S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-270
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SECTION 33-1-270. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Official statutory text
A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State, bearing his signature (which may be in facsimile) and the seal of this State, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the Secretary of State and must be taken and received in all courts, public offices, official bodies, and in all proceedings as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
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