(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him for filing:

(1) articles of organization of a limited liability company: one hundred ten dollars.

(2) amendment or restatement of the articles of organization of a limited liability company: one hundred ten dollars.

(3) articles of merger involving a domestic or foreign limited liability company: one hundred ten dollars.

(4) application by a foreign limited liability company for a certificate of authority to transact business in South Carolina: one hundred ten dollars.

(5) amendment by a foreign limited liability company of its certificate of authority: one hundred ten dollars.

(6) application for reservation of a limited liability company name: twenty-five dollars.

(7) notice of transfer of a reserved limited liability company name: ten dollars.

(8) annual application for registration or renewal of a foreign limited liability company name: ten dollars.

(9) statement of change of designated office or agent for the service of process, or both: ten dollars.

(10) articles of termination: ten dollars.

(11) application for reinstatement after administrative dissolution: twenty-five dollars.

(12) application for certificate of cancellation: ten dollars.

(13) application for certificate of existence or authorization: ten dollars.

(14) other document required or authorized to be filed pursuant to this chapter: two dollars.

(b) The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars each time process is served on him under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if he prevails in the proceeding.

(c) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign limited liability company:

(1) for copying, one dollar for the first page and fifty cents for each additional page; and

(2) two dollars for each certificate.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 343, Section 2; 2004 Act No. 221, Section 37.