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SC Code § 50-23-125 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-125. Electronic transmission of information for watercraft title.

 Section effective July 1, 2022.  (A) In lieu of paper documents, the department is authorized to transmit and receive the following information through secure electronic means for a certificate of title:  (1) the title for a watercraft or outboard motor with any liens or security interests;  (2) to the first lienholder on the title, the addition of subsequent liens; and  (3) the discharge of a security interest or lien from a lienholder on the title.  The certificate of title record must contain the same information noted on a paper certificate of title. Upon receipt of the discharge of the final lien, a clear title must be printed and conveyed to the owner at the address on file with the department. The provisions of this section do not alter the priority of lienholders and encumbrances against a certificate of title. A duly certified copy of the department's electronic record of the lien is admissible in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding as evidence of existence of the lien.  (B) The department is authorized to collect an electronic transaction fee not to exceed five dollars for each transaction from commercial parties who transmit or retrieve data from the department pursuant to this section. The fee collected by the department is an official fee and must be used to defray the expenses of the electronic lien program.  (C) Notwithstanding Sections 37-2-202 and 37-3-202, commercial entities and lenders who transmit or receive data from the department pursuant to the provisions of this section may collect an electronic transfer fee not to exceed five dollars for each transaction from the owners of watercraft or outboard motors. A fee charged by the department related to a titled watercraft or outboard motor for the purposes of transmittal or retrieval of this data is deemed an official fee as referenced in Sections 37-2-202 and 37-3-202.  (D) All businesses and commercial lenders who are regularly engaged in the business or practice of selling watercraft or outboard motors as a licensed dealer pursuant to this chapter or in the business or practice of financing watercraft or outboard motors shall utilize the electronic lien system to transmit and retrieve electronic lien information. The department shall maintain contact information on its website for service providers utilizing an electronic interface between the department, lienholders, and sellers of watercraft or outboard motors. The department must establish procedures to ensure compliance with the use of the electronic lien system and provide for valid exceptions as determined by the department.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 78 (H.3884), Section 1, eff July 1, 2022.
SC Code § 50-23-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-130. Transfer of ownership by operation of law; termination of ownership in accordance with security agreement.

 (a) If the ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor is transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, devise or bequest, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution sale, or satisfaction of mechanic's lien, or repossession upon default in performance of the terms of a security agreement, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b), promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title, if available, or the manufacturer's or importer's statement of origin, or, if that is not possible, satisfactory proof of the transfer of ownership, and his application for a new certificate of title accompanied by the required fee, and upon the appropriate form or forms prescribed and furnished by the department.  (b) If the ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor is terminated in accordance with the terms of a security agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, the transferee shall promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of title, his application for a new title accompanied by the required fee and upon the form or forms prescribed and furnished by the department, and an affidavit by the lienholder or his authorized representative, setting forth the facts entitling him to possession and ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor, together with a copy of the journal entry, court order or instrument upon which such claim of possession and ownership is founded. If the lienholder cannot produce such proof of ownership, he may submit such evidence as he has with his application to the department, and the department may, if it finds the evidence to be satisfactory proof of ownership, issue a new certificate of title.  (c) If a lienholder succeeds to the interest of an owner in a watercraft or outboard motor by operation of law and holds such watercraft or outboard motor for resale, he need not secure a new certificate of title thereto but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee or to the department the certificate, affidavit and such other documents as the department may require.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.113; 1971 (57) 915; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 14, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in subsection (a), substituted "certificate of origin" for "certificate".
SC Code § 50-23-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-150. Lost, stolen, or mutilated certificate; issuance of duplicate certificate.

 (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, may obtain a duplicate by application to the department, furnishing such information concerning the original certificate and the circumstances of its loss, mutilation or destruction as may be required by the department.  (b) The duplicate certificate of title shall be a certified copy plainly marked "duplicate" across its face. It shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.  (c) In case an original certificate of title is mutilated or rendered illegible, such mutilated or illegible certificate shall be returned to the department with the application for a duplicate.  (d) In the event a lost or stolen original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued is recovered, it shall be surrendered promptly to the department for cancellation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.115; 1971 (57) 915; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-180. Stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor; records of reports of theft or conversion; notification of recovery.

 (a) Every law enforcement agency, peace officer, owner, or insurer in the State, having knowledge of a stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor, immediately shall furnish the department with full information concerning the theft or conversion.  (b) The department, whenever it receives a report of the theft or conversion of a watercraft or outboard motor, shall make a record of it, including the make of the stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor and its hull number or serial number, and shall file the same in the numerical order of the hull number or serial number with the index records of the watercraft or outboard motors of such make. The department shall prepare a report listing watercraft and outboard motors stolen and recovered as disclosed by the reports submitted to it, to be distributed as it deems advisable.  (c) In the event of the recovery of a stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor, the owner or insurer immediately shall notify the department in writing.  (d) Law enforcement agencies shall notify the department of recovery of any stolen watercraft or outboard motor immediately.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.118; 1971 (57) 915; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 16, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in subsection (a), added "law enforcement agency," and ", owner, or insured"; in subsection (b), in the first sentence substituted "hull number or" for "manufacturer's or assigned" in two places preceding "serial number"; in subsection (c), added "or insurer" and at the end substituted "in writing" for ", who shall remove the record of the theft or conversion from its file" added subsection (d) relating to notification of recovery by law enforcement agencies; and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.
SC Code § 50-23-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-185. Inspection of watercraft related facilities.

 Any law enforcement officer may inspect a junkyard, scrap metal processing facility, salvage yard, marina, repair shop, boat yard, dry dock, licensed business buying, selling, displaying, trading watercraft or outboard motors, new and used or parts of watercraft and outboard motors, or both, parking lots, and public garages or any other person dealing with salvaged watercraft or outboard motors or parts of them.  The physical inspection must be conducted while an employee or owner is present and must be for the purpose of locating stolen watercraft or outboard motors, investigating the titling or registration of watercraft or outboard motors wrecked or dismantled.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 190, Section 12; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-190. Unlawful acts; possession, operation, or transfer without certificate; failure to surrender certificate; improper disposal of rejected or defective hull or motor.

 No person may:  (1) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a watercraft or an outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required unless a certificate of title has been issued to the owner;  (2) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a watercraft or an outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required upon which the certificate of title has been canceled;  (3) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a sailboat or outboard motor required to be titled without properly displaying the title decal;  (4) sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or an outboard motor without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's statement of origin assigned to the purchaser or transferee as required by this chapter;  (5) fail to surrender to the department a certificate of title upon cancellation of the title by the department for a valid reason set forth in this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to it; or  (6) dispose of a rejected or defective watercraft hull or outboard motor in the manufacturing process except by upgrading the hull to meet United States Coast Guard requirements or destroying the hull or outboard motor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.119; 1971 (57) 915; 1989 Act No. 190, Section 13; 1993 Act No. 128, Section 12; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 17, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment added item (3) relating to sailboats and outboard motors required to be titled; redesignated items (3) to (5) as items (4) to (6); and, in item (4), substituted "statement of origin" for "certificate".
SC Code § 50-23-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-200. Unlawful acts; forging or altering statement of origin, assignment, or certificate of title; stolen property; altered, removed number.

 No person may:  (1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate of title or manufacturer's or importer's statement of origin for a watercraft or for an outboard motor;  (2) alter or falsify an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or cancellation of a security interest on a certificate of title to a watercraft or to an outboard motor;  (3) hold or use a certificate of title to a watercraft or to an outboard motor nor hold or use an assignment or cancellation of a security interest on a certificate of title to a watercraft or to an outboard motor knowing it to have been altered, forged, counterfeited, or falsified;  (4) have possession of, buy, receive, sell or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or an outboard motor knowing or having reason to believe the watercraft or outboard motor has been stolen. No person may procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to a watercraft or an outboard motor or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title or an assignment to a watercraft or an outboard motor knowing or having reason to believe the watercraft or the outboard motor has been stolen;  (5) have possession of, buy, receive, sell or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of in this State a watercraft or an outboard motor on which a manufacturer's hull identification number or part of it or assigned serial number has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced, knowing or having reason to believe of the destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or defacement of the manufacturer's hull identification number or part of it or assigned serial number; or  (6) destroy, remove, cover, alter, or deface the manufacturer's hull identification number or part of it or assigned serial number on a watercraft or an outboard or inboard motor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.120; 1971 (57) 915; 1989 Act No. 190, Section 14; 1993 Act No. 128, Section 13; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 18, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in item (1), substituted "statement of origin for" for "certificate to" and "for" for "to" preceding "an outboard motor".
SC Code § 50-23-201 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-201. Obtaining or attempting to obtain certificate of title or number or decals by fraud or misrepresentation; penalty.

 (A) Any person or entity that attempts to obtain a certificate of title, certificate of number or decals by fraud or misrepresentation or who obtains a certificate of title or certificate of number or decals by fraud or misrepresentation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.  (B) Any certificate or decal obtained by fraud or misrepresentation is void.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 344, Section 19, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).
SC Code § 50-23-205 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-205. Seizure of certain watercraft; notice of seizure and of time for removal; forfeiture and disposal.

 (A) A stolen or abandoned, junked, adrift, destroyed, or salvaged watercraft or outboard motor, a watercraft or outboard motor for which the true owner is not determined, or a watercraft or outboard motor on which the manufacturer's or assigned serial number has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced may be seized.  (B) Upon seizure of the watercraft or outboard motor, the department shall notify a person claiming an interest in it, and the person has the right to prove his interest before the circuit court in the county where the property was seized. If no action is filed within sixty days of notification, the department may retain the property for official use or transfer the property to another public entity for official use, sell the property at public auction, or, if the watercraft or outboard motor is determined to be unsafe, destroy it. The proceeds derived from the sale must be deposited in the Boating Operating Fund of the department for administration of the program.  (C) When the department determines the owner of a seized watercraft or outboard motor and related marine equipment, it shall notify the owner by certified mail of the procedure, the location, and the fact that he has not less than thirty days from the date of the certified letter to remove the equipment from the department's storage facility. If a security interest has been perfected, the department must notify the lienholder by certified mail allowing thirty days to respond. Failure to respond within thirty days or remove the watercraft or outboard motor by the date designated forfeits the equipment to the department to be used or disposed of according to law.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 470, Section 2; 1989 Act No. 190, Section 15; 1993 Act No. 128, Section 14; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 20, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in subsection (C), substituted the second and third sentences for a sentence which read "Failure to remove the watercraft or outboard motor by the date designated forfeits the equipment to the department to be used or disposed of according to this section."
SC Code § 50-23-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-210. Suspension or revocation of certificate.

 (a) The department shall have the authority to suspend or revoke a certificate of title to a watercraft, or to an outboard motor, upon reasonable notice and hearing, when authorized by any other provision of law or if he finds:  (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or  (2) The watercraft, or outboard motor, has been scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed, or transferred and registered in another state.  (b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it;  (c) When the department suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the department; or  (d) The department may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended and revoked.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.121; 1971 (57) 915; 1985 Act No. 47, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-220. Deposit and use of funds.

 (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), all fees received and money collected under the provisions of this chapter must be deposited in the State Treasury and set apart in a special fund. Appropriations from this fund must be used for the expenses of the department in administering the provisions of this chapter or for any purpose related to the mission of the department.  (B) To the extent fees collected pursuant to Section 50-23-70, in connection with titling a boat, are attributable to fee increases beginning July 1, 1999, revenues from those increases must be used by the department for its law enforcement responsibilities. Any surplus may be carried forward for that use.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.122; 1971 (57) 915; 1992 Act No. 501, Part II, Section 44.B; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 64.F; 1999 Act No. 124, Section 2.S.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the amendments to subsection (A) by 1999 Acts 100 and 124 were read together.
SC Code § 50-23-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-230. Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission authorized to promulgate rules and regulations.

 The department is authorized and empowered to make, adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal all rules and regulations necessary, or convenient for the carrying out of the duties and obligations and powers conferred on the department by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.123; 1971 (57) 915; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-240. Filing and publication of rules and regulations.

 A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, and of any amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the board and in the office of the official State record-keeping agency. Rules and regulations shall be published by the department in a convenient form.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.124; 1971 (57) 915; 1972 (57) 2791; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-250. Employment and duties of investigators.

 The director, for the purpose of more effectively carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall have the power to employ and appoint the necessary enforcement officers for enforcement of this chapter. The duties of such enforcement officers shall include but not be limited to investigating applications for certificate of title, inspecting watercraft, or outboard motors, in or at public facilities for purposes of locating stolen property, and investigating and reporting thefts of watercraft, or outboard motors. With respect to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, such enforcement officers shall have and may exercise throughout this State all of the powers of peace officers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.125; 1971 (57) 915; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-260. List of owners furnished to county auditors.

 The department shall annually, between January first and January thirty-first, furnish to each county auditor a list of motors and watercraft registered and titled pursuant to this chapter in the previous year to residents of such auditor's county, which list shall include the names and addresses of the owners of such watercraft and motors and sufficient additional information as will permit the auditors to identify the chattels titled for tax purposes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.126; 1971 (57) 915; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270.
SC Code § 50-23-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 23 - Watercraft And Outboard Motors|Section 50-23-270. False statement in document or other submission to department; penalty.

 A transfer of a watercraft or outboard motor is subject to this chapter. A person making a false statement in a document or other submission to the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-295.126:1; 1974 (58) 2279; 1989 Act No. 190, Section 16; 1993 Act No. 128, Section 15; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 21, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment rewrote this section.