Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: a dissolved South Carolina corporation reinstates by filing Application for Reinstatement of a Corporation Dissolved by Administrative Action (SOS Form F0047) under S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-220 (Reinstatement following administrative dissolution) for $25, with no statutory deadline to do it.
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The filing, and what South Carolina calls it
A corporation administratively dissolved under § 33-14-210 files an Application for Reinstatement with the Secretary of State reciting the dissolution date, stating the grounds for dissolution no longer exist, confirming the corporate name meets § 33-4-101, and attaching a certificate from the SC Department of Revenue confirming all state taxes, penalties, and interest are paid. The SOS then cancels the dissolution certificate and issues a certificate of reinstatement, retroactive to the dissolution date.
How long you have to reinstate
South Carolina sets no deadline for reinstating a dissolved corporation. Business corporations may apply at any time after the effective date of dissolution; no deadline (this differs from LLCs and nonprofit corporations, which the SOS’s own FAQ says must reinstate within 2 years). That does not mean waiting is free; back fees and penalties keep accruing the whole time the entity sits dissolved. (S.C. Code § 33-14-220)
What you must pay before it goes through
South Carolina will not reinstate the corporation until every year it sat delinquent is paid for. A Certificate of Tax Compliance from the SC Department of Revenue (a separate $60 non-refundable request fee) reciting that all taxes, penalties, and interest are paid must accompany the application; this is a statutory requirement, not optional. (S.C. Code § 33-14-220(a)(4))
Whether your name is still yours
Whether South Carolina protects a dissolved corporation’s name against a new filer during the dissolved period was not independently confirmed this session; SOS guidance says to confirm the name remains available in SC’s entity database before filing, since duplicate names aren’t permitted, but does not describe a specific automatic name-reservation period protecting a dissolved corporation’s name.. (South Carolina SOS FAQ)
What the filing costs
South Carolina’s Application for Reinstatement of a Corporation Dissolved by Administrative Action (SOS Form F0047) carries a $25 filing fee. $25 reinstatement fee; a Certificate of Tax Compliance from the SC Department of Revenue (a separate $60 non-refundable request fee) must also accompany the application.
What this page does not answer
Reinstating the entity at the state level and squaring things up with the IRS are two separate processes. Late federal returns, penalty abatement requests, and reinstating a lapsed EIN’s associated accounts are governed by federal law, not by South Carolina’s corporation statute, and this page does not source them. We have the state-filing answer at primary and the federal-cleanup answer not at all.
This page covers a for-profit business corporation. If you are reinstating an LLC in South Carolina instead, the filing, fee and statute are different: see reinstating an LLC in South Carolina.
Sources
Every citation on this page is statutory or the Secretary of State’s own official filing instructions. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law; those are the only publishers of the competing versions.
- SC Legislature official code site, section 33-14-220 text: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c014.php
- Official SOS FAQ: https://sos.sc.gov/faqs-about-business-entities