This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. This privately operated reference cannot retrieve a record, certify a copy, establish residence at an address, or alter a public database. Send those requests to the office that holds the material. For an emergency, call 911. If you are being stalked or harassed, contact local law enforcement.
Route a Records Question to Its Custodian
These are the appropriate starting points for common St. Andrews record questions:
- Parcel ownership or an address trail: begin with the St. Andrews street directory
- Historic directory entries or a past household: use the Directory Book collections
- A dated record trail for one individual: use the St. Andrews resident lookup method
- Custodian contacts: consult the St. Andrews records offices list
- A county record that is not online: submit a focused request under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act to the office that holds it
Richland County Ombudsman / public-records route: Administration Building, 2020 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29204; 803-929-6000; fax 803-929-6009. The county’s research record identifies this office as the local FOIA contact. Send a written request that names the existing record and its custodian. Hours and current submission details should be confirmed on the county’s public-records page before a visit.
Richland County Register of Deeds: 1701 Main Street, Room 101, Columbia, SC 29201; 803-576-1910; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the appropriate records-office contact for a documented deed, mortgage, plat, lien, or copy-access question.