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In South Carolina, the notice to creditors is published for 3 weeks in a local newspaper, and creditors have 8 months from first publication to present claims.

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The South Carolina notice identifies the appointed representative and the address where claims are presented.

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Yes. South Carolina publishes Notice to Creditors (Form 370ES). The personal representative completes it and arranges its publication.

The creditor claim period of 8 months runs from the first publication of the creditor notice, which follows the executor's appointment. A claim not presented in time is barred. Every claim is barred 12 months after the date of death, whether or not notice was given.

Claims are presented to the court in which the estate is pending. The address in the notice is the one claims go to, so it is the representative's own, or the court's, as the statute directs.

South Carolina does not require written notice to known creditors, though a mailed notice shortens that creditor's time. A creditor who is mailed the notice must present the claim within one year of the decedent's death, or within sixty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is earlier. A mailed notice for each known creditor is part of the packet.

Once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, in the statute's terms: Publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, once a week for three successive weeks (§ 62-3-801(a)). South Carolina requires the publisher's affidavit of publication to be filed with the court; the newspaper provides it after the final run. The South Carolina creditor claims tool sets the publication beside the claim deadline and the payment order.

Creditor Notice in South Carolina

After appointment, a South Carolina personal representative gives creditor notice on the state's own form, Notice to Creditors (Form 370ES): the representative completes it and arranges its publication. Publication of that notice is what starts the claim period.

The claim window runs 8 months after the first publication of the notice. A claim not presented in time is barred. Every claim is barred 12 months after the date of death, with or without notice.

Claims are presented to the court in which the estate is pending; the address in the notice is the one claims go to. South Carolina does not command a mailed notice to known creditors; a mailed notice shortens that creditor's time; published notice alone does not bar a known creditor's claim under Tulsa Professional Collection Services v. Pope, 485 U.S. 478 (1988). A creditor who is mailed the notice presents the claim within one year of the decedent's death, or within sixty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is earlier.

The notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks; the newspaper, in the statute's terms: Publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, once a week for three successive weeks (§ 62-3-801(a)). South Carolina requires the publisher's affidavit of publication to be filed with the court; the newspaper supplies it after the final run.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 19, 2026

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In South Carolina, the notice to creditors is published for 3 weeks in a local newspaper, and creditors have 8 months from first publication to present claims.

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Creditor Notice in South Carolina

The claim window runs 8 months after the first publication of the notice. A claim not presented in time is barred. Every claim is barred 12 months after the date of death, with or without notice.

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