Solid Waste
The Solid Waste Green Pond Convenience Site will be open from 1-7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. All other solid waste convenience sites are operating on their regular schedules.
Clerk of Court
The Clerk of Court’s Office will not be fulfilling passport requests until further notice.
Animal Services
Animal Services will be closed to walk in traffic. Adoptions of pets can be done by appointment only. Owner surrenders of pets have been suspended until further notice. Animal Control will continue to provide field services for injured/ill stray animal pick up, cruelty/neglect complaints, bite complaints, and dangerous animal complaints. For more information, please call 843-893- 2651 or email lclark@colletoncounty.org.
Rec Center
The following classes/sports are suspended indefinitely at Colleton County Parks and Recreation: Weeball, teeball, baseball and softball; Basketball; Chair aerobics; Tournaments; Jiu-jitso classes.
The Rec Center is closed to the public.
Colleton Courts
All jury trials have been postponed. All roll calls or any other large gatherings are cancelled until further notice. For further information, please contact the applicable Colleton County court.
Other county offices
Public visitation at the Colleton County Detention Center is suspended until further notice.
Emergency and public safety services remain available as normal.
County buildings closed to walk-in traffic to the public: J.P. Harrelson, Old Jail, all library branches, Recreation Center, The Restaurant at Dogwood Hills, Voter Registration, Jefferson Howell, Walterboro-Colleton Chamber of Commerce Economic Development, Museum, Farmers Market & Commercial Kitchen, Colleton Civic Center, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Veterans Affairs and the Colleton County Courthouse.
The Sheriff’s Office will still be allowing public inquiries for the time being, but this is subject to change in the future.
Law Enforcement and Fire-Rescue services will continue to operate normally with no reduction in services.
Information regarding how to contact specific County offices and departments is as follows.
Treasurer’s Office
Payment options that are free of charge: individuals can mail their check to P.O. Box 8, Walterboro, S.C. 29488 or deposit their payment in the dropbox at the back entrance of the J.P. Harrelson Building (door next to the treasurer’s office; look for the red DROPBOX sign).
Payment options with convenience fee added: individuals can pay by telephone by calling 1-844-281-7837; pay online at www.colletoncounty.org, Pay & Search Taxes (on left of page); or by requesting an emailed PAYPAL link to be sent to you by calling above number or emailing us at treasurer@colletoncounty.org.
“We do not receive the convenience fee,” said County Treasurer Becky Hill. “It is retained by the company that hosts the payment service. That is their only payment for the service, as they do not charge the county anything else.”
All of these options are posted on each one of the doors of the Harrelson Building, along with every other office information and numbers.
“Everyone is calling and we are helping each one with their payments, so if you have questions, call us, we will be glad to help,” said Hill.
“Since the county has closed the building, we cannot allow our employees to go outside to the customers, but I am actually going outside to those that need me to do so. We are here to help every taxpayer at any time,” Hill stated.
Tax Assessor
All applications and forms are online and can be downloaded and returned by U.S. mail. https://www.colletoncounty.org/assessor, then Documents. Call 843-549-1213.
Probate
For all estate, guardianship, conservatorship, mental health, and marriage license questions, please contact the Probate Court by telephone (843-549-7216) or email (probate@colletoncounty.org). You may mail any probate documents to P.O. Box 1036, Walterboro, SC 29488.
Auditor’s Office
Phone 843-549-2131
