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Secretary of State Hammond Warns Businesses of Document Request Scams

Today South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond issued an updated advisory regarding continued scams offering to sell bogus documents and…

Attention Investors – Metals.com, Tower Equity, Chase Metals, and Barrick Capital Receivership Claim Deadline

Claim Deadline April 30, 2021 (Columbia, SC) - The Attorney General Alan Wilson and Secretary of State Mark Hammond, other state regulators, and the…

Businesses Warned of “South Carolina Certificate of Status” Scam

(COLUMBIA, SC) – South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond issued an advisory today warning of a scam selling bogus “certificates of status” to…

Secretary of State Mark Hammond Certifies South Carolina’s Nine Electoral Votes for President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Michael R. Pence

COLUMBIA -- Secretary of State Mark Hammond convened the 2020 Electoral College Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM in Columbia.  Unanimously…

SC Secretary of State Releases Wise Giving Report and Give Smart Watch List in Conjunction with International Charity Fraud Awareness Week

(COLUMBIA, SC) –South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced today the release of his office’s 2019-2020 Wise Giving Report, in…

SC Secretary of State Hammond and AG Wilson Join with CFTC to Charge Precious Metals Dealers in $185 Million Scheme Targeting Elderly Investors

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – September 25, 2020 –  Secretary of State Mark  Hammond and Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that they are…

Notary Public Virtual Seminar Now Posted

(Columbia, SC) - On Monday, September 21, 2020, Secretary of State Mark Hammond held a free Notary Public Virtual Seminar for South Carolina notaries…

2020 Notary Public Virtual Seminar

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARK HAMMOND Secretary of State Offers a Free Notary Public Virtual Seminar on Monday…

Over $300,000 in Counterfeit Merchandise Seized in Richland County, SC

Secretary of State Mark Hammond joins Richland County Sheriff, SLED, and Homeland Security in Counterfeit Merchandise Raid on NewImageSC.   (…

Taiwan Donates 92,000 Surgical Masks to the State of South Carolina

(WEST COLUMBIA, SC) - The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta (TECO) has donated 92,000 surgical masks to support South Carolina frontline…