South Carolina § 56-10-245 Per diem fine for lapse in required coverage.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 56-10-245 — Per diem fine for lapse in required coverage.

South Carolina § 56-10-245

Title 56MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 10MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY

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S.C. Code Ann. § 56-10-245 (2026).

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Whenever a person furnishes proof of liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the Department of Motor Vehicles receives notice of the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a lapse in the required coverage, the department shall assess, in addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem fine in the amount of five dollars. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 must not be assessed if the p

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Whenever a person furnishes proof of liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the Department of Motor Vehicles receives notice of the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a lapse in the required coverage, the department shall assess, in addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem fine in the amount of five dollars. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 must not be assessed if the person furnishes proof, as documented by his sworn statement, that the motor vehicle upon which the coverage has lapsed or been terminated has not been operated upon the roads, streets, or highways of this State during the lapse or termination, and the lapse or termination is due to military service or illness as documented by a signed physician's statement. The total amount of the fine provided for in this section may not exceed two hundred dollars per vehicle for a first offense. Revenue generated by the fine imposed pursuant to this section must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 148, SECTION 36; 1990 Act No. 324, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1480; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 79, eff July 1, 2016; 2023 Act No. 51 (S.549), SECTION 4, eff May 18, 2023. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 51, SECTION 4, in the third sentence, deleted "of the 1976 Code" following "Section 56-10-240", and in the fourth sentence, inserted "per vehicle" following "two hundred dollars".