South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 5 - Municipal Corporations
Chapter 1 - Incorporation

Section 5-1-10. Certified municipalities and established townships declared perpetual bodies politic and corporate. - (A) A municipality having a certificate of incorporation issued by...

Section 5-1-20. Definitions. - As used in Chapters 1 through 17 of this title,...

Section 5-1-22. Public policy for incorporation of publicly-owned property established. - The General Assembly finds and declares the following to be...

Section 5-1-24. Application for incorporation; contents; review. - (A) After June 30, 2005, citizens of an area seeking...

Section 5-1-26. Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation created; membership; terms; chairman; committee staff. - (A) The Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation is created...

Section 5-1-30. Prerequisites to issuance of corporate certificate to proposed municipality. - (A) Before issuing a corporate certificate to a proposed municipality,...

Section 5-1-40. Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation recommendation; submission of subsequent application. - (A) The Joint Legislative Committee on Municipal Incorporation shall return...

Section 5-1-50. Issuance of commission by Secretary of State authorizing incorporation election; questions to be voted on; initial governing body. - (A)(1) After receipt of a recommendation from the Joint Legislative...

Section 5-1-60. Election managers' sworn returns of election results. - The managers of the election shall make their sworn returns...

Section 5-1-70. Certification of results by commissioners; issuance of certificate of incorporation by Secretary of State. - The commissioners shall certify the result of the election under...

Section 5-1-80. Incorporation fees. - Before delivery of a certificate of incorporation, the Secretary of...

Section 5-1-90. Certificate of incorporation effective upon election of municipal officers. - The certificate of incorporation must be issued to the commissioners...

Section 5-1-100. Forfeiture, surrender or cancellation of certificate. - (A) When following its incorporation a municipality's population has decreased...

Section 5-1-110. Time limit for bringing suit challenging incorporation procedures of municipal corporation. - A suit to challenge the incorporation procedures of a municipal...