SC registered agent
South Carolina. $1 a year.
South Carolina law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what South Carolina does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... dissolve a corporation administratively if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State; (4) the corporation does not notify the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-200(a)(3)-(4)
also
... continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under Section 33-14-105 and notify ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-210(b), (d)
revocation
... of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-300(a)(3)-(4)
no court
... corporation transacting business in this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(a)
fine
... 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(d)
the rule
rule
South Carolina says:
... same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent, who may be: (i) an individual who resides in this State and whose business office is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-5-101
the lawsuit
service
... fails to appoint or maintain an agent for service of process in this State or the agent for service ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-111(b)
coming back
reinstatement
... administrative dissolution $25.00. ... (4) contain a certificate from the South Carolina Department of Revenue reciting that all taxes, penalties, and interest owed by the corporation, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-220(a)(16); § 33-14-220(a)(4)
compliance
No.
the annual report
annual report, llc
South Carolina does not charge one, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to skip.
... organizations, companies, and associations are not subject to the annual report or ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SCDOR Corporate FAQs (annual report / License Fee exemptions)
annual report, corporation
South Carolina does not charge one, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to skip.
... corporations must submit the names of directors on Annual Reports filed ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SC SOS FAQs About Business Entities #14
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.