you at once, or to your attorneys if you prefer, with the same comps behind every number. I handle the sale and leave the settlement to you and your attorneys. If both names are on the title, both sign the deed.

Murrells Inlet straddles Horry and Georgetown counties, and that splits the court from the deed. The family court is set by where you live, not where the house sits: South Carolina tries a divorce in the county where the defendant lives, or where you last lived together. The residence rule is one year in South Carolina before filing, cut to three months for the filing spouse when you both live in the state. For Horry, that is the Clerk of Court at 1301 Second Avenue in Conway, which has its own Family Court line and a South Strand office at 9630 Scipio Lane. For Georgetown County, Family Court is at 401 Cleland Street in Georgetown.

The deed, on the other hand, lives in the county where the house is. On the Horry side, the Register of Deeds is also at 1301 Second Avenue, its records are online through Acclaim Web, and since March 16, 2026 the county's land records sites require a free login. Horry also runs a free Recording Notification Service that emails you when anything is recorded under your name, which is worth setting up on a jointly owned house during a case. On the Georgetown side, the county's online record system at georgetowndeeds.com shows deed images where they are available. I pull the deed first, because whose names are on it decides who signs.

South Carolina's disclosure law does not apply to a transfer between spouses resulting from a divorce decree or marital property distribution order. A regular sale to an outside buyer generally needs the disclosure statement before the contract is signed, unless another listed exemption applies. The seller pays the deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value. The IRS lets you exclude up to $250,000 of gain on a main home, or $500,000 on a joint return, when the ownership and use tests are met, and it counts a former spouse's use under a divorce or separation instrument toward that test. Read selling your home in Murrells Inlet, see what your Murrells Inlet home is worth, and call me when you are ready.