South Carolina § 33-1-250 Filing duty of Secretary of State.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 33-1-250 — Filing duty of Secretary of State.

South Carolina § 33-1-250

Title 33CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-250 (2026).

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(a)If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 33-1-200, the Secretary of State shall file it.

(b)The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with his name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on both the original and document copy, together with a further endorsement that the document copy is a true copy of the original document. After filing a document, except as provided in Sections 33-5-103 and 33-15-200, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative and the document copy must be retained as a part of the permanent records of the corporation.

(c)If the Secretary of State refuses to

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(a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 33-1-200, the Secretary of State shall file it. (b) The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with his name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on both the original and document copy, together with a further endorsement that the document copy is a true copy of the original document. After filing a document, except as provided in Sections 33-5-103 and 33-15-200, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative and the document copy must be retained as a part of the permanent records of the corporation. (c) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal. (d) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not: (1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; (2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; (3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-1-60 [1962 Code SECTION 12-11.6; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1964 (53) 1910; 1968 (55) 3046; 1970 (56) 1932; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2], and SECTION 33-7-40 [1962 Code SECTION 12-14.4; 1962 (52) 1996; 1976 Act No. 553, SECTION 2; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed 1788 Act No. 444, SECTION 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2.