South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 5 - STATE TRANSPORT POLICE REGULATIONS › Subarticle 8 - SINGLE STATE, REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS OPERATING FOR HIRE › Section 38-432 - Registration Receipts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. The
				registration state shall collect the fee (not to exceed $10.00 per motor
				vehicle) that each participating State collected or charged per motor vehicle
				as of November 15, 1991. These fees shall be for filing and maintaining proof
				of insurance. No other fee shall be collected or assessed either directly or
				indirectly. If a participating state charged more than $10.00 as of that date,
				the registration state will charge the motor carrier $10.00 for that state of
				travel.
a. The applicant shall use prescribed
				forms to indicate the amount of fees due for each vehicle and each state of
				travel.
b. The form and content of
				the registration receipt shall be as specified herein. This form may include
				only those items that identify the carrier and the states of travel for which
				fees have been paid as specified in these procedures. No registration state may
				add any additional items to this form except to add the registration state name
				and address that issued the receipt. This printed form shall be as uniform as
				possible to eliminate enforcement problems.
c. No earlier than the first day of August
				and through the thirtieth day of November of each year, the registrant shall
				file an application for registration, pay fees and request the registration
				receipt for the next registration period from its registration state. The
				registration receipt shall not be valid until January 1 of the following year
				as indicated on the face of the receipt and when carried in the registrant's
				motor vehicle.
d. When an applicant
				files a proper application in the registration state on or before the 30th of
				November for the next annual registration period, the registration state shall
				issue a registration receipt within thirty (30) days. Any registration that
				contains any misrepresentation, misstatement, or omission of required
				information shall be deemed to be incomplete until all items have been
				clarified and/or corrected in accordance with these procedures. The
				registration state is not obligated to process an incomplete application within
				any time frame.
e. The registration
				state shall issue an original registration receipt to the registrant upon
				receipt of a properly completed registration application and payment of fees.
				This original receipt must be retained by the motor carrier at its principal
				place of business for a period of three years. The motor carrier shall make the
				necessary copies for the number of vehicles for which fees have been
				paid.
f. If an error is made by the
				motor carrier in completing the order form and the amount of the check does not
				agree with the calculated fee amount, each registration state will handle the
				improper check amount dependent upon the registration state's accounting
				procedures.
g. The registration
				receipt shall not be altered by the motor carrier in anyway. Reduction of the
				size of the receipt after the receipt has been issued by the registration state
				will be considered alteration. Altering of the receipt shall subject the motor
				carrier's registration to revocation. Any enforcement officer is authorized to
				confiscate the altered copy on sight. The confiscated receipt will then be
				returned to the registration state after any court action is completed by the
				state in which it was confiscated.
h. The registration receipt shall qualify the
				registrant to operate under its FHWA certificate or permit in all jurisdictions
				indicated on the registration receipt without any further registration
				requirements or identification requirements in any state other than the
				registration state.
i. The motor
				carrier shall submit the appropriate amount of fees for each motor vehicle
				based on the number of motor vehicles by states of travel. Motor vehicles shall
				be authorized to travel only in those participating states in which the motor
				carrier has paid the appropriate fees.
j. Upon receipt of a renewal registration
				application, the registration state shall verify that valid proof of insurance
				is on file and that the appropriate fees have been paid before the registration
				receipt is issued.
k. A registrant
				in good standing (good standing means that active proper insurance, designation
				of agent for service of process, and copies of interstate authority are on file
				in the registration state and the motor carrier has not changed its name and/or
				address) may add equipment and/or states of travel by payment of fees and the
				filing of the Supplemental Form (RS-2) to the registration state. When a
				supplemental form is received for additional states of travel or for equipment
				added, a supplemental registration receipt will be issued showing only those
				additional states or equipment as requested. Copies of all supplemental
				registration receipts must be carried in the cab of the motor vehicle with any
				other copies as needed. A fully acceptable supplemental form shall be processed
				and the registration receipt issued by the 30th day following the date of
				filing the supplemental form and appropriate fees.
l. A motor carrier may transfer its
				registration receipts or copies of the receipt from vehicles taken
				out-of-service to their replacement vehicles. The motor carrier may not operate
				more motor vehicles in a participating state than the number with respect to
				which fees have been paid.
m. A
				motor carrier conducting a driveaway operation will be required to carry a copy
				of the registration receipt in the cab of the vehicle in the same manner and
				meeting all requirements within use procedures as other FHWA regulated motor
				carriers. The registration receipt may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle
				in the same manner as the transfer of the registration receipt for a vehicle
				placed out-of-service.
n. The
				registration state shall not replace lost or stolen receipts except when the
				carrier fails to receive the registration receipt(s) mailed by the registration
				state for delivery of those receipts. An application for replacement without
				charge must be accompanied by an affidavit detailing the facts supporting it.
				Within ten (10) days following the receipt of such an application, the
				registration state must issue replacements.
o. If a motor carrier needs to add states of
				travel to its operating fleet in one or more of the participating states, the
				motor carrier may request transmission of a copy of a registration receipt
				before the receipt is mailed to the registrant. Upon payment of the appropriate
				fees, a copy of the receipt shall be sent via facsimile. The registration state
				shall mail the original receipt to the motor carrier.
p. All registration receipts shall expire on
				the 31st day of December of the registration year for which they were
				issued.
q. The driver of a motor
				vehicle must present a copy of a receipt for inspection by any authorized
				federal or state government personnel on demand.
r. No registration state shall require
				decals, stamps, cab cards, or any other means of registering or identifying
				specific vehicles operated by a motor carrier under these provisions. Nothing
				in this program will preclude a state from requiring indicia for other
				authority required to be registered in a state.