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District of South Carolina

The District of South Carolina is the federal bankruptcy court for 46 counties in South Carolina, divided into 3 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Charleston Division

12 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina, Operating Order 23-03 (divisional venue assignment) — Charleston Division: Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties.

Columbia Division

22 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina, Operating Order 23-03 (divisional venue assignment) — Columbia Division: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter counties.

Greenville Division

12 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina, Operating Order 23-03 (divisional venue assignment) — Greenville (Greenville/Spartanburg) Division: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties.

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How the District of South Carolina runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

What the District of South Carolina publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 61 this court publishes.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.scb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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