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SC Code § 56-16-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 16 - Regulation Of Motorcycle Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, And Wholesalers|Section 56-16-160. Requirement as to dealer's maintenance of bona fide established place of business; size of business; permanent sign.

 No dealer may be issued or allowed to maintain a motorcycle dealer's license unless:  (1) The dealer maintains a bona fide established place of business for conducting the business of selling or exchanging motorcycles which must be the principal business conducted from the fixed location. The sale of motorcycles or motor driven cycles need not be the principal business conducted from the fixed location. A bona fide established place of business for any motorcycle dealer includes a permanent, enclosed building or structure, not excluding a permanently installed mobile home containing at least ninety-six square feet of floor space, actually occupied by the applicant and easily accessible by the public, at which a permanent business of bartering, trading, or selling of motorcycles or displaying vehicles for bartering, trading, or selling is carried on, wherein the public may contact the owner or operator at all reasonable times and in which must be kept and maintained the books, records, and files required by this chapter. A bona fide established place of business does not mean a residence, tent, temporary stand, or other temporary quarters.  (2) The dealer's place of business must display a permanent sign with letters at least six inches in height, clearly readable from the nearest major avenue of traffic. The sign must clearly identify the licensed business.  (3) The dealer's place of business must have a reasonable area or lot to properly display motorcycles.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 511, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-16-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 16 - Regulation Of Motorcycle Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, And Wholesalers|Section 56-16-170. Records of transfers; organization and legibility; penalties.

 (A) Every dealer or wholesaler shall keep complete records of each transaction under which a motorcycle is transferred for a period of not less than four years from the date of the transaction. The records must show the true name and correct address of the person or persons from whom the motorcycle was acquired and the date of the transaction; a correct description of the motorcycle, when transferred; the true name and correct address of the person to whom the motorcycle was transferred; and the date of the transaction. The description of the motorcycle must include the motorcycle identification number, make, model, type of body, and the odometer readings at the time the motorcycle was transferred to and from the dealer or wholesaler. These records must be open at all reasonable times for inspection and copying by the Department of Motor Vehicles or any of its duly authorized agents.  (B) The records kept by the dealer or wholesaler must be maintained in a reasonably organized and orderly fashion with all entries being legible to the ordinary person upon inspection. Any records which are illegible or incapable of accurate interpretation by either the recordkeeper or the department's inspector or agent are not in compliance with this section.  (C) If any dealer or wholesaler fails to keep the required records or fails to make them available to the department or its duly authorized agents immediately upon a reasonable request, the dealer or wholesaler is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for up to thirty days. The failure to keep or to make available to the department or its duly authorized agents complete records on each separate motorcycle constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 511, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 230.
SC Code § 56-16-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 16 - Regulation Of Motorcycle Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, And Wholesalers|Section 56-16-180. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.

 Any license issued under this chapter may be denied, suspended, or revoked if the applicant or licensee or an agency of the applicant or licensee acting for the applicant or licensee is determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles to have:  (a) Made a material misstatement in the application for the license;  (b) Violated any provision of this chapter;  (c) Been found by a court or competent jurisdiction to have committed any fraud connected with the sale or transfer of a motorcycle;  (d) Employed fraudulent devices, methods, or practices in connection with meeting the requirements placed on dealers and wholesalers by the laws of this State;  (e) Been convicted of any violation of law involving the acquisition or transfer of a title to a motorcycle or of any violation of law involving tampering with, altering, or removing motorcycle identification numbers or markings;  (f) Been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated any federal or state law regarding the disconnecting, resetting, altering, or other unlawful tampering with a motorcycle odometer, including the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 32701-32711 (Title 49, Subtitle VI, Part C, Chapter 327);  (g) Refused or failed to comply with the Department's reasonable requests to inspect or copy the records, books, and files of the dealer or wholesaler or failed to maintain records of each motorcycle transaction as required by this chapter or by state and federal law pertaining to odometer records; or  (h) Given, loaned, or sold a dealer license plate to any person or otherwise to have allowed the use of any dealer license plate in any way not authorized by Section 56-3-2320. Any dealer license plate issued to a dealer or wholesaler pursuant to Section 56-3-2320 which is determined by the department to be improperly displayed on any motorcycle or in the possession of any unauthorized person is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the dealer or wholesaler to whom the license plate was originally issued.  The department shall notify the licensee or applicant in writing at the mailing address provided in his application of its intention to deny, suspend, or revoke his license at least twenty days in advance and shall provide the licensee an opportunity for a contested case hearing before the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings pursuant to its rules of procedure and the Administrative Procedures Act of this State. A licensee desiring a hearing shall request it in writing within ten days of receiving notice of the proposed denial, suspension, or revocation of his dealer's or wholesaler's license.  Upon the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license, the licensee shall immediately return to the department the license and all dealer license plates.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 511, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 304, Section 2, eff May 24, 2006; 2008 Act No. 279, Section 13, eff October 1, 2008.
SC Code § 56-16-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 16 - Regulation Of Motorcycle Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, And Wholesalers|Section 56-16-200. Civil actions; damages; effect of judgments as prima facie evidence.

 (1) In addition to temporary or permanent injunctive relief as provided in Section 56-16-100(3)(c), any person who is injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in this chapter may sue therefor in the court of common pleas and recover double the actual damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.  (2) When the action is one of common or general interest to many persons or when the parties are numerous and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue for the benefit of the whole, including actions for injunctive relief.  (3) In an action for money damages, if the jury finds that the defendant acted maliciously, the jury may award punitive damages not to exceed three times the actual damages.  (4) A final judgment, order, or decree rendered against a person in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding under the United States antitrust laws, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, or under this chapter constitutes prima facie evidence against the person subject to the conditions of the United States Antitrust Law (15 U.S.C. Section 16).  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 511, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-16-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 16 - Regulation Of Motorcycle Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, And Wholesalers|Section 56-16-210. Contracts violating provisions of this chapter.

 Any contract or part thereof or practice thereunder in violation of any provision of this chapter is against public policy and is void and unenforceable.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 511, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Criminal Penalties|Section 56-17-10. Willful failure to purchase license, keep records, or supply information in violation of law; willful falsification of information.

 A person required by a provision of law or by regulation to purchase a license, keep any records, or supply any information, who wilfully fails to purchase a license, keep the records, or supply the information or who wilfully falsifies information so supplied, at the time or times required by law or regulation, in addition to other penalties provided by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, including the cost of prosecution.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 459, Section 231.
SC Code § 56-19-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-20. Administration and enforcement.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles is hereby vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 21 of Title 16.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-140; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-40. Department of Motor Vehicles shall examine all applications; investigations; rejections.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle or for a certificate of title therefor and of any other application lawfully made to the Department and may in all cases make investigations as may be deemed necessary or require additional information and shall reject any such application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity or legality thereof or the truth of any statement contained therein, or for any other reason, when authorized by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-142; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-50. Department of Motor Vehicles shall seize expired, fictitious and certain other certificates, cards, permits, licenses, and plates.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license or registration plate issued by it (a) upon expiration, revocation, cancellation or suspension thereof, (b) which is fictitious or (c) which has been unlawfully or erroneously issued.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-143; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-60. Method of giving notice; proof of service.

 Whenever the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized or required to give any notice under this chapter or Chapter 21 of Title 16, unless a different method of giving such notice is otherwise expressly prescribed, such notice shall be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be so notified or by deposit in the United States mail of such notice by certified mail in an envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to such person at his address as shown by the records of the Department. The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of ten days after the deposit of the notice. Proof of the giving of notice in either such manner may be made by the certificate of any officer or employee of the Department or affidavit of any person over eighteen years of age, naming the person to whom such notice was given and specifying the time, place and manner of the giving thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-144; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-70. Refunds of fees.

 Whenever any application to the Department of Motor Vehicles is accompanied by any fee as required by law and such application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.  Whenever the Department through error collects any fee not required to be paid under this chapter, the fee may be refunded on its own initiative and shall be refunded to the person paying the fee upon application therefor made within six months after the date of such payment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-145; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-80. Disposition of fees and penalties.

 All fees and penalties collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 21 of Title 16 shall be placed in the state general fund for the administration of this chapter and for other department purposes."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-146; 1957 (50) 595; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1491.
SC Code § 56-19-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-90. Forms.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 21 of Title 16.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-147; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-110. Judicial review of Department of Motor Vehicle's acts.

 A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act by the Department of Motor Vehicles under this chapter or Chapter 21 of Title 16 is also entitled to a review thereof by the circuit court in accordance with laws of this State relating to appeals.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-149; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-210. Certificate of title required to sell or mortgage vehicle or mobile home; exception.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale or mortgage in this State any vehicle of a type required to be registered and licensed in this State, or any mobile home, unless a certificate of title has been issued therefor and is currently valid; but this provision shall not apply to South Carolina dealers in the sale or offering for sale of new vehicles or mobile homes for which there is a manufacturer's certificate of origin made out to the person offering such vehicle or mobile homes for sale.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150; 1957 (50) 595; 1972 (57) 2712.
SC Code § 56-19-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-220. Exemption of certain vehicles.

 No certificate of title need be obtained for:  (1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this State;  (2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of testing or demonstration, or a vehicle used by the manufacturer solely for testing;  (3) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this State and not required by law to be registered in this State;  (4) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state;  (5) A vehicle moved solely by animal power;  (6) An implement of husbandry;  (7) Special mobile equipment not required to be registered and licensed in this State;  (8) A pole trailer;  (9) A vehicle not required to be licensed and registered in this State, except mobile homes;  (10) A vehicle used by its manufacturer in a benefit program for the manufacturer's employees;  (11) A vehicle used by its manufacturer for testing, distribution, evaluation, and promotion, subject to the limitation in Section 56-3-2332(B)(2); or  (12) A moped.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.1; 1957 (50) 595; 1972 (57) 2712; 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 32B; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 32, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 32, in (9), substituted "A vehicle" for "Vehicles"; added (12), relating to mopeds; and made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 56-19-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-230. Owners shall apply for certificates.

 Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, every owner of a vehicle which is in this State and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall make application to the Department for a certificate of title of the vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.2; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-250. Department of Motor Vehicles shall check application against list of stolen and converted vehicles.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receiving an application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle shown in the application against the record of stolen and converted vehicles required by Section 56-19-850 to be maintained by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.4; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-260. Filing application; issuance of certificate.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.5; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-270. Refusal of certificate.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.6; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-280. Refusal of certificate; vehicle reported stolen or converted.

 When the theft or conversion of a vehicle is reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Sections 56-19-810 or 56-19-820, until the department learns of its recovery or that the report of its theft or conversion was erroneous, it must not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle. A title may be issued on a vehicle that is reported stolen only in cases where the settlement to an insurance company is involved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.7; 1957 (50) 595; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 234.
SC Code § 56-19-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-290. Contents of certificate.

 Each certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall contain:  (1) The date issued;  (2) The name and address of the owner;  (3) The names and addresses of any lienholders, in the order of priority as shown on the application, and dates of the liens, or if the application is based on a certificate of title, as shown on the certificate;  (4) The title number assigned to the vehicle;  (5) A description of the vehicle including, so far as the following data exists: its make, model, vehicle identification number, odometer reading at the time of application, and type of body;  (6) Any other data the Department prescribes.  The certificate of title shall contain forms for assignment and warranty of title by the owner and for reassignment and warranty of title by a dealer and may contain forms for application for a certificate of title by a transferee, the naming of a lienholder and the assignment or release of the security interest of a lienholder.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.8; 1957 (50) 595; 1980 Act No. 385, Section 5; 1990 Act No. 577, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-19-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-300. Contents of certificate for vehicle last registered where lienholders not named on certificate.

 A distinctive certificate of title shall be issued for a vehicle last previously registered in another state or country, the laws of which do not require that lienholders be named on a certificate of title to perfect their security interests. The certificate shall contain the legend, "THIS VEHICLE MAY BE SUBJECT TO AN UNDISCLOSED LIEN," and may contain any other information the Department of Motor Vehicles prescribes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.9; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-310. Numbering certificates issued to successive owners; two transfers when auctioneer gives title.

 The certificate of title issued to the first owner of a new vehicle must be designated by the letter suffix "A" after the title number. Titles issued to subsequent owners of such a vehicle must be designated "B", "C", "D", and "E" in the order of ownership. Titles issued to subsequent owners shall contain no letter suffix.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.10; 1957 (50) 595; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 235.
SC Code § 56-19-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-320. Certificate as prima facie evidence of facts.

 A certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.11; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-330. Record of certificates issued.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued by it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.12; 1957 (50) 595.