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S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1240

Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle

Known as the Uniform Act

The act spans §§ 56-5-10–56-5-990 (418 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Stone v. State (1994)

Most recently applied in Stone v. State (April 1994)

1962 Code SECTION 46-324; 1952 Code SECTION 46-324; 1949 (46) 466.

The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.