Legal Aspects

Books

• How to Incorporate and Start a Business In South Carolina
• How to Start a Business in North or South Carolina
• Form Your Own Limited Liability Company
• Incorporate Now!
• Incorporate Your Business: When to Do It and How
• The Law (in Plain English) for Small Businesses
• Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business
• Partnership: Small Business Start Up Kit
• Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks for Dummies
• Patent it Yourself
• S-corporations: Small Business Start Up kit
• The Small Business Start-Up Kit
• SmartStart for Your South Carolina Business
• Sole Proprietorship: Small Business Start Up Kit

Laws

• Code of Ordinances, Columbia, South Carolina.(Adopted Dec 31, 1978; Effective May 16, 1979)
• Code of Ordinances of Richland County, South Carolina: Containing the General Ordinances of the County
• Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, Annotated

Web Sites

• Code of Laws of South Carolina Title 39 of the Code covers "Trade and Commerce" in South Carolina.
• Code of Regulations of South Carolina Contains links to full-text searching of the SC Code of Regulations and State Register, as well as the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
• Columbia's Municipal Code To reach the Columbia code you must click on online codes, South Carolina, then Columbia. Chapter 11 covers licenses, permits and miscellaneous business regulations.
• Department of Commerce Scroll down the page to "Starting a Business in South Carolina"- a guide that details the procedure required to open a small business in South Carolina.
• Findlaw for Business Contains self-help legal guides to assist users in forming, financing and managing a small business.
• SBA Includes thorough explanations of the federal regulations applicable to small businesses.
• Small Business and Self-Employed Community-IRS Affords users access to many types of federal small business tax forms and publications.

• South Carolina Business One Stop As a hub for South Carolina small business information, this site contains forms, regulations and other useful information.

• United States Patent and Trademark Office This site is essential for those interested in obtaining a patent and/or trademark. It offers users in-depth patent and trademark data, various forms and useful searching options.