SC registered agent
Registered agent service in South Carolina, $37 per year, within tolerance
South Carolina expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The South Carolina annual report, an average obligation
Annual report charge, LLC
South Carolina bills no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to economize on here, which we found unremarkable.
... and associations are not subject to the annual report or the License ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SCDOR Corporate FAQs (annual report / License Fee exemptions)
Annual report charge, corporation
South Carolina bills no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to economize on here, which we found unremarkable.
... must submit the names of directors on Annual Reports filed with ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SC SOS FAQs About Business Entities #14
Expectations set by South Carolina
Expectation
As set out in the South Carolina code:
... may be: (i) an individual who resides in this State and whose ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-5-101
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... for service of process in this State or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-111(b)
Corrective action available to South Carolina
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State; (4) the corporation does not notify the Secretary of State that its registered agent or registered office has been ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-200(a)(3)-(4)
Additionally
... but may not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-210(b), (d)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (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)
Standing in court withdrawn
... in this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(a)
Penalty, civil
... each day but not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars for each year it ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(d)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... (4) contain a certificate from the South Carolina Department of Revenue reciting that all taxes, penalties, and interest owed by the corporation, whether assessed or not, have been paid.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-220(a)(16); § 33-14-220(a)(4)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.