Sex Offender Registry
The SC State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is mandated by law to develop and maintain a sex offender registry. The Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office - along with every other sheriff's office across the state - partners with SLED to allow citizens access to this registry online. The registry will allow you to 1) enter your street address to determine if a registered sex offender lives in your immediate area, 2) sign up for email notifications anytime a registered sex offender moves into your immediate area, and 3) register for email notifications whenever a registered sex offender fails to comply with his/her lawful requirements.
IMPORTANT!: The information in the registry is intended only for your situational awareness. State law makes it illegal for anyone to use the registry's information to harass, harm, or confront a registered sex offender. Those who violate this law can be arrested and prosecuted.
Missing & Exploited Kids
There are currently more than 30 children missing from SC alone. Many of them have been missing for years. Some for decades. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is not a governmental agency, but it has close ties to the law enforcement community. Their mission is to find as many missing kids as possible. But they also seek to educate the public about some of the more unsavory root causes of the issue (sex trafficking being one) and myths related to child abduction (most abductions are actually committed by family members or known acquaintances, not by strangers).
The NCMEC's homepage showcases their latest public awareness campaigns. When you click the link, you should be taken directly to their search page with details missing kids across the nation.
Road Conditions & Closures
Snowfalls don't happen often, but when they do, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) gets extra busy updating its website with current road conditions and closures. But even when snow isn't on the ground, the SCDOT regularly closes roads for various reasons. When you click this link, you'll be taken to their site where you can see which roads are currently closed along with an approximate date for re-opening.
South Carolina's Laws
Some SC laws get added, revised, or repealed every year. Obviously, it is not an easy task to keep this page perfectly up-to-date. Even so, the Legislature usually updates this site every January. That means any law you view on this page is at least three months old and there's a chance (albeit small) that it might be up for a revision in the current year. Note that this link only covers 'state' laws. If you're interested in researching a local law, you should contact the agency which issued the ticket.
Briefly, here's how to look up a SC law: Your ticket (or warrant) should list the law you've been accused of violating. It will usually consist of three sets of numbers (example: 56-5-1520). The first set of numbers is the Title. The second set of numbers is the Chapter. The final set of numbers is the specific law (aka 'Section'). So, in this example, you would click on 'Title 56' then click on 'Chapter 5' and then scroll down til you find Section 1520.