South Carolina Code 33-44-206. Filing in Office of Secretary of State
(b) Upon request and payment of a fee, the Secretary of State shall send to the requester a certified copy of the requested record.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and § 33-44-207(c), a record accepted for filing by the Secretary of State is effective:
(1) at the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of State’s date and time endorsement on the original record; or
(2) at the time specified in the record as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(d) A record may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the record becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the record is effective at the close of business on that date. If a delayed effective date is later than the ninetieth day after the record is filed, the record is effective on the ninetieth day.