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South Carolina Secretary of State reports rising filings, asks for charity-staffing and technology authority increases
Summary
Secretary Stephanie Hammond told the House Ways and Means Constitutional Subcommittee that business and notary filings have grown, the office collected about $1.01 million in fines from charities last year and she is requesting additional authorization for staffing and technology upgrades funded from other funds.
South Carolina Secretary of State Stephanie Hammond told the Constitutional Subcommittee on Jan. 15 that filing activity in her office has increased and the office is seeking additional authority to handle rising workload and technology needs.
Hammond said the office handled “over 182,000 business filings,” that about 90% of corporate filings now are processed online and that combined corporate and UCC filings totaled about 293,000 last year. She said the office counted roughly 60,000 notaries and recorded about 609,000 total filings across duties that also include trademarks and cable…
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