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An out-of-state LLC in South Carolina

If your out-of-state LLC does business in South Carolina, it registers with the South Carolina Secretary of State for a fee of $110.

Do you need to register?

That depends on what the LLC does in South Carolina, and South Carolina’s statute is the authority. The law behind it, from the state’s own sources: South Carolina Code, Title 33, Chapter 44. If the answer is not clear, a South Carolina attorney can say.

If you register: what to bring

  • The application: Form F0008, Application for a Certificate of Authority by a Foreign Limited Liability Company
  • Filed with: South Carolina Secretary of State
  • Fee: $110
  • Paper from your formation state: Certificate of existence from the home-state Secretary of State, no older than 30 days
  • A local agent: A agent for service of process in South Carolina

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in South Carolina (2026)

Handing the South Carolina registration to a service? In order of our preference.

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $110 state fee = $309; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. SC Registered Agent.org $199 + the $110 state fee = $309; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
  3. 3. South Carolina Registered Agent.co $199 + the $110 state fee = $309; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices from each provider’s South Carolina page, read October 29, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the South Carolina Secretary of State.

Where South Carolina sits

21st cheapest of 50 at $110, in the band $100 to $149. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.

South Carolina questions

Does an out-of-state LLC have to register in South Carolina?

South Carolina registers foreign LLCs through the South Carolina Secretary of State. Whether your activity requires it is set by South Carolina’s statute, linked below; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $110.

What does an out-of-state LLC file in South Carolina?

Form F0008, Application for a Certificate of Authority by a Foreign Limited Liability Company, with Certificate of existence from the home-state Secretary of State, no older than 30 days.

What does it keep up afterward?

None with the Secretary of State (corporate license fee report to the SC Department of Revenue only if taxed as a corporation), no fee, and a agent for service of process in the state.

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