S.C. Code § 33-15-107 : CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS — FOREIGN CORPORATIONS — CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY —15-107 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation TEXT PDF Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State must maintain continuously 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 foreign not-for-profit corporation authorized to transact business in this State whose business office is identical with the registered office. S.C. Code § 33-15-107 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; Repealed 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(1)]; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; 1962 (52) 1996; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(1)], and Section 33-23-40 [1962 Code Section 12-23.4; 1984 Act No. 496, Section 3; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; 1976 Act No. 553 Section 3; 1963 (53) 327; 1962 (52) 1996; 1933 (38) 486; 1923 (33) 9; 1922 (32) 1023; 1893 (21) 409; R. S. 1466; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1780, 1781; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2665, 2666; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4029, 4030; 1932 Code Sections 7765, 7766; 1942 Code Sections 7765, 7766; 1952 Code Sections 12-721, 12-724; Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-23-20 [1962 Code Section 12-23.2.