S.C. Code Ann. § 33-47-220

The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this State to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation law of this State. When so filed they shall be received in all of the courts of this State and other places as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and of the due incorporation of such association. A certified copy of the articles of incorporation shall also be filed with the director of the State extension service of Clemson University.