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H4660 • 2026

Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

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Sponsor
Rep. Luck
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( House Journal-page 48 )
Effective date
Not listed

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Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

What This Bill Does

  • Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 House

    Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 48 )

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( House Journal-page 48 )

  3. 2025-12-16 House

    Prefiled

  4. 2025-12-16 House

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Claims Against Dissolved Corporations

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 4660: Claims Against Dissolved Corporations - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4660
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Luck
Document Path: LC-0200HA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Judiciary
Summary: Claims Against Dissolved Corporations
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/16/2025

House

Prefiled

12/16/2025

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 48
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 48
)

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legislative information
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION
33-14-107
, RELATING TO UNKNOWN CLAIMS
AGAINST DISSOLVED CORPORATIONS, SO AS TO BAR ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
DISSOLVED CORPORATIONS UNLESS THE CLAIMANT COMMENCES A PROCEEDING WITHIN FIVE YEARS
AFTER THE CORPORATION'S NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
33-14-107
(c) of the S.C. Code is amended to
read:

(
c) If the dissolved corporation
publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), the claim of
each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a
proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within
ten
five
years after the
publication date of the newspaper notice:

(
1)
a claimant who did not receive written notice pursuant to Section
33-14-106
;

(
2)
a claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not
acted on; and

(
3)
a claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the
effective date of the dissolution.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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