The Department of Motor Vehicles shall classify as a private passenger motor vehicle every motor vehicle which is designed, used, and maintained for the transportation of ten or fewer persons and trucks having an empty weight of nine thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of eleven thousand pounds or less, except a motorcycle, motorcycle three-wheel vehicle, or moped. The department shall classify a three-wheel vehicle by the manufacturer's certificate of origin for the vehicles initial registration. For subsequent registration, the department shall classify the three-wheel vehicle by its title document. This section does not relieve or negate any applicable fees required under Section 56-3-660.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-3-630
Vehicles classified as passenger motor vehicles
Known as the South Carolina Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act
The act spans §§ 56-3-10 to 56-3-9910 (320 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Niemeyer v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co. (2010)
Most recently applied in Niemeyer v. W. Res. Mut. Cas. Co. (April 2010)
1962 Code SECTION 46-33; 1952 Code SECTION 46-33; 1949 (46) 342; 1959 (51) 391; 1996 Act No. 459, SECTION 134; 1999 Act No. 63, SECTION 6; 2000 Act No. 375, SECTION 5; 2001 Act …
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