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SC Code § 56-5-6550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-6550. No points against license for violation.

 No points provided for in Section 56-1-720 or any other provision of law may be assessed for a violation of this article.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 148, Section 47(A).
SC Code § 56-5-6560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-6560. Collection of motor vehicle stop data regarding age, gender, and race of driver; development of database; reports.

 (A) Any time a motor vehicle is stopped by a state or local law enforcement officer without a citation being issued or an arrest being made, the officer who initiated the stop must complete a data collection form designed by the Department of Public Safety that must include information regarding the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of the driver of the vehicle. This information may be gathered and transmitted electronically under the supervision of the department which shall develop and maintain a database storing the information collected. The department must promulgate rules and regulations with regard to the collection and submission of the information gathered.  (B) The Department of Public Safety shall develop and maintain a database for the information submitted to the department under subsection (A) and prepare a report to be posted on the department's website regarding motor vehicle stops using the collected information.  (C) The General Assembly shall have the authority to withhold any state funds or federal pass-through funds from any state or local law enforcement agency that fails to comply with the requirements of this section.  (D) This section must be reviewed by the Senate Transportation Committee and the House of Representatives Education and Public Works Committee during the 2010 Session of the General Assembly. The committees must make recommendations of appropriate changes, if any, to this section before the end of the 2010 Session.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 147, Section 5, eff 6 months after approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 9, 2005), except requirements relating to the Department of Public Safety take effect July 1, 2006, and requirements relating to local law enforcement take effect July 1, 2007.
SC Code § 56-5-6565 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 5 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways|Section 56-5-6565. Safety belt education programs.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 147, Section 6, eff 6 months after approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 9, 2005).
SC Code § 56-7-12 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-12. Verification of insurance coverage upon issuance of traffic ticket; form; penalty.

 (A) When the operator or owner of an individual private passenger automobile as defined in Section 38-77-30(5.5) is issued a traffic ticket for a moving violation by a law enforcement officer, he may be furnished a written request form to be completed by him and his insurance company or the agent issuing the policy to verify liability insurance coverage. The form must be prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety.  (B) The completed and verified form must be returned by the operator or owner to the local law enforcement agency issuing the traffic ticket within fifteen days from the date he receives it. Failure to return the form verified in the proper manner is prima facie evidence that the vehicle was uninsured.  (C) The director or his designee of the department shall waive the reinstatement fee or per diem fine, or both, imposed upon the owner or operator of the motor vehicle pursuant to this section for his failure to complete and return the insurance verification form if he has liability insurance coverage when determined to be uninsured by the department. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall document its reasons for waiving the fees or fines in the records of the department.  (D) No person knowingly may furnish or aid another in the submission of false or misleading information in the completed and verified form. A person who knowingly furnishes or aids another in submitting false or misleading information regarding the verification of liability insurance is subject to the penalties in Section 56-10-260.  (E) This section applies only to owners and operators of motor vehicles registered under the laws of South Carolina.  (F) Motor vehicles determined to be uninsured under this section are subject to Sections 56-10-240 and 56-10-245.  (G) The operator of the motor vehicle shall present the written request form for verification of liability insurance coverage to the owner of the vehicle. Failure by the operator to give the form to the owner is prima facie evidence that the operator knowingly furnished false and misleading information to the department.  However, the form must have the following sentence on its face in bold type, all capitals, and large print: "THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO IS ISSUED THIS FORM SHALL COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORM TO THE ISSUING AGENCY WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OR IS SUBJECT TO A TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR REINSTATEMENT FEE AND FIVE DOLLAR A DAY FINE PURSUANT TO SOUTH CAROLINA LAW. IF YOU ARE NOT THE OWNER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, YOU SHALL PRESENT THIS FORM TO THE OWNER OR YOU ARE SUBJECT TO FINE AND IMPRISONMENT." The officer shall read aloud this sentence to the owner or operator of the motor vehicle upon furnishing the written request form to verify liability insurance coverage.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 113, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 215.
SC Code § 56-7-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-15. Use of uniform traffic ticket for offense committed in officer's presence; domestic violence arrests and incident report.

 (A) The uniform traffic ticket, established pursuant to the provisions of Section 56-7-10, may be used by law enforcement officers to arrest a person for an offense that has been freshly committed or is committed in the presence of a law enforcement officer if the punishment is within the jurisdiction of magistrates court and municipal court. A law enforcement agency processing an arrest made pursuant to this section must furnish the information to the State Law Enforcement Division as required in Chapter 3, Title 23.  (B) An officer who effects an arrest, by use of a uniform traffic ticket, for a violation of Chapter 25, Title 16 or Section 16-13-110 shall complete and file an incident report immediately following the issuance of the uniform traffic ticket.  (C) The issuance of a uniform traffic ticket alleging the violation of Section 56-5-2770 is not subject to the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 601, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 92, Section 5; 2005 Act No. 166, Section 15, eff January 1, 2006; 2013 Act No. 78, Section 2, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 274 (H.5014), Section 5, eff June 9, 2014.
SC Code § 56-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-20. Unique identifying numbers on tickets; colors and number of copies; electronic tickets.

 Each ticket shall have a unique identifying number. Each printed copy must be labeled at the bottom with the purpose of the copy. A handwritten traffic ticket must consist of four copies, one of which must be blue and must be given to the vehicle operator who is the alleged traffic violator; one of which must be yellow and must be dispatched to the Department of Motor Vehicles for its records and for audit purposes; one of which must be white and must be dispatched to the police agency of which the arresting officer is a part; and one of which must be green and must be retained by the trial officer for his records. An electronic traffic ticket must consist of at least one printed copy that must be given to the vehicle operator who is the alleged traffic violator and as many as three additional printed copies if needed to communicate with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the police agency, and the trial officer. Tickets may be collected electronically, but must be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles electronically. Data transmissions to the Department of Motor Vehicles must be made pursuant to the Department of Motor Vehicles' electronic specifications.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-872; 1967 (55) 203; 1980 Act No. 353, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1469; 2005 Act No. 68, Section 2, eff May 23, 2005; 2009 Act No. 1, Section 1, eff April 7, 2009; 2016 Act No. 185 (H.3685), Section 1, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 56-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-30. Printing and ordering traffic tickets; forwarding to court and Department of Motor Vehicles within three business days of issuance to offender; forwarding of disposition information; electronic tickets.

 (A) The Department of Public Safety shall have the traffic tickets printed. Law enforcement agencies shall order tickets from the Department of Public Safety and shall record the identifying numbers of the tickets received by them. The cost of the tickets must be paid by the law enforcement agency. The court's copy must be forwarded by the law enforcement agency to the appropriate court and electronically to the Department of Motor Vehicles within three business days of issuance to the offender. After final trial court action or nolle prosequi, disposition information must be forwarded electronically to the Department of Motor Vehicles by the appropriate court within five business days of the trial date.  (B) A law enforcement agency that issues uniform traffic tickets in an electronic format as provided in Section 56-7-10 may generate a printed copy of this ticket by using an in-car data terminal or hand held device. A copy of the ticket must be given to the offender. The court's copy must be forwarded by the law enforcement agency to the appropriate court, in a format as prescribed by the South Carolina Judicial Department, and electronically to the Department of Motor Vehicles within three business days of issuance to the offender. Data transmissions to the Department of Motor Vehicles must be made pursuant to the Department of Motor Vehicles' and the South Carolina Judicial Department's electronic systems specifications.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-873; 1967 (55) 203; 1980 Act No. 353, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1470; 2005 Act No. 68, Section 3, eff May 23, 2005; 2016 Act No. 185 (H.3685), Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 56-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-40. Penalty for failure to account for ticket, use of nonuniform ticket, or failure to forward ticket.

 Any person intentionally violating the provisions of Section 56-7-10 or 56-7-30 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than fifteen hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each ticket unaccounted for, or each use of a nonuniform ticket, or each failure to timely electronically forward the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the ticket. If the failure to account for a ticket, or the use of a nonuniform ticket, or the failure to timely forward the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the ticket is inadvertent or unintentional, such misuse shall be triable in magistrates court and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-874; 1967 (55) 203; 1980 Act No. 353, Section 4; 2016 Act No. 185 (H.3685), Section 3, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 56-7-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-50. Nonapplicability to certain agencies.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources or to any of its agents.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 158, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1471.
SC Code § 56-7-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-70. Law enforcement officer identification upon stopping a driver.

 When a law enforcement officer stops a driver for a violation of the motor vehicle laws, he shall present his law enforcement badge or other appropriate identification to the driver immediately upon approaching him and before questioning.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 598, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-7-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 7 - Traffic Tickets|Section 56-7-80. County or municipal uniform ordinance summons.

 (A) Counties and municipalities are authorized to adopt by ordinance and use an ordinance summons as provided herein for the enforcement of county and municipal ordinances. Upon adoption of the ordinance summons, any county or municipal law enforcement officer or code enforcement officer is authorized to use an ordinance summons. Any county or municipality adopting the ordinance summons is responsible for the printing, distributing, monitoring, and auditing of the ordinance summons to be used by that entity.  (B) The uniform ordinance summons may not be used to perform a custodial arrest. No county or municipal ordinance which regulates the use of motor vehicles on the public roads of this State may be enforced using an ordinance summons.  (C) An ordinance summons must cite only one violation per summons and must contain at least the following information:  (1) the name and address of the person or entity charged;  (2) the name and title of the issuing officer;  (3) the time, date, and location of the hearing;  (4) a description of the ordinance the person or entity is charged with violating;  (5) the procedure to post bond; and  (6) any other notice or warning otherwise required by law.  The ordinance summonses must be consecutively and discretely numbered. The ordinance summonses must be audited as part of the annual independent audit required in Section 4-9-150 for counties and in Section 5-7-240 for municipalities, and a separate copy of each audit must be furnished to the chief administrative officer of the county or municipality, as appropriate.  (D) Service of a uniform ordinance summons vests all magistrates' and municipal courts with jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the charge for which the ordinance summons was issued and served.  (E) Any law enforcement officer or code enforcement officer who serves an ordinance summons must allow the person served to proceed without first having to post bond or to appear before a magistrate or municipal judge. Acceptance of an ordinance summons constitutes a person's recognizance to comply with the terms of the summons.  (F) Any person who fails to appear before the court as required by an ordinance summons, without first having posted such bond as may be required or without having been granted a continuance by the court, 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. Any law enforcement agency processing an arrest made pursuant to this subsection must furnish such information to the State Law Enforcement Division as required by Chapter 3 of Title 23.  (G) This statute does not prohibit a county or municipality from enforcing ordinances by means otherwise authorized by law.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 328, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-701; 1952 (47) 1853; 1974 (58) 2718.
SC Code § 56-9-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-30. Chapter inapplicable to certain motor vehicles.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-704; 1952 (47) 1853; 1977 Act No. 80 Section 2; 1987 Act No. 155, Section 16.
SC Code § 56-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-40. Rights of conditional vendors, chattel mortgagees, or lessors not affected.

 This chapter shall not affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-705; 1952 (47) 1853.
SC Code § 56-9-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-50. Sale of vehicle when registration suspended not affected.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-706; 1952 (47) 1853.
SC Code § 56-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-60. Self-insurers for motor vehicles; determination of financial responsibility.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-709; 1952 (47) 1853; 1992 Act No. 492, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 331, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 241, Section 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2008 Act No. 279, Section 8, eff October 1, 2008.
SC Code § 56-9-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-80. General penalties for violations of chapter.

 Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-712; 1952 (47) 1853.
SC Code § 56-9-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-90. Chapter as no bar to other remedies.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-707; 1952 (47) 1853.
SC Code § 56-9-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-100. Chapter is supplemental and cumulative.

 This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of any other provision contained in this Title or the motor vehicle laws of this State but shall be construed as supplemental and cumulative thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-708; 1952 (47) 1853; 1959 (51) 567.
SC Code § 56-9-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-110. Reserved.

 HISTORY: Former Section, titled Retroactive application of chapter, had the following history: 1962 Code Section 46-713; 1952 (47) 1853. Reserved by 2017 Act No. 89, Section 28, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-9-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act|Section 56-9-120. Construction.

 This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact substantially identical legislation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-703; 1952 (47) 1853.