S.C. Code Ann. § 33-43-104 – [Repealed eff January 1, 2001] Reservation and registration of name

(A) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a "limited liability company" name, including a designated name provided for in Section 33-43-1004 for a foreign limited liability company whose name is not available, by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the Secretary of State finds that the limited liability company name applied for is available, he shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable one hundred twenty-day period.
(B) The owner of a reserved limited liability company name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the Secretary of State a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.
(C) A foreign limited liability company may register its name that satisfies the requirements of Section 33-43-103.
(D) A foreign limited liability company registers its name or a designated name as provided in Section 33-43-1004 by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application:
1. (1) setting forth its limited liability company name or a designated name as provided in Section 33-43-1004, the state or country and date of its organization, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and
2. (2) accompanied by a certificate of existence (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of organization.
(E) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.
(F) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (D), between October first and December thirty-first of the preceding year. The renewal application, when filed, renews the registration for the following calendar year.
(G) A foreign limited liability company whose registration is effective may qualify thereafter as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a limited liability company thereafter incorporated under Sections 33-43-101 through 33-43-1409 or by another foreign limited liability company thereafter authorized to transact business in this State. The registration terminates when the domestic limited liability company is incorporated or the foreign limited liability company qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign limited liability company under the registered name.