Calhoun County Clerk of Court Office
The Calhoun County Clerk of Court page identifies the office as the courthouse records point for Circuit and Family Court matters. The South Carolina Judicial Branch and county officials pages identify Robert Brockington as Clerk of Court. The state courthouse page also lists Register of Deeds under Bob Brockington, but the Phase B map treats the court-record office as a unified Clerk of Court page for this build.
The Clerk of Court office is on the first floor of the Calhoun County Courthouse. It handles the public-facing records channel for civil Court of Common Pleas files, General Sessions criminal files, Family Court matters, docket and roster questions, and certified copies within the office's authority. The Clerk page also notes a filing rule that matters for new cases: the office no longer accepts or files civil, criminal, or other actions that do not contain a cover sheet.
Calhoun County Clerk of Court
Clerk: Robert Brockington
902 South F.R. Huff Drive
St. Matthews, SC 29135
Mailing: PO Box 709, St. Matthews, SC 29135-0709
(803) 874-3524
Fax: (803) 874-1942
Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5 PM; closed major holidays
Source view: the county Clerk of Court page shows the office location, hours, contact details, and Family Court phone path.
The county page confirms the basic office facts that should be checked before an in-person records visit.
Calhoun County Clerk Record Duties
The Clerk of Court is the public records counter for Circuit and Family Court files, but not for every record in the county. Probate estates and marriage licenses are handled by Probate Court. Magistrate and Municipal Court cases may have separate lower-court access points. County executive-branch records may use the Calhoun FOIA process. That division is why a Calhoun County Clerk of Court records request should identify the court, case type, party names, and document needed.
- Maintains Circuit Court civil and General Sessions criminal court records.
- Serves as the local Family Court contact for divorce, support, custody, visitation, and related domestic case records.
- Routes child-support information requests through the state child-support line when a case ID is needed.
- Applies cover-sheet filing requirements for new civil, criminal, and other court actions.
- Supports certified-copy and records access for eligible public court files.
Family Court matters use the same Clerk phone and fax. For child support information, the county page directs callers to 1-800-768-5858 and says the caller needs a case ID. If the case ID is not known, the Clerk's office can provide it by phone option.
Request Calhoun Clerk Certified Copies
A certified copy is a court copy with official certification for legal use. It may be needed for appeals, background review, name changes, family-law orders, benefits, property issues, or another court filing. Online case indexes can help identify the case number and court, but an online summary is not the same as a certified copy from the Clerk of Court.
- Search the public index or court roster first if the case number, court, or party spelling is unknown.
- Call the Clerk of Court at (803) 874-3524 to confirm the file is held by the Clerk and is available for copying.
- Prepare the case number, party names, case type, document name, and whether certification is needed.
- Ask the office how payment and pickup or mailing should be handled for that specific file.
- If the record is a county-government record rather than a court file, use the Calhoun FOIA channel instead.
The state Case Records Search page links to county trial court public index access, while court rosters are the better path for hearing dates. Family Court public information is handled through a separate public index portal. Records that are sealed, expunged, juvenile, adoption-related, or otherwise restricted may not be available as ordinary certified copies.
Calhoun County Records Request Fields
Calhoun County's FOIA page says elected officials are responsible for their own FOIA requests, so Clerk-held court records and county executive-branch records should not be confused. The county still provides a general FOIA request page and a PDF request form for county records outside immediate inspection categories or outside direct court-copy channels.
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Requestor name. |
| Date of Request | Date | Unspecified | Date field. |
| Address, city, state, ZIP | Text | Unspecified | Mailing address fields. |
| Phone Number | Text | Unspecified | Contact phone. |
| Text/email | Unspecified | Contact email. | |
| Signature | Signature | Yes | The PDF form must be signed. |
| Information Requested | Multiline text | Yes | Be as specific as possible and attach pages if needed. |
| Department Subject to Request | Text | County use | County-use-only field. |
Written county FOIA requests may be submitted through the online NextRequest form, by printed PDF form, in person at the Courthouse Annex, by mail to Calhoun County, Attn: Director of Human Resources, 108 Courthouse Drive, St. Matthews, SC 29135, or by email. The PDF form gives broberson@calhouncounty.sc.gov and says faxed requests are not accepted.
Source view: the Calhoun County FOIA page shows county request channels and fees that may apply outside direct court-copy requests.
The FOIA page is a fallback for county records not handled as a routine Clerk of Court copy request.
Calhoun County Clerk Fees
The research file provides county FOIA fees and South Carolina Judicial Branch filing fees. It does not provide a separate Calhoun Clerk certified-copy price table, so the fee table avoids inventing copy charges. Confirm the exact copy and certification amount with the Clerk before mailing payment.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Minimum county FOIA charge | $3.00 |
| Hard-copy records under county FOIA | $0.25 per copy |
| Staff time to search, retrieve, or redact | $20.00 per hour, per employee |
| Other media | Actual county cost |
| Deposit for requests exceeding 5 staff hours | 1/4 of estimated costs |
| Circuit Court new civil case | $150 |
| Circuit Court foreign judgment | $100 |
| Circuit Court federal or magistrate transcript of judgment | $35 |
| Family Court divorce, custody, support, name change, adoption, or paternity filing | $150 |
South Carolina court filing fees are not the same as copy fees. Filing fees apply when opening or registering a case. Copy and records-request costs depend on whether the request is a direct court-copy request, a county FOIA request, or a special compiled judicial-record request under Rule 610.
Calhoun Clerk Forms and Portals
South Carolina centralizes many court forms and attorney filing tools at the state level. The South Carolina Judicial Branch court forms page is the public forms search channel, while attorney e-filing uses the separate court e-filing system where available. Calhoun Clerk users should match the form to the court type before filing, especially for Family Court and Circuit Court matters.
- SC Judicial Branch Court Forms - statewide form search by court and topic.
- SC Courts E-Filing for Attorneys - attorney filing path for supported Court of Common Pleas matters.
- Court Roster Search - hearing, roster, and schedule lookup.
- Family Court Public Index - public Family Court case lookup where records are available.
Source view: the South Carolina e-filing page explains attorney filing into Court of Common Pleas counties where e-filing is available.
The e-filing source is for attorney filing, not a public document request system.
Mail and Online Clerk Access
For ordinary case lookup, start with the South Carolina Trial Court Public Index for Calhoun County or the Family Court Public Index for eligible family matters. Use Court Rosters when the question is the hearing date or docket setting. Use the Clerk of Court office when the question is a certified copy, an older file, a document not downloadable online, or a filing detail that cannot be resolved through the public index.
Mailing for Clerk of Court records should use the state-listed PO Box when the office confirms a mailed copy request. County FOIA requests that do not belong to an elected official can use the Courthouse Annex address and Director of Human Resources routing from the county FOIA policy. For bulk or compiled judicial records, the South Carolina Judicial Branch Rule 610 request process is the proper channel rather than ordinary county FOIA.
Note: Calhoun County is in Judicial Circuit 1, and the Clerk of Court is the local Circuit and Family Court records contact.