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SC Code § 56-3-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-630. Vehicles classified as passenger motor vehicles.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall classify as a private passenger motor vehicle every motor vehicle which is designed, used, and maintained for the transportation of ten or fewer persons and trucks having an empty weight of nine thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of eleven thousand pounds or less, except a motorcycle, motorcycle three-wheel vehicle, or moped. The department shall classify a three-wheel vehicle by the manufacturer's certificate of origin for the vehicles initial registration. For subsequent registration, the department shall classify the three-wheel vehicle by its title document. This section does not relieve or negate any applicable fees required under Section 56-3-660.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-33; 1952 Code Section 46-33; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 134; 1999 Act No. 63, Section 6; 2000 Act No. 375, Section 5; 2001 Act No. 52, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 398, Section 1, eff September 7, 2006; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 15, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 15, in the first sentence, substituted "moped" for "motor-driven cycle", and in the second sentence, substituted "manufacturer's certificate" for "manufacturers statement".
SC Code § 56-3-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-640. Fees for common carrier passenger vehicles; vehicles so classified; determining vehicle weight.

 (A) For every common carrier passenger vehicle the biennial registration and license fee is according to weight:  (1) not over 2000 pounds: $18.00;  (2) 2001 to 2500 pounds: $24.00;  (3) 2501 to 3000 pounds: $30.00;  (4) 3001 to 3500 pounds: $36.00;  (5) 3501 to 4000 pounds: $42.00;  (6) 4001 to 4500 pounds: $48.00;  (7) 4501 to 5000 pounds: $54.00;  (8) over 5000 pounds: $54.00 plus $6.00 for each 500 pounds' weight or fraction over 5000 pounds.  (B) The Department of Motor Vehicles must include in this classification every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of persons for compensation as a regular business. This classification does not include a trackless trolley bus.  (C) The manufacturer's rating on the weight of a vehicle must be accepted as the weight of the vehicle for the purpose of fixing the license fee under this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-34; 1952 Code Section 46-34; 1949 (46) 342; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22I.
SC Code § 56-3-645 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-645. Road use fees for vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, and fuels other than motor fuel.

 (A) In addition to the registration fees imposed by this chapter, the owner of motor vehicles that are powered:  (1) exclusively by electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel, as defined in Section 12-28-110(39), that are not subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 shall pay a biennial road use fee of one hundred twenty dollars; and  (2) by a combination of motor fuel subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 and electricity, hydrogen, or any fuel other than motor fuel that is not subject to motor fuel user fees imposed by Chapter 28, Title 12 shall pay a biennial road use fee of sixty dollars.  (B) All of the fees collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund.  (C) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall collect this fee at the same time as the vehicle subject to the fee is titled or registered.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 40 (H.3516), Section 6.A, eff January 1, 2018; 2021 Act No. 70 (H.3505), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 70, Section 2, in (C), inserted "titled or" following "subject to the fee is".
SC Code § 56-3-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-650. Optional fees for bus companies operating in interstate and intrastate commerce; computation; retention of records; display of license plates.

 In order for inter-city bus companies operating fleets both in inter and intra state commerce in South Carolina to more efficiently dispatch individual buses in such fleets from one state to another, any such inter-city bus company operating a fleet of ten or more buses of thirty or more passenger capacity each may comply with the license requirements of this chapter by paying an in lieu license fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Such fee shall be an amount equivalent to an annual fee of two hundred dollars per bus, with the number of buses or fractions thereof determined by dividing the company's total bus travel mileage in this State in any one license year by forty thousand miles. Such an inter-city bus company shall declare at the beginning of each license year prior to May first respectively of each year the mileage its fleet operated in this State during the preceding calendar year, and shall pay to the department a total annual license fee for all such buses computed in accordance with this section. Any bus company licensed pursuant to this section must retain and hold, subject to audit by the department, for a period of at least four years all records used in computing the total mileage operated in the State during each calendar year. Bus companies electing to license under this provision shall not be required to display license plates as otherwise required by this chapter on the buses operated in South Carolina, but they shall have the option of displaying license plates on buses where such license plates are specifically identified with specific buses.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-34.1; 1966 (54) 2339; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1363.
SC Code § 56-3-661 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-661. Certification requirements; insurance requirements.

 No for-hire motor vehicle carrier of property, except carriers of household goods or hazardous waste for disposal, may operate in this State without having applied for and received a Class E Certificate of Compliance from the Department of Motor Vehicles. A one-time fee of twenty-five dollars may be charged each company for each certificate issued.  The applicant must provide evidence of meeting the financial responsibilities or insurance requirements, satisfy compliance requirements of the United States Department of Transportation motor carrier safety and hazardous materials regulations before issuance, and continually satisfy these requirements or certification may be suspended, revoked, or placed in a probationary status.  The Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to promulgate regulations to implement these responsibilities.  The holder of a Class E Certificate may be eligible for exceptions provided by Sections 58-23-620 and 44-96-160(W)(1).  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 301, Section 3.
SC Code § 56-3-662 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-662. Identifier fees; administration and enforcement funding.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of five dollars for each identifier. The five-dollar identifier fee must be remitted to the general fund. The Department of Motor Vehicles may promulgate regulations pursuant to this section. The five-dollar fee collected pursuant to this section must be placed in a special restricted account by the Comptroller General to be used by the Department of Public Safety for the administration and enforcement of the provisions contained in Articles 3 and 5 of Chapter 23, Title 58, and for the building or renovation of weigh stations. All unexpended funds from prior years collected under this section may be retained and carried forward by the Department of Public Safety and used for these purposes.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 301, Section 3.
SC Code § 56-3-663 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-663. Reciprocal agreements.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory agencies of other states having jurisdiction and authority over motor carriers to provide for base state agreements in which the registration of interstate carriers operating in participating states may be accomplished by registration in one base state. Carriers registering in this State under these agreements are subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles for enforcement purposes. When the carrier's base state is South Carolina, the Department of Motor Vehicles may require further filings of certificates of insurance, surety bonds, and other documents to show the carrier's qualifications to operate. Participating carriers shall register their authority directly with the Department of Motor Vehicles and not with other state or local agencies.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 301, Section 3.
SC Code § 56-3-665 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-665. Proof of payment of federal use tax.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall require evidence of the payment of the use tax imposed by Section 4481 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for those vehicles to which the taxes are required.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 373, Section 6; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 136.
SC Code § 56-3-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-670. Fees for farm truck licenses; violations; penalties.

 (A) For the purpose of this section, "farm truck" is defined as a truck used exclusively by the owner for agricultural, horticultural, dairying, livestock, and poultry operations and includes transporting farm processed horticultural products, including soil amendments and mulches owned by the truck's owner or another person, including first market. However, farm trucks with an empty weight of less than seven thousand five hundred pounds may be used for ordinary domestic purposes and general transportation but must not be used to transport persons or property for hire. No part of this definition may be interpreted to exempt any commercial motor vehicle less than 26,001 pounds GVW/GVWR/GCW/GCWR from all or part of state laws or regulations applicable to intrastate commerce if the vehicle:  (1) transports hazardous materials requiring a placard; or  (2) is designed or used to transport sixteen or more people, including the driver.  (B) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue to bona fide farmers special farm vehicle licenses on an annual basis for farm trucks for a fee as follows according to the gross vehicle weight of the truck:  Gross Vehicle Weight Fee (1) Up to 26,499 pounds $ 12.00 (2) 26,500 to 32,499 pounds $ 15.00 (3) 32,500 to 42,500 pounds $ 30.00 (4) 42,501 to 52,500 pounds $ 60.00 (5) 52,501 to 62,500 pounds $ 80.00 (6) 62,501 to 72,500 pounds $ 100.00 (7) 72,501 to 80,000 pounds $ 120.00 .   Nothing in this section exempts farm vehicles from gross weight-axle requirements contained in Section 56-5-4140.  (C) A person who is issued a farm license plate for the purpose defined in this section and uses the license plate for purposes other than those defined is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.1; 1952 Code Section 46-35; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391; 1960 (51) 1728; 1979 Act No. 83 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 39A; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22K; 1994 Act No. 417, Section 5; 1996 Act No. 392, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 137; 2002 Act No. 340, Section 7; 2005 Act No. 62, Section 1, eff May 16, 2005; 2006 Act No. 398, Section 17, eff September 7, 2006; 2012 Act No. 180, Section 3, eff May 25, 2012.
SC Code § 56-3-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-700. Fee for trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers; exemptions.

 For every trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, not exempted by Section 56-3-120(5), the biennial registration fee is twenty dollars. The Department of Motor Vehicles must include in this classification every trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer designed for carrying property, except house trailers, utility trailers, those trailers and semitrailers exempted by Section 56-3-120(5), and boat trailers as otherwise provided in this article. Semitrailers or pole trailers weighing less than five hundred pounds with load capacity of less than one thousand pounds and trailers and semitrailers with an actual unloaded weight of fifteen hundred pounds or less and carrying a load capacity not exceeding twenty-five hundred pounds and which are designed, adapted, and used exclusively for agriculture, horticulture, or livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry need not be registered or licensed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.2; 1952 Code Section 46-35; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391; 1960 (51) 1962; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22L; 1997 Act No. 125, Section 1J.
SC Code § 56-3-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-710. Fees for house trailers.

 For every house trailer the biennial fee is twelve dollars. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall classify as a "house trailer" every trailer or semitrailer which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling, living abode, or sleeping place, permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets or highways or a trailer or semitrailer of similar nature whose chassis and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use permanently or temporarily for advertising, sales, display, or promotion of merchandise or services or for another commercial purpose, except the transportation of property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier. The department may not license and register a house trailer which exceeds the permissible size limitations prescribed in Sections 56-5-4030, 56-5-4060, and 56-5-4070, but the house trailers permitted to be moved over the highways by the department under special permits issued pursuant to Sections 57-3-130 to 57-3-190 shall pay to the Department of Transportation a fee of five dollars a trip.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.3; 1952 Code Section 46-35; 1949 (46) 3 2; 1959 (51) 391; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22M; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 138.
SC Code § 56-3-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-720. Fees for camper or travel trailers; distinctive tag.

 For every camper or travel trailer the biennial registration fee is ten dollars. The Department of Motor Vehicles must include in this classification every trailer not more than thirty-five feet long and eight feet wide primarily equipped, designed, converted, or used for private living quarters and towed by a motor vehicle. The department shall design a distinctive tag which must be displayed on the exterior of the rear of the trailer in a conspicuous place.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-35.6; 1968 (55) 2453; 1977 Act No. 63; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22N; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 139.
SC Code § 56-3-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-730. Owner shall select load capacity classification; changes.

 The owner of a vehicle classified under Sections 56-3-130 and 56-3-660 to 56-3-710, may register and license such vehicle for the desired load capacity classification, and a previous registration and license for a particular load capacity classification for a particular vehicle shall not be deemed as fixing the load capacity classification on such vehicle for future registrations and licenses or renewals. Also the owner may have the privilege at any time during a then current registration and license period to raise the load classification for a vehicle by making application therefor to the Department of Motor Vehicles and paying the required increased differential in fee, but the owner may not have the privilege of reducing the load classification for a particular vehicle until the expiration of the then current registration and license period.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-36; 1952 Code Section 46-36; 1949 (46) 342.
SC Code § 56-3-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-740. Fees for trackless trolley buses.

 For every trackless trolley bus the biennial registration fee is four hundred dollars for each bus weighing not over fifteen thousand pounds, exclusive of passengers, and for each bus weighing more than fifteen thousand pounds, exclusive of passengers, an additional forty dollars for each additional one thousand pounds of weight or fraction. The Department of Motor Vehicles must include under this classification every bus propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-37; 1952 Code Section 46-37; 1949 (46) 342; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22O.
SC Code § 56-3-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-750. Fees for special mobile equipment vehicles.

 For every special mobile equipment vehicle not exempt from the payment of a biennial registration and license fee under Section 56-3-120 the biennial registration fee is ten dollars for each vehicle having a gross weight of not more than four thousand pounds, and for every vehicle having a gross weight of more than four thousand pounds, an additional eight dollars for each additional one thousand pounds of weight or fraction over four thousand pounds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-38; 1952 Code Section 46-38; 1949 (46) 342; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22P.
SC Code § 56-3-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-760. Fees for motorcycles, motorcycle three-wheel vehicles, and motor-driven cycles.

 For every motorcycle, motorcycle three-wheel vehicle, or moped the biennial registration fee is ten dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-39; 1952 Code Section 46-39; 1949 (46) 342; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, Section 42B; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22Q; 2000 Act No. 375, Section 6; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 16, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 16, substituted "moped " for "motor-driven cycle".
SC Code § 56-3-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-770. Fees for vehicles equipped with solid tires.

 The biennial registration and license fee for every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or special mobile equipment vehicle equipped with solid tires is double the biennial fee otherwise specified in this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-40; 1952 Code Section 46-40; 1949 (46) 342; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22R.
SC Code § 56-3-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-780. Permanent license plates and fees for vehicles of State, political subdivisions, or Civil Air Patrol; transferability.

 (A) Permanent license plates must be issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for all motor vehicles operated by the State or its political subdivisions. The license fee, including registration, is two dollars. Permanent plates must bear the words "South Carolina", the number, and a prefix "SG", "RG", "CG", or "MG" to designate respectively state government, regional government, county government, or municipal government. The department may issue a permanent license plate to vehicles used by state or local law enforcement agencies. The fee for the permanent plate is two dollars. A decal may be issued to designate the law enforcement agency. The department may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of the decal.  (B) All other vehicles operated by the State or its subdivisions and the Civil Air Patrol must be registered and licensed for a biennial fee of two dollars and must be issued plates in accordance with Section 56-3-1710.  (C) Registration and licenses issued under this section are not transferable except to another agency or department of government.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-41; 1952 Code Section 46-41; 1949 (46) 342; 1957 (50) 253; 1967 (55) 588; 1978 Act No. 538; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22S; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 140; 2000 Act No. 286, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-3-785 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-785. Issuance of permanent license plates to certain owners of trailers and semi-trailers; fees; design.

 (A) Upon proper application, the Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a registration and license plate on a permanent basis for semitrailers, regular trailers, and utility trailers.  (B) The fee for the license is seventy-five dollars for each semitrailer, regular trailer, and utility trailer, and is not transferable. The fee must be paid in one sum. After the initial issuance of the license the owner shall remit annually to the department on a form furnished by the department a report of the units still in use and units which must be deleted and return the licenses issued to the units no longer in use. Failure to furnish required forms by the due date established by the department results in a fine not to exceed fifty dollars. A permanent license may be purchased for chassis, specially constructed to transport international shipping containers, without being required to furnish a South Carolina address if the chassis is not for domicile.  (C) The license plate must be the same size of regular license plates and design as specified by the department.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 71; 1989 Act No. 113, Section 1.
SC Code § 56-3-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-790. Fees for certain motor vehicles used in rescue work.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue a license upon the payment of a five dollar fee to any chartered volunteer rescue league in this State for any motor vehicle owned and operated by it solely for rescue work without charge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-41.1; 1965 (54) 558; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1364.
SC Code § 56-3-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing|Section 56-3-830. Postage charge.

 The Department of Motor Vehicles may charge an additional fee of fifteen cents postage for every license mailed to the owner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-44; 1952 Code Section 46-44; 1949 (46) 342.