(a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if the document (1) contains an incorrect statement or (2) was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.
(b) A document is corrected:
(1) by preparing articles of correction that (i) describe the document (including its filing date) or attach a copy of it to the articles, (ii) specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective, and (iii) correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and
(2) by delivering the articles to the Secretary of State for filing.
(c) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 33-1-101. Short title.
Section 33-1-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Section 33-1-103. Designation of representation in magistrates' court; unauthorized practice of law.
Section 33-1-200. Filing requirements.
Section 33-1-220. Filing, service, and copying fees.
Section 33-1-230. Effective time and date of filing.
Section 33-1-240. Correcting filed document.
Section 33-1-250. Filing duty of Secretary of State.
Section 33-1-260. Appeal from Secretary of State's refusal to file document.
Section 33-1-270. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 33-1-280. Certificate of existence.
Section 33-1-290. Penalty for signing false document.