S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-340
The recording officer or his deputy shall enter on the original mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument securing the payment and being a lien upon real property when it is produced before him a certificate that a satisfaction has been entered of record and the date of the entry.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 45-66; 1952 Code SECTION 45-66; 1942 Code SECTION 8702; 1932 Code SECTION 8702; 1924 (33) 929; 1925 (34) 83; 1930 (36) 1283; 1940 (41) 1844; 1988 Act No. 494, SECTION 8(4).