Simpsonville Criminal History Records
Simpsonville is a growing city in Greenville County, located in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Criminal history tied to Simpsonville runs through the Simpsonville Police Department for city arrests, the Greenville County Clerk of Court for case filings, and SLED for statewide criminal records. This page explains how to find criminal history in Simpsonville, what each source provides, and what state law governs the process.
Simpsonville Quick Facts
Simpsonville Police Department Records
The Simpsonville Police Department is at 405 E. Curtis Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681. The non-emergency line is (864) 967-9536. The department's website is at simpsonville.com/police. The records division accepts requests for incident and accident reports in person or by mail.
Requests require the date of the incident, the names of people involved, and any available report number. Copy fees may apply. Records from active investigations are not released. Once an investigation is closed, the incident report is generally accessible under South Carolina public records law.
Simpsonville Police records cover only city-level activity. The Greenville County Sheriff handles arrests in unincorporated areas of the county. For a complete search of Simpsonville criminal history, use the county court system and SLED alongside the city police records.
Searching Criminal History in Simpsonville
The SLED CATCH system at catch.sled.sc.gov is the go-to tool for statewide criminal history searches covering Simpsonville. Each name-based search costs $25. Results draw from Simpsonville Police, Greenville County courts, and all other reporting agencies across South Carolina.
For court records specific to Greenville County, use the free Public Index at publicindex.sccourts.org/greenville. You can search by name or case number. Cases originating in Simpsonville appear alongside other Greenville County cases. Charges, case status, and disposition information are all visible at no charge.
The SC Judicial Branch case records portal at sccourts.org offers a supplemental statewide search. Together with the Public Index, it gives a thorough picture of Simpsonville criminal history at the court level.
FOIA and Public Records in Simpsonville
South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act at S.C. Code Ann. Title 30, Chapter 4 applies to Simpsonville and Greenville County agencies. FOIA requests to Simpsonville go to 118 N.E. Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681. The FOIA contact number is (864) 967-9527.
Agencies must respond within ten business days. They can charge reasonable fees for copying and the time spent locating records. Exempt records include active investigation materials, records that identify informants, and juvenile records. Denials must cite a specific statutory exemption.
For most court-level Simpsonville criminal history, the Public Index already provides access without a FOIA request. FOIA is most useful when seeking police incident reports or other records held by the city government rather than the courts.
County Court Criminal Records for Simpsonville Residents
Simpsonville is in Greenville County, and the Greenville County Clerk of Court at 305 E. North Street, Greenville, SC 29601, handles all General Sessions filings from the city. The phone number is (864) 467-8551. All felony and serious misdemeanor cases from Simpsonville are filed there.
Indictments, plea records, verdicts, and sentencing documents are maintained by the Greenville County Clerk. The Public Index at publicindex.sccourts.org/greenville provides free name-based and case-number searches of those records. Expunged records do not appear.
Simpsonville Municipal Court at 118 N.E. Main Street handles lower-level offenses within city limits. That court can be reached at (864) 967-9536. Municipal court records may not be fully indexed in the county Public Index, so direct contact is needed for municipal-level Simpsonville criminal history.
Criminal History Statutes and Simpsonville
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-115 gives SLED the authority to collect and distribute criminal history records from reporting agencies statewide. The Simpsonville Police Department and Greenville County courts both report to SLED under this law. CATCH search results for Simpsonville criminal history originate from that reporting network.
The Freedom of Information Act at Title 30, Chapter 4 applies to all city and county public bodies serving Simpsonville. FOIA governs how records requests are submitted, the timeline for responses, and the scope of what must be disclosed versus what may be withheld.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-1-40 covers expungement. Criminal records destroyed through expungement no longer appear in any public search of Simpsonville criminal history. The Public Index will not show the case, and SLED CATCH will not return results for it. Understanding that expunged records exist but are inaccessible helps explain why some Simpsonville criminal history searches may seem incomplete.
Expungement in Simpsonville
Under S.C. Code Ann. § 17-1-40, South Carolina allows qualifying criminal records to be physically destroyed. Eligible cases include arrests without conviction, cases completed through pretrial intervention programs, and certain first offenses after the statutory waiting period.
The expungement petition for Simpsonville residents is filed at the Greenville County Clerk of Court. The fee is $250. Once the court grants the petition, it directs Simpsonville Police and SLED to destroy the records. That action is permanent and cannot be reversed.
After expungement, no search of Simpsonville criminal history will surface those records. They are removed from the Public Index and from SLED CATCH. The record is gone from the public-facing systems entirely. For eligibility questions, contact the Greenville County Clerk at (864) 467-8551 or speak with a South Carolina attorney who handles criminal record cases.
Simpsonville County Criminal History
Simpsonville is located in Greenville County, and the county court system handles all criminal case filings for the city. For a complete view of Greenville County criminal history resources and the Public Index, visit the county page.
Nearby South Carolina Cities
Several Upstate cities near Simpsonville have their own criminal history resources. Choose one below to get started.