The Department of Motor Vehicles may assign a distinguishing number to a motor vehicle whenever the motor or serial number thereon is destroyed, replaced or obliterated and may issue or assign to the owner a special plate or number which shall be affixed to the vehicle or stamped on the vehicle in a place to be determined by the Department. Such motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed under such distinguishing number in lieu of the former motor number or serial number.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-2510
Department of Motor Vehicles may assign new identifying numbers; special plate or number affixed to vehicle
Known as the South Carolina Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act
The act spans §§ 56-3-10 to 56-3-9910 (320 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 46-115; 1952 Code SECTION 46-115; 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.