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SC Code § 56-3-2420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2420. Powers of State Highway Patrol.

 Commissioned and uniformed personnel of the South Carolina Highway Patrol when on duty may:  (1) Upon reasonable belief that any vehicle is being operated in violation of any provision of this chapter require the driver thereof to stop and exhibit the registration card issued for the vehicle and submit to an inspection of such vehicle and the license plates;  (2) Inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered and licensed hereunder in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where such vehicles are held for sale or wrecking, for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles and investigating the ownership and registration and license thereof; and  (3) Investigate reported thefts of vehicles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-112; 1952 Code Section 46-112; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2430. Authority to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures.

 Officers and employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles engaged in the work of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter are, for the purpose of such work of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures and shall do so without fee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-116; 1952 Code Section 46-116; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2440. Department of Motor Vehicles shall keep certain records.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall keep such records of all transactions relating to the enforcement and administration of this chapter as the Department shall determine to be necessary and appropriate for fiscal, statistical and administrative purposes. Suitable and appropriate records of every vehicle registered shall be kept by the Department in cross-reference books or on cards, as follows:  (1) Numerically, under the descriptive registration and license number assigned to the vehicle;  (2) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;  (3) Numerically, under the motor or serial number, if available and otherwise under any other identifying number of the vehicle; and  (4) In any other manner the Department may deem desirable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-117; 1952 Code Section 46-117; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2450. Certified copies of Department of Motor Vehicle records; use as evidence.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles and such officers and employees of the Department as the Department may designate may prepare and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the Department relating to the registration and licensing of any vehicle, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-118; 1952 Code Section 46-118; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2460. Affidavit as to registration records of Department of Motor Vehicles as evidence of ownership.

 In any case tried in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State in which the ownership of any motor vehicle is in issue an affidavit by a duly authorized officer or agent of the Department of Motor Vehicles showing what the registration records of the Department show or fail to show relative to the ownership of the motor vehicle in question shall be admissible in evidence on the sole issue of ownership of the motor vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-119; 1952 Code Section 46-119; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2470. Publication of registration and license lists; obtaining copies of lists.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may compile and publish annually or at shorter intervals a list of all registered and licensed vehicles. The list shall show vehicles registered and licensed serially according to registration and license numbers and also may contain the names and addresses of the recorded owners and a brief description of each vehicle, including the serial or other identifying number. The Department may furnish without charge therefor a copy of the registration and license list and any supplements thereto to any police department in this State requesting it, and the Department may also sell copies of the list to any person requesting it upon payment to the Department of a uniform amount as determined by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-120; 1952 Code Section 46-120; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2480. Destruction of obsolete records.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may destroy any records accumulated by it in connection with the administration of this chapter which have been maintained on file for three years or more and which may be deemed by the Department to be obsolete and of no further service in connection with the administration of this chapter or other use by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-121; 1952 Code Section 46-121; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2490. Unlawful to conceal motor vehicle whose serial number has been altered or removed.

 Whoever knowingly conceals any motor vehicle from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the motor vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-113; 1952 Code Section 46-113; 1949 (46) 342; 1957 (50) 595.
SC Code § 56-3-2510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2510. Department of Motor Vehicles may assign new identifying numbers; special plate or number affixed to vehicle.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may assign a distinguishing number to a motor vehicle whenever the motor or serial number thereon is destroyed, replaced or obliterated and may issue or assign to the owner a special plate or number which shall be affixed to the vehicle or stamped on the vehicle in a place to be determined by the Department. Such motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed under such distinguishing number in lieu of the former motor number or serial number.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-115; 1952 Code Section 46-115; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2520. Penalties.

 It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless such violation is by this chapter or other law of this State declared to be a felony. Unless another penalty is by the laws of this State provided every person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-122; 1952 Code Section 46-122; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-2540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2540. "Conserve South Carolina" license plates.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 registered in their names which shall have imprinted on the plate "Conserve South Carolina" and which may have an emblem, a seal, logo, or other symbol of the South Carolina Conservation Bank. The South Carolina Conservation Bank shall submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol it desires to be used for this special license plate. The South Carolina Conservation Bank may request a change in the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol not more than once every five years. The fee for this special license plate is forty-eight dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. The special license plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 200, Section 2(A); 2008 Act No. 347, Section 21, eff June 16, 2008.
SC Code § 56-3-2545 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2545. Collection and disbursement of fees.

 Of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles in producing and administering this special license plate. The remaining fees collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the South Carolina Conservation Bank Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 48-59-60 of the 1976 Code.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 200, Section 2(B).
SC Code § 56-3-2550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2550. Applicability of special license plates provisions.

 The provisions of Section 56-3-8100 of the 1976 Code apply to the license plate authorized by this section.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 200, Section 2(C).
SC Code § 56-3-2600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2600. Powers and duties of Department of Motor Vehicles; fees; application; issuance by dealers.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles upon request and subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth shall provide temporary license plates and registration cards designed by the department to nonresidents of South Carolina and to licensed motor vehicle dealers who apply for such plates and cards. The fee for each set of license plates and registration cards shall be twenty dollars. Application therefor shall be made to the department on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Dealers, subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth, may issue such temporary license plates to owners of vehicles which are to be permanently licensed in a state other than South Carolina.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1389; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 61.
SC Code § 56-3-2610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2610. Records of dealer.

 Every dealer shall maintain in permanent form a record of all temporary license plates delivered to him, and shall also maintain in permanent form a record of all temporary license plates issued by him. In addition, every dealer shall maintain in permanent form a record of any other information pertaining to the receipt or the issuance of temporary license plates that the Department of Motor Vehicles may require. Each record shall be kept for a period of at least one year from the date of entry of such record.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2620. Dealer issuing temporary registration certificate.

 Every dealer who issues temporary license plates shall also issue a temporary registration certificate upon a form prescribed and furnished by the Department of Motor Vehicles and shall deliver it with the license plates to the owner. On the day that a dealer issues such plates, he shall also send to the Department a copy of the temporary registration certificate.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2630. Restrictions on dealer issuing temporary plates and cards; misstatement of fact; false information.

 A dealer shall issue temporary plates and cards solely for vehicles which are purchased from that dealer for licensing and registering in another state. No dealer shall issue temporary plates or cards for any other purpose or reason. It shall be unlawful for a dealer to issue any temporary plates or registration cards containing any misstatement of fact or to knowingly insert any false information upon the face thereof.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2640. Information to be placed on temporary license plate.

 Every dealer who issues temporary plates shall insert clearly and indelibly on the face of each temporary license plate the date of issuance, the date of expiration, the make, and the identification number of the vehicle for which issued and such other information as the Department of Motor Vehicles shall require.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2650. Transfer, loan, or assignment of temporary license plate.

 A temporary license plate shall be used only on the vehicle for which issued and shall not be transferred, loaned, or assigned to any other person or vehicle.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2660. Duration of temporary license plate and registration certificate.

 The temporary license plate and registration certificate are valid for twenty days from the date of issuance. However, temporary license plates and registration certificates for vehicles which will be permanently licensed in a foreign jurisdiction are valid for thirty days from the date of issuance.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 61.
SC Code § 56-3-2675 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2675. Motor vehicle manufacturers authorized to obtain and issue temporary license plates.

 (A) As used in this section, "Motor Vehicle Manufacturer" means a person in the business of manufacturing or assembling new and unused vehicles in this State.  (B) A motor vehicle manufacturer may obtain and issue temporary license plates in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a motor vehicle dealer.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 61.
SC Code § 56-3-2680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2680. Penalties.

 Any person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2690. Applicability of other laws.

 If temporary license plates and registration certificates are issued for a motor vehicle pursuant to this article, no other provisions of law of this State relating to temporary licensing and registration shall apply.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 447.
SC Code § 56-3-2710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2710. Temporary plates and registration certificates authorized for certain motor vehicles.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles upon request and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in this article shall provide temporary license plates and registration certificates to a corporation for motor vehicles used solely for research and development.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 143, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1390.
SC Code § 56-3-2720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2720. Fee; application.

 The fee for each set of temporary license plates and registration certificates is ten dollars. Application for the plates and certificates must be made to the Department of Motor Vehicles on forms it prescribes and furnishes.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 143, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-2730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2730. Design of temporary plates and registration certificates.

 The temporary license plates and registration certificates must be designed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. On the face of each plate must be imprinted the date of issuance, the date of expiration, the make and identification number of the vehicle, and other information the department requires.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 143, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-2740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2740. Temporary plates and registration certificates not to be transferred; term; renewal.

 The temporary license plate and registration certificate may be used only for the vehicle for which it is issued and must not be transferred, loaned, or assigned to any other vehicle. They are valid for one hundred twenty days from the date of issuance, but they may be renewed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 143, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-2760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2760. Violations; penalties.

 A person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 143, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-2810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2810. Issuance of special plates; cost; application.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special motor vehicle license plates to "volunteer firemen" who request them in the manner provided in this article and who are residents of the State for private passenger motor vehicles registered in their respective names. For the purposes of this article "volunteer firemen" means members of organized units providing fire protection without compensation being paid to the members of the units for the service provided and whose membership is certified to the municipal clerk or chairman of the council of the municipality or county in which their unit is based by the chief officer of the unit concerned. The cost of the special license plate as determined by the department must be paid biennially by the requesting volunteer fireman, and only one license plate may be issued to a volunteer fireman. The plate must be issued upon application in a manner and upon forms prescribed by the department and upon approval of the application by the department.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 67; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22HH; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1391; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 168.
SC Code § 56-3-2820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2820. Plate specifications.

 The special license plates must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates and imprinted with the words "Volunteer Fireman" with numbers the Department of Motor Vehicles may determine. The plates are for biennial periods as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 67; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22II.
SC Code § 56-3-2830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2830. Transfer and return of plates.

 A license plate issued pursuant to this article may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon application being made therefor, in a manner and upon forms which must be prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and upon approval of the application by the Department. It is unlawful for any person to whom a plate has been issued pursuant to this article knowingly to permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except that one authorized by the Department. If a holder of the plate ceases to be a volunteer fireman he must immediately return the plate to the Department.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 67.
SC Code § 56-3-2840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2840. Other registration and licensing provisions unaffected; penalties for violations.

 The provisions of this article do not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter but are cumulative thereto. Any person violating the provisions of this article or any person who (a) fraudulently gives false or fictitious information in any application for a special license plate, as authorized in this article, (b) conceals a material fact in any such application, or (c) otherwise commits a fraud in any such application or in the use of any special license plate issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or thirty days' imprisonment, or both.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 67.
SC Code § 56-3-2900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2900. Department of Motor Vehicles authorized to provide temporary license plates and registration cards for trailers and semi-trailers; fees; issuance by manufacturer.

 Upon request the Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide temporary license plates and registration cards designed by the department to manufacturers in South Carolina who produce trailers or semi-trailers and who apply for these plates and cards. The fee for each set of license plates and registration cards is twenty dollars. Applications for these license plates and registration cards must be made to the department on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. The department shall issue temporary license plates and registration cards in blocks of up to one hundred per application. When a block of temporary license plates and registration cards is issued, the fee is equal to the number of sets of temporary license plates and registration cards in the block multiplied by twenty dollars. A manufacturer may issue a temporary license plate to a trailer or semi-trailer that is being moved from the manufacturer to the dealer's or purchaser's place of business.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 232, Section 1.