S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-810 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 56-1-810
SECTION 56-1-810. Notice of suspension; surrender of license.
Status: in_force

Upon the determination by the Department of Motor Vehicles that a person has accumulated sufficient points to warrant the suspension of his license, the department shall notify such licensee in writing, return receipt requested, that his license has been suspended, and such licensee shall return his license to the department within the time required by Section 56-1-350 and subject to the penalties thereof for failing to do so.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-27-10 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 27 / Section 56-27-10
SECTION 56-27-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (a) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other business entity. (b) "House" means a dwelling, building, or other structure in excess of fourteen feet in width. (c) [Deleted]
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2250 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 24 / Section 56-3-2250
SECTION 56-3-2250. Sample and souvenir license plates; application for personalized special organizational souvenir license plate; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may provide, upon request, a sample motor vehicle license plate. The license plate shall be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. The fee for issuance of such license plate shall be ten dollars. The department may retain the ten dollar fee to recoup its cost for producing the license plate. (B)(1) The department is authorized to produce, upon request, souvenir license plates for any special organizational license plate produced pursuant to Section 56-3-8000 or Section 56-3-8100 or any other special organizational license plate authorized by law. In order for a special organizational license plate to be available as a souvenir license plate, the sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make the license plate available as a souvenir license plate. (2) The fee for the special organizational souvenir license plate is twenty dollars. Ten dollars of this fee shall be retained by the department as specified in subsection (A), and the additional ten dollars shall be distributed to the sponsoring organization. (C) The department shall determine the method to designate the sample and souvenir license plates described in this section. (D)(1) An individual may apply for a personalized special organizational souvenir license plate with a license plate text to be selected by the applicant in a letter and numeral plate text format the department prescribes. The department, in its discretion, may refuse the issuance of letter or number combinations which may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency. (2) In order for a special organizational license plate to be available as a personalized souvenir license plate, the sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make the license plate available as a souvenir license plate. (3) The fee for the license plate contained in this subsection is thirty dollars. Twenty dollars of this fee shall be retained by the department to defray the expenses of the department. Ten dollars of this fee shall be distributed to the organization described in subsection (B). (E) These sample or souvenir license plates may be displayed only on the front of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 or as otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home state and shall not be displayed on the back of any vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State or as otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home state. (F) Any person displaying a license plate in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each violation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2947 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 23 / Section 56-5-2947
SECTION 56-5-2947. Child endangerment; definition; penalties; jurisdiction; evidence for taking child into protective custody.
Status: in_force

(A) A person eighteen years of age or older is guilty of child endangerment when: (1) the person violates: (a) Section 56-5-750; (b) Section 56-5-2930; (c) Section 56-5-2933; or (d) Section 56-5-2945; and (2) the person has one or more passengers younger than sixteen years of age in the motor vehicle when the violation occurs. If more than one passenger younger than sixteen years of age is in the vehicle when a violation occurs, the person may be charged with only one violation of this section. (B) Upon conviction, the person must be: (1) fined not more than one-half of the maximum fine allowed for committing the violation in subsection (A)(1), when the person is fined for that offense; (2) imprisoned not more than one-half of the maximum term of imprisonment allowed for committing the violation listed in subsection (A)(1), when the person is imprisoned for the offense; or (3) fined and imprisoned as prescribed in items (1) and (2) when the person is fined and imprisoned for the offense. (C) No portion of the penalty assessed pursuant to subsection (B) may be suspended or revoked and probation may not be awarded. (D)(1) In addition to imposing the penalties for offenses listed in subsection (A)(1) and the penalties contained in subsection (B), the Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the person's driver's license for sixty days upon conviction under subsection (A)(1)(a). Upon conviction under subsection (A)(1)(b) through (d), the Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the person's driver's license. (2) Upon conviction under subsection (A)(1)(b) through (d), the person shall enroll in the Ignition Interlock Device Program pursuant to Section 56-5-2941, end the suspension, and obtain an ignition interlock restricted license pursuant to Section 56-1-400. The ignition interlock device is required to be affixed to the motor vehicle for three months. (3) Sections 56-1-1320 and 56-5-2990 as they relate to enrollment in an alcohol and drug safety action program and to the issuance of a provisional driver's license will not be effective until the ignition interlock restricted license period is completed. (E) A person may be convicted pursuant to this section for child endangerment in addition to being convicted for an offense listed in subsection (A)(1). (F) The court that has jurisdiction over an offense listed in subsection (A)(1) has jurisdiction over the offense of child endangerment. (G) A first offense charge for a violation of this section may not be used as the only evidence for taking a child into protective custody pursuant to Sections 63-7-620(A) and 63-7-660.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-11-60 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 56-11-60
SECTION 56-11-60. Penalties and interest under International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA).
Status: in_force

In lieu of all other penalties and interest provided by law, penalties and interest provided under the International Fuel Tax Agreement apply to all reports filed with the State as a result of the International Fuel Tax Agreement.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-10-280 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 56-10-280
SECTION 56-10-280. Insurance not to be issued for period less than six months; contract or policy valid for at least sixty days; cancellation within sixty days.
Status: in_force

(A) Contracts or policies of insurance issued to meet the financial responsibility requirements prescribed in this chapter must be issued for not less than six months. A contract or policy of insurance remains in effect at least sixty days notwithstanding a power of attorney which may purport to give the attorney-in-fact the right to effect cancellation on behalf of the insured. However, a contract or policy may be canceled within the first sixty days only under one or more of the following circumstances: (1) a check or bank draft tendered by the insured for payment to an agent, an insurance company, or a premium finance company is returned unpaid for insufficient funds or other reason by the insured's financial institution. If the check or draft is an initial payment made by an applicant for insurance or a payment made by an insured to renew a policy, the cancellation is effective as of the policy inception or renewal date; (2) the insured produces satisfactory proof from the Department of Motor Vehicles that he has sold or otherwise disposed of the insured vehicle or surrendered its tags and registration; (3) the insured has secured another policy that meets the financial responsibility requirements prescribed in this chapter; (4) the insured fails to pay when due the premium for the policy, an installment of the premium, or an installment payment under a premium service contract. The contract or policy of insurance must remain in effect for at least thirty days. (B) This section does not prohibit refunds to the insured for cancellations after sixty days resulting from causes other than nonpayment of premium. Where an insurance company or premium finance company cancels a contract or policy pursuant to this section for nonpayment of premium under the circumstances in subsection (A) which occurs within the first sixty days, the insurance company, premium finance company, or agent may charge and collect a fifteen-dollar penalty in addition to that otherwise provided by law, and the penalty charge is not a premium charge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-680 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 56-1-680
SECTION 56-1-680. Administration; exchange of information.
Status: in_force

(A) The director or his designee of the Department of Motor Vehicles is the administrator of this compact for South Carolina. The administrators, acting jointly, have the power to formulate all necessary procedures for the exchange of information under this compact. (B) The department shall furnish to the administrator of each other party state any information or documents reasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of this compact.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-2140 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 56-1-2140
SECTION 56-1-2140. Report of conviction of nonresident licensee; required action.
Status: in_force

Within ten days after receiving a report of the conviction of a nonresident holder of a commercial driver license for a violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, committed in a commercial motor vehicle, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state of the conviction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1975 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 56-3-1975
SECTION 56-3-1975. Identification of handicapped parking spaces; access aisles.
Status: in_force

Each handicapped parking place must be clearly identified as a handicapped parking place. The handicapped parking place includes all access aisles. If the handicapped parking place is on public property, the marker must be maintained by the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the public property or the street or highway where the handicapped parking place is located. If the handicapped parking place is on private property, the marker must be maintained by the owner of the property.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-12010 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 120 / Section 56-3-12010
SECTION 56-3-12010. "I Support Libraries" special license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names which must have imprinted on the plate "I Support Libraries". This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of producing the license plates must be equally distributed between the South Carolina Association of School Librarians and the South Carolina Library Association. (C) The guidelines for the production, collection and distribution of fees for a special license plate under this section must meet the requirements of Section 56-3-8100.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-540 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-540
SECTION 56-5-540. Official traffic-control devices defined.
Status: in_force

All signs, signals, markings and devices, not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic are "official traffic-control devices."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-240 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 56-3-240
SECTION 56-3-240. Contents of application.
Status: in_force

Every such application shall contain: (1) The name, bona fide residence and mail address of the owner or business address of the owner if a firm, association or corporation and the county, municipality, if applicable, and school district in which the applicant resides; (2) A description of the vehicle including insofar as such data may exist with respect to a given vehicle, the make, model, type of body, number of cylinders, serial number and engine or other number of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is new or used and the date of sale by the manufacturer or dealer to the person intending to operate such a vehicle and, in the event a vehicle is designed, constructed, converted or rebuilt for the transportation of property, a statement of the load capacity for which it is to be registered; (3) Such further information as may reasonably be required by the Department of Motor Vehicles to enable it to determine whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration and licensing; (4) In addition to the information required by item (2), whenever the application is for a motor vehicle which has been transferred from a previous registrant to the applicant, the applicant will complete the odometer disclosure statement on the application which shall be in compliance with federal guidelines and as prescribed by the department. (5) In addition to other registration requirements the department shall collect a federal employer identification number or social security number when a vehicle is registered with a gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds or as a bus common carrier. Additionally, for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds that operates with an apportioned license plate, the department may determine the manner, including the standard for measuring distance, such as miles or kilometers, application process, and filing deadlines for applications under the International Registration Plan, and must be provided: (a) the United States Department of Transportation Number of the motor carrier responsible for safety, as defined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and (b) a current MCS 150 form for the motor carrier responsible for safety, as defined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This form also must be on file with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Except where the International Registration Plan permits an applicant to use average per-vehicle distance, an application may contain the actual distance that the fleet being registered was operated during the report period. In accordance with the International Registration Plan, if the fleet did not accrue any actual distance during the reporting period, an applicant may use average per-vehicle distance. The expiration date of apportioned registration for all apportioned vehicles in a fleet must be the same date. Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 37, SECTION 10, rewrote (5).
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-170 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-170
SECTION 56-5-170. Authorized emergency vehicles defined.
Status: in_force

(A) Authorized emergency vehicles for purposes of this section include the following: (1) fire department vehicles; (2) police vehicles; (3) ambulances and rescue squad vehicles which are publicly owned; (4) vehicles of coroners and deputy coroners of the forty-six counties as designated by the coroners; (5) emergency vehicles designated by the fire department or the chief of police of a municipality; (6) county government litter enforcement vehicles used by certified law enforcement Class 3 litter control officers; (7) Department of Natural Resources vehicles, federal natural resources vehicles, and forestry commission vehicles when being used in the performance of law enforcement duties; (8) public and private vehicles while transporting individuals actually engaged in emergency activities because one or more occupants belong to a fire department, volunteer fire department, police department, sheriff's office, authorized county government litter enforcement office, rescue squad, or volunteer rescue squad; (9) county or municipal government jail or corrections vehicles used by certified jail or corrections officers, and emergency vehicles designated by the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; (10) vehicles designated by the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Environmental Control when being used in the performance of law enforcement or emergency response duties. (11) federal law enforcement, military, and emergency vehicles; and (12) organ procurement organization vehicles, which means vehicles operated by organizations that perform or coordinate the procurement, preservation, and transport of organs and maintain systems for locating prospective recipients for available organs. (B) Only authorized emergency vehicles and private security patrol vehicles regulated by the State Law Enforcement Division are allowed use or display of any blue lights or red lights. This includes light bars and smaller lights such as dash, deck, or visor lights. To "display" means to be seen, whether activated or not. (C) A vehicle shall not display the word 'police' unless it is an authorized emergency vehicle for use only by sworn police or other officers who are approved and certified by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to automobile dealerships, to police equipment suppliers that sell, deliver, or equip police vehicles to or for a law enforcement agency, to vehicles owned solely as collector's items and used only for participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, and similar uses, or to persons designated by an agency owning such a vehicle to drive the vehicle or drive an auxiliary vehicle transporting such a vehicle. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 196, SECTION 1, in (A), added (12), relating to organ procurement organization vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4430 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 35 / Section 56-5-4430
SECTION 56-5-4430. Additional parts and accessories not prohibited.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories of any vehicle which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-370 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-370
SECTION 56-1-370. Review of cancellation, suspension, or revocation of license.
Status: in_force

The licensee may, within ten days after notice of suspension, cancellation, or revocation, except in cases where the suspension, cancellation, or revocation is made mandatory upon the Department of Motor Vehicles, request in writing an administrative hearing with the Division of Motor Vehicle Hearings in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Administrative Law Court and the State Administrative Procedures Act, in the judicial circuit where the licensee was arrested unless the Division of Motor Vehicle Hearings and the licensee agree that the hearing may be held in another jurisdiction. The hearing must be heard by a hearing officer of the Division of Motor Vehicle Hearings. Upon the review, the hearing officer shall either rescind the department's order of suspension, cancellation, or revocation or, good cause appearing therefor, may continue, modify, or extend the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the license. If the administrative hearing results in the continued suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the license, the term of the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of the license is deemed to commence upon the date of the administrative hearing, as long as information is transmitted electronically to the Department of Motor Vehicles on the date of the hearing, and not on the date of the notice provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1950 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 56-3-1950
SECTION 56-3-1950. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Handicapped" means a person as defined in Section 56-3-1910. (2) "Access aisle" means a designated space for maneuvering a wheelchair or other mobility device when entering or exiting a vehicle, and that is immediately adjacent to a properly designated parking space for handicapped persons, on public or private property. Access aisles must be marked so as to discourage parking in them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2545 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 56-3-2545
SECTION 56-3-2545. Collection and disbursement of fees.
Status: in_force

Of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles in producing and administering this special license plate. The remaining fees collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the South Carolina Conservation Bank Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 48-59-60 of the 1976 Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4070 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 33 / Section 56-5-4070
SECTION 56-5-4070. Length of vehicles; limitations on vehicle combinations.
Status: in_force

(A) Two or three unit vehicle combinations may be operated on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, on those qualifying federal-aid highways so designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation, and on other highways as designated by the Department of Transportation in accordance with Section 56-5-4075. The Department of Public Safety may require warning devices which may be necessary to protect public safety. When in use on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and "other qualifying highways": (1) No trailer or semitrailer may be operated in a two unit truck tractor-trailer or truck tractor-semitrailer combination in excess of fifty-three feet, inclusive of the load carried on it. A fifty-three foot long trailer must be equipped with a rear underride guard, and the distance between the kingpin of the vehicle and the center of the rear axle assembly or to the center of the tandem axle assembly if equipped with two axles may be no greater than forty-one feet. However, trailers or semitrailers used exclusively or primarily to transport vehicles used in connection with motorsports competition events may not exceed forty-six feet on the distance measured from the kingpin to the center of the rear axle. (2) A trailer or semitrailer, operating in a three unit combination, may not exceed a length of twenty-eight and one-half feet, inclusive of the load carried on it. (3) Auto and boat transporters may not have an overall length in excess of seventy-five feet, exclusive of front and rear overhang. However, front overhang may not exceed three feet, and rear overhang may not exceed four feet. (4) Saddle mounts and full mounts may not have an overall length in excess of seventy-five feet. (B) No motor vehicle, exclusive of truck tractors being used in two or three unit combinations on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, on those qualifying federal-aid highways so designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation, and on other highways as designated by the Department of Transportation in accordance with Section 56-5-4075, may exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and load carried on it, except buses as approved by the Department of Public Safety, or motor homes which may not exceed forty-five feet in length, if the turning radius of the motor home is forty-eight feet or less. (C) A combination of vehicles coupled together or especially constructed to transport motor vehicles in a truckaway or driveaway service may tow up to three saddle mounts. No other combination of vehicles coupled together may consist of more than two units, except as permitted by subsection (A). (D) Except as permitted by subsection (A), trailers or semitrailers used within combinations may not exceed a length of fifty-three feet, and auto transporters are excluded from trailer length limitations. A fifty-three foot long trailer must be equipped with a rear underride guard, and the distance between the kingpin of the vehicle and the center of the rear axle assembly or to the center of the tandem axle assembly if equipped with two axles may be no greater than forty-one feet. Auto transporters may be allowed an upper level overhang not to exceed three feet on the front and four feet on the rear. (E) Except where specifically prohibited in this article, there is no overall length limit on combination vehicles. (F) Appropriate safety and energy conservation devices and compressors and fuel saving equipment on the front or loading devices on the rear of vehicles must not be considered when determining their length for purposes of this section if the overall length limitations of combinations of vehicles is not exceeded.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5880 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 41 / Section 56-5-5880
SECTION 56-5-5880. Right of entry on property to enforce article; criminal or civil liability arising out of enforcement.
Status: in_force

All officers, employees, and agents of any person under contract with the Department of Public Safety, county, or municipality, are authorized to go on private property for the purposes of enforcing this article. No agent or employee of any federal, state, county, or municipal government or other political subdivision, no person or occupant of the premises from which any derelict or abandoned motor vehicle shall be removed, nor any person or firm contracting for the removal of or disposition of any such motor vehicle shall be held criminally or civilly liable in any way arising out of or caused by carrying out or enforcing any provisions of this article unless such person is guilty of willfulness, wantonness, or recklessness.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-14-130 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 14 / Section 56-14-130
SECTION 56-14-130. Indemnification; violations of this chapter.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding the terms of any manufacturer/dealer agreement, it is a violation of this chapter for: (1) a warrantor to fail to indemnify and hold harmless its dealer against any losses or damages to the extent such losses or damages are caused by the negligence or wilful misconduct of the warrantor. A new recreational vehicle dealer may not be denied indemnification for failing to discover, disclose, or remedy a defect in the design or manufacturing of a new recreational vehicle. A new recreational vehicle dealer may be denied indemnification if the new recreational vehicle dealer fails to remedy a known and announced defect in accordance with the written instructions of a warrantor for whom the new recreational vehicle dealer is obligated to perform warranty service. A new recreational vehicle dealer shall provide to the warrantor a copy of any pending law suit or similar proceeding in which allegations are made that are covered by this subsection within ten days after receiving such suit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this subsection shall continue to apply even after the new recreational vehicle is titled; and (2) a new recreational vehicle dealer to fail to indemnify and hold harmless its warrantor against any losses or damages to the extent that the losses or damages are caused by the negligence or wilful misconduct of the new recreational vehicle dealer. A warrantor shall provide to a new recreational vehicle dealer a copy of any pending law suit or similar proceeding in which allegations are made that are covered by this subsection within ten days after receiving such suit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this subsection shall continue to apply even after the new recreational vehicle is titled. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 51,SECTIONS 6, 7, provide: "SECTION 6. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 14, Title 56. "SECTION 7. This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor and applies to manufacturer/dealer agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-10-46 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 56-10-46
SECTION 56-10-46. Enhanced proof of insurance requests following lapse or termination.
Status: in_force

A person responding to the notice contained in Section 56-10-40 who purchased insurance after receiving the notice shall have his motor vehicle record noted to indicate that he will be subject to regular requests for proof of insurance from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The person shall be required to provide proof of coverage as prescribed by regulation every seven months for a period of three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-14-20 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 14 / Section 56-14-20
SECTION 56-14-20. Persons subject to chapter and jurisdiction of courts; service of process.
Status: in_force

Any person who engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within this State in connection with the offering or advertising for sale or has business dealings with respect to a recreational vehicle within this State shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State upon service of process in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Title 15. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 51,SECTIONS 6, 7, provide: "SECTION 6. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 14, Title 56 "SECTION 7. This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor and applies to manufacturer/dealer agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-2-3100 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 56-2-3100
SECTION 56-2-3100. Moped seller not required to obtain motor vehicle dealer's license.
Status: in_force

A person or entity selling mopeds is not required to obtain a motor vehicle dealer's license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3630 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 29 / Section 56-5-3630
SECTION 56-5-3630. Manner in which motorcycles must be operated.
Status: in_force

(A) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto and the operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless the motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator. (B) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle. (C) No person shall operate a motorcycle while carrying any package, bundle or other article which prevents him from keeping both hands on the handlebars. (D) No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any person ride, in a position that will interfere with the operation or control of the motorcycle or the view of the operator. (E) No person shall ride upon a motorcycle as a passenger unless, when sitting astride the seat, the person can reach the footrests with both feet. Provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons riding in a motorcycle sidecar. (F) No person riding upon a motorcycle shall attach himself or the motorcycle to any other vehicle on the roadway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-440 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 56-19-440
SECTION 56-19-440. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title: (1) If it finds (a) the certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued or (b) the vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed; (2) When the Department determines that the fee has not been paid and such fee is not paid under reasonable notice and demand; or (3) When the Department determines that the owner has committed any offense under this chapter or Chapter 21 of Title 16 involving the certificate to be suspended or revoked.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-32-10 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 32 / Section 56-32-10
SECTION 56-32-10. Application to new motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to new motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-28-10(5).
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-8710 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 87 / Section 56-3-8710
SECTION 56-3-8710. NASCAR special license plates authorized.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 registered in their names which may have imprinted on the plates an emblem, a seal, or other symbol the department considers appropriate to NASCAR or a NASCAR driver or team. NASCAR or a NASCAR driver or team may submit to the department for approval of the emblem, seal, or other symbol it desires to be used for its respective special license plate. Before a design is approved, NASCAR or the NASCAR driver or team must submit to the department written authorization for the use of a copyrighted or registered logo, trademark, or design. NASCAR or a NASCAR driver or team also may request a change in its respective emblem, seal, or other symbol once the existing supply has been exhausted. The fee for each special license plate is seventy dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5. Each special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued. (B) The department may also provide, upon request, special NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team collector license plates which shall not be displayed on any vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State. Any person displaying the special NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team collector license plates on any vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. The special NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team collector license plates shall be the same size and general design of the regular NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team special motor vehicle license plates. The fee for issuance of the special NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team collector license plates is twenty-five dollars. The words "collector license plate" shall be imprinted on the special NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team collector license plates. (C) From the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167, an amount equal to the expenses of producing the special license plates. The remaining funds must be distributed in the following manner: (1) one-half deposited in a special account, separate and apart from the General Fund, designated the "South Carolina Children's Emergency Shelter Fund" established within and administered for use by the Department of Social Services. The Department of Social Services shall distribute at least one-half of the funds from the special account to the South Carolina Association of Children's Homes and Family Services for the benefit of the South Carolina children's emergency shelters. Funds distributed to the South Carolina Association of Children's Homes and Family Services may be used only for providing donations to support the South Carolina children's emergency shelters. Funds received by the South Carolina Association of Children's Homes and Family Services pursuant to this section must be deposited in an appropriate nonprofit account designated by the South Carolina Association of Children's Homes and Family Services; (2) one-fourth deposited in a special account, separate and apart from the General Fund, designated the "South Carolina Sports Development Office Fund" established within and administered for use by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to promote the South Carolina Sports Development Office; and (3) one-fourth deposited in a special account, separate and apart from the General Fund designated the "NASCAR License Plate Highway Safety Fund" established within and administered for use by the Department of Public Safety to promote highway safety in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and NASCAR or a NASCAR driver or team. (D) Before the department produces and distributes NASCAR's or a NASCAR driver's or team's respective special license plate pursuant to this section, it must receive four hundred prepaid applications for NASCAR's or the NASCAR driver's or team's respective special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of NASCAR's or the NASCAR driver's or team's respective license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for the NASCAR or NASCAR driver's or team's respective license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the respective license plate, the department shall retain the deposit. (E) If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular NASCAR or NASCAR driver or team special license plate, it may choose not to produce additional special license plates in that series. However, the department shall continue to issue special license plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-13610 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 136 / Section 56-3-13610
SECTION 56-3-13610. "South Carolina Stands with Israel" special license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "South Carolina Stands with Israel" special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles, as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for this license plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. Any portion of the fees collected pursuant to this article, not set aside by the Comptroller General to defray the expenses associated with producing and administering the distribution of the license plate, must be distributed to Chabad of Charleston, Inc.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6200 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 43 / Section 56-5-6200
SECTION 56-5-6200. Disposition of fines and forfeitures.
Status: in_force

All fines collected as penalties for violation of this chapter and bond or bail forfeitures shall be paid over by the magistrate or person collecting them to the county treasurer of the county in which such fines and bond or bail forfeitures are collected, except that when such fines or bond or bail forfeitures are collected by municipal police officers and municipal courts the amounts so collected shall be paid over to the city treasurer of the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-7700 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 72 / Section 56-3-7700
SECTION 56-3-7700. Special Olympics license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue special motor vehicle license plates commemorating the Special Olympics which may have imprinted on the plates an emblem, seal, or other symbol approved by the South Carolina Special Olympics and the department. The fee for this special license plate is fifty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. This special license plate must be the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. The special license plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued. (B) Of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167, an amount equal to the cost of production and distribution of this special license plate. The fees collected pursuant to this section in excess of those placed in the State Highway Fund, must be distributed to the South Carolina Special Olympics.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3150 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 25 / Section 56-5-3150
SECTION 56-5-3150. Crossing at other than crosswalks.
Status: in_force

(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk. (d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices and when authorized to cross diagonally pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3880 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 31 / Section 56-5-3880
SECTION 56-5-3880. Closure of state highways for running events.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation may close state highways, roadways, or bridges to allow marathons or other running events when the race or event is open to all persons including the handicapped if in the opinion of the district engineer the race or event may be conducted in a safe manner. The Department of Transportation, city, county, organization, and sponsors of the race or event are immune from liability except for gross negligence from incidents arising from participation in or association with the race or event. If the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge is not available for the annual Cooper River Bridge Run and Walk in Charleston County, the Silas N. Pearman Bridge must be made available for the event, if a contingency plan for vehicular traffic can be developed, provided, that if the Cooper River Bridge Run and Walk is not open to persons sixty-five years of age or older, neither bridge may be used for this event.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-14-70 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 14 / Section 56-14-70
SECTION 56-14-70. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Status: in_force

The department may deny, suspend, or revoke an application or licensee for any reason prescribed in Section 56-15-350. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 51,SECTIONS 6, 7, provide: "SECTION 6. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 14, Title 56. "SECTION 7. This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor and applies to manufacturer/dealer agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018." 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 40(D), provides as follows: "[SECTION 40.](D) SECTIONS 15 through 28 take effect on January 1, 2024. Any dealership applying for or renewing licenses, or operating on a currently issued license on or after January 1, 2024, is subject to the provisions of SECTIONS 15 through 28." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 18, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-143 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-143
SECTION 56-1-143. Contribution to Donate Life South Carolina when obtaining or renewing driver's license.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a new or renewal driver's license, commercial driver's license, motorcycle driver's license, identification card, issuance of a vehicle title or transfer of title, or issuance or renewal of a vehicle license plate must be given an opportunity in writing to make a voluntary contribution of five dollars, more or less, to be credited to Donate Life South Carolina established in Section 44-43-1310. Any voluntary contribution must be added to the driver's license, identification card, title, or license plate fee and must be transferred to the State Treasurer and credited to Donate Life South Carolina as provided for in Section 44-43-1310. An amount equal to the incremental cost of administration of the contribution must be paid by the trust fund from amounts received pursuant to this section to the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167 before funds are expended by the trust fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1280 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 56-3-1280
SECTION 56-3-1280. Transfer of registered and licensed vehicle to licensed dealer.
Status: in_force

Whenever a duly licensed motor vehicle dealer receives by purchase, gift, trade, or otherwise a vehicle which was registered and licensed in this State for the then current registration and license year, the dealer shall not be required to obtain a new registration and license plate, but it shall be optional.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-920 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 56-5-920
SECTION 56-5-920. Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices.
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation may adopt a manual of standards and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, for use upon highways and streets within this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1275 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 56-5-1275
SECTION 56-5-1275. Requests for accident investigation reports; dissemination of reports.
Status: in_force

With respect to a motor vehicle accident, no employee of any law enforcement agency shall allow any person to examine or obtain a copy of any accident report or related investigative report when the employee knows or should reasonably know that the request for access to the report is for commercial solicitation purposes. No person shall request any law enforcement agency to permit examination or to furnish a copy of any such report for commercial solicitation purposes. All persons, except law enforcement personnel and persons named in the report, shall be required to submit a separate written request to the law enforcement agency for each report. A written request under this section must state the requestor's name, address, and the intended use of the report in sufficient detail that the law enforcement agency may ascertain that the intended use is not for commercial solicitation purposes. A person who knowingly makes any false statement in any written request under this section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 56-3-2520.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2948 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 23 / Section 56-5-2948
SECTION 56-5-2948. Field sobriety tests.
Status: in_force

When a person is suspected of causing a motor vehicle incident resulting in the death of another person by the investigating law enforcement officer on the scene of the incident, the driver must submit to field sobriety tests if he is physically able to do so.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-5 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-5
SECTION 56-1-5. Department of Motor Vehicles Established; transfer of power from the Department of Public Safety; appointment, powers, and duties of the Executive Director; independent review.
Status: in_force

(A) The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is hereby established as an administrative agency of the state government. (B) Upon the signature of the Governor, all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority statutorily exercised by the Motor Vehicle Division and the Motor Carrier Services unit within the Department of Public Safety are transferred to and devolved upon the Department of Motor Vehicles. (C) The Executive Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (D) The executive director is the executive and administrative head of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The executive director shall administer the policies defined by the department and the affairs of the department. (E) The executive director may appoint assistants, deputies, and employees as the executive director considers necessary and proper to administer the affairs of the department and may prescribe their duties, powers, and functions. (F) The Legislative Audit Council shall conduct an independent review of the Department of Motor Vehicles every three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-28-60 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 28 / Section 56-28-60
SECTION 56-28-60. Informal dispute settlement procedures.
Status: in_force

If a manufacturer has established an informal dispute settlement procedure which substantially complies with Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 703, or if the manufacturer participates in a consumer-industry appeals, arbitration, or mediation panel or board, whose decisions are binding on the manufacturer, the provisions of Section 56-28-40 concerning refunds or replacement do not apply to any consumer who has not first resorted to those procedures or to the alternate procedure provided in Section 56-28-90.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-10-670 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 56-10-670
SECTION 56-10-670. Scope of article.
Status: in_force

This article shall not supersede other actions or penalties that may be taken or imposed for violation of the financial security requirements of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-30 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 56-9-30
SECTION 56-9-30. Chapter inapplicable to certain motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this State, or any political subdivision of this State or any municipality therein, nor, except for Section 56-9-590, does it apply with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to other laws of this State which require their owners to carry insurance or to place security in a manner which would make those owners carry insurance or place security in addition to the amounts required by this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3500 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 27 / Section 56-5-3500
SECTION 56-5-3500. Violations of article; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided, in the absence of another violation being cited, a violation of this article by the driver of a motor vehicle is subject to a civil fine of up to one hundred dollars unless a bicyclist is injured as a result of the violation. (B) In the absence of another violation being cited, a person driving a motor vehicle who violates a provision of this article and the violation is the proximate cause of a: (1) minor injury to a bicyclist, must be assessed a civil fine of up to five hundred dollars; or (2) great bodily injury, as defined in Section 56-5-2945, to a bicyclist, must be assessed a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-360 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-360
SECTION 56-1-360. Form and proof of notice.
Status: in_force

When notice is required concerning a person's driver's license, the notice must be given by the Department of Motor Vehicles by depositing the notice in the United States mail with postage prepaid addressed to the person at the address contained in the driver's license records of the department. The giving of notice by mail is complete ten days after the deposit of the notice. A certificate by the director of the department or his designee that the notice has been sent as required in this section is presumptive proof that the requirements as to notice of suspension have been met even if the notice has not been received by the addressee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-4510 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 45 / Section 56-3-4510
SECTION 56-3-4510. "South Carolina Protects Endangered Species" and "South Carolina Wildlife" commemorative plates; disposition of fees collected.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue a series of special commemorative motor vehicle license plates for use by the owner on his private passenger motor vehicle for the purposes of the "Nongame Wildlife and Natural Areas Fund" provided in Section 50-1-280. The special fee for the commemorative license plate is thirty dollars and this amount must be placed in the fund. This fee is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of Title 56. The commemorative plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates and must be imprinted with the words "South Carolina Protects Endangered Species". The plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period, which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued. Once the plate supply is exhausted, any revenues derived from a renewal or transfer of a "South Carolina Protects Endangered Species" plate must be distributed as directed in this subsection. (B) The department shall issue a collection of special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles and motorcycles. The fee for each special license plate is thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. Each special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates, and must be imprinted with the words "South Carolina Wildlife". Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued. (C) Of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167, an amount equal to the expenses of the department in producing and administering this special license plate collection. The remaining funds collected from each special motor vehicle license plate fee must be deposited in the Game Protection Fund provided for in Title 50. (D) The department simultaneously may make available more than one special license plate. However, before the department produces and distributes a special license plate with the South Carolina Wildlife collection pursuant to this section, it must comply with the provisions contained in Section 56-3-8100.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3830 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 31 / Section 56-5-3830
SECTION 56-5-3830. Driving through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways.
Status: in_force

The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold the vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of the vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of two hundred feet along the highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3210 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 25 / Section 56-5-3210
SECTION 56-5-3210. Penalties for violating Sections 56-5-2720, 56-5-3190, or 56-5-3200.
Status: in_force

A person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 56-5-3190, 56-5-3200, or 56-5-2720 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or imprisonment for not exceeding ten days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-11410 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 114 / Section 56-3-11410
SECTION 56-3-11410. Historic special license plates.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a "Historic" special motor vehicle license plate for use on a private passenger carrying motor vehicle, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or a motorcycle as defined in Section 56-3-20, that is twenty-five years of age or older at the time of applying for the special plate. The applicant for a "Historic" license plate must be the owner of the motor vehicle or motorcycle and must be a resident of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5820 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 41 / Section 56-5-5820
SECTION 56-5-5820. Abandoned and derelict vehicles as hazard to health and welfare.
Status: in_force

Abandoned and derelict vehicles constitute a hazard to the health and welfare of the people in the State in that such vehicles can harbor noxious diseases, furnish shelter and breeding places for vermin, and present physical dangers to the safety and well-being of children and other citizens. It is, therefore, in the public interest that the present accumulation of abandoned and derelict vehicles be eliminated and that the future abandonment of such vehicles be prevented.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2120 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 21 / Section 56-3-2120
SECTION 56-3-2120. Fees.
Status: repealed

The carrier shall pay twelve dollars and fifty cents for the first such license plate and six dollars each for additional plates and the highway safety fee authorized by Section 56-3-810. Editor's Note Section 56-3-810, which authorized a highway safety fee, was repealed by 1980 Act No. 506, SECTION 13, effective October 1, 1980.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-13410 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 134 / Section 56-3-13410
SECTION 56-3-13410. S.C. Riverkeepers special license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue S.C. Riverkeepers special license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles, as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names which shall have a blue background and imprinted on them in white "S.C. Riverkeepers", "Keep Our Rivers Clean", a crescent moon, and a palmetto tree. The fee for this special license plate is thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The additional fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of production must be distributed equally to the Congaree Riverkeeper, Charleston Waterkeeper, Waccamaw Riverkeeper, Savannah Riverkeeper, Catawba Riverkeeper, and Santee Riverkeeper organizations. (C) The guidelines for the production, collection, and distribution of fees for a special license plate under this section must meet the requirements of Section 56-3-8100.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6565 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 48 / Section 56-5-6565
SECTION 56-5-6565. Safety belt education programs.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Public Safety shall develop and implement education programs designed to create awareness of the state's safety belt laws and to increase safety belt use in rural and ethnically diverse areas throughout the State. The Department of Public Safety, when securing consultant, contractor, and subcontractor services for developing and implementing programs related to safety belt laws, shall select providers that have experience working with the communities the provider is procured to target. The Department of Public Safety shall confer with members of the targeted communities for input on the development of effective safety education programs and on the identification of providers that have the appropriate experience with the targeted communities. (B) The Department of Transportation may develop additional programs to promote safety belt use or may coordinate with the Department of Public Safety to fund and carry out the programs jointly. If there is coordination between the two departments, the Department of Public Safety has final authority on all issues including, but not limited to, program content and dissemination, allocation of funds, and procurement procedures. (C) The Department of Public Safety may use available federal funds or private sector contributions to meet the requirements of subsection (A). The General Assembly may provide funds to supplement federal or private sector funds used by the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Transportation to develop and implement the programs described in subsection (A). The General Assembly shall provide the Department of Public Safety the funds necessary to meet the requirements of subsection (A), if federal or private sector funds are unavailable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2140 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 21 / Section 56-3-2140
SECTION 56-3-2140. Reciprocal recognition of plates from other states.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall honor similar plates from other states, if such states honor the South Carolina plates for house trailers authorized by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5620 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 39 / Section 56-5-5620
SECTION 56-5-5620. Duty of sheriffs and police officers to remove vehicles; storage; personnel, equipment, and facilities for removing and storing.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of every police officer having knowledge of an abandoned motor vehicle to seize it and have it removed for safekeeping to such place as may be designated by the sheriff of the county, or the chief of police of the municipality, in which it was found, who shall be charged with its custody and disposition as provided in this article. (b) A sheriff or chief of police may employ his own personnel, equipment, and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned motor vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-15-130 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 56-15-130
SECTION 56-15-130. Contracts in violation of chapter void.
Status: in_force

Any contract or part thereof or practice thereunder in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed against public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-280 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-280
SECTION 56-5-280. Railroad train defined.
Status: in_force

A "railroad train" is a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, other than a streetcar.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1250 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 56-5-1250
SECTION 56-5-1250. Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway.
Status: in_force

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his driver's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section 56-5-1270.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-3970 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 40 / Section 56-3-3970
SECTION 56-3-3970. Cumulative effect of article.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article do not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter but are cumulative thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-7050 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 59 / Section 56-3-7050
SECTION 56-3-7050. United States Air Force Academy special license plates.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "United States Air Force Academy" special license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles registered in their names. The applicant must be a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. The requirements for production and distribution of the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The biennial fee for this plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus an additional fee of thirty dollars. Any portion of the additional thirty-dollar fee not set aside by the Comptroller General to defray the costs of production and distribution must be distributed to the United States Air Force Academy Alumni Association.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-612 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-612
SECTION 56-5-612. Arterial street defined.
Status: in_force

Any United States—or State-numbered route, controlled-access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways is an "arterial street".
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-28-50 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 28 / Section 56-28-50
SECTION 56-28-50. Presumption of attempts to conform; information to be provided to consumers; obligations of manufacturer; costs and attorney's fees; notice requirements.
Status: in_force

(A) It is presumed that a reasonable number of attempts have been undertaken to conform a motor vehicle to the applicable express warranties if: (1) the same nonconformity has been subject to repair three or more times by the manufacturer, or its agent, within the express warranty term, but the nonconformity continues to exist; or (2) the vehicle is out of service by reason of repair for a cumulative total of thirty or more calendar days during the express warranty. The term of an express warranty, and the twenty-day period must be extended by any period of time during which repair services are not available to the consumer because of a war, invasion, strike, fire, flood, or other natural disaster. (B) The manufacturer must provide information regarding consumer complaint remedies with each new motor vehicle. It is the responsibility of the consumer, or his representative, before availing himself of the provisions of this chapter, to give written notification to the manufacturer of the need for the repair of the nonconformity, in order to allow the manufacturer a final opportunity to cure the alleged defect if the manufacturer has clearly and prominently informed the consumer of the requirement of written notification to the manufacturer at the time of sale. The manufacturer, within ten business days, must notify the consumer of a reasonably accessible repair facility of a franchised new vehicle dealer to conform the new vehicle to the express warranty. After delivery of the new vehicle to an authorized repair facility by the consumer, the manufacturer must attempt immediately to repair the vehicle within a period not to exceed ten business days in order to conform the new motor vehicle to the express warranty. If the manufacturer is unable to repair properly the vehicle within the final ten-business-day period, the manufacturer must replace the vehicle with an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle or refund the purchase price subject to the provisions of Section 56-28-40. (C) Upon notification from the consumer that the new vehicle has not been conformed to the express warranty, the manufacturer shall inform the consumer if an informal dispute settlement procedure has been established by the manufacturer as enumerated in Section 56-28-60. However, if prior notice by the manufacturer of an informal dispute settlement procedure has been given, no further notice is required. (D) Any consumer who finally prevails in any action brought under this chapter, may be allowed by the court to recover as part of the judgment a sum equal to the aggregate amount of cost and expenses (including attorney's fees based on actual time expended) and other such costs which are directly attributable to the nonconformity of the motor vehicle determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the plaintiff for or in connection with the commencement and prosecution of such action, unless the court in its discretion determines that such an award of attorney's fees would be inappropriate. (E) All written notifications required by this section shall be sent by registered, certified, or express mail.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1970 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 18 / Section 56-3-1970
SECTION 56-3-1970. Unlawful acts; penalties; summary court jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to park any vehicle in a parking place clearly designated for handicapped persons unless the vehicle bears the distinguishing license plate or placard provided in Section 56-3-1960. (B) It is unlawful for any person who is not handicapped or who is not transporting a handicapped person to exercise the parking privileges granted handicapped persons pursuant to Sections 56-3-1910, 56-3-1960, and 56-3-1965. (C) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each offense. (D) The summary courts are vested with jurisdiction to hear and dispose of cases involving a violation of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-14-105 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 14 / Section 56-14-105
SECTION 56-14-105. Manufacturer's repurchase of new recreational vehicles and accessories.
Status: in_force

(A) If the dealer terminates or cancels the manufacturer/dealer agreement for good cause and the manufacturer fails to cure the claimed deficiencies, the manufacturer shall, at the election of the dealer and within forty-five days after termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal, repurchase: (1) all new, untitled recreational vehicles to which the dealer can show clear title and that were acquired from the manufacturer or distributor within twelve months before the effective date of the notice of termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal that have not been used, except for demonstration purposes, and that have not been altered or damaged, at one hundred percent of the net invoice cost, including transportation, less applicable rebates and discounts to the dealer. In the event any of the vehicles repurchased pursuant to this subsection are damaged, but do not trigger a consumer disclosure requirement, the amount due the dealer shall be reduced by the cost to repair the vehicle. Damage prior to delivery to the dealer that is disclosed at the time of delivery will not disqualify repurchase under this provision; (2) all undamaged accessories and proprietary parts sold to the dealer for resale within the twelve months prior to termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal, if accompanied by the original invoice, at one hundred five percent of the original net price paid to the manufacturer or distributor to compensate the dealer for handling, packing, and shipping the parts; and (3) any properly functioning diagnostic equipment, special tools, current signage, and other equipment and machinery at one hundred percent of the dealer's net cost plus freight, destination, delivery, and distribution charges and sales taxes, if any, if the items were purchased by the dealer within five years before termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal, upon the manufacturer's or distributor's request, and which the dealer meets the burden of establishing, and can no longer be used in the normal course of the dealer's ongoing business. (B) If recreational vehicles of a line make that was subject to a terminated dealer agreement are not repurchased or required to be repurchased by the manufacturer, the dealer may continue to sell such recreational vehicles that were subject to the terminated dealer agreement and were in the dealer's inventory on the effective date of the termination until those recreational vehicles are no longer in the dealer's inventory. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 51,SECTIONS 6, 7, provide: "SECTION 6. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 14, Title 56. "SECTION 7. This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor and applies to manufacturer/dealer agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2018."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-213 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 56-3-213
SECTION 56-3-213. Issuance of special permits.
Status: in_force

(A) The department may issue solely to South Carolina residents, as proven by showing their driver's license or identification card issued by the department, special permits to operate any item otherwise required to be registered under this title when the item does not display the required license plate or registration card. In the case of a newly acquired vehicle, the department may issue a special permit pursuant to this section only when it has reason to believe that a person has made all attempts to appropriately register the item within the forty-five days of acquiring the vehicle. The department retains the authority to issue special permits at other times when extenuating circumstances exist. Special permits issued pursuant to this section must be valid for no more than forty-five days and must be affixed to the rear of the item in an unobscured and secure manner to operate. The department is the only entity authorized to provide a special permit pursuant to this section. There is no fee for special permits issued pursuant to this section. (B) The provisions of this section do not apply to items registered in a foreign jurisdiction or used for corporate research and development. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 40(C)(1), provides as follows: "[SECTION 40.](C)(1) SECTIONS 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 30, 31, 32, and 33 take effect eight months after the approval by the Governor, provided that necessary solicitations are awarded in a timely manner in accordance with the State Consolidated Procurement Code."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-37-50 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 37 / Section 56-37-50
SECTION 56-37-50. Computation of total number of points.
Status: in_force

In computing the total number of points levied against any dealer after a particular violation, those accrued as a result of violations during the twelve-month period including and immediately preceding the last violation must be counted at their full value. Those accrued from twelve to twenty-four months preceding the last violation must be counted at one-half their established value, and those resulting from violations which occurred more than twenty-four months prior to the last violation must not be counted. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 40(D), provides as follows: "[SECTION 40.](D) SECTIONS 15 through 28 take effect on January 1, 2024. Any dealership applying for or renewing licenses, or operating on a currently issued license on or after January 1, 2024, is subject to the provisions of SECTIONS 15 through 28."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-11-410 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 56-11-410
SECTION 56-11-410. Imposition and calculation of tax; effect of other motor carrier taxes; Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(A) A road tax for the privilege of using the streets and highways in this State is imposed upon every motor carrier. The tax is equivalent to the user fee imposed pursuant to Section 12-28-310, calculated on the amount of gasoline or other motor fuel used by the motor carrier in its operations within this State. Except as credit for certain taxes as provided for in this chapter, taxes imposed on motor carriers by this chapter are in addition to taxes imposed upon the carriers by any other provision of law. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the road tax funds collected in excess of sixteen cents a gallon after accounting for the credit provided in Section 56-11-450, must be credited to the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 40, SECTION 3.A, inserted the paragraph identifiers; in (A), substituted "the user fee imposed pursuant to Section 12-28-310" for "sixteen cents a gallon"; and added (B), providing that excess funds must be credited to the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-6500 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 57 / Section 56-3-6500
SECTION 56-3-6500. United States Naval Academy special license plates.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "United States Naval Academy" special license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles registered in their names. The applicant must be a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. The requirements for production and distribution of the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The biennial fee for this plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus an additional fee of thirty dollars. Any portion of the additional thirty-dollar fee not set aside by the Comptroller General to defray the costs of production and distribution must be distributed to the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-30 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 56-5-30
SECTION 56-5-30. Chapter applicable and uniform throughout State; local regulations.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this State and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this chapter unless expressly authorized herein. Local authorities may, however, subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-225 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-225
SECTION 56-1-225. Reexamination of drivers involved in four accidents within twenty-four months.
Status: in_force

Any person licensed to drive a motor vehicle in this State who is involved as a driver in four accidents in any twenty-four month period, which are reported to the director, may, in the discretion of the Department of Motor Vehicles, be required to take any portion of the driver's license examination deemed appropriate. Any person who has had four such accidents and fails to submit to such test within thirty days after having been notified by the department shall have his driver's license suspended until he takes and passes such test.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-670 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 56-1-670
SECTION 56-1-670. Effect on other laws or agreements.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly required by provisions of the compact, nothing herein affects the right of the Department of Motor Vehicles to apply any of South Carolina's other laws relating to licenses to drive to any person or circumstance, nor to invalidate or prevent any driver license agreement or other cooperative arrangement between South Carolina and a nonparty state.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2560 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 19 / Section 56-5-2560
SECTION 56-5-2560. Parking at right-hand curb not more than 18 inches from curb.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 56-5-2540 and 56-5-2550, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-10810 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 108 / Section 56-3-10810
SECTION 56-3-10810. South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation special license plates; fees.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Play Tennis" special license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles registered in their names which shall have imprinted on them an emblem, seal, symbol, or wording relating to the South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation. The South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation shall submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, symbol, or wording it desires to be used for this special license plate. The fee for this special license plate is thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of the regular motor vehicle registration fee must be distributed to the South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation and must be used to fund kids-at-risk programs throughout the State, need-based grants for junior tennis players, and academic scholarships for high school seniors. (C) The guidelines for the production of a special license plate pursuant to this section must meet the requirements of Section 56-3-8100.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-350 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 56-19-350
SECTION 56-19-350. Duplicate certificates; surrender of recovered original.
Status: in_force

If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department. The duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend, "THIS IS A DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS OF A PERSON UNDER THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE." It shall be mailed to the owner named in it or his legal representative. A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1900 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 13 / Section 56-5-1900
SECTION 56-5-1900. Driving on roadways laned for traffic.
Status: in_force

Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall apply: (a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from the lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety. (b) Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction when the center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance or in preparation for making a left turn or where the center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by official traffic-control devices. (c) Official traffic-control devices may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device. (d) Official traffic-control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of such devices.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1265 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 56-3-1265
SECTION 56-3-1265. Display of special license plates for particular groups.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles must display in all Department of Motor Vehicle offices where motor vehicle license plates or stickers may be obtained or renewed examples of all types of special license plates which individuals of a particular group may obtain. The provisions of this section do not apply to special personalized motor vehicle license plates which individuals may obtain from the department under Section 56-3-2010.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1260 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 56-3-1260
SECTION 56-3-1260. Procedures upon transfer of ownership of vehicle; notice to department and disposition of plates.
Status: in_force

Whenever the owner of a registered and licensed vehicle transfers his ownership therein, he shall immediately notify the Department of Motor Vehicles in writing, giving the name and address of the new owner and the date of transfer. The license plate issued for the vehicle shall remain with the prior owner who, within thirty days of the transfer, either shall apply for the transfer of the plate pursuant to Section 56-3-1290 or shall return the plate to the Department; in either event the registration card shall be concurrently returned to the Department. If the vehicle is registered and licensed in the name of the State, any department, agency, or political subdivision of the State, or any department or agency of such a subdivision and a reduced registration and license fee has been paid, the owner shall return the registration card and the plate issued for the vehicle to the Department for cancellation, unless the transfer is made to another like agency qualified to obtain a registration and license of the vehicle at the reduced rate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-11-550 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 56-11-550
SECTION 56-11-550. Collection and distribution of funds to International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) states.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon filing a return, the Department of Motor Vehicles may distribute funds to International Fuel Tax Agreement states before the collection of funds from a person covered by the agreement. If the person has not remitted the funds within ninety days after being sent a collection notice, the department must revoke the authority of the person to operate in South Carolina and other states. The department may collect a person's past deficient payments by adjusting future distributions to states to which distributions previously had been made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-16-80 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 16 / Section 56-16-80
SECTION 56-16-80. Persons to whom chapter applies; jurisdiction of courts.
Status: in_force

Any person who engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts within this State in connection with the offering or advertising for sale or has business dealings with respect to a motorcycle within this State is subject to the provisions of this chapter and is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State upon service of process in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 15.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-28-30 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 28 / Section 56-28-30
SECTION 56-28-30. Nonconformity with express warranties; notice required; repairs required.
Status: in_force

If a new motor vehicle does not conform to all applicable express warranties within the first twelve months of purchase or the first twelve thousand miles of operation, whichever occurs first, and the consumer reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer or its agent during the term of the express warranties, the manufacturer, or its agent, shall make those repairs as are necessary to conform the vehicle to the express warranties at no cost to the consumer, notwithstanding the fact that the repairs are made after the expiration of the term.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-12810 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 128 / Section 56-3-12810
SECTION 56-3-12810. Gadsden Flag special license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Gadsden Flag" motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630 and motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20 registered in their names. The fee for this special license plate is twenty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and shape of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The design of the license plate must replicate the color, layout, and design of the Gadsden flag and contain the words "Don't Tread on Me" below a coiled rattlesnake. (C) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of producing the license plates must be distributed to the State Museum. The State Museum must use the fees only to help fund programs and exhibits dedicated to the Revolutionary War and our state's role in the Revolutionary War. (D) The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for this license plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. (E) If the department receives fewer than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for this special license plate, it may not produce additional special license plates in this series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of this series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2550 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 28 / Section 56-3-2550
SECTION 56-3-2550. Applicability of special license plates provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 56-3-8100 of the 1976 Code apply to the license plate authorized by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4095 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 33 / Section 56-5-4095
SECTION 56-5-4095. Transportation of modular or sectional housing units.
Status: in_force

An official of the Department of Transportation designated by the secretary, in his discretion, upon application in writing and good cause being shown, may issue to a vehicle a permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public highways a motor vehicle and loads for transporting not more than two modular housing units or sectional housing units if the total length of the vehicle, including the load, does not exceed the length presently authorized by law and regulation for the transporting of mobile homes. No permit may be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon the public highways of this State threatens the safety of others or threatens to unduly damage a highway or any of its appurtenances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6120 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 43 / Section 56-5-6120
SECTION 56-5-6120. Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-490 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-490
SECTION 56-5-490. Intersection defined.
Status: in_force

An "intersection" is the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in contact. When a highway includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-940 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 56-5-940
SECTION 56-5-940. Local traffic-control devices.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 56-5-930, local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn or guide traffic. All such traffic-control devices so erected by such local authorities shall conform to the State manual and specifications.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-660 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 5 / Section 56-19-660
SECTION 56-19-660. Filing notices of security interests; record.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall file each notice of security interest received by it with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-350 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 56-9-350
SECTION 56-9-350. Verification of insurance coverage form to be issued following certain accidents; effect of failure to return form; uninvestigated accidents.
Status: in_force

The operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in property damage of four hundred dollars or more, or in bodily injury or death, must be furnished a written request form at the time of the accident, or as soon after the accident as possible, by the investigating officer for completion and verification of liability insurance coverage, the form to be in a manner prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety. The completed and verified form must be returned by the operator or owner to the Department of Motor Vehicles within fifteen days from the date the form was delivered by the officer. Failure to return the form, verified in the proper manner, is prima facie evidence that the vehicle was uninsured. The operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in property damage of four hundred dollars or more, or in bodily injury or death, which was not investigated by a law enforcement officer shall furnish to the Department of Motor Vehicles a written report and verification of liability insurance coverage, the proof to be in a manner prescribed by the Department.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-430 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 56-9-430
SECTION 56-9-430. Suspension of driver's license or privilege and registration for nonpayment of judgment; special restricted driver's licenses.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles upon receipt of a certified copy of judgment shall suspend the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, except as otherwise provided in Sections 56-9-440 to 56-9-460 and 56-9-490. (B)(1) If a person is employed or enrolled in a college or university at any time while his driver's license is suspended pursuant to this section, he may apply for a special restricted driver's license permitting him to drive only to and from work or his place of education and in the course of his employment or education during the period of suspension. The department may issue the special restricted driver's license only upon a showing by the person that he is employed or enrolled in a college or university, and that he lives further than one mile from his place of employment or place of education. (2) If the department issues a special restricted driver's license, it shall designate reasonable restrictions on the times during which and routes on which the person may operate a motor vehicle. A change in the employment hours, place of employment, status as a student, or residence must be reported immediately to the department by the licensee. (3) The fee for each special restricted driver's license is one hundred dollars, but no additional fee is due because of changes in the place and hours of employment, education, or residence. Of this fee twenty dollars must be distributed to the general fund and eighty dollars must be placed by the Comptroller General into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles. (4) The operation of a motor vehicle outside the time limits and route imposed by a special restricted license by the person issued that license is a violation of Section 56-1-460.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-790 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 56-1-790
SECTION 56-1-790. Reports of out-of-state, federal or court-martial convictions; recording against drivers.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the proper agency of any other state for the purpose of reporting convictions in one state by a person holding a driver's license in the other state. Such convictions in another state of a violation therein which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the traffic laws of this State, may be recorded against a driver the same as if the conviction had been made in the courts of this State. When a resident of this State has been convicted of a motor vehicle violation in another state for which there is no corresponding offense in this State, excluding the offenses listed in Section 56-1-650(A), the conviction must not be recorded on the person's driving record in this State. Guilty pleas, failure to respond to charges or convictions by courts-martial or post or base commanders of any of the various branches of the Armed Forces of the United States or by a United States Commissioner of a violation either on or off government property which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the laws of this State, may, in the discretion of the department, be recorded against a driver the same as if the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or conviction had been made in the courts of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-630 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 56-9-630
SECTION 56-9-630. Re-establishment of cancelled or returned proof.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under item (3) of Section 56-9-620 applies for a license or registration within a period of three years from the date proof was originally required, this application shall be refused unless the applicant shall re-establish the proof for the remainder of the three year period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-11-270 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 56-11-270
SECTION 56-11-270. Requirement of registration in vehicle operated in state; display of identification number.
Status: in_force

The registration card must be carried in the vehicle for which it was issued at all times when the vehicle is in this State. The identification marker must be attached or affixed to the vehicle in the place and manner prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles so that it is clearly displayed at all times, and it shall at all times be kept clearly legible.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2350 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 26 / Section 56-3-2350
SECTION 56-3-2350. Application for special registration for business of facilitating movement of vehicles from manufacturer to dealer or distributor, or movement for further construction of cabs or bodies, or for foreclosure or repossession of such motor vehicles; fees.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section "financial institution" means a supervised financial organization as defined in Section 37-1-301(27) or a supervised lender as defined in Section 37-3-501(2). (B) A financial institution engaged in the business of repossessing vehicles or accepting voluntary repossession or relinquishment of vehicles for which the financial institution has exercised rights under a valid security agreement or lien may apply for special registration only for the purpose of repossession of such vehicles; acceptance of voluntary repossession or reclamation of such vehicles; transport of such vehicles to locations of repair, cleaning, or reconditioning; storage of such vehicles; or demonstration of such vehicles for purposes of potential resale. Transporter plates must not be used to operate wreckers or service vehicles. The use of transporter plates for demonstration purposes is limited to prospective purchasers and limited to seven days. The financial institution must provide the prospective purchaser with a dated demonstration certificate approved by the department. (C) A person engaged in the business of limited operation of motor vehicles to facilitate the movement of vehicles from a manufacturer to a dealer or distributor, or from a railroad terminal yard to a temporary storage facility prior to delivery to a dealer, or for the movement of vehicles to further the construction of cabs or bodies, or in connection with the foreclosure or repossession of these motor vehicles may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for special registration to be issued to and used by the person upon the following conditions: (1) The application must be in a form prescribed by the department to include the applicable liability insurance as prescribed by statute and filed with the department each year. If the applicant is an entity with multiple branches, then an application may be made for each branch, not to exceed two registrations. The application must include the name and residence address of the applicant as follows: (a) if an individual, the name under which he intends to conduct business; (b) if a partnership, the name and residence address of each member of the partnership and the name under which the business is to be conducted, and if multiple branches are intended to have registrations, an appropriate identifier for each branch; (c) if a corporation, the name and company address of the corporation and the name and residence address of its responsible officer. (2) The application must be certified by the applicant and by an agent of the department to verify the facts set forth in the application. (3) The annual fee for registration is fifty dollars, plus an annual fee of ten dollars for each license plate. (4) License plates authorized by this section must not be used on vehicles that are loaned, rented, or leased by the licensed registrants to employees or any other individuals. (D) All records relating to registration must be open at all reasonable times for inspection and copying by the department or any of its duly authorized agents. The vehicles for which special registrations are issued must be made available to the department or any of its duly authorized agents at the place where the vehicles may be located at the time that the department or any of its duly authorized agents request an opportunity to inspect them. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 255, SECTION 2, inserted (A), relating to the definition of "financial institution"; inserted (B), providing that a financial institution engaged in the business of repossession vehicles under certain circumstances may apply for special registration; redesignated the former first undesignated paragraph as (C); in (C)(1), inserted the second sentence, in (b), inserted ", and if multiple branches are intended to have registrations, an appropriate identifier for each branch", and in (c), substituted "its responsible officer" for "each of its officers"; in (C)(4), substituted "licensed registrants" for "licensed transporter"; and added (D), providing that all registration records and registered vehicles must be available to the department for inspection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-1010 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 9 / Section 56-19-1010
SECTION 56-19-1010. Title for all-terrain vehicle (ATV); application.
Status: in_force

An owner of an ATV may make application to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a title for the vehicle accompanied by the required fee and upon the appropriate form prescribed and furnished by the department. The application must be accompanied by a manufacturer's certificate of origin or previous title properly assigned to the applicant. SECTION 56-19-1020. Application for title of previously-titled all-terrain vehicle (ATV) received by gift, trade, or other means; proof of ownership When a person who is not a licensed ATV dealer receives by purchase, gift, trade, or by another means a vehicle that was titled in this State, the person who receives the vehicle may make application to the department for a title. The application must be accompanied by the required documents and fee for title. The department shall issue a certificate of title once it has received a properly completed application. An owner of an ATV, before the effective date of this article, who cannot provide proof of ownership, may request an affidavit from the sheriff in the county in which he resides. The affidavit shall state that the sheriff finds the person making application for the title is the legal owner of the ATV. Before issuing the affidavit, the sheriff must verify through the National Crime Information Center that the ATV is not stolen. The department shall issue a title application to the owner upon presentation of the affidavit, application, and fee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-15010 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 149 / Section 56-3-15010
SECTION 56-3-15010. Requirement for additional military special license plates added to this article.
Status: in_force

Additional military special license plates added to this article must be listed in the most fitting category based on the definition of the award, conflict, service, or private organization.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5650 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 39 / Section 56-5-5650
SECTION 56-5-5650. Claims of and awards to persons damaged by sale of vehicle.
Status: in_force

For a period not in excess of two years after the payment of any sum into the general fund of any county or municipality on account of the sale of any abandoned motor vehicle, governing bodies of the respective counties or municipalities shall hear and determine claims of any persons claiming to be damaged by the sale of any such vehicle and shall make awards to owners or lienholders as their interests may appear, but in no event shall the awards be in excess of the net amount received by the county or municipality from the sale of the vehicle. The decision of the county or municipal governing body in connection with any such claim shall be final.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-520 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-520
SECTION 56-5-520. Business district defined.
Status: in_force

A "business district" is the territory contiguous to and including a roadway when within any six hundred feet along such roadway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings, which occupy at least three hundred feet of frontage on one side or three hundred feet collectively on both sides of the roadway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4520 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 35 / Section 56-5-4520
SECTION 56-5-4520. Height of tail lamps.
Status: in_force

Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than sixty inches nor less than twenty inches to be measured as set forth in Section 56-5-4480.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3826 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 31 / Section 56-5-3826
SECTION 56-5-3826. Riding in moving house trailers prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3440 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 27 / Section 56-5-3440
SECTION 56-5-3440. Manner of riding bicycles; number of persons which may be carried.
Status: in_force

A bicyclist propelling a bicycle may not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle. No bicycle may be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-390 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56-5-390
SECTION 56-5-390. Pedestrian defined.
Status: in_force

Any person afoot is a "pedestrian."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-510 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 56-9-510
SECTION 56-9-510. Suspension or revocation of nonresident's operating privilege upon conviction to continue until financial responsibility proved.
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Motor Vehicles suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, this privilege shall remain suspended or revoked unless that person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3870 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 31 / Section 56-5-3870
SECTION 56-5-3870. Motor vehicle speed detection jamming devices.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a motor vehicle to be equipped with or for an operator of a motor vehicle to employ any device that is designed for jamming, scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or interfering with radar, laser, or any other electronic device used by a law enforcement agency to measure the speed of a motor vehicle. (B) A person who violates a provision contained in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-800 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 56-5-800
SECTION 56-5-800. Persons working on highways; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter except those contained in Articles 3, 9 and 23 and Sections 56-5-1590 to 56-5-1620 shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-60 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 56-9-60
SECTION 56-9-60. Self-insurers for motor vehicles; determination of financial responsibility.
Status: in_force

(A) A person or company who has more than twenty-five motor vehicles registered in his name may qualify as a self-insurer provided that the department is satisfied that the person or company is able to pay any judgments obtained against the person or company. Upon not less than ten days' notice, the department may issue a staff determination canceling self-insurer status when the requirements for the status no longer are met. The notice must provide that a person aggrieved by the staff determination may file a request for a contested case hearing with the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings in accordance with its rules of procedure. The person or company must submit the following information to the department for it to determine financial responsibility: (1) a copy of the applicant's latest financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant licensed to do business in South Carolina, indicating that the applicant has a positive net worth; (2) a current list of all vehicles registered in applicant's name; (3) the applicant's procedural guidelines for processing claims; and (4) the applicant must have a net worth of at least twenty million dollars or the department may require the applicant to deposit in a segregated self-insured claims account the sum of three thousand dollars for each vehicle to be covered by the self-insurer's certificate. Eighty percent must be cash or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank chartered in this State or a member bank of the federal reserve system, and the remaining twenty percent may be satisfied by the "quick sale" appraised value of real estate located in the State, as certified by a licensed appraiser. The three thousand dollar a vehicle amount may not decrease more than thirty percent in any given certificate year. (B) A person or company that qualifies as a self-insurer, pursuant to this section, may issue certificates of insurance only on the vehicles registered in the applicant's name.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-354 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 56-9-354
SECTION 56-9-354. Conditions for renewal of suspended license, registration, and operating privilege.
Status: in_force

The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in Section 56-9-351 shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 56-9-361, remain suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to him until: (1) He shall deposit or there shall be deposited on his behalf the security required under Section 56-9-351; (2) Two years shall have elapsed following the date of the accident and evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles has been filed with it that during that period no action for damages arising out of the accident has been instituted; or (3) Evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it of a release from liability, a final adjudication of nonliability, a warrant for confession of judgment or a duly acknowledged written agreement, in accordance with item (7) of Section 56-9-352; provided, however, in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any confession of judgment, then, upon notice of default, the Department shall suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person defaulting, which shall not be restored until the entire amount provided for in confession of judgment has been paid; and provided, further, that in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any duly acknowledged written agreement, then, upon notice of default, the Department shall suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person defaulting, which shall not be restored unless and until (a) he deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under Section 56-9-351 in the amount the Department may determine or (b) two years shall have elapsed following the date when the security was required and during that period no action upon the agreement has been instituted in a court in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4860 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 35 / Section 56-5-4860
SECTION 56-5-4860. Performance ability of brakes; tests for deceleration and stopping distances.
Status: in_force

Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of: (a) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification, (b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated herein for its classification, and (c) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or controls begins. Tests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one per cent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6110 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 43 / Section 56-5-6110
SECTION 56-5-6110. Parties to a crime.
Status: in_force

Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared herein to be a crime, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons or as a principal, agent or accessory, shall be guilty of such offense and every person who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly or wilfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits or directs another to violate any provisions of this chapter is likewise guilty of such offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-8110 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 82 / Section 56-3-8110
SECTION 56-3-8110. Motorcycle special license plates.
Status: in_force

Motorcycle special license plates may be issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for any special license plate under the same terms and conditions as prescribed by law for private passenger motor vehicles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4220 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 33 / Section 56-5-4220
SECTION 56-5-4220. Local restrictions under Section 56-5-4210; approval by Department of Transportation.
Status: in_force

No limitation shall be established by any county, municipal or other local authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 56-5-4210 that would interfere with or interrupt traffic as authorized hereunder over state highways, including officially established detours for such highways and cases where such traffic passes over roads, streets or thoroughfares within the sole jurisdiction of such county, municipal or other local authority, unless such limitations and further restrictions shall have first been approved by the Department of Transportation, except that with respect to county roads, other than such as are in use as state highway detours, the respective county road authorities shall have full power and authority to further limit the weights of vehicles upon bridges and culverts upon such public notice as they deem sufficient, and existing laws applicable thereto shall not be affected by the terms of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-31-30 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 31 / Section 56-31-30
SECTION 56-31-30. Rental rates; permitted and prohibited charges; waiver prohibited.
Status: in_force

(A) A rental company may advertise, quote, or charge only a rental rate that includes the entire amount, except taxes, airport fees, and a mileage charge, if any, that a renter pays to rent the vehicle or rental vehicle for the period of time to which the rate applies. Airport fees must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously in all advertisements of a rental rate for an applicable location either as a specific fee or as a range of fees. Only airport fees that are remitted to the airport management entity are permitted to be separately stated and collected. The company may charge an additional fee for an item or service provided for in the rental agreement if the charge is optional for the renter. The items and services include, but are not limited to, insurance and accessories requested by the renter unless otherwise prohibited as provided in this chapter, charges incident to the renter's optional return of the vehicle or rental vehicle to a location other than to where it was rented, and charges for refueling the vehicle or rental vehicle at the conclusion of the rental period if the renter did not return the vehicle or rental vehicle with the same amount of fuel that was in the vehicle at the beginning of the rental period. A company also may impose an additional charge based on reasonable age criteria it establishes. (B) If a rental company delivers a vehicle or rental vehicle to a renter at a location other than where the company normally conducts its business, the company may not charge for the rental for the time before the vehicle or rental vehicle is delivered. If the company picks up a rented vehicle or rental vehicle from a renter at a location other than the location where the company normally conducts its business, the company may not charge for the rental for the time after the rental company has been notified that the vehicle or rental vehicle is available. (C) If a rental company quotes a rental rate in a personal or computer communication or a print advertisement, it shall disclose the terms of mileage conditions relating to the rate including, but not limited to, the amount of mileage and fuel charges, the number of miles for which no charge is imposed, and a description of geographic driving limitations, if any. (D) A waiver of the requirements of the provisions of this section is unenforceable as contrary to public policy.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-495 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 56-19-495
SECTION 56-19-495. Establishment of working group to develop process for titling vehicles for which no title can be provided.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall convene a working group chaired by the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, or the director's designee, for the purpose of assisting in the development of a process to be used for the titling of vehicles in this State for which no title can be provided, and assisting in the development of forms and regulations pursuant to this section. The working group must consist, at a minimum, of representative stakeholders from the classic car, dealer, insurance and lienholder industries, as well as from law enforcement agencies.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-750 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 56-3-750
SECTION 56-3-750. Fees for special mobile equipment vehicles.
Status: in_force

For every special mobile equipment vehicle not exempt from the payment of a biennial registration and license fee under Section 56-3-120 the biennial registration fee is ten dollars for each vehicle having a gross weight of not more than four thousand pounds, and for every vehicle having a gross weight of more than four thousand pounds, an additional eight dollars for each additional one thousand pounds of weight or fraction over four thousand pounds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-9100 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 91 / Section 56-3-9100
SECTION 56-3-9100. South Carolina Technology Alliance license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "South Carolina Technology Alliance" special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 registered in their names, which may have imprinted on the plate an emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol that represents the South Carolina Technology Alliance and technology. The South Carolina Technology Alliance must submit to the department for approval the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol it desires to be used for this special license plate. The South Carolina Technology Alliance may request a change in the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol not more than once every five years. The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. The fee for this special license plate is the regular motor vehicle license fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title and a special motor vehicle license fee of one hundred dollars. (B) The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be distributed to the South Carolina Technology Alliance for the continued development of high technology programs across the State and to provide resources for South Carolina Technology Entrepreneurs. The remaining funds must be administered by the South Carolina Technology Alliance, used only for efforts to develop and manage technology entrepreneur programs for South Carolina entrepreneurial high technology businesses, and deposited in an appropriate nonprofit account designated by the South Carolina Technology Alliance. (C) The department shall reserve the initial fifty license plates in this series for use by the South Carolina Technology Alliance. (D) Before the department produces and distributes a plate authorized under this section, it must receive: (1) four hundred or more prepaid applications for the special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the respective license plate, the department must retain the deposit; and (2) a plan to market the sale of the special license plate which must be approved by the department. (E) If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular special license plate authorized under this section, it shall not produce additional special license plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2770 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 21 / Section 56-5-2770
SECTION 56-5-2770. Signals and markings on school buses; meeting, overtaking and passing school bus; loading passengers along multi-lane highways.
Status: in_force

(A) The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking from either direction a school bus stopped on a highway or private road must stop before reaching the bus where there are in operation on the bus flashing red lights specified in State Department of Education Regulations and Specifications Pertaining to School Buses, and the driver must not proceed until the bus resumes motion or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated. (B) The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting a stopped school bus when traveling in the opposite direction on a multi-lane highway or multi-lane private road. (C) The driver of a vehicle must not overtake a school bus which has amber visual signals actuated. (D)(1) A school bus must be equipped with red and amber visual signals meeting the requirements of State Department of Education Regulations and Specifications Pertaining to School Buses, which must be actuated by the driver whenever the bus is stopped or preparing to stop on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children. A driver must not actuate the special visual signals when the bus is in designated school bus loading or off-loading areas if the bus is off the roadway entirely. (2) A school bus may be equipped with a digital video recording device mounted on the school bus with a clear view of vehicles passing the bus on either side and showing the date and time the recording was made and an electronic symbol showing the activation of amber lights, flashing red lights, stop arms, and brakes. Digital video recording devices mounted on school buses must be procured in compliance with Chapter 11, Title 35 or a procurement code adopted by the political subdivision procuring the digital video recording device in compliance with Section 11-35-5320. (E) A school bus must bear upon its front and rear plainly visible signs containing the words "SCHOOL BUS" in black letters not less than eight inches in height. (F) A school bus route that requires passengers to be loaded or off-loaded along a multi-lane highway or multi-lane private road must be designed to ensure that a student is not required to cross a multi-lane highway or multi-lane private road. (G) For the purposes of this section a multi-lane highway or multi-lane private road is a highway or private road that consists of four or more traffic lanes, having at least two traffic lanes traveling in each direction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-28-80 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 28 / Section 56-28-80
SECTION 56-28-80. Construction of chapter; reimbursement from dealer prohibited; exception.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed as imposing any liability on a motor vehicle dealer or creating a cause of action by a consumer against a motor vehicle dealer under Section 56-28-40. The manufacturer shall not charge back or require reimbursement by the dealer for any costs, including, but not limited to, any refunds or vehicle replacements incurred by the manufacturer arising out of this chapter in the absence of evidence that the related repairs had been carried out by the dealer in a manner substantially inconsistent with the manufacturer's published instructions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3640 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 29 / Section 56-5-3640
SECTION 56-5-3640. Motorcycle entitled to full use of lane; riding two or more abreast; overtaking and passing; operation in other instances.
Status: in_force

(a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane. (b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. (c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic, or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles. (d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane. (e) Items (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-3360 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 56-1-3360
SECTION 56-1-3360. Misuse of card prohibited.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to: (1) alter a special identification card so as to provide false information on the card or to sell or issue a fictitious special identification card; (2) use a special identification card not issued to the person, an altered special identification card, or a special identification card containing false information to defraud another or violate the law; (3) to lend his special identification card to any person or knowingly permit its use by another. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-625 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 56-3-625
SECTION 56-3-625. Expenditure of revenue derived from fee increases.
Status: in_force

The amount of revenue derived from the fee increases established in Section 42, Part II, 1986 Act 540 which exceeds the revenue generated pursuant to Sections 56-3-620, 56-3-760, and 56-19-420 of the 1976 Code prior to July 1, 1986 shall be expended by the Department of Transportation to improve access routes to distressed and impacted areas of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-505 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 56-9-505
SECTION 56-9-505. Waiver of financial responsibility requirements upon proof of payment of property tax.
Status: in_force

An individual whose driver's license or motor vehicle registration has been suspended for failure to pay property taxes may request that the Department of Motor Vehicle waive the financial responsibility requirements provided for in Chapter 9 of Title 56, upon providing proof to the department that such taxes have been paid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-50 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 56-9-50
SECTION 56-9-50. Sale of vehicle when registration suspended not affected.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not prevent the owner of a motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended under this chapter, from effecting a bona fide sale of the motor vehicle to another person whose rights or privileges are not suspended under this chapter nor prevent the registration of the motor vehicle by the transferee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-150 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 56-3-150
SECTION 56-3-150. Exemption of certain foreign vehicles of nonresident owners; verification process; penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) A foreign privately owned and operated passenger vehicle of a nonresident, otherwise subject to registration and license as provided by this chapter, may be operated within this State without being registered and licensed pursuant to this chapter, subject to the conditions that at all times when operated in this State the vehicle: (1) is duly registered or licensed in the state, territory, district, or country of residence of the owner; and (2) has displayed on it a valid registration card and registration or license plate or plates. (B) The vehicle of a nonresident must be registered and licensed pursuant to this chapter upon the earlier of a nonresident's: (1) subsequent establishment of domicile in this State; or (2) operation of the vehicle in this State for an accumulated period exceeding one hundred fifty days. (C) After receipt of a written inquiry from the auditor of any county in which public records show that a person owns or leases real or personal property in that county, the person who is the owner or operator of a nonregistered vehicle must respond within thirty days with a sworn written statement that: (1) describes each vehicle owned or operated by him; (2) details the registration location for each vehicle owned or operated by him; (3) gives the date each vehicle was first owned or operated by him; and (4) affirms that he has not established domicile in the county. (D) The written inquiry by the auditor must be delivered in person or sent by certified letter, return receipt requested, to the nonresident's last known address. Before the auditor may send the written inquiry, the auditor must have received a credible report that a person may own or operate a nonregistered vehicle and that the person also may own or lease real or personal property in the county. The determination regarding whether the report is credible is within the discretion of the auditor. (E)(1) The penalty for violation of this section is as provided for in Section 12-37-2615, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law for failure timely to register a vehicle pursuant to this section. (2) A person who wilfully fails to respond to an inquiry from the county auditor and is subsequently shown to have a nonregistered vehicle, who files a false sworn statement, or who otherwise wilfully violates this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and must pay twice the amount all personal property taxes properly due and payable on the vehicle, and other vehicles owned now or earlier, if the vehicle had been registered lawfully pursuant to this section, plus penalties and interest. (F) For purposes of this section, "nonregistered vehicle" means a vehicle that is not registered in South Carolina.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-5200 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 51 / Section 56-3-5200
SECTION 56-3-5200. "South Carolina: First in Golf" license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a special "South Carolina: First In Golf" motor vehicle license plate to establish a special fund to be used by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to provide grants to promote the South Carolina Junior Golf Association. The fee for this special license plate is seventy dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. The special license plate must be of the same size and general design of a regular motor vehicle license plate and must be imprinted with the words South Carolina: First in Golf". The plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued. (B) The fees collected pursuant to this section must be distributed to a special "South Carolina: First In Golf" fund established within and administered by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to promote the South Carolina Junior Golf Association. The distribution is forty dollars to the fund and thirty dollars placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167. (C) Before the Department of Motor Vehicles produces and distributes a special license plate pursuant to this section, it must receive: (1) four hundred prepaid applications for the special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the license plate, then the department must retain the deposit; and (2) a plan to market the sale of the special license plate which must be approved by the department. (D) If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular special license plate, it shall not produce additional special license plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-115 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 56-3-115
SECTION 56-3-115. Deaf or hard of hearing notation added to a motor vehicle registration.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles may add a notation to a private passenger-carrying motor vehicle registration to indicate that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing. The application for this special motor vehicle registration notation must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-47-20, or licensed audiologist, as defined in Section 40-67-220, that certifies that the applicant has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears. The "deaf or hard of hearing" notation would only appear when a law enforcement check is run on the vehicle's license plate through the department's online interface with law enforcement to alert the officer that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in the second sentence to Section 40-47-5 was corrected to reference Section 40-47-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-1-200 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 56-1-200
SECTION 56-1-200. Duplicate for lost or destroyed license; fee.
Status: in_force

(A) If a driver's license is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the license was issued, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, may obtain a duplicate or substitution of it upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles that the license has been lost or destroyed. (B) Three dollars of the revenue from each fee collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Department of Transportation State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund based on the actual date of receipt by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (C) The balance of the revenue from each fee must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-270 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 56-19-270
SECTION 56-19-270. Refusal of certificate.
Status: in_force

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that: (1) The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle; (2) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement; or (3) The applicant fails to furnish required information or documents or any additional information the Department reasonably requires.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-1230 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 56-3-1230
SECTION 56-3-1230. Specifications of license plates; periodic issuance of new plates; treatment with reflective material; issuance of revalidation stickers.
Status: in_force

(A) License plates must be at least six inches wide and not less than twelve inches in length and must show in bold characters the year of registration, the serial number, the full name or the abbreviation of the name of the state, and other distinctive markings the department may consider advisable to indicate the class of the weight of the vehicle for which the license plate was issued. The plate must be of a strength and quality to provide a minimum service of five years. A new license plate including personalized and special plates, but excluding license plates provided in Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670, must be provided by the department at intervals the department considers appropriate, but at least every ten years. A new license plate for vehicles contained in Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670, must be provided by the department at intervals the department considers appropriate. Beginning with the vehicle registration and license fees required by this title which are collected after July 1, 2002, except for the fees collected pursuant to Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670, two dollars of each biennial fee and one dollar of each annual fee collected from the vehicle owner must be placed by the Comptroller General in a special restricted account to be used solely by the Department of Motor Vehicles for the costs associated with the production and issuance of new license plates. The department is not authorized to use this set aside money for any other purpose. License plates issued for vehicles in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds must be issued biennially, and no revalidation sticker may be issued for the plates. License plates issued as permanent may be revalidated and replaced at intervals determined by the department. (B) The face of the license plate must be treated completely with a retroreflective material which increases the nighttime visibility and legibility of the plate. The department shall prepare the specifications for the retroreflective material. In those years in which a metal plate is not issued, a revalidation sticker with a distinctive serial number or other suitable means prescribed by the department must be issued and affixed in the space provided on the license plate assigned to the vehicle upon payment of the fee prescribed for registration and licensing, including fees for personalized or special license plates. (C) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the contrary, the regular license plate for private passenger vehicles and motorcycles issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles from January 1, 2026, until December 31, 2032, shall commemorate the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the American Revolution. The South Carolina Revolutionary War Sestercentennial Commission shall submit to the department for approval the design, emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol it desires to be used on this license plate. The design, emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol submitted by the South Carolina Revolutionary War Sestercentennial Commission to the department must be imprinted with the words "Where the Revolutionary War Was Won" and shall include, at a minimum, a flag featuring the word LIBERTY in white against an indigo background together with a gorget in an upper corner of the flag, also known as the Moultrie Flag. (D) Fees for regular license plates shall not exceed the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 39, SECTION 1, added (C) to (D).
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2970 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 32 / Section 56-3-2970
SECTION 56-3-2970. Violations; penalties; forfeit of license plates and registration cards; suspension of privilege to obtain.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Each temporary license plate and registration card issued in violation of this article is a separate offense. (B) Upon determining that a person has violated a provision of this article, the Department of Motor Vehicles may order any and all temporary plates and registration cards issued to the manufacturer be forfeited without refunding any fees, and may suspend or revoke the privilege of the manufacturer to obtain temporary plates.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-935 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 56-5-935
SECTION 56-5-935. Traffic control devices in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties on federal land; control by U.S. Department of Energy.
Status: in_force

The United States Department of Energy is authorized to place and maintain traffic control devices upon roads within the confines of the lands in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties acquired or to be acquired by the United States Government. The Department of Energy is not required to obtain written approval of the Department of Transportation as provided in Sections 56-5-910 and 56-5-930. The driver of a vehicle must obey the instruction of any traffic control device or sign placed as provided in this section unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-19-830 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 56-19-830
SECTION 56-19-830. Liability of officer or agency for acting on false theft report.
Status: in_force

No peace officer or government agency shall be criminally or civilly liable for any act done in good faith as a result of a false report of the theft of a vehicle if no liability would have resulted from such act had the report been true.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-37-60 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 37 / Section 56-37-60
SECTION 56-37-60. Reduction of points.
Status: in_force

(A) Any dealer who has accumulated points under the provisions of this chapter must have the number of points reduced by four upon proving to the satisfaction of the Department of Motor Vehicles that the dealer has completed a voluntary course related to the proper licensing of dealers in this State. Before an entity may administer the course, and every three years thereafter, the department must approve the course. Entities offering this course must provide documentation, to the satisfaction of the department, regarding the training provided during the course. The department is not obligated to offer this course on its own. (B) No dealer's points may be reduced more than one time in a three-year period by completing a course related to the proper licensing of a dealer in this State. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, "chapter" was substituted for "article" to correct a scrivener's error. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 40(D), provides as follows: "[SECTION 40.](D) SECTIONS 15 through 28 take effect on January 1, 2024. Any dealership applying for or renewing licenses, or operating on a currently issued license on or after January 1, 2024, is subject to the provisions of SECTIONS 15 through 28."
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-14960 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 149 / Section 56-3-14960
SECTION 56-3-14960. Special license plates reflective of meritorious service.
Status: in_force

(A) The department may issue the following special license plates reflective of meritorious service for private passenger vehicles and motorcycles to active or prior service members who received the following awards: (1) Air Medal (2) Bronze Star (service) (3) Meritorious Service Medal. (B) The qualifying active or prior service member must be one of the registrants of the vehicle. No more than three license plates may be issued to the award recipient. License plates for medals specified in subsection (A) are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56 but no additional specialty plate fee. These special license plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued. (C) The application for a special license plate must include official military documentation (a DD-214, NGB Form 22, or official orders) demonstrating the applicant is the recipient of an award specified in subsection (A). (D) License plates authorized under subsection (A) are exempt from the provisions contained in Section 56-3-8100. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 216, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "SECTION 9. SECTION 1 of this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this act take effect May 6, 2022." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 216, SECTION 4, in (A), made a nonsubstantive change in (2) and added (3).
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5940 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 41 / Section 56-5-5940
SECTION 56-5-5940. Seizure, sale or disposal of vehicle in violation of article constitutes conversion.
Status: in_force

(a) Seizure, sale, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict motor vehicle in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall constitute conversion for which the owner shall have redress in any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Any person or unit of government upon whose property or in whose possession is found an abandoned or derelict vehicle may apply to the sheriff or chief of police of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is located to implement the procedures outlined in this article, and the sheriff or chief of police shall tag the vehicle and dispose of the vehicle pursuant to this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-12710 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 127 / Section 56-3-12710
SECTION 56-3-12710. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune special license plates.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune" special license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles, as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names which shall have imprinted on burgundy and gold license plates "Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune" and her image, her year of birth, and her year of death. Twin City Outreach Mission shall submit to the department for its approval a design it desires to be used for this special license plate. Twin City Outreach Mission may request a change in the design not more than once every five years. The fee for this special license plate is thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. (B) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of the regular motor vehicle registration fee must be distributed in the following manner: (1) seventy-five percent to Twin City Outreach Mission to: (a) fund the construction and operation of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Museum and Restaurant; (b) fund the construction of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Nature Trail; (c) promote tourism in the Town of Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina; and (d) promote other projects related to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, tourism that will impact economic development and job creation for the citizens of Mayesville, Sumter County, and South Carolina; and (2) twenty-five percent to the Town of Mayesville to be used for operational and program opportunity matching funds.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1610 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 56-5-1610
SECTION 56-5-1610. "Acquiescence" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of Sections 56-5-1590 to 56-5-1620, the word "acquiescence" shall mean actual knowledge that the car was to be used for the purpose of racing on a public road, street or highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-11-250 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 56-11-250
SECTION 56-11-250. Biennial application for registration card and vehicle identification marker.
Status: in_force

A motor carrier operating motor vehicles in this State shall apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles biennially for a registration card and identification marker for each power unit it operates in this State. A person violating this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 56-17-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2955 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 23 / Section 56-5-2955
SECTION 56-5-2955. Admissibility of evidence obtained under Section 56-5-2950.
Status: in_force

Any evidence obtained under the provisions of Section 56-5-2950 shall not be admissible as evidence to prove a criminal offense other than those offenses delineated in Title 56.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2160 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 3 / Article 22 / Section 56-3-2160
SECTION 56-3-2160. Design and size of plates; biennial validation.
Status: in_force

The special plates must be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license plates, but must be of a distinctive design and bear letters and numerals the Department of Motor Vehicles prescribes. The plates must be issued or revalidated biennially for the regular registration and licensing period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4470 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 35 / Section 56-5-4470
SECTION 56-5-4470. Lighted lamps not required for vehicles not operated at night.
Status: in_force

Vehicles which are not kept for use or used at any time when lighted lamps are required by Section 56-5-4450 need not be equipped with the lighting equipment otherwise required in this article for use at such times and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move any such vehicle or for the owner to permit such vehicle to be driven or moved on any highway during such times unless it shall comply with all provisions of this article with respect to lighted lamps and other equipment. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-715 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 56-5-715
SECTION 56-5-715. Liability for municipal parking or traffic violations.
Status: in_force

The registered owner of any motor vehicle leased or rented to another is not liable for any municipal traffic or parking violation occurring while the leased or rented vehicle was not in his possession or control, if upon notice of the violation the registered owner notifies the clerk, city recorder, or other appropriate municipal official of the court in which the case is pending of the name, address, and driver's license number of the lessee of the vehicle on the date the violation occurred. This notice must be notarized. If the registered owner fails to submit the notice within seven working days of receipt of the violation, the court in which the case is heard may take such action as the interest of justice requires, including finding the registered owner of the motor vehicle liable for the violation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5010 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 35 / Section 56-5-5010
SECTION 56-5-5010. Safety glass in motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows, and windshields. The foregoing provisions shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school buses. But in respect to trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glass shall apply to all glass used in doors, windows, and windshields in the drivers' compartments of such vehicles. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not register any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with an approved type of safety glass, and the department may thereafter suspend the registration of any motor vehicle so subject to this section which it finds is not so equipped until it is made to conform to the requirements of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-810 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 56-5-810
SECTION 56-5-810. Rights of owner who permits traffic on his property.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right from prohibiting such use, from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter or from otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4192 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 33 / Section 56-5-4192
SECTION 56-5-4192. Authorization; movement of mobile homes on Saturday.
Status: in_force

Open-end permits issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3, Title 57 shall authorize the movement of a mobile home on the highways of this State on a Saturday.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-20 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 56-5-20
SECTION 56-5-20. Applicability of chapter to vehicles operated upon highways; exceptions.
Status: in_force

The provision of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways, except: (1) When a different place is specifically referred to in a given section; and (2) That the provisions of Articles 9 and 23 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3230 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 25 / Section 56-5-3230
SECTION 56-5-3230. Drivers to exercise due care.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of any local ordinance, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or any person propelling a human-powered vehicle and shall give an audible signal when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any obviously confused, incapacitated or intoxicated person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-21-60 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 21 / Section 56-21-60
SECTION 56-21-60. Penalties for traffic and parking offenses at state institutions.
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Sections 56-21-10 to 56-21-50 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty days.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3520 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 27 / Section 56-5-3520
SECTION 56-5-3520. Applicability of provisions to bicycles with helper motors.
Status: in_force

Bicyclists operating bicycles with helper motors, as defined in Section 56-1-10, are subject to all statutory provisions applicable to bicyclists, as provided in Section 56-5-3420.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1860 — SC Code / Title 56 / Chapter 5 / Article 13 / Section 56-5-1860
SECTION 56-5-1860. Limitations on overtaking on the left.
Status: in_force

No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within two hundred feet of any approaching vehicle.