South Carolina § 56-10-10 Security required on registered vehicles.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 56-10-10 — Security required on registered vehicles.

South Carolina § 56-10-10

Title 56MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 10MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY

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S.C. Code Ann. § 56-10-10 (2026).

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Every owner of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this State shall maintain the security required by Section 56-10-20 with respect to each motor vehicle owned by him throughout the period the registration is in effect. No certificate of registration may be issued or transferred to an owner by the director of the Department of Motor Vehicles unless the owner or prospective owner produces satisfactory evidence that the security is in effect, including the name of the owner's automobile liability insurer, and his signed statement, subject to this state's perjury statutes, that insurance is in place as required by this section.

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Every owner of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this State shall maintain the security required by Section 56-10-20 with respect to each motor vehicle owned by him throughout the period the registration is in effect. No certificate of registration may be issued or transferred to an owner by the director of the Department of Motor Vehicles unless the owner or prospective owner produces satisfactory evidence that the security is in effect, including the name of the owner's automobile liability insurer, and his signed statement, subject to this state's perjury statutes, that insurance is in place as required by this section.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 56-11-190 [1962 Code SECTION 46-750.110; 1974 (58) 2718; Am, 1987 Act No. 166, SECTION 19] repealed by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 25, and recodified as SECTION 56-10-10 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 9; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1473; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, SECTION 121K; 1996 Act No. 459, SECTION 218.