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SC Code § 56-3-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-840. Delinquent registration and license penalties.

 The owner of every vehicle required to be registered and licensed under the provisions of this chapter who fails to register and license the vehicle and pay the specified fees or renewal, when and as required, upon registering the vehicle shall pay to the Department of Motor Vehicles a delinquency penalty fee of ten dollars, if the owner is delinquent less than fifteen days. If the owner is delinquent by fifteen days but less than thirty days, he shall pay a delinquency penalty of twenty-five dollars. If the owner is delinquent by more than thirty days but less than ninety days, he shall pay a delinquency penalty fee of fifty dollars to the department. If the owner is delinquent by more than ninety days, he shall pay a delinquency penalty fee of seventy-five dollars to the department. However, there is no delinquency penalty fee for campers and travel trailers subject to the registration fee under Section 56-3-720.  A person who drives, moves, or operates on a highway a vehicle for which a registration and license are required but have not been obtained within thirty days of the date when required is guilty of a misdemeanor.  All monies collected pursuant to this section, not to exceed the actual revenues collected in fiscal year 1999-2000, must be annually deposited to a separate account and held in reserve for the Department of Public Safety. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, these monies must be deposited to the credit of the department into a special fund in the office of the State Treasurer designated as the "Department of Public Safety Building Fund". The Department of Public Safety must use these monies and other unobligated monies for the purpose of issuing revenue bonds or for entering into a lease purchase agreement for a headquarters facility, including the renovation of existing facilities. The Department of Public Safety is authorized to initiate and direct a capital project to purchase or construct a new headquarters facility. Projects funded under this section other than for the construction or purchase of a new headquarters facility, including but not limited to, the expansion or renovation of an existing facility, must be approved by a joint resolution provided that if the Department of Public Safety employs a lease purchase agreement to build or purchase a new headquarters facility, the lease purchase agreement must be approved by the State Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate. The cost of a headquarters facility must not exceed thirty million dollars unless a parking facility or garage is required.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-45; 1952 Code Section 46-45; 1949 (46) 342; 1984 Act No. 371, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 612, Part II, Section 61; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 88; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 89A; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12E, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 56-3-860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-860. Accepting uncertified checks for license fees.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may, in the discretion of the director of the department, accept uncertified checks of an applicant-owner in payment for license fees charged for the issuance of license plates for motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and motor vehicle dealers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-47; 1952 Code Section 46-47; 1950 (46) 2203; 1951 (47) 533; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1365.
SC Code § 56-3-870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-870. Procedure if uncertified check is returned unpaid.

 If an uncertified check is accepted by the Department of Motor Vehicles as payment for the fees due on account of the issuance of license plates and such check is returned to the Department unpaid for any cause whatsoever, the Department may suspend or cancel the registration and license purchased by check and repossess the registration card, license plates or other documents issued by the Department, and the applicant-owner shall pay to the Department the amount of ten dollars to cover the cost of repossession and collection if the license and registration are suspended or cancelled.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-48; 1952 Code Section 46-48; 1950 (46) 2203; 1951 (47) 533.
SC Code § 56-3-890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-890. Refunds when application is refused or rejected; refund of fees collected in error.

 Whenever any application made to the Department of Motor Vehicles is accompanied by any fee as required by law and such application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. Whenever the Department, through error, collects any fee not required to be paid under this chapter or any amount over and above the required correct fee, such fee or amount shall be refunded to the person paying it upon the initiative of the Department or upon application therefor made within six months after the date of such payment or overpayment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-50; 1952 Code Section 46-50; 1950 (46) 2203.
SC Code § 56-3-900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-900. Procedures for refund when vehicle is not used or is destroyed.

 (A) When a vehicle is registered and licensed under this chapter and the required fee is paid but it has not been operated in this State or elsewhere as a vehicle registered and licensed under the laws of this State since the beginning of the registration and license period for which the registration and license fee was paid and a claim is filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles for a refund within ninety days after the date of the registration and license and the claim is supported by evidence of nonoperation satisfactory to the department and is accompanied by the return of the registration card and license plates, or satisfactory proof that the card or plates have been lost, the department may make refund to the original payer of the full amount of the biennial registration and license fee.  (B) When a vehicle is registered and licensed under this chapter and the required fee is paid and the vehicle is junked or totally destroyed during the registration and license period for which the fee was paid and a claim is filed with the department for refund within ninety days after the date the vehicle was junked or destroyed and the claim is supported by evidence satisfactory to the department and is accompanied by the return of the registration card and license plates or sufficient proof that the card or plates have been lost, the department may refund the proportionate part of the license and registration fee paid, based on one twelfth of the fee paid for every full calendar month remaining if the vehicle received an annual registration, one twenty-fourth of the fee paid for every full calendar month remaining if the vehicle received a biennial registration, and one-sixth of the fee paid for every full calendar month remaining if the vehicle received a six-month registration in the registration and license period. However, no refund of less than ten dollars may be made under this section.  (C) When a vehicle is sold and is licensed and registered with a South Carolina apportioned license plate and the required fee has been paid, the registrant may apply for a refund of the South Carolina apportioned fee based on the full months remaining in the license period within ninety days of the date of sale. Notification of the sale must be provided to the department along with the license plate and registration card. No refund may be made for less than ten dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-51; 1952 Code Section 46-51; 1949 (46) 342; 1951 (47) 527; 1955 (49) 142; 1990 Act No. 543, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22T.
SC Code § 56-3-905 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-905. Motor vehicle registration refund.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56-3-900, when the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle or vehicle including, but not limited to, trailers and semitrailers, licensed and registered for a biennium pursuant to Section 56-3-253 surrenders the license plate and registration to the Department of Motor Vehicles in the first twelve months of the licensing period, the department shall refund to the owner or lessee an amount equal to one-half the registration fee paid on the vehicle. If the owner or lessee is simultaneously registering another vehicle, the refund amount, at the owner's or lessee's option, may be applied against the registration fee due.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 417, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-3-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-910. Placement of fees and penalties in state highway account of South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank; exceptions; reports.

 All fees and penalties collected by the department under the provisions of this chapter must be placed in the state highway account of the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank except for those fees and penalties which must be credited to a different account as otherwise provided for by law.  Not later than September first of each year, the department must provide the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank a report for the previous fiscal year that lists the total amount of fees and penalties it collected pursuant to Sections 56-3-660 and 56-3-670 by vehicle classification and weight.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-52; 1952 Code Section 46-52; 1949 (46) 342; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1366; 1997 Act No. 148, Section 4; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 98A; 2005 Act No. 57, Section 1, eff May 17, 2005; 2005 Act No. 176, Section 12, eff June 14, 2005; 2009 Act No. 18, Section 1, eff May 19, 2009.
SC Code § 56-3-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-920. Fees additional to public service fees.

 The registration and license fees imposed by this article shall be in addition to any fees required by law to be paid to the Public Service Commission, and nothing in this chapter shall affect or impair the provisions of Chapter 23 of Title 58.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-53; 1952 Code Section 46-53; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1010. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Fleet" means fifty or more marked private passenger motor vehicles or property carrying vehicles with empty weight of not more than twenty-two thousand pounds and a gross vehicle weight of not more than twenty-six thousand pounds, owned or long-term leased by a corporation or other legal entity, and registered in this State pursuant to this article.  (2) "Marked vehicle" means a vehicle with a name, trademark, or logo located either on the sides or the rear of the vehicle in sharp contrast to the background and of a size, shape, and color that is legible during daylight hours from a distance of fifty feet.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 90; 1994 Act No. 322, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 459, Sections 141, 246A; 2004 Act No. 196, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1020. Corporation or other entity may register vehicles as fleet on annual basis; special license plates and registration cards; application and fee.

 A corporation or other legal entity may register its fleet on an annual basis so that the registration of all vehicles in the fleet expires in the same month instead of staggered vehicle registration. The month of expiration must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The department may issue special license plates and registration cards for fleet motor vehicles upon application in a manner determined by the department. The application must be approved if it contains the information necessary for qualification as a fleet motor vehicle, provides a list of all vehicles to be included in the fleet, and includes payment of a filing fee of one hundred dollars. The filing fee is in addition to the registration fees required by this chapter. The department may authorize select fleet operators to issue special license plates and registration cards for their own fleet vehicles.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 90; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 142.
SC Code § 56-3-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1030. Fleet registration card to be carried and made available to law enforcement officers; license plate to be displayed.

 Upon approval of the application for fleet registration, the director shall issue a fleet registration card and license plate for each of the qualified vehicles in the fleet. The fleet registration card must be carried in the vehicle at all times and made available to a law enforcement officer on demand. The license plate must be displayed in the manner prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 90.
SC Code § 56-3-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1040. Fees for private passenger motor vehicles and property-carrying vehicles; vehicle added to fleet during registration year.

 The fee for private passenger motor vehicles registered as part of a fleet under the provisions of this article is the same fee imposed by Section 56-3-620. The fee for property-carrying vehicles registered as part of a fleet under the provisions of this article is the same fee imposed by Section 56-3-660. A vehicle added to the fleet during the registration year must be registered in accordance with the provisions of this article. The fee for licensing and registration may be prorated as prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 90; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 143.
SC Code § 56-3-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1050. Renewal of fleet registration; deletion of vehicle from fleet.

 Upon renewal of the fleet registration, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall require payment of full licensing fees for every vehicle registered in this preceding year unless the vehicle has been properly deleted from the fleet.  To delete a vehicle from the fleet, the fleet registration card and the fleet license plate must be surrendered to the department. If the card or license plate is lost or stolen, the person registering the fleet shall submit a sworn statement giving the circumstances for the inability to surrender the card or license plate.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 90.
SC Code § 56-3-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1110. Special license plate for wartime disabled veteran.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  (A) A wartime disabled veteran who is entitled to compensation for the loss, or loss of use of one or both legs or arms, or the permanent impairment of vision in both eyes to a degree as to constitute virtual blindness and is also entitled to a special monthly statutory award by reason thereof or any South Carolina veteran classified as totally and permanently disabled due to service-connected disabilities as determined from medical records on file with the Veterans Administration or a certificate signed by the county veterans affairs officer certifying the disability may make application for registration and license of his owned or leased private passenger motor vehicle to the Department of Motor Vehicles without accompanying the application with the usual fee for registration and license of a vehicle of similar type. The department shall issue the license plates upon the receipt of an application in the form required by the department. Not more than two disabled veteran license plates may be issued to a wartime disabled veteran. A veteran who is issued a license plate under the provisions of this section must provide a new certification as prescribed by this subsection at the time a new license plate is issued. A surviving spouse of such a veteran is also eligible to obtain such plate so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry. When a new license plate is issued to a surviving spouse, the spouse must certify on a form prescribed by the department that the spouse has not remarried.  (B) 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 56-3-1960(1), then the license plate issued pursuant to this section shall also include the distinguishing symbol used on license plates issued pursuant to Section 56-3-1960(1). Until the department determines that the license plate shall be redesigned to include the symbol, the department shall develop a decal using a distinguishing symbol to be placed on the license plate which shall be issued to all persons who request the license plate authorized by this subsection, including persons for whom license plates were issued pursuant to this section on the effective date of this subsection.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-61; 1952 Code Section 46-61; 1950 (46) 2359; 1951 (47) 224; 1958 (50) 1664; 1959 (51) 50; 1968 (55) 2855; 1976 Act No. 562; 1979 Act No. 72; 1992 Act No. 485, Section 4; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 144; 2006 Act No. 398, Section 18, eff September 7, 2006.  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 § 56-3-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1120. Disabled veteran special license plates authorized.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a special license plate with the words "Disabled Veteran" and a special number imprinted on it showing that the license plate was issued to a disabled American veteran.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-62; 1952 Code Section 46-62; 1950 (46) 2359; 2001 Act No. 104, Section 5.  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 § 56-3-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1130. Penalties.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  It is a misdemeanor for anyone to violate any of the provisions of this article. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-64; 1952 Code Section 46-64; 1950 (46) 2359.  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 § 56-3-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1150. Free vehicular registration for former prisoners of war.

 Section effective until May 6, 2022.  A member or former member of the armed forces who was a prisoner of war (POW) in World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam Conflict and who is a legal resident of this State may make application for registration and licensing of his private passenger motor vehicle to the Department of Motor Vehicles without paying the usual fee for registration and licensing of a vehicle of similar type. The department shall issue the license plate or the revalidation sticker upon receipt of the application in a form required by the department. The provisions of this section do not apply if the former POW applies for a special personalized motor vehicle license plate under the provisions of Section 56-3-2010. The department may issue or transfer a special POW motor vehicle license plate to a vehicle owned or leased by a former POW or his surviving spouse. A former POW who is issued a license plate under the provisions of this section or surviving spouse is not required to reapply so long as the former POW or surviving spouse owns the vehicle for which the plate is issued. The plate shall bear the words "South Carolina", the number, and prefix "POW".  The surviving spouse of a former POW after notice to the department may retain the plate and is entitled to all the privileges of the POW for the lifetime or until remarriage of the surviving spouse.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 446 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 163 Section 1; 1981 Act No. 176; 1987 Act No. 129 Section 1; 1992 Act No. 485, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1367; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 145.  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 § 56-3-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1210. License plates furnished by Department.

 Beginning with the licensing year 1975-1976, the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering and licensing a vehicle, shall issue to the owner one license plate. Every license plate shall remain the property of the State but shall be displayed on the vehicle as required by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-71; 1952 Code Section 46-71; 1949 (46) 342; 1974 (58) 2262.
SC Code § 56-3-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-1220. Municipalities and counties shall not issue license plates.

 No county or municipality shall issue a municipal or county license plate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-71.1; 1974 (58) 2262.