{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-1-250","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-250","heading":"Filing duty of Secretary of State.","body":"(a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 33-1-200, the Secretary of State shall file it.\n(b) The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing \"Filed\", together with his name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on both the original and document copy, together with a further endorsement that the document copy is a true copy of the original document. After filing a document, except as provided in Sections 33-5-103 and 33-15-200, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative and the document copy must be retained as a part of the permanent records of the corporation.\n(c) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.\n(d) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:\n(1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;\n(2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;\n(3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.","path":["Title 33 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions","ARTICLE 2 Filing Documents"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:02:19Z","sha256":"8ef7f0da17c9d88affb8b668ddea320d1c3061928045a3956924cdce80b6ba1f","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-1-240","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-1-260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}