SC registered agent
South Carolina. $19 a year. Final markdown.
South Carolina makes every company on its books name a registered agent with a street address in the state. What the state wants is quoted below. What we supply comes after it. Short section.
Lawsuits, rerouted
Service, rerouted
... agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Secretary of State is an agent of the company upon whom process, notice, or demand may be served.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-111(b)
What South Carolina charges when the agent is us
The state's remedies for a company whose agent does not answer. Quoted. Priced by the state, not by us.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
The Secretary of State shall commence a proceeding under Section 33-14-210(a) to dissolve a corporation administratively if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-200(a)(3)-(4)
Additional
... on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under Section 33-14-105 and notify claimants under Sections 33-14-106 and 33-14-107.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-210(b), (d)
Out-of-state: authority revoked
The Secretary of State shall commence a proceeding under Section 33-15-310 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-300(a)(3)-(4)
Courthouse: closed to you
... certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate of authority.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(a)
Penalty, priced
A foreign corporation is liable for a civil penalty of ten dollars for each day but not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars for each year it transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(d)
The South Carolina annual report. Also reduced.
Yearly, LLC
South Carolina has no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing on that shelf.
... not subject to the annual report or the License Fee: A Limited Liability Company (LLC) not taxed as a corporation
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SCDOR Corporate FAQs (annual report / License Fee exemptions)
Yearly, corporation
South Carolina has no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing on that shelf.
... of directors on Annual Reports filed with the Department of Revenue.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SC SOS FAQs About Business Entities #14
What the tag says in South Carolina
The tag
Straight off the South Carolina code:
Each corporation must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-5-101
The price to come back
The price to come back
Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $25.00. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-220(a)(16); § 33-14-220(a)(4)
What we supply
Nothing. Marked down from nothing.
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Codes change. Tags do not.