South Carolina Registered Agent
$129 per year, flat — as low as $87/yr with multi-year service.
Statutory registered agent service in South Carolina from a local office, with same-day electronic service of process, compliance calendar, and EntityWatch® monitoring included.
What is a South Carolina registered agent?
Businesses that register as legal entities are required by law in all 50 states to have a registered agent, resident agent, or statutory agent. A South Carolina registered agent is the designated recipient of service of process (SOP) when a business entity faces legal action, and receives official legal documents from the state regarding the company's operation within South Carolina. A South Carolina business must identify its registered agent in its articles of incorporation or organization.
Why are registered agents required for South Carolina businesses?
Having a registered agent is a requirement for South Carolina corporations and LLCs, and the same requirement generally extends to limited partnerships, LLPs, LLLPs, nonprofit corporations, professional entities, and other businesses formed or registered by filing with the state. The agent must be located and available at a physical street address within South Carolina during normal business hours — a mailbox service or P.O. Box cannot represent you. Failing to establish and maintain a registered agent can jeopardize your company's legal status in the state and lead to unnecessary expense.
Why choose InCorp in South Carolina?
Created in 1998, we now serve more than 300,000 clients worldwide and hold a BBB A+ rating. We will beat any competitor's price on registered agent service, and multi-year terms bring your cost down to as little as $87 per year. Transfer fees are absorbed in most cases when you switch, and our team helps with the South Carolina agent-change filing at no additional charge.
Registered Agent Service
$129 /year
Flat rate for South Carolina — and every other state.
Multi-year savings
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1 yr
$129
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2 yrs
$117
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3 yrs
$105
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4 yrs
$96
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5 yrs
$87
per year, prepaid term
We will beat any competitor's price on registered agent service.
Appointing InCorp as your South Carolina registered agent
- South Carolina requires original signatures.
- Online filings are available for some new entity filings and Registered Agent changes.
- Mailed documents are usually processed in 3-5 business days. Filings submitted online, in person, or sent vial FedEx are given priority and are generally completed in 1-2 business days.
- The South Carolina Registered Agent change filing fee is $10.
- The state of South Carolina requires LLCs and corporations filed in South Carolina to have a Registered Agent. South Carolina Registered Agents are a person or company designated on public record to accept legal documents (service of process) and notifications from the South Carolina Secretary of State's office on behalf of the corporate entity. There are few restrictions regarding who can be listed as a Registered Agent, the most important being that the Registered Agent must be located and available at a physical street address, within the state of South Carolina, during normal business hours.
- Your South Carolina Registered Agent will be responsible, on your behalf, to receive all government notifications sent to Registered Agents, and litigation (service of process) documents. In South Carolina, InCorp's address is for Registered Agent service only.
- South Carolina's LLC act uses the term agent for service of process for the registered agent role.
The law behind it
South Carolina's registered-agent framework, quoted directly from the state code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 33-5-101 South Carolina Business Corporation Act of 1988 — Corporations
“Each corporation must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the 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 identical with the registered office; (ii) a domestic corporation or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office; or (iii) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.”
S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-108 South Carolina Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 — LLCs
“(a) A limited liability company and a foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in this State shall designate and continuously maintain in this State: (1) an office, which need not be a place of business in this State; and (2) an agent and street address of the agent for service of process on the company. (b) An agent must be an individual resident of this State, a domestic corporation, another limited liability company, or a foreign corporation or foreign company authorized to do business in this State.”
S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-200 South Carolina Business Corporation Act of 1988 — Corporations
“(a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies from these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State. ... (d) The document must be in a medium and form as permitted by the Secretary of State.”
Quoted verbatim from the official published statutes. Statutes are amended from time to time — always confirm current law with the state or your attorney. This is information, not legal advice.
Order multiple years of South Carolina registered agent service and save
$129 /year
Multi-year savings
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1 yr
$129
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2 yrs
$117
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3 yrs
$105
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4 yrs
$96
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5 yrs
$87
per year, prepaid term
We will beat any competitor's price on registered agent service.
"I have been using InCorp Services for years...I am now paying half of what I was paying the other service. I also appreciate their online portal that reminds me of important dates and tasks that need to be completed so that my entity always stays up to date and compliant."
"The service was impeccable and fee structure extremely reasonable. I have now engaged InCorp Services to handle all of my foreign entity registrations, as well as maintain annual filing requirements..."
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South Carolina registered agent FAQs
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Switching your South Carolina registered agent
South Carolina charges a fee to change an existing entity's registered agent — and InCorp covers it when you switch to us. The state's fee, and what you actually pay:
| Entity Type | State Agent-Change Fee | What You Pay with InCorp |
|---|---|---|
| All entity types | $15 | $0 |
State fees are set by state law and are never discounted. Amounts shown are what the state collects with a change-of-agent filing - in some states that includes an online payment-processing fee or required extras such as certified copies or county recording.
InCorp covers the state agent-change fee when you switch to us, in most cases — confirmed before you order.
InCorp will beat any competitor's price on any product or service. Call (800) 2-INCORP for a free consultation.
Official South Carolina resources
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