Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and special mobile equipment vehicle driven, operated or moved upon a highway in this State shall be registered and licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to drive, operate or move upon a highway or for the owner knowingly to permit to be driven, operated or moved upon a highway any such vehicle which is not registered and licensed and the required fee paid as provided for in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-110
Vehicles required to be registered and licensed
Known as the South Carolina Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (320 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Myers v. Government Employees Insurance (1983)
Most recently applied in United States v. Heard (October 1988)
1962 Code SECTION 46-11; 1952 Code SECTION 46-11; 1949 (46) 342.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.