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SC Code § 56-2-3040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3040. Application requirements.

 (A) An application for registration and licensing of a moped must contain:  (1) the name, bona fide residence and mailing address of the owner or business address of the owner if a firm, association or corporation;  (2) a description of the moped including, insofar as this exists with respect to a given moped, the make, model, type of body, serial number or other identifying number, whether the vehicle is new or used, and the date of sale by the manufacturer or seller to the person intending to operate the moped; and  (3) other information that reasonably may be required by the department to enable the department to determine whether the moped is lawfully entitled to registration and licensing.  (B) The application shall be accompanied by a bill of sale and a vehicle registration certificate, manufacturer's certificate of origin, or an affidavit from the applicant certifying that he is the legal and rightful owner of the moped. The documentation provided must list the vehicle specifications, including the total cubic centimeters of the engine or wattage of the engine, as applicable.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3050. Title issued with moped registration.

 The department, at the request of the owner, may issue a title for the moped in conjunction with the moped registration, provided that the owner makes application for title on the appropriate form and provides the department with a manufacturer's certificate of origin or a prior title. If an owner cannot provide a manufacturer's statement of origin or prior title, the moped may be registered, but not titled.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3060. Penalties.

 (A) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:  (1) fraudulently uses or gives a false or fictitious name or address in an application required to be made under this article;  (2) knowingly makes a false statement in an application; or  (3) knowingly conceals a material fact in an application.  (B) A person who operates or an owner who permits the operation of a vehicle registered and licensed under a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3070. Moped operation.

 (A) A person may not ride upon a moped other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the moped. A moped may not be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped by the manufacturer to carry.  (B) A moped, while traveling along a multilane highway, must be operated in the farthest right lane except when making a left turn or when travel in the farthest right lane is unsafe.  (C) A person under the age of twenty-one may not operate or ride upon a moped unless he wears a protective helmet identical to underage motorcycle helmet requirements provided in Section 56-5-3660.  (D) A person may not operate a moped at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour.  (E) A person may not operate a moped on a public highway that has a speed limit of greater than fifty-five miles per hour. A person operating a moped may cross an intersection at a public highway that has a speed limit of greater than fifty-five miles per hour.  (F) The operator of a moped must have turned on and in operation the operational lights and the headlight at all times while the moped is in operation.  (G) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3080. Requirements for selling, leasing, or renting mopeds; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person in the business of selling, leasing or renting mopeds to sell, lease or rent a moped for use on the public highways of this State without:  (1) operable pedals, if the moped is equipped with pedals;  (2) at least one rearview mirror;  (3) operable headlights and running lights; and  (4) brake lights which are operable when either brake is deployed.  (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3090. Law governing operation of mopeds posted in seller's place of business.

 A person selling mopeds shall post, in a conspicuous place in his business, a sign that contains a brief explanation of the provisions of law governing the operation of mopeds, including, but not limited to, age restrictions, maximum speeds, and the definition of a moped.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3100. Moped seller not required to obtain motor vehicle dealer's license.

 A person or entity selling mopeds is not required to obtain a motor vehicle dealer's license.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-4000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-4000. Violations of chapter; 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. A person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter for which another penalty is not provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 11, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-10. Short title.

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the "South Carolina Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-1; 1952 Code Section 46-1; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-110. Vehicles required to be registered and licensed.

 Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and special mobile equipment vehicle driven, operated or moved upon a highway in this State shall be registered and licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive, operate or move upon a highway or for the owner knowingly to permit to be driven, operated or moved upon a highway any such vehicle which is not registered and licensed and the required fee paid as provided for in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-11; 1952 Code Section 46-11; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-115. Deaf or hard of hearing notation added to a motor vehicle registration.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may add a notation to a private passenger-carrying motor vehicle registration to indicate that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing. The application for this special motor vehicle registration notation must include an original certificate from a licensed physician, as defined in Section 40-47-20, or licensed audiologist, as defined in Section 40-67-220, that certifies that the applicant has a permanent, uncorrectable hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or both ears. The "deaf or hard of hearing" notation would only appear when a law enforcement check is run on the vehicle's license plate through the department's online interface with law enforcement to alert the officer that the driver may be deaf or hard of hearing.  HISTORY: 2020 Act No. 125 (H.3357), Section 1, eff March 24, 2021.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in the second sentence to Section 40-47-5 was corrected to reference Section 40-47-20.
SC Code § 56-3-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-130. Exemption of certain boat, farm, and other utility trailers.

 Boat trailers under twenty-five hundred pounds, farm trailers and other utility trailers which are privately owned and not for hire need not be licensed or registered.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.4; 1952 Code Section 46-35; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391; 1973 (58) 379.
SC Code § 56-3-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-140. Exemption of certain professional racing cars.

 Professional racing cars not operated under their own power but towed by another vehicle going to or from a race track need not be registered or licensed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.5; 1962 (52) 1738.
SC Code § 56-3-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-160. Foreign vehicles of resident owners.

 Every foreign vehicle moved into this State the owner of which is a resident of this State immediately becomes liable for registration and license under the provisions of this chapter, and for the purpose of this section, the term "resident of this State" shall include every person who moves temporarily or permanently into this State for the purpose of engaging in any business, profession or employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-102; 1952 Code Section 46-102; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-170. Reciprocity with respect to the operation of vehicles licensed out of state.

 Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, the Department of Motor Vehicles may grant to any other state, country, territory or district reciprocity with respect to the operation of any vehicles in this State without being registered and licensed under the provisions of this chapter if such other state, country, territory or district extends under its laws, rules and regulations like privileges to vehicles registered and licensed in this State, subject to the conditions that every such vehicle is at all times, when operated in this State, duly registered or licensed in such state, territory, district or country in accordance with the lawful requirements of such state, country, territory or district and that there is displayed thereon a valid registration card and registration or license plate or plates.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-103; 1952 Code Section 46-103; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391.
SC Code § 56-3-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-180. Special permits to operate vehicles otherwise required to be registered and licensed; restrictions.

 The department may issue in writing special permits to operate vehicles otherwise required to be registered and licensed under this chapter when the vehicles do not display the required current license plate or plates or registration cards. A special permit issued pursuant to this section, shall specify the date on which the permit expires, and must be carried at all times on the vehicle authorized to be operated.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-13; 1952 Code Section 46-13; 1949 (46) 342; 2012 Act No. 107, Section 1, eff February 1, 2012.
SC Code § 56-3-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-190. Department may register and license vehicles.

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may register and license vehicles as required by this chapter upon application being made therefor by the owner and the required fees paid as provided in this chapter.  (B) If a commercial motor vehicle is registered through the International Registration Plan and is operated under a United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) number assigned to a person other than the vehicle's owner, then the person to whom the USDOT number is assigned may register the commercial motor vehicle by submitting the appropriate application and fees to the Department of Motor Vehicles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-14; 1952 Code Section 46-14; 1949 (46) 342; 2021 Act No. 37 (H.3689), Section 3, eff May 6, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 37, Section 3, inserted the (A) designator, and added (B).
SC Code § 56-3-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-195. Counties to process vehicle registration and licensing renewals; access to records; department to fund startup costs.

 Text of (A) effective until the first day of the fiscal year that begins twenty-four months after the program is fully funded.  (A) Beginning on July 1, 1994, each county shall mail motor vehicle registration and licensing renewal notices to the owners of vehicles in the county as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles no later than forty-five days before expiration of the registration. The renewal notices, including the fees upon completion, may be returned to that county which shall transmit the renewal notices to the department for processing and which shall transmit the fees to the appropriate state fund as provided by law within seven days of receipt.  Text of (A) effective the first day of the fiscal year that begins twenty-four months after the program is fully funded.  (A) Each county shall mail motor vehicle registration and licensing renewal notices to the owners of vehicles in the county as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles no later than forty-five days before expiration of the registration. The renewal notices, including the fees upon completion, may be returned to that county which shall transmit the renewal notices to the department for processing and which shall transmit the fees to the appropriate state fund as provided by law within seven days of receipt. The owner of a large commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 12-37-2810(C), must establish an account with the Department of Motor Vehicles and must remit payment for all fees associated with registration and licensing renewal directly to the Department of Motor Vehicles.  (B) Each county shall have access to the motor vehicle registration and licensing records of the department as applicable to the county in the manner the county and department agree for the purpose of the county performing the functions required in subsection (A).  (C) Counties must not be charged online access network fees for driver and vehicle information.  (D) The department will fund the start-up costs for counties not to exceed a total of one million dollars inclusive to all counties. The start-up cost includes hardware, software, training, and other associated costs all of which must be approved by the department.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22A; 2021 Act No. 37 (H.3689), Section 4.A, eff on the first day of the fiscal year that begins twenty-four months after the program is fully funded.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 37, Section 4.B, provides as follows:  "[SECTION 4.]B. This SECTION takes effect on the first day of the fiscal year that begins twenty-four months after the program is fully funded."  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 37, Section 4.A, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "Each county" for "Beginning on July 1, 1994, each county", and added the third sentence.
SC Code § 56-3-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-200. Certificate of title or application as prerequisite to registration.

 Except in the case of a moped or as otherwise provided for in Chapter 19 of this title, the department shall not register or renew the registration of a vehicle unless a certificate of title has been issued by the department to the owner or an application has been delivered by the owner to the department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-14.1; 1957 (50) 595; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 13, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 13, substituted "Except in the case of a moped" for "Except" and "department" for "Department of Motor Vehicles", and made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 56-3-215 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-215. Temporary permits authorized for out-of-state registered farm trucks harvesting and transporting seasonal crops in State.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to issue special permits to owners of farm trucks registered and licensed in another state which special permits shall authorize the operation of such trucks in this State for a period of forty-five days without the requirement that such trucks be registered and licensed in this State.  Trucks eligible for these special permits shall be those which are brought into this State on a short-term temporary basis for the sole purpose of harvesting and transporting seasonal crops to other locations both within and without South Carolina. The Department in its sole discretion shall determine what farm trucks qualify for these special permits and may require such proof as it deems necessary of the usage of trucks to which special permits shall apply.  The Department shall prescribe the form of such permit (including the permit application) and shall be displayed or kept in the truck at all times during the exemption period. The Department shall not issue a special permit to any owner unless he first furnishes evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance in at least the minimum amounts required by law in South Carolina. The fee for each permit shall be one-tenth of the annual fee required for trucks of the same weight. Only one permit for a particular truck shall be issued in any one calendar year.  The Department shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 177 Section 14.
SC Code § 56-3-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-230. Application for registration and license.

 Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration and for which a license is required shall make application to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the registration and licensing of the vehicle upon the appropriate forms furnished by the department. Every application must bear the signature of the owner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-16; 1952 Code Section 46-16; 1949 (46) 342; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 121I.
SC Code § 56-3-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-250. Statement certifying payment of county and municipal taxes and address to accompany application; exceptions.

 No vehicle shall be registered and licensed by the department unless a signed statement accompanies the application certifying that all county and municipal taxes legally due by the applicant on the vehicle concerned have been paid and if such vehicle is legally subject to being returned by the applicant for county and municipal taxes such return has been made; that the applicant is not delinquent in the payment of any motor vehicle taxes in this State, and that the address and county shown on the application for license is the true legal residence of the applicant. A transfer between members of the same family shall not, for the purpose of this section, be considered a bona fide purchase. Any person falsely certifying as required in this section shall have his driver's license suspended for a period of six months.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to mopeds or to any citizen of this State on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States when the vehicle to be registered and licensed is operated for more than six months each year outside the boundaries of this State, nor to any motor vehicle subject to assessment for ad valorem tax purposes by the Department of Revenue.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-17.1; 1956 (49) 1697; 1961 (52) 160; 1962 (52) 1966; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1360; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 14, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 14, in the first paragraph, substituted "department" for "Department of Motor Vehicles"; and in the second paragraph, inserted "mopeds or to", and substituted "Department of Revenue" for "State Tax Commission".
SC Code § 56-3-253 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-253. Establishment of biennial registration periods.

 (A) Vehicles required by Chapter 3 of Title 56 to be registered biennially must be assigned registration periods as provided in this section.  (1) Upon the first reregistration of the vehicles by the Department of Motor Vehicles after the effective date of the implementation of biennial licensure, a biennial registration period must be implemented as follows:  (a) Vehicles whose license plates end in:  (i) an even number and expire between July 1, 1993, and December 31, 1993, shall obtain a biennial registration;  (ii) an even number and expire between January 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994, shall reregister their vehicles for one year. At the end of this time they shall reregister their vehicles for two years and biennially after that time;  (iii) an odd number and expire between July 1, 1993, and December 31, 1993, shall register their vehicles for one year. At the end of that time they shall reregister their vehicles for two years and biennially after that time;  (iv) an odd number and expire between January 1, 1994, and June 30, 1994, shall obtain a biennial registration;  (v) all special license plates must obtain a biennial registration upon renewal, except that official plates such as Legislative, Judicial, Commission, and Congressional must be renewed annually for one-half the biennial fee.  (2) Registrations are valid until the last day of the month in which the registration expires.  (B) After June 30, 1994, vehicles must be registered and licensed for twenty-four consecutive months, and registrations expire the last day of the month. The registration and license must be renewed biennially upon application by the owner and payment of fees required by law to take effect on the first day of the month following the expiration of the registration and license to be renewed. This section does not prevent the department from refusing to license a vehicle.  (C) The department shall not issue a refund of the biennial registration fee to a person who has paid the fee and moves out of the State during the biennial registration period.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 21.