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SC Code § 56-9-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-330. Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish abstracts of operating records; abstracts inadmissible as evidence.

 (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon request and the payment of a fee, shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract must also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of that person, and, if there is no record of any conviction of that person for violating any laws relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by that person, the department shall so certify. The department, upon request and the payment of a reasonable fee, shall furnish a monthly listing by magnetic or other electronic media of all driver's license numbers that had driving violations posted on their records during the previous month. These abstracts are not admissible as evidence in any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of motor vehicle accidents.  (2) The department shall, upon request, and the payment of a fee furnish any person a copy of a vehicle accident report. Revenue generated by the fee imposed pursuant to this section 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-717; 1952 (47) 1853; 1976 Act No. 738 Section 9; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 57; 1989 Act No. 148, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 216; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 77.A, eff July 1, 2016.
SC Code § 56-9-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-340. Surrender of license and registration; failure to surrender.

 Any person (a) whose license and registration has been suspended as provided in this chapter, (b) whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter, has been canceled or terminated, or (c) who has neglected to furnish other proof upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall immediately return his license and registration to the department. If any person fails to return to the department his license or registration as provided in this section, the department may secure possession by a commissioned highway patrolman.  Any person wilfully failing to return his license or registration as required in this section must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for thirty days and, upon conviction if a second offense, be fined two hundred dollars or imprisoned for thirty days, or both, and for a third and subsequent offenses must be imprisoned for not less than forty-five days nor more than six months.  Only convictions which occurred within five years including and immediately preceding the date of the last conviction constitute prior convictions within the meaning of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-718; 1952 (47) 1853; 1988 Act No. 532, Section 20.
SC Code § 56-9-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-350. Verification of insurance coverage form to be issued following certain accidents; effect of failure to return form; uninvestigated accidents.

 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.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 665, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-9-351 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-351. Deposit of security by owner following accident; suspension of license, registrations, and notice.

 Within sixty days of receipt of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this State which has resulted in bodily injury or death or damage to the property of any one person in the amount of two hundred dollars or more, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the license of each operator or driver if he is the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident and all registrations of each owner of a motor vehicle involved in the accident. If the operator or driver is a nonresident, the privilege of operating a motor vehicle within this State and the privilege of the use within this State of a motor vehicle owned by him is suspended unless the operator, driver or owner, or both, deposits security in a sum not less than two hundred dollars or an additional amount as the department may specify that will be sufficient to satisfy a judgment that may be recovered for damages resulting from the accident which may be recovered against the operator or owner. Notice of the suspension must be sent by the department to the operator and owner at least ten days before the effective date of the suspension and shall state the amount required as security.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1; 1992 Act No. 510, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-352 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-352. Exceptions.

 Section 56-9-351 shall not apply to any of the following:  (1) The operator or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy with respect to the motor vehicle involved in the accident;  (2) The operator, if not the owner of the motor vehicle, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to his operation of motor vehicles not owned by him;  (3) The operator or owner if the liability of the operator or owner for damages resulting from the accident is, in the judgment of the Department of Motor Vehicles, covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or bond;  (4) Any person qualifying as a self-insurer under Section 56-9-60 of this chapter;  (5) The operator or owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of any one other than such owner or operator;  (6) The owner of a motor vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating the motor vehicle without his permission, express or implied;  (7) If, before the date that the Department would otherwise suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege under Section 56-9-351, there shall be filed with the Department evidence satisfactory to it that the person who would otherwise have to file security (a) has been released from liability, (b) has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, (c) has executed a warrant for confession of judgment, payable when and in such installments as the parties have agreed to or (d) has executed a duly acknowledged written agreement, providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments, with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accidents;  (8) The owner of any legally parked vehicle when struck by another vehicle;  (9) Any person operating a motor vehicle owned by his employer while he is operating the vehicle in the scope of his employment.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-353 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-353. Type and terms of policy or bond.

 No policy or bond shall be effective under Sections 56-9-351 and 56-9-352 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company licensed and authorized by the South Carolina Department of Insurance to do business in this State, except that if the motor vehicle was not registered in this State or was a motor vehicle which was registered elsewhere than in this State at the effective date of the policy or bond or the most recent renewal thereof, the policy or bond shall not be effective under Sections 56-9-351 and 56-9-352 unless the insurance company or surety company if not authorized to do business in this State shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to accept service on its behalf of notice of process in any action upon the policy or bond arising out of the accident. Every policy or bond must be subject, if the accident has resulted in bodily injury or death, to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and subject to this limit for one person, to a limit of not less than fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and, if the accident has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, to a limit of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1; 2013 Act No. 47, Section 3, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 56-9-354 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-354. Conditions for renewal of suspended license, registration, and operating privilege.

 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.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-355 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-355. Driver or owner involved in accident may not obtain license or registration without compliance with article.

 In the event the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this State, involved in an accident within this State, has no license or registration in this State, such driver shall not be allowed a license nor shall such owner be allowed to register any vehicle in this State until he has complied with the requirements of this article to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he had held a license or been the owner of a vehicle registered in this State.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-356 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-356. Transmittal of record of nonresident's suspension to officials in nonresident's state.

 When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to Section 56-9-351 or 56-9-354, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the state in which such nonresident resides, if the law of such other state provides for action in relation thereto similar to that provided for in Section 56-9-357.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-357 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-357. Suspension of resident's license and registration upon notice of suspension in another state.

 Upon receipt of such certification that the operating privilege of a resident of this State has been suspended or revoked in any such other state pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident under circumstances which would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend a nonresident's operating privilege had the accident occurred in this State, the Department shall suspend the license of such resident if he was the driver and all of his registrations if he was the owner of a motor vehicle involved in such accident. Such suspension shall continue until such resident furnishes evidence of his compliance with the law of such other state relating to the deposit of such security.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-358 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-358. Limit on security required; deposit.

 The security required under this article shall be in the form and in the amount that the Department of Motor Vehicles may require but in no case in excess of the limits specified in Section 56-9-353 in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond. The person depositing security shall specify in writing the person on whose behalf the deposit is made and, at any time while the deposit is in the custody of the Department or State Treasurer, the person depositing it may, in writing, amend the specifications of the persons on whose behalf the deposit is made to include additional persons; but a single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-359 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-359. Reduction of amount of security.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may at any time reduce the amount of security ordered in any case if, in its judgment, the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposited over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56-9-360. In no case shall the Department reduce the amount of security to a sum less than two hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-360. Security to be in custody of State Treasurer; applications to which security may be put; return.

 Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this article shall be placed by the Department of Motor Vehicles in the custody of the State Treasurer and shall be applicable only to the payment of judgments rendered against the persons on whose behalf the deposit was made for damages arising out of the accident in question in an action at law begun not later than two years after the date of the accident or within two years after the date of deposit of any security under item (3) of Section 56-9-354, and this deposit or any balance thereof shall be returned to the depositor or his personal representative when evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it that there has been a release from liability, a final adjudication of nonliability, a warrant for confession of judgment or a duly acknowledged agreement, in accordance with item (7) of Section 56-9-352 or whenever, after the expiration of two years from the date of the accident or within two years after the date of deposit of any security under item (3) of Section 56-9-354, the Department shall be given reasonable evidence that there is no action pending and no judgment rendered in the action left unpaid.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-361 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-361. Employment of suspended driver as operator of vehicle; employer's proof of financial responsibility.

 Whenever any person whose license would otherwise have been suspended for failure to deposit security required pursuant to this article is, or later becomes, an operator in the employ of another owner, the Department of Motor Vehicles may in its discretion, notwithstanding any provisions in this chapter to the contrary, allow such person to retain his license to operate a vehicle of another owner, in the pursuit of such employment, if the employer-owner of the vehicle shall have furnished proof of financial responsibility covering the operation of any vehicle which such person may be permitted to operate. The Department shall designate the restrictions imposed pursuant to this section on that person's license.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-362 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-362. Actions or findings of Department of Motor Vehicles and security as not constituting evidence of negligence.

 Neither the action taken by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this article, the findings, if any, of the Department upon which action is based nor the security filed as provided in this article shall be referred to in any way or be any evidence of the negligence of due care of either party at the trial of any action at law to recover damages.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-363 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-363. Forms and affidavits substantiating claims for damages; driver's license suspension hearings; appeals.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may in the administration of this article prescribe such form as it may deem necessary and require individuals to file sworn affidavits substantiating any claims for damages should the need arise. Any person whose driving privilege becomes subject to suspension or is suspended under the provisions of this article may request a contested case hearing with the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings prior to the suspension or within thirty days after written notice of the suspension in order that he might prove that no reasonable possibility exists that a civil court might enter a judgment against him as a result of the accident in question. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the hearing officer following the hearing may file an appeal with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with its appellate rules.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1; 2006 Act No. 381, Section 9, eff June 13, 2006; 2008 Act No. 279, Section 9, eff October 1, 2008.
SC Code § 56-9-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-410. Courts shall report nonpayment of judgments to Department of Motor Vehicles.

 Whenever any person fails within sixty days to satisfy any judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any judgment is rendered within this State to forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles immediately after the expiration of sixty days a certified copy of the judgment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-735; 1952 (47) 1853.
SC Code § 56-9-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-420. Report to home state of nonpayment of judgment against nonresident.

 If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles is a nonresident, the Department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-736; 1952 (47) 1853.