Hardeeville Police Accident Reports
After a traffic accident in Hardeeville, South Carolina involving serious injury or fatality, you will want to acquire a Police Accident Report compiled from the Investigating Officer’s findings. This report will be filed electronically – generally consisting of involved party identification, witness statements, and a diagram to visually define the point of impact and visible vehicle damages.
Auger & Auger Accident and Injury Lawyers has connected with the custodians of these records for your city and provides detailed instructions for acquiring a copy of your Hardeeville Police Accident Report. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 800-559-5741 if you need help interpreting your report or would like to discuss the accident with our traffic accident attorney. Reports are only provided to individuals directly involved in an accident. We do not provide reports to third parties such as attorneys, or insurance carriers.
How to Obtain Your Hardeeville Police Accident Report
The Records Unit of the Hardeeville Police Department has provided us with the following details and points of contact to assist in the acquisition of your Police Accident Report. You will find specific instructions within each method-of-access section below.
Involved parties are not charged a fee for a copy of their Hardeeville Police Accident Report, however, uninvolved parties are charged $5.00 payable by money order, certified check or cashier’s check payable to Hardeeville Police Department.
Uninvolved parties are asked to provide a Freedom of Information Act FOIA Request Form. The form will be available at the Records Unit, or you may download thisSCDPS FOIA form and bring it with you or include it with your mailed request. Note: uninvolved parties may only be allowed a redacted copy (at the discretion of the Records Officer).
For Interstate accident reports, you will find specific instructions to request your report from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles in the By Mail section.
Online
Hardeeville Police Department’s web pages offer community information and descriptions of the many services they provide. However, your Police Accident Report must be obtained from the Records Unit In Person, or By Mail as described in the following sections.
City of Hardeeville/Police Department
By Phone
If you have further questions, you may contact the Hardeeville Records Specialist at the number and hours indicated below. This Specialist is tasked with “collecting and maintaining all police reports and documents for the Hardeeville Police Department, and disseminating reports to the general public and media centers, per the Freedom of Information Act.”
Phone: (843) 784-2233 Rhonda Cradle, Records Specialist
Fax: (843) 784-3422
Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Days: Monday – Friday
In Person
Hardeeville Police Department
Records Unit
26 Martin Street
Hardeeville, SC 29927
Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Days: Monday – Friday
Closed Holidays
By Mail
You may request a copy of your Hardeeville Police Accident Report by sending your case number, date and location of the accident, a valid copy of your photo ID, and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to the address below. Uninvolved parties must also enclose a $5.00 money order, cashier’s check or certified check along with a completed FOIA form with their requests.
Hardeeville Police Department
Records Unit
- O. Box 582
Hardeeville, SC 29927
If your traffic accident took place on the Interstate, you will need to download and mail in this Request for Officer’s Report (SCDMV Form FR-50) from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Fill out the form as completely as possible and sign. Send 2 copies along with a check or money order payable to SCDMV for $6.00, to the address below:
SCDMV
Financial Responsibility
P.O. Box 1498
Blythewood, SC 29016-0040
DMV in Person: The Blythewood and Columbia (Shop Road) branches of SCDMV can also complete this request if you are able to visit one of the following offices in person. Simply click the link to view the physical address, business hours, phone number and wait times for each office:
Free Consultation and Accident Report Review
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