Selling an Inherited Home in Murrells Inlet, SC

This page is general information about selling a home from an estate or trust in South Carolina. It is not legal advice. Who may sell, and how, depends on the will, the trust document, and the court, so please talk with the estate attorney before you act. I am a real estate professional, not a lawyer, and my part is the sale itself.

Once you know where the owner lived, the two courts work differently. Horry County Probate Court, at 1301 Second Avenue in Conway, requires an appointment to open an estate in person, booked by phone or by email. Horry's court also says a will must be filed with it within 30 days of the date of death, describes most estates as running informally with no notices or hearings unless an interested party demands one, and offers estate documents through an online records portal by subscription. Georgetown County Probate Court is in Room 140 at 401 Cleland Street in Georgetown, open 8:30 to 5 on weekdays.

The deed records split the same way, by where the house sits rather than where the owner lived. On the Horry side, I pull the deed through the Register of Deeds' Acclaim Web records, which since March 16, 2026 need a free county login. On the Georgetown side, deed images are at georgetowndeeds.com where available. Either way, we confirm how title was held and what mortgage is still recorded before the attorney plans the closing.

South Carolina's disclosure law does not apply to a transfer by a fiduciary in the course of administering a decedent's estate or a trust; the attorney confirms whether your sale qualifies. A sale to a buyer carries the deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value, $1,387.50 on $375,000, while a deed of distribution passing the house to an heir under the probate code is not subject to it. For tax purposes, an inherited house generally takes a basis equal to its fair market value on the date of death, or the later alternate valuation date the personal representative chooses, according to IRS Publication 523. When heirs disagree, the estate attorney decides how it is resolved, and every heir gets the same comps from me. See what your Murrells Inlet home is worth and selling your home in Murrells Inlet, and call me when you are ready.