South Carolina § 33-14-107 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 33-14-107 — Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.

South Carolina § 33-14-107

Title 33CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 14DISSOLUTION

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S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-107 (2026).

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(a)A dissolved corporation may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present them in accordance with the notice.

(b)The notice must:

(1)be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located;

(2)describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and (3) state that a claim against the corporation is barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.

(c)If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), the claim of each of

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(a) A dissolved corporation may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present them in accordance with the notice. (b) The notice must: (1) be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located; (2) describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and (3) state that a claim against the corporation is barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice. (c) If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within ten years after the publication date of the newspaper notice: (1) a claimant who did not receive written notice pursuant to Section 33-14-106; (2) a claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on; and (3) a claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of the dissolution. (d) A claim may be enforced under this section: (1) against the dissolved corporation to the extent of its undistributed assets; or (2) if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a shareholder of the dissolved corporation to the extent of his pro rata share of the claim or the corporate assets distributed to him in liquidation, whichever is less, but a shareholder's total liability for all claims under this section may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to him.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-21-60 [1962 Code SECTION 12-22.6; 1962 (52) 1996; 1963 (53) 327; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 4(1)]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2; 2004 Act No. 221, SECTION 18. ARTICLE 2 Administrative Dissolution