Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Aiken County, South Carolina, has about 179,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Aiken County Circuit Court and the Magistrate Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of Court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Aiken County public records, Aiken County arrest records, Aiken County warrants, Aiken County inmate search, Aiken County criminal records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Aiken County
In Aiken County, the Aiken County Circuit Court hears felonies in the Court of General Sessions and civil cases over $7,500 in the Court of Common Pleas.
The Magistrate Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $7,500.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Family Court, and the file stays with the Family Court clerk.
The Clerk of Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
Looking Up a Case from Aiken County
For Aiken County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at aikencountysc.gov/292/Criminal-Cases (page title: Criminal Cases | Aiken County, SC), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
South Carolina has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The South Carolina court page SearchSystems verified is at sccourts.org/case-records-search.
What Reaches the Court from Aiken County
Together, the eight agencies in Aiken County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,970 arrests to the FBI that year; the Solicitor decides which of those arrests become cases in the Aiken County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court.
The Solicitor's page SearchSystems verified is at aikencountysc.gov/250/Solicitor (page title: Solicitor | Aiken County, SC), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Aiken County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Aiken County criminal records, Aiken County divorce records, Aiken County traffic tickets, Aiken County DUI and Aiken County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Aiken County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Aiken County and South Carolina. These court pages from its Aiken County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Aiken, South Carolina Judicial Branch (sccourts.org)
Cities in Aiken County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Aiken County Circuit Court or the Magistrate Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Aiken County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- North Augusta (26,395)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Aiken County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at aikencountysc.gov/292/Criminal-Cases.
Which court hears felonies in Aiken County?
The Aiken County Circuit Court, which hears felonies in the Court of General Sessions and civil cases over $7,500 in the Court of Common Pleas. The Magistrate Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and civil cases up to $7,500.
Who keeps the court records in Aiken County?
The Clerk of Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in South Carolina?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Aiken County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.