{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-68-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-68-140","heading":"Name under which business may be conducted; change of name or location of primary office or records; addition of business offices; license not assignable.","body":"(A) A licensee may not conduct business under a name other than that specified in the license. A license issued under this chapter is not assignable. A licensee may not conduct business under any fictitious or assumed name without prior written authorization from the department. The department may not authorize the use of a name that is so similar to that of a public office or agency or to that of another licensee that the public may be confused or misled by its use. A licensee may not conduct business under more than one name unless it has obtained a separate license for each name.\n(B) A licensee may change its licensed name at any time by notifying the department and paying a fee for each change of name. The department by regulation shall set the fee for each name change in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars. A licensee may change its name on renewal of the license without the payment of the name change fee.\n(C) A licensee must notify the department in writing of:\n(1) a change in the location of its primary business office;\n(2) the addition of more business offices; or\n(3) a change in the location of business records maintained by the licensee.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 68 Regulation of Professional Employer Organizations"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c068.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:24:09Z","sha256":"bcafe282519f5676197e7e59a117285328a5dc174ad52508c3355ad6732b4fd8","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-68-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-68-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}