No domestic or foreign corporation or the registrar or transfer agent of any corporation shall be liable for registering or causing to be registered on the books of such corporation any stock or stocks, bond or bonds or other securities in the name of any nominee of such bank, trust company or national bank or for transferring or causing to be transferred on the books of any such corporation any stock or stocks, bond or bonds or other securities theretofore registered by such corporation in the name of any nominee or nominees of such bank, trust company or national bank as provided in this chapter when the transfer is made upon the authorization of such nominee.
S.C. Code § 35-5-30