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SC Code § 56-19-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-340. Certificate mailed to first lienholder or, if none, to owner.

 The certificate of title must be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or given to the lienholder's authorized agent or, if none, to the owner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.13; 1957 (50) 595; 1963 (53) 161; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 236.
SC Code § 56-19-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-350. Duplicate certificates; surrender of recovered original.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.14; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-360. Procedures for voluntary transfer; duties of transferor and transferee; effective time of transfer.

 If an owner, manufacturer or dealer transfers his interest in a vehicle other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of the delivery of the vehicle, execute an assignment and warranty of title to transferee in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the Department of Motor Vehicles prescribes and cause the certificate and assignment to be mailed or delivered to the transferee or to the Department.  Except as provided in Section 56-19-370, the transferee shall, promptly after delivery to him of the vehicle, execute the application for a new certificate of title in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the Department prescribes and cause the certificate and application to be mailed or delivered to the Department.  Except as provided in Section 56-19-370, and as between the parties, a transfer by an owner is not effective until the provisions of this section have been complied with.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.15; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-370. Procedures for voluntary transfer; dealer purchasing vehicle for resale.

 If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner within forty-five days after delivery to him of the vehicle, he need not send the certificate to the Department of Motor Vehicles, but, upon transferring the vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, promptly shall execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided on the certificate or as the department prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the department with the transferee's application for a new certificate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.16; 1957 (50) 595; 1995 Act No. 42, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-19-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-380. Procedures for voluntary transfer; issuance of new certificate.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the owner named in it or his legal representative.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.17; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-390. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession.

 (1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, promptly mail or deliver to the Department of Motor Vehicles the last certificate of title, if available, proof of the transfer and his application for a new certificate in the form the Department prescribes.  (2) If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, or by foreclosure of a statutory lien or sale pursuant to Section 29-15-10, the transferee shall promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title or order of court pertaining to sale, his application for a new certificate in the form the department prescribes and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the lienholder that the vehicle was repossessed and that the security interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the terms of the security agreement, or by foreclosure of a statutory lien. If the lienholder succeeds to the interest of the owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he need not secure a new certificate of title but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee or to the department the certificate, affidavit and other documents required to be sent to the department by the transferee, and the department shall, upon request, issue a new title free and clear of prior liens and encumbrances.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.18; 1957 (50) 595; 1977 Act No. 158; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1492.
SC Code § 56-19-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-400. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; issuance of new certificate.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to it, the Department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.19; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-410. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; surrender of old certificate; effect of surrender and issuance of new certificate.

 A person holding a certificate whose interest in the vehicle has been extinguished or transferred other than by voluntary transfer shall mail or deliver the certificate to the Department of Motor Vehicles upon request of the Department. The delivery of the certificate pursuant to the request of the Department does not affect the rights of the person surrendering the certificate, and the action of the Department in issuing a new certificate of title as provided in Section 56-19-400 is not conclusive upon the rights of an owner or lienholder named in the old certificate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.20; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-420. Fee; allocation.

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall charge fifteen dollars for:  (1) the issuance of a certificate of title;  (2) the transfer of a certificate of title; or  (3) the issuance of a duplicate certificate of title.  (B) Five dollars of the fee contained in this section must be placed in a special earmarked account by the Comptroller General and must be distributed in the following manner:  (1) the first one million dollars must be credited to the general fund of the State to offset a portion of state individual income tax revenue not collected pursuant to the subsistence allowance allowed pursuant to Section 12-6-1140(6); and  (2) the remainder must be allocated to the Department of Public Safety and used to support highway patrol programs.  (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, five dollars of the fee contained in this section must be placed in the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167 by the Comptroller General.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.21; 1957 (50) 595; 1972 (57) 3013, 3088; 1976 Act No. 738 Section 6; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, Section 42C; 2002 Act No. 349, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 51, Section 16; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12C.2, eff July 1, 2008; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 83, eff July 1, 2016.
SC Code § 56-19-425 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-425. Fee for furnishing odometer reading.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to charge a fee of three dollars for furnishing the odometer reading or other odometer information concerning a particular vehicle to a requesting party.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 385, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1493.
SC Code § 56-19-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-430. Assignment of new identifying number; issuance of new, or endorsement of, original certificate.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may assign a new identifying number to a vehicle if it has none, its identifying number is destroyed or obliterated or its motor is changed and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identifying number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.22; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-440. Suspension or revocation of certificate.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.23; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-450. Effect of suspension or revocation on validity of security interest.

 Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.24; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-460. Surrender of suspended or revoked certificate.

 When the Department of Motor Vehicles suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.25; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-470. Seizure of suspended or revoked certificate.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.26; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-485 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-485. Designation of vehicles as "wreckage" or "salvage", etc.

 Section effective until October 25, 2021. See, also, Section 56-19-485 effective October 25, 2021.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any motor vehicle which qualifies as "wreckage" or "salvage" is transferred in this State pursuant to Section 56-19-480, whether the vehicle was, immediately before such transfer, titled in this State or in another state, the vehicle shall be designated as "wreckage" or "salvage", as may be applicable, to the extent necessary to inform the transferee of the exact condition of the vehicle. No wrecked or salvaged out-of-state vehicle or South Carolina registered vehicle shall be registered under the laws of this State without such designation, and this designation must be applied to all subsequent transfers of the vehicle.  The provisions of this section apply to transfers of vehicles in all of the circumstances described in Section 56-19-480, whether the vehicle is "totaled", declared a total loss, "junked", or "salvaged".  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the owner of a vehicle whose total cost of repair, including all labor and parts, is estimated to be seventy-five percent or more of the fair market value of the vehicle must provide the Department of Motor Vehicles an affidavit from a person who reconstructs or rebuilds a vehicle indicating the cost of repair along with other data the department may prescribe to obtain a certificate of title. The provisions contained in this section do not apply to a motor vehicle that has a fair market value of two thousand dollars or less, or an antique motor vehicle as defined by Section 56-3-2210. A certificate of title issued for a vehicle described in this paragraph must be annotated to indicate the motor vehicle is designated "wreckage" or "salvage" as applicable to the extent necessary to inform the transferee of the exact condition of the vehicle. A wrecked or salvaged out-of-state vehicle or South Carolina registered vehicle may not be registered in this State without this designation, and this designation must be applied to subsequent transfer of the vehicle.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 101, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 52, Section 3.
SC Code § 56-19-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-490. "Lemon Law" returns; notification; penalties.

 (A) In every sale or transfer of a motor vehicle returned to the manufacturer under the provisions of Chapter 28, Title 56, a similar statute of another state, or as the result of a legal action, the title must have the following sentence printed on its face in large, bold, uppercase type: "RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER UNDER LEMON LAW OR OTHER PROCEEDING." The notice required under the provisions of this subsection must continue to appear on each title issued as a result of any subsequent sale or transfer of that motor vehicle.  (B) Any person who transfers or attempts to transfer a motor vehicle in violation of this section is subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars if the person had knowledge that the motor vehicle was returned to the manufacturer for failure to meet express warranties under a "lemon law" or other similar proceeding.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 287, Section 6.
SC Code § 56-19-495 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-495. Establishment of working group to develop process for titling vehicles for which no title can be provided.

 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.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 264, Section 12, eff June 18, 2012.
SC Code § 56-19-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-500. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Affixed" means that the manufactured home is installed in accordance with the state required installation standards, with wheels, axles, and towing hitch removed, and with the owner of the home having an intention that the manufactured home becomes an improvement to the real property whereon it is situated as evidenced by the filing of the affidavits provided in this article. The filing of the affidavits provided for in this article is conclusive proof of the intent to affix the manufactured home to real property.  (2) "Division" means the Department of Motor Vehicles.  (3) "Homeowner" means, when referring to a manufactured home for which a title certificate is issued as required by Section 56-19-210, the person identified on the title certificate as the owner of the "manufactured home".  (4) "Manufactured home" means a "mobile home" as defined by law or a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which (a) in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width, or forty body feet or more in length, or (b) when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in it.  (5) "Owner" means, when referring to a manufactured home for which the title certificate has been retired either pursuant to the procedure utilized before the effective date of this article by the department or pursuant to this article, the person who owns the real property or has a recorded leasehold estate of thirty-five or more years on the real property upon which the manufactured home has become affixed and the instrument creating the leasehold estate authorizes the lessee to encumber the real property with a lien.  (6) "Retire the title certificate" means to cancel through the procedure established by this article an existing manufactured home title certificate issued by this State.  (7) "Secured party" means any lienholder identified on the title certificate of a manufactured home, or the lender securing a loan through a mortgage, deed of trust, or real estate contract when referring to real property or real property to which a manufactured home has been affixed and the title certificate retired.  (8) "Security interest" means an interest in property to secure payment of a loan made by a secured party to a borrower or a lien created by operation of law.  (9) "Sever" means to physically remove the manufactured home from the real property to which it is affixed.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 88, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-19-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-530. Records of retired title certificates; written confirmation to homeowner.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles must maintain a record of each manufactured home title certificate retired under this article, and provide written confirmation of the retirement of the title certificate to the homeowner.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 88, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-19-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-560. Manufactured home treated as real property.

 Upon an owner of a manufactured home meeting all requirements of this article for retiring the title certificate on his manufactured home and having the manufactured home and the real property to which it is affixed classified as real property, the register of deeds or clerk of court in the county where it is located in all indexes and transactions regarding the manufactured home and the real property to which it is affixed must confer upon it the treatment required by Section 56-19-510(C) and may not in any particulars still treat the manufactured home as personal property.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 174, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 56-19-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-610. Chapter inapplicable to certain liens and security interests.

 This chapter does not apply to or affect:  (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle;  (2) A lien given by statute to the United States, this State or any political subdivision of this State, if such lien is recorded on the title;  (3) A security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale; or  (4) Attachment liens provided for in Section 29-15-20.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.41; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-19-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-620. Security interest invalid against third parties unless properly perfected.

 Unless excepted by Section 56-19-610, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or lienholders of the vehicle unless perfected as provided in this article. No other recordation shall be necessary to protect the interest of the lienholder.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.42; 1957 (50) 595; 1960 (51) 1730.
SC Code § 56-19-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles|Section 56-19-630. Perfecting security interest; time when effective.

 A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the Department of Motor Vehicles of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time of its creation if the delivery is completed within ten days thereafter, otherwise, as of the time of the delivery.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.43; 1957 (50) 595.