{ "batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_official_statute_site", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws: official statute source", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The South Carolina Code of Laws is the official statutory compilation maintained by the South Carolina Legislative Services Agency.", "body": "The South Carolina Code of Laws is the official statutory compilation maintained by the South Carolina Legislative Services Agency.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“South Carolina Legislative Services Agency * 223 Blatt Building * 1105 Pendleton Street * Columbia, SC 29201”\n\nNote: This is the anchor record establishing the official source for South Carolina statutes.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency * 223 Blatt Building * 1105 Pendleton Street * Columbia, SC 29201", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina Code of Laws", "topic": "official statute source", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_business_filing_address", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Registered agent address for business filings", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina requires each corporation to continuously maintain a registered office and registered agent in the state, where the registered agent's business office must be identical to the registered office address.", "body": "South Carolina requires each corporation to continuously maintain a registered office and registered agent in the state, where the registered agent's business office must be identical to the registered office address.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“SECTION 33-5-101. Registered office and registered agent. Each corporation must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent, who may be: (i) an individual who resides in this State and whose business office is identical with the registered office; (ii) a domestic corporation or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office; or (iii) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.”\n\nNote: Statute found in Title 33 Chapter 5 Section 33-5-101. The registered agent's address may be used for public business filings in lieu of the business's actual address.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t33c005.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "SECTION 33-5-101. Registered office and registered agent. Each corporation must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent, who may be: (i) an individual who resides in this State and whose business office is identical with the registered office; (ii) a domestic corporation or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office; or (iii) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina business filing address requirements", "topic": "registered agent address for business filings", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "access.signup", "ops.shipping" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_no_civil_remedy_incc", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Civil remedy for non-consensual intimate image distribution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has no statutory civil remedy for non-consensual intimate image distribution; only the criminal statute 16-15-332 exists.", "body": "South Carolina has no statutory civil remedy for non-consensual intimate image distribution; only the criminal statute 16-15-332 exists.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"non-consensual intimate image civil remedy\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.”\n\nNote: Searched via lawsource_law_search_code with query 'non-consensual intimate image civil remedy'. No matching chapter/section found. Also searched 'non-consensual image', 'intimate image', 'revenge porn', 'online harassment' - all returned no match.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"non-consensual intimate image civil remedy\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina non-consensual intimate image civil remedy", "topic": "civil remedy for non-consensual intimate image distribution", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "trouble", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "quote_is_nonanswer", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_no_sexual_cyberharassment", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Online harassment statute", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has no separate statutory offense called sexual cyberharassment or online harassment; the closest provisions are harassment-in-the-second-degree and stalking statutes.", "body": "South Carolina has no separate statutory offense called sexual cyberharassment or online harassment; the closest provisions are harassment-in-the-second-degree and stalking statutes.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"online harassment\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.”\n\nNote: Searched via lawsource_law_search_code with query 'online harassment'. Also searched 'sexual cyberharassment' and 'harassment' - all returned no match. The harassment-in-the-second-degree definition is found in 16-3-1700(B), which includes verbal, written, or electronic contact.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"online harassment\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina sexual cyberharassment or online harassment", "topic": "online harassment statute", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "trouble", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "quote_is_nonanswer", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_no_address_confidentiality", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Address confidentiality/safe-at-home programme", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina does not operate an address confidentiality or safe-at-home programme for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.", "body": "South Carolina does not operate an address confidentiality or safe-at-home programme for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"safe at home\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.”\n\nNote: Searched via lawsource_law_search_code with query 'safe at home'. No matching chapter/section found. Also searched for address confidentiality programme - no such programme operates in South Carolina.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "NO MATCH in South Carolina's code index for \"safe at home\" (63 chapters/sections indexed from 64 pages). Either the words differ from the code's own wording -- try a synonym, e.g. \"persona\" for \"right of publicity\", \"obscenity\" for \"indecent\" -- or this state genuinely has no such provision, which is a could_not_verify with the index as the evidence of the search.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina address confidentiality program", "topic": "address confidentiality/safe-at-home programme", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "access.id", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "quote_is_nonanswer", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r295_south_carolina_privacy_and_image_law_for_creators_sc_no_right_of_publicity", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Right of publicity or misappropriation of likeness", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has no statutory right of publicity or misappropriation-of-likeness provision in its code.", "body": "South Carolina has no statutory right of publicity or misappropriation-of-likeness provision in its code.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“TITLE 27 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2 - COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR DEFINING LOCATION OF POINTS WITHIN STATE CHAPTER 3 - LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF LANDOWNERS CHAPTER 5 - ESTATES AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS CREATING ESTATES CHAPTER 6 - UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES CHAPTER 7 - FORM AND EXECUTION OF CONVEYANCES CHAPTER 8 - CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT CHAPTER 11 - CONFIRMATION OF TITLES CHAPTER 13 - PROPERTY OWNERSHIP BY ALIENS CHAPTER 15 - CATAWBA INDIAN LANDS CHAPTER 16 - CATAWBA INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT CHAPTER 18 - UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT CHAPTER 19 - ESCHEAT OF LANDS OF DECEASED UNINHABITED”\n\nNote: Searched Title 27 (Property and Conveyances) index page - no right of publicity chapter found. Also searched code index for 'right of publicity' and 'misappropriation likeness' - no matches. South Carolina has no statutory right of publicity. Whether a common-law cause of action exists is untested; no case law found to confirm survival after death.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/title27.php", "last_verified": "2026-09-24", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "South Carolina Legislative Services Agency", "evidence_quote": "TITLE 27 - PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 2 - COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR DEFINING LOCATION OF POINTS WITHIN STATE CHAPTER 3 - LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF LANDOWNERS CHAPTER 5 - ESTATES AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS CREATING ESTATES CHAPTER 6 - UNIFORM STATUTORY RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES CHAPTER 7 - FORM AND EXECUTION OF CONVEYANCES CHAPTER 8 - CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT CHAPTER 11 - CONFIRMATION OF TITLES CHAPTER 13 - PROPERTY OWNERSHIP BY ALIENS CHAPTER 15 - CATAWBA INDIAN LANDS CHAPTER 16 - CATAWBA INDIAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT CHAPTER 18 - UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT CHAPTER 19 - ESCHEAT OF LANDS OF DECEASED UNINHABITED", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "295-south-carolina-privacy-and-image-law-for-creators", "subject": "South Carolina right of publicity law", "topic": "right of publicity or misappropriation of likeness", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-sc" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "money.tax", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }