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SC Code § 56-3-1855 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1855. Special parking privileges for Medal of Honor recipients.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  Any person who has been issued a license plate under the provisions of Section 56-3-1850 is allowed to park in metered or timed parking places without being subject to parking fees or fines. This section has no application to those areas or during those times in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or which are reserved for special types of vehicles. As a condition to this privilege, a vehicle must display a distinguishing license plate which is issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for the vehicles registered to recipients of the Medal of Honor.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 74.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 38, Sections 2, 3, provide as follows:  "SECTION 2. Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 33, 38, 43, 53, 55, 56, 63, 68, 74, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 129, 131, 132, 143, and 144, Chapter 3, Title 56 are repealed.  "SECTION 3. This act takes effect one year after approval by the Governor."
SC Code § 56-3-1860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1860. Design of plates.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  The special plates shall be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license plates but shall be of such a distinctive design, and shall bear such letters and numerals, as the Department of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe. No two recipients shall receive identical plates.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 37.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 38, Sections 2, 3, provide as follows:  "SECTION 2. Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 33, 38, 43, 53, 55, 56, 63, 68, 74, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 129, 131, 132, 143, and 144, Chapter 3, Title 56 are repealed.  "SECTION 3. This act takes effect one year after approval by the Governor."
SC Code § 56-3-1870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1870. Transfer to another vehicle of same owner; prohibition on display on unauthorized car.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  A license plate issued pursuant to this article may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned or leased by the same person upon application being made and approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. It is unlawful for a person to whom the plate has been issued to knowingly permit it to be displayed on a vehicle except the one authorized by the department.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 37; 1993 Act No. 176, Section 1.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 38, Sections 2, 3, provide as follows:  "SECTION 2. Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 33, 38, 43, 53, 55, 56, 63, 68, 74, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 129, 131, 132, 143, and 144, Chapter 3, Title 56 are repealed.  "SECTION 3. This act takes effect one year after approval by the Governor."
SC Code § 56-3-1880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1880. Cumulative nature of article; penalties.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  The provisions of this article shall not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter, but shall be 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 or (c) otherwise commits a fraud in any such application or in the use of any special license plate issued shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or thirty days' imprisonment, or both.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 37.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 38, Sections 2, 3, provide as follows:  "SECTION 2. Articles 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 33, 38, 43, 53, 55, 56, 63, 68, 74, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 129, 131, 132, 143, and 144, Chapter 3, Title 56 are repealed.  "SECTION 3. This act takes effect one year after approval by the Governor."
SC Code § 56-3-1920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1920. Identification placards for hearing impaired licensed drivers; fees.

 (A) An identification placard must be issued to a hearing impaired licensed driver upon application. The application is to be on a form prescribed by the department and may be made in person or by mail. The application must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-47-5, that the applicant has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears. No licensed applicant may be denied a placard if the completed application includes an original certificate from a licensed physician. The placard shall expire on the licensee's birth date of the fifth calendar year after the calendar year in which a hearing impaired driver is issued a license.  (B) The placard must be rectangular in shape, approximately the same size as an average motor vehicle sun visor, as determined by the department, to enable it to be attached to a sun visor in a motor vehicle. The department shall determine the shape, size preferred, and manner in which a hearing impaired motorcycle operator is to carry or display the placard. The placard must contain the heading "Hearing Impaired Driver" in boldface type and the name, signature, and driver's license number of the hearing impaired person along with an explanation of appropriate use if the hearing impaired driver is stopped by a law enforcement officer while driving.  (C) A fee not to exceed five dollars may be charged to each applicant issued a placard in accordance with this section. These fees 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: 2012 Act No. 147, Section 3.B, eff April 23, 2012; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 32, eff July 1, 2016.
SC Code § 56-3-1950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1950. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Handicapped" means a person as defined in Section 56-3-1910.  (2) "Access aisle" means a designated space for maneuvering a wheelchair or other mobility device when entering or exiting a vehicle, and that is immediately adjacent to a properly designated parking space for handicapped persons, on public or private property. Access aisles must be marked so as to discourage parking in them.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 462 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 97 Section 1; 1983 Act No. 72 Section 1; 1986 Act No. 530, Section 2; 1992 Act No. 266, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1375; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 246A; 2009 Act No. 24, Section 2, eff six months after approval (approved June 2, 2009).
SC Code § 56-3-1965 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1965. Free parking in metered or timed parking places for handicapped persons.

 Those municipalities having marked parking spaces shall provide appropriately designated space or spaces reserved for the parking of handicapped persons. A person who is handicapped as defined in this article must be allowed to park in metered or timed parking places without being subject to parking fees or fines. This section does not apply to areas or during times in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or to areas which are reserved for special types of vehicles. A vehicle must display a distinguishing license plate which must be issued by the department, or a distinguishing placard which must be issued by the department, pursuant to Section 56-3-1960 when parked in metered or timed parking places.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 467; 2009 Act No. 24, Section 4, eff six months after approval (approved June 2, 2009).
SC Code § 56-3-1970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1970. Unlawful acts; penalties; summary court jurisdiction.

 (A) It is unlawful to park any vehicle in a parking place clearly designated for handicapped persons unless the vehicle bears the distinguishing license plate or placard provided in Section 56-3-1960.  (B) It is unlawful for any person who is not handicapped or who is not transporting a handicapped person to exercise the parking privileges granted handicapped persons pursuant to Sections 56-3-1910, 56-3-1960, and 56-3-1965.  (C) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each offense.  (D) The summary courts are vested with jurisdiction to hear and dispose of cases involving a violation of this section.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 462 Section 3; 1983 Act No. 72 Section 2; 1986 Act No. 530, Section 2; 1988 Act No. 429, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 421, Section 3; 2009 Act No. 24, Section 6, eff six months after approval (approved June 2, 2009); 2010 Act No. 273, Section 14.B, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 56-3-1971 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1971. Uniform parking violations tickets; who may issue; form and contents.

 All law enforcement officers issuing tickets on public and private property and state law enforcement division licensed security officers of shopping centers and business and commercial establishments, which provide parking spaces designated for handicapped persons, are authorized to issue a uniform parking violations ticket to the vehicle for violations of the prescribed use of the parking spaces. The uniform parking violations ticket shall provide a means for tracking violators by tag number and recording the violations with the Department of Motor Vehicles.  The procedures governing the issuance, form, and content of the uniform parking violations ticket must be prescribed by the department and approved by the Attorney General within thirty days of submission by the department.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 421, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1377; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36Q; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 158.
SC Code § 56-3-1973 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1973. Printing of uniform parking violations tickets; distribution; cost; forwarding of audit copies.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall have the uniform parking violations ticket printed. The department may authorize a law enforcement agency to automate the issuance of uniform parking violations tickets. Law enforcement and security agencies shall order tickets from the department and shall record the identifying numbers of the tickets received by them. The cost of the tickets must be paid by the law enforcement or security agency. The audit copy and the department's record copy must be forwarded to the department within thirty days of the disposition of the case by final trial court action. The head of each law enforcement agency is responsible for forwarding the audit copies and for conducting an annual inventory on December thirty-first of all tickets received but not yet disposed of by final trial court action and forwarding the results of the inventory on a form prescribed by the department to the department within ten days of the completion of the inventory.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 421, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1379; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 160.
SC Code § 56-3-1974 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1974. Penalty for unaccounted or unforwarded tickets; jurisdiction over tickets.

 A person who wilfully and intentionally violates the provisions of Section 56-3-1973 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than fifteen hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each ticket unaccounted for or for each failure to timely forward the issuing agency's copy or department's record copy or audit copy of a ticket.  If the failure to account for a ticket or the failure to timely forward the issuing agency's copy or the department's record or audit copy of the ticket is inadvertent or unintentional, the misuse is triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, the person must be fined not more than one hundred dollars.  The service of the uniform parking violations ticket vests all traffic, recorder's, and magistrate's courts with jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the charge for which the ticket was issued and served.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 421, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1380; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 161.
SC Code § 56-3-1975 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1975. Identification of handicapped parking spaces; access aisles.

 Each handicapped parking place must be clearly identified as a handicapped parking place. The handicapped parking place includes all access aisles. If the handicapped parking place is on public property, the marker must be maintained by the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the public property or the street or highway where the handicapped parking place is located. If the handicapped parking place is on private property, the marker must be maintained by the owner of the property.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 429, Section 2; 2009 Act No. 24, Section 7, eff six months after approval (approved June 2, 2009).
SC Code § 56-3-2010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2010. Special and personalized license plates; International Symbol of Access decals.

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide, upon proper application being made, special personalized motor vehicle license plates to the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle and motorcycles. The personalized plates must be of the design and bear the letters and numerals the department prescribes. However, there may be no duplication of registration plates, except South Carolina members of the United States Congress or members of the South Carolina General Assembly may purchase a maximum of the original and two duplicate registration plates. The department, in its discretion, may refuse the issue of letter combinations which may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency and may not assign to a person not holding the relevant office letters or numerals denoting the holder to have a public office.  (B) Private passenger motor vehicles must be assigned a biennial registration which expires on a staggered monthly basis. Where a current vehicle license plate currently is displayed, the owner of the vehicle may make application for personalized license plates two months in advance of the current registration expiration. A sticker reflecting the month of expiration of registration must be issued and affixed in the space provided on the license plate assigned to the vehicle. A personalized license plate issued to a motorcycle must be assigned a biennial registration which expires on a staggered monthly basis. Every personalized license plate issued to members of the General Assembly and members of licensed state or federal commissions and boards expires on January thirty-first each year. Every vehicle registration must be renewed biennially upon application by the owner and by payment of the fee required by law to take effect the first day of the month following the expiration of the registration to be renewed.  (C) If a person who qualifies for the special license plate issued under this section also qualifies for the handicapped license plate issued pursuant to Section 56-3-1910, then the license plate issued pursuant to this section also shall include a decal with the International Symbol of Access used on license plates issued pursuant to Section 56-3-1910. The decal only can be used if space is available to place the decal on the license plate without covering any identifying numbers or letters on the license plate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-95.51; 1971 (57) 224; 1977 Act No. 219 Pt II Section 15; 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 43A; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22DD; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1381; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 162; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 13F.1, eff July 1, 2008; 2009 Act No. 24, Section 5, eff six months after approval (approved June 2, 2009).
SC Code § 56-3-2020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2020. Amount and disposition of fee.

 The fee for the issue of special personalized motor vehicle license plates is thirty dollars biennially in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. This revenue must be deposited to the state general fund. The fee is due and payable upon application. The Department of Motor Vehicles may not refund the fee if the personalized plate has been manufactured.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-95.52; 1971 (57) 224; 1976 Act No. 738 Section 2; 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 43B; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22EE; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1382.
SC Code § 56-3-2030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2030. Special personalized plates may not be issued to certain applicants.

 Special personalized plates may not be issued to any applicant whose operator's or chauffeur's license has been suspended or revoked within two years from the date of application or to any applicant whose driving record indicates a disregard of traffic violations or unsafe driving practices within two years from the date of application.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-95.53; 1971 (57) 224; 1987 Act No. 170, Part II, Section 43C; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 163.
SC Code § 56-3-2060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2060. Special license plates authorized for members of foreign consulates; fee.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue special motor vehicle license plates to members of foreign consulates for private motor vehicles registered in their respective names. The annual fee for such special license plates shall be the same as the fee provided for in Section 56-3-2020 of the 1976 Code, as last amended and only one such plate shall be issued to any person.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 72 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1383.
SC Code § 56-3-2070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2070. Design of plates; duration.

 The special license plates shall be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates, upon which shall be imprinted "Foreign Consul" together with such numbers as the Department of Motor Vehicles may determine. Such plates shall be issued or revalidated annually for the regular registration and licensing year.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 72 Section 2.
SC Code § 56-3-2080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2080. Transfer to another vehicle of same owner; display on unauthorized car; return on cessation of membership of consulate.

 Such 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 and approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to whom such a plate has been issued to knowingly permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the Department. If a holder of such a plate shall cease to be a member of a foreign consulate he shall immediately return such plate to the Department.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 72 Section 3.
SC Code § 56-3-2090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2090. Cumulative effect of article; penalties.

 The provisions of this article shall not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter, but shall be 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 or (c) otherwise commits a fraud in any such application or in the use of any special license plate issued shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or thirty days' imprisonment, or both.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 72 Section 4.
SC Code § 56-3-2110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2110. Carriers transporting house trailers may purchase special license plates.

 Any common carrier engaged in the transportation of house trailers by the haulaway method and which has registered according to the laws of this State with the Public Service Commission, whether engaged in interstate or intrastate operations, or both, may purchase license plates for the transportation of house trailers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-96; 1958 (50) 1927.
SC Code § 56-3-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2120. Fees.

 The carrier shall pay twelve dollars and fifty cents for the first such license plate and six dollars each for additional plates and the highway safety fee authorized by Section 56-3-810.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-96.1; 1958 (50) 1927.  Editor's Note  Section 56-3-810, which authorized a highway safety fee, was repealed by 1980 Act No. 506, Section 13, effective October 1, 1980.
SC Code § 56-3-2130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2130. Display, transferability, and use.

 The plate shall be displayed on the rear end of the house trailer being towed and be transferable from one house trailer to another, but shall be used only on a house trailer that is in the custody of the common carrier. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall have a special plate made for this purpose or it may authorize the use of dealers' plates in lieu thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-96.2; 1958 (50) 1927.
SC Code § 56-3-2140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-2140. Reciprocal recognition of plates from other states.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall honor similar plates from other states, if such states honor the South Carolina plates for house trailers authorized by this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-96.3; 1958 (50) 1927.