South Carolina § 33-4-103 - Registered name.

§ 33-4-103. Registered name.

(a) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 33-15-106, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the corporate names that are not available under Section 33-4-101(b)(3).

(b) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 33-15-106, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application:

(1) setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 33-15-106, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and

(2) accompanied by a certificate of existence (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation.

(c) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.

(d) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (b), between October first and December thirty-first of the preceding year. The renewal application, when filed, renews the registration for the following calendar year.

(e) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may qualify thereafter as a foreign corporation under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this State. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.

HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-5-30 [1962 Code SECTION 12-13.3; 1962 (52) 1996; 1981 Act No. 146, SECTION 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2.