{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-1-420","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-420","heading":"Number of shareholders.","body":"(a) For purposes of Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:\n(1) three or fewer co-owners;\n(2) a corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity;\n(3) the trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.\n(b) For purposes of Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.","path":["Title 33 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions","ARTICLE 4 Definitions"],"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":"6bb2fedbfd7a14bd54b7cd1fcdaf5079e04dd1ae3d836e68eefeea1aeb72410c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-1-410","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-2-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}