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SC Code § 56-1-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-750. Computation of points.

 In computing the total number of points charged to any person after a particular violation, those accrued as a result of violations which have occurred during the twelve months' period including and immediately preceding the last violation shall be counted at their full value, those accrued from twelve to twenty-four months preceding the last violation shall be counted at one half their established value and those resulting from violations which occurred more than twenty-four months prior to the last violation shall not be counted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.3; 1955 (49) 249.
SC Code § 56-1-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-760. Violations considered in suspension to be disregarded in subsequent suspension.

 When the driver's license of a person is suspended under the provisions of this article, all violations considered in such suspension shall be disregarded in so far as any subsequent suspension under this article or under the provisions of Section 56-5-2920 is concerned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.4; 1955 (49) 249.
SC Code § 56-1-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-770. Points reduced for completing defensive driving course.

 (A) Any driver who has accumulated points under the provisions of this article shall have the number of his points reduced by four upon proving to the satisfaction of the Department of Motor Vehicles that he has completed the National Safety Council's "Defensive Driving Course" or its equivalent, if the course is completed after the points have been assessed. The course must be taught by an instructor accredited by the National Safety Council whose procedures for accreditation are set forth in the "Manual of Rules and Procedures" published by the National Safety Council or equivalent accreditation procedures. The department shall establish procedures by which driver training schools may apply to the department for approval of a defensive driving course which will qualify those successfully completing the course for a reduction in points pursuant to this section. The department shall approve the National Safety Council's "Defensive Driving Course" or its equivalent when offered by driver training schools and taught by an instructor accredited by the National Safety Council or equivalent accreditation procedures.  (B) Any driver with a Class M (motorcycle) endorsement who has accumulated points under the provisions of this article shall have the number of his points reduced by four upon proving to the satisfaction of the Department of Motor Vehicles that he has successfully completed a South Carolina technical college motorcycle safety course or its equivalent. All courses offered for point reduction must be at least eight hours in length and be taught by an instructor accredited through a training program in which the procedures for accreditation are equivalent to those set forth in "Manual of Rules and Procedures" published by the National Safety Council.  (C) No person's points may be reduced more than one time in any three-year period, pursuant to the provisions contained in this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.4:1; 1974 (58) 2067; 1979 Act No. 49; 1988 Act No. 612, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1333; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 107; 2018 Act No. 127 (S.456), Section 2, eff February 5, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 127, Section 2, in (A), added the paragraph identifier and deleted the fifth sentence, which had provided that no person's points may be reduced more than one time in any three-year period; and added (B) and (C).
SC Code § 56-1-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-780. Reports of certain convictions to Department of Motor Vehicles.

 The provisions of Section 56-5-2970, shall also apply to convictions in cases involving other traffic violations as listed in Section 56-1-720.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.5; 1955 (49) 249.
SC Code § 56-1-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-790. Reports of out-of-state, federal or court-martial convictions; recording against drivers.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the proper agency of any other state for the purpose of reporting convictions in one state by a person holding a driver's license in the other state. Such convictions in another state of a violation therein which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the traffic laws of this State, may be recorded against a driver the same as if the conviction had been made in the courts of this State. When a resident of this State has been convicted of a motor vehicle violation in another state for which there is no corresponding offense in this State, excluding the offenses listed in Section 56-1-650(A), the conviction must not be recorded on the person's driving record in this State.  Guilty pleas, failure to respond to charges or convictions by courts-martial or post or base commanders of any of the various branches of the Armed Forces of the United States or by a United States Commissioner of a violation either on or off government property which, if committed in this State, would be a violation of the laws of this State, may, in the discretion of the department, be recorded against a driver the same as if the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or conviction had been made in the courts of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.6; 1955 (49) 249; 1969 (56) 690; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1334; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 108; 1998 Act No. 258, Section 15.
SC Code § 56-1-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-800. Certified copies of reports as evidence of convictions.

 In all proceedings held under the provisions of this article, photostatic, optical disk, or other copies of the reports filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles, including official reports received from directors of the motor vehicle divisions, court officials, or other agencies of other states charged with the duty of keeping records of offenses against the traffic laws of such states and reports of courts-martial or United States Commissioners, are deemed to be true copies, when such copies are duly certified by the director or his designee as true copies of the original on file therewith, and as such shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the information contained on such reports for the purpose of showing any conviction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.7; 1955 (49) 249; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1335; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 109.
SC Code § 56-1-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-810. Notice of suspension; surrender of license.

 Upon the determination by the Department of Motor Vehicles that a person has accumulated sufficient points to warrant the suspension of his license, the department shall notify such licensee in writing, return receipt requested, that his license has been suspended, and such licensee shall return his license to the department within the time required by Section 56-1-350 and subject to the penalties thereof for failing to do so.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.8; 1955 (49) 249; 1959 (51) 421; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1336; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 110.
SC Code § 56-1-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-820. Hearing on suspension.

 The licensee may, within ten days after notice of suspension, request in writing a contested case hearing before the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings, and upon receipt of the request the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings shall afford him a hearing in accordance with the State Administrative Procedures Act and the rules of procedure for the Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.9; 1955 (49) 249; 1959 (51) 421; 1988 Act No. 623, Section 2; 1988 Act No. 616, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1337; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 111; 2008 Act No. 279, Section 4, eff October 1, 2008.
SC Code § 56-1-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-850. Other provisions for mandatory suspension, revocation, or cancellation unaffected.

 Nothing contained in this article shall affect the action of the Department of Motor Vehicles in suspending, revoking, or canceling any driver's license when such action is mandatory under the provisions of any law of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-196.12; 1955 (49) 249; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1340; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 112.
SC Code § 56-1-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1010. Legislative declaration of policy.

 It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State:  (a) To provide maximum safety for all persons who use the public highways of this State; and  (b) To deny the privilege of operating motor vehicles on such highways to persons who by their conduct and record have demonstrated their indifference to the safety and welfare of others and their disrespect for the laws of this State; and  (c) To discourage repetition of unlawful acts by individuals against the peace and dignity of this State and her political subdivisions and to impose additional penalties upon habitual offenders who have been convicted repeatedly of violations of the traffic laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998.
SC Code § 56-1-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1020. "Habitual offender" and "conviction" defined.

 An habitual offender shall mean any person whose record as maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles shows that he has accumulated the convictions for separate and distinct offenses described in subsections (a), (b) and (c) committed during a three-year period; provided, that where more than one included offense shall be committed within a one-day period such multiple offenses shall be treated for the purposes of this article as one offense:  (a) Three or more convictions, singularly or in combination of any of the following separate and distinct offenses arising out of separate acts:  (1) Voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter or reckless homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;  (2) Operating or attempting to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotics or drugs;  (3) Driving or operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner;  (4) Driving a motor vehicle while his license, permit, or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked, except a conviction for driving under suspension for failure to file proof of financial responsibility;  (5) Any offense punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws of this State or any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;  (6) Failure of the driver of a motor vehicle involved in any accident resulting in the death or injury of any person to stop close to the scene of such accident and report his identity;  (b) Ten or more convictions of separate and distinct offenses involving moving violations singularly or in combination, in the operation of a motor vehicle, which are required to be reported to the department for which four or more points are assigned pursuant to Section 56-1-720 or which are enumerated in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) The offenses included in subsections (a) and (b) shall be deemed to include offenses under any federal law, any law of another state or any municipal or county ordinance of another state substantially conforming to the above provisions.  (d) For purposes of determining the number of convictions for separate and distinct offenses committed during any three-year period, a person shall be deemed to be convicted of an offense on the date the offense was committed if he is subsequently convicted of committing such offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197.1; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998; 1984 Act No. 516, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1341; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 113.
SC Code § 56-1-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1030. Habitual offender determination; revocation of license; notice of determination and appeal.

 (A) When a person is convicted of one or more of the offenses listed in Section 56-1-1020(a), (b), or (c), the Department of Motor Vehicles must review its records for that person. If the department determines after review of its records that the person is an habitual offender as defined in Section 56-1-1020, the department must revoke or suspend the person's driver's license.  (B) If the department determines the person is an habitual offender, the department shall give notice of its determination to the person and direct the person not to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this State and to surrender his driver's license or permit to the department. The notice must provide that a person aggrieved by the department 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 Office of Motor Vehicle Hearings has exclusive jurisdiction to conduct these hearings.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197.2; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998; 1988 Act No. 532, Section 3; 1990 Act No. 602, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1342; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 114; 2006 Act No. 381, Section 5, eff June 13, 2006; 2008 Act No. 279, Section 5, eff October 1, 2008.
SC Code § 56-1-1100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1100. Penalties.

 A person found to be an habitual offender under the provisions of this article, who subsequently is convicted of operating a motor vehicle in this State while the decision of the Department of Motor Vehicles prohibiting the operation is in effect, is guilty of a felony and must be imprisoned not more than five years.  For the purpose of enforcing this section, in any case in which the accused is charged with driving a motor vehicle while his driver's license or permit is suspended or revoked or is charged with driving without a license, the department, before hearing the charges, shall determine whether the person has been adjudged an habitual offender and is barred from operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this State. If the person is found to be an habitual offender, the department shall notify the solicitor or Attorney General and he shall cause the appropriate criminal charges to be lodged against the offender.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197.9; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998; 1988 Act No. 532, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1344; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 81; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 116.
SC Code § 56-1-1105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1105. Penalties for driving while license cancelled, suspended, or revoked.

 (A) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.  (2) "Habitual offender" has the same meaning as in Section 56-1-1020.  (B) An habitual offender who drives a motor vehicle on any public highway of this State when the offender's license to drive has been canceled, suspended, or revoked, and when driving does any act forbidden by law or neglects any duty imposed by law in the driving of the motor vehicle, which act or neglect proximately causes great bodily injury or death to a person other than himself, is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, guilty plea, or nolo contendere plea must be punished:  (1) by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than ten years when great bodily injury results; or  (2) by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than twenty years when death results.  (C) The Department of Motor Vehicles must suspend the driver's license of an habitual offender who is convicted, pleads guilty, or pleads nolo contendere pursuant to this section for a period to include incarceration plus two years when great bodily injury results and three years when death results. The period of incarceration must not include any portion of a suspended sentence such as probation, parole, supervised furlough, or community supervision. For suspension purposes of this section, convictions arising out of a single incident shall run concurrently.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 273, Section 18.B, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 56-1-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1110. Article does not affect existing laws.

 Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting any existing law of this State or any existing ordinance of any political subdivision of the State relating to the operation of motor vehicles, the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles or providing penalties for the violation thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197.10; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998.
SC Code § 56-1-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1130. Notification of potential offenders.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall send a written notice to any person who it determines is in danger of becoming an habitual offender.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-197.12; 1973 (58) 424; 1974 (58) 2998; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1346; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 117.
SC Code § 56-1-1320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1320. Provisional drivers' licenses.

 (A) A person with a South Carolina driver's license, a person who had a South Carolina driver's license at the time of the offense referenced below, or a person exempted from the licensing requirements by Section 56-1-30, who is or has been convicted of a first offense violation of a law of this State that prohibits a person from operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or narcotics, including Sections 56-5-2930 and 56-5-2933, and whose license is not presently suspended for any other reason, may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain a provisional driver's license of a design to be determined by the department to operate a motor vehicle. The person shall enter an Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program pursuant to Section 56-1-1330, and shall pay to the department a fee of one hundred dollars for the provisional driver's license. The provisional driver's license is not valid for more than six months from the date of issue shown on the license. The determination of whether or not a provisional driver's license may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article as well as reviews of cancellations or suspensions under Sections 56-1-370 and 56-1-820 must be made by the director of the department or his designee.  (B) Ninety-five dollars of the collected fee must be credited to the state's general fund for use of the Department of Public Safety in the hiring, training, and equipping of members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Transportation Police and in the operations of the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Transportation Police. Five dollars of the collected fee 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: 1975 (59) 66; 1982 Act No. 355, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 532, Section 31; 1990 Act No. 602, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1347; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 118; 2000 Act No. 390; 2001 Act No. 79, Section 2.A; 2014 Act No. 158 (S.137), Section 7, eff October 1, 2014; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 25, eff July 1, 2016.
SC Code § 56-1-1330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1330. Applicant required to complete alcohol traffic safety program.

 The provisional driver's license provision must include a mandatory requirement that the applicant enroll in an Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program certified by the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services and successfully complete services pursuant to the requirements specified in Section 56-5-2990. If the applicant fails to complete successfully the services as directed by the Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program, the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles, the provisional driver's license issued by the department must be revoked, and the suspension imposed for the full period specified in Section 56-5-2990, which shall begin on date of notification to the individual.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66; 1976 Act No. 637; 1981 Act No. 178 Part II Section 7; 1982 Act No. 355, Section 2; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 39A; 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, Section 38A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1348; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 119; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 11.
SC Code § 56-1-1340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1340. License must be kept in possession; issuance of license and convictions to be recorded.

 The applicant shall have a provisional driver's license in his possession at all times while driving a motor vehicle, and the issuance of such license and the violation convictions shall be entered in the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles for a period of ten years as required by Sections 56-5-2940 and 56-5-2990 of the 1976 Code.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1349; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 120.
SC Code § 56-1-1360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1360. Revocation of license for additional violations.

 In the event the holder of a provisional driver's license issued pursuant to this article is convicted of violations under Section 56-1-720 of the 1976 Code totaling four or more points or any other law relative to the operation of a motor vehicle for which suspension of a driver's license is made mandatory by law during specified suspension period, the provisional driver's license shall be revoked and the full suspension imposed.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66.
SC Code § 56-1-1370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1370. Second violations during specified suspended period.

 In the event the holder of a provisional driver's license issued pursuant to this article is convicted of a second violation under Section 56-5-2930, during the specified suspended period, the provisional driver's license shall be revoked and the full suspension imposed.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66.
SC Code § 56-1-1380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-1380. Effect of convictions outside of State.

 Upon conviction of the offense stated in Section 56-1-1320, outside the jurisdiction of the State, the person convicted may apply for the provisional driver's license in the event his South Carolina driver's license is revoked as a result of such conviction.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66.