{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-31-123","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 33-31-123","heading":"Effective date of document.","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a document is effective:\n(1) at the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of State's endorsement on the original document; or\n(2) at the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.\n(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date filed.","path":["Title 33 - CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 31 South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c031.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:03:59Z","sha256":"7dd5d9f9cc3e3cfefda5f380de5978957947a8c067fb353f3a14626876e9ca73","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-31-122","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-33-31-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}