(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him for filing:

DOCUMENT FEE (1) Articles of incorporation $10.00. (2) Application for use of indistinguishable name $10.00. (3) Application for reserved name $10.00. (4) Notice of transfer of reserved name $ 3.00. (5) Application for registered name $10.00. (6) Application for renewal of registered name $10.00. (7) Corporation's statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both $10.00. (8) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected corporation $ 2.00. (9) Agent's statement of resignation $ 3.00. (10) Amendment of articles of incorporation $10.00. (11) Restatement of articles of incorporation with amendment of articles $10.00. (12) Articles of merger or share exchange $10.00. (13) Articles of dissolution $10.00. (14) Articles of revocation of dissolution $10.00. (15) Certificate of administrative dissolution No fee. (16) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $25.00. (17) Certificate of reinstatement No fee. (18) Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee. (19) Application for certificate of authority $10.00. (20) Application for amended certificate of authority $10.00. (21) Application for certificate of withdrawal $10.00. (22) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business No fee. (23) Annual report-As provided in Section 12-19-20 Fee Paid

to the

Department

of Revenue (24) Articles of correction $10.00. (25) Application for certificate of existence or authorization $ 2.00. (26) Articles of domestication $10.00. (27) Articles of conversion $10.00. (28) Any other document required or authorized to be filed by this act. $ 10.00.

(b) The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars each time process is served on him under Chapters 1 through 20 of this Title. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if he prevails in the proceeding.

(c) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:

(1) for copying, one dollar for the first page and fifty cents for each additional page; and

(2) two dollars for the certificate.

(d) Before filing any of the following documents, the Secretary of State shall collect the following taxes that must be remitted to the State Treasurer for use of the State:

(1) articles of incorporation, one hundred dollars plus the minimum license fee imposed pursuant to Chapter 19 of Title 12;

(2) amendment to articles of incorporation, one hundred dollars;

(3) articles of merger or share exchange, one hundred dollars;

(4) application by a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to do business in South Carolina, one hundred dollars plus the minimum license fee imposed pursuant to Chapter 19 of Title 12;

(5) amendment by a foreign corporation of its certificate of authority, one hundred dollars;

(6) articles of conversion pursuant to either Section 33-11-111 or Section 33-11-113, one hundred dollars;

(7) articles of domestication pursuant to Section 33-9-100, one hundred dollars.

HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-29-10 [1962 Code Section 12-31; 1963 (53) 146; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 8; 1985 Act No. 72 Section 4; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 659, Section 31], Section 33-29-20 [1962 Code Section 12-31.1; 1963 (53) 146; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 659, Section 31], and Section 33-29-30 [1962 Code Section 12-31.2; 1963 (53) 146; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 659, Section 31]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 378, Section 4; 2004 Act No. 221, Section 8.