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South Carolina Form F0006: the LLC Articles of Organization

Form F0006 is the South Carolina Secretary of State's articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company, filed under sections 33-44-202 and 33-44-203 of the South Carolina Code. The form was last revised in August 2016 and is still the current one. The same questions are asked by Business Entities Online, the Secretary of State's filing portal, which lets a filer save the articles and correct them before they are accepted, and which the state says is faster than paper.

South Carolina's articles are short but have two features that catch people out. The company's initial designated office has to be in South Carolina, so an owner whose business sits in another state needs a South Carolina address for it. And the paper form carries a signature line for the registered agent under the agent's name, so the agent's acceptance is part of the filing rather than a private matter between the owner and the agent.

Updated November 1, 2026. Facts checked October 2026.

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Form F0006 at a Glance

Form
Form F0006 (rev. Aug. 2016)
Filing portal
Business Entities Online
Filed with
South Carolina Secretary of State, Business Filings
State fee
$110
Facts checked
October 2026

The state fee is South Carolina's own charge and is the same whether you file the Form F0006 yourself or we file it for you. Processing figures are what the South Carolina Secretary of State publishes and are not a promise of when a filing is approved; the state's expedite tiers are listed by name, with their amounts in the facts box on the South Carolina LLC page.

Below: every field in the order the form asks it, who the filing puts on the public record, whether the registered agent signs, the reasons South Carolina returns it, and what the state expects after it is filed.

What Form F0006 Asks For

  1. 1.Name of the limited liability companyMust contain limited liability company or limited company, or the abbreviation L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited can be shortened to Ltd. and company to Co.), and be distinguishable from the names on the Secretary of State's records.
  2. 2.Initial designated officeThe street address of the company's designated office, which must be in South Carolina. For a company run from outside the state this is usually the registered agent's South Carolina address.
  3. 3.Initial agent for service of processThe agent's name and the street address of the agent's office in South Carolina. The paper form has a Signature of Agent line beneath the name, so the agent accepts the appointment on the articles themselves.
  4. 4.OrganizersThe name and address of each organizer. South Carolina describes the organizer as the person who completes and delivers the documents, who need not be an owner and may simply be someone who assists in the formation. The organizer's street address is printed on the articles.
  5. 5.Term company (optional)Checked only if the company is to dissolve on a set date, with that date given. Otherwise the company is an at-will company with no fixed term.
  6. 6.Manager-managed companies: initial managersIf the company is to be managed by managers, the name and address of each initial manager. A member-managed company skips this and lists no one.
  7. 7.Members liable for company debts (optional)A statement, under section 33-44-303(c), that one or more members are to be liable for the company's debts and obligations, with the consent of those members. Almost no one checks it.
  8. 8.Delayed effective date (optional)The articles take effect when filed unless a later date is specified.
  9. 9.Additional provisions and signaturesAny other provisions the organizers choose to attach, then the dated signature of every organizer.

Who Is on the South Carolina Record

Who appears on the form

Agent name/SC street address; each organizer's name and address (all organizers sign); managers' names and addresses if manager-managed. Members not listed.

Does the registered agent sign the Form F0006?

Paper F0006 has a 'Signature of Agent' line under the agent name.

From our audit of South Carolina's official form and statutes, checked October 2026. Everything entered on a filing becomes public record once the state files it.

Why South Carolina Rejects It

  • A name that is not distinguishable from an existing South Carolina entity, or that lacks one of the accepted endings.
  • A designated office address outside South Carolina.
  • The agent's signature line left blank on a paper filing.
  • An organizer listed without an address, or an organizer who did not sign.
  • A manager-managed company that checks the box but names no managers, or lists a manager without an address.

A rejection costs days, sometimes a second fee, and in a few states the name you wanted. Our name check and field review happen before the form goes to Business Entities Online, which is most of what you pay us for.

After the State Files It

  • The Secretary of State files the articles and returns the filed copy. The office publishes no standard processing time and says only that online filings move faster than paper ones; it publishes no expedite service either.
  • South Carolina has no annual report for an LLC taxed as a partnership or a disregarded entity, which is most of them. An LLC that elects to be taxed as a corporation files Form CL-1 with the Department of Revenue within 60 days of starting business and then an annual report and license fee with its corporate income tax return.
  • Companies that will collect sales tax, withhold from employees or owe other state taxes register with the Department of Revenue on MyDORWAY before that activity begins.
  • South Carolina has no newspaper publication requirement for a new LLC.

More on filing in South Carolina: South Carolina LLC filing through Business Entities Online.

Form F0006 Questions

Does South Carolina have an LLC annual report?+

Not for most LLCs. The Secretary of State does not take an annual report from an LLC taxed as a partnership or a disregarded entity, so there is no yearly state filing and no yearly state fee. The exception is an LLC that elects corporate tax treatment, including an S corporation election: it files the Department of Revenue's CL-1 within 60 days of starting business and then an annual report and license fee along with its South Carolina corporate return.

Can I file on Business Entities Online myself?+

Yes. The Secretary of State's portal at businessfilings.sc.gov is open to the public, lets you save a draft and correct it before acceptance, and the state's fee is the same whether you file there or we file for you. The portal is also where Form F0006 is downloaded for a mailed filing. What we add is the name check, a designated office and agent set up so the filing is not returned, and a person watching it through to acceptance.

Does the registered agent sign Form F0006?+

On the paper form, yes: a Signature of Agent line sits under the agent's name, and the agent's acceptance travels with the articles. The Secretary of State's instructions do not spell out how Business Entities Online records the agent's acceptance, so we treat the agent's written consent as a requirement either way. An owner who lives in South Carolina can serve as agent at a South Carolina street address.

Who appears on the South Carolina public record?+

The registered agent and the agent's South Carolina address, each organizer's name and address, and, for a manager-managed company, the name and address of each initial manager. Members are not listed. Because the organizer's street address is printed on the articles, owners who want to stay off the record use a filing service as organizer and a registered agent company as agent.

Can I file the South Carolina articles by mail?+

Yes. Form F0006 downloads from Business Entities Online and is mailed to the Secretary of State's office in Columbia with a check for the filing fee. Paper takes longer than the portal, by the Secretary of State's own description, and a paper filing cannot be corrected before acceptance the way an online draft can. The current revision of the form is dated August 2016.

What is the initial designated office?+

South Carolina's term for the company's official office address in the state. The articles require it to be a South Carolina address even when the business is run from elsewhere, so an out-of-state owner usually gives the registered agent's South Carolina address as the designated office. It is a separate line from the agent's address on the form, although the two are often the same, and it can be changed later by a filing with the Secretary of State.

Who can be the organizer of a South Carolina LLC?+

Anyone who completes and delivers the articles. The Secretary of State's checklist for Form F0006 says the organizer need not be an owner and may simply be an individual who assists in the formation. Each organizer's name and street address are printed on the articles and every organizer signs, so a filing service that acts as organizer puts its own address on the public record rather than the owner's.

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