South Carolina Code 33-15-200. Withdrawal of foreign corporation
(b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 33-15-200
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(1) the name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;
(2) that it is not transacting business in this State and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this State;
(3) that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this State;
(4) a mailing address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process served on him under item (3); and
(5) a commitment to notify the Secretary of State in the future of any change in its mailing address.
(c) After the withdrawal of the corporation is effective, service of process on the Secretary of State under this section is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the process to the foreign corporation at the mailing address set forth under subsection (b).