With respect to a motor vehicle accident, no employee of any law enforcement agency shall allow any person to examine or obtain a copy of any accident report or related investigative report when the employee knows or should reasonably know that the request for access to the report is for commercial solicitation purposes. No person shall request any law enforcement agency to permit examination or to furnish a copy of any such report for commercial solicitation purposes. All persons, except law enforcement personnel and persons named in the report, shall be required to submit a separate written request to the law enforcement agency for each report. A written request under this section must state the requestor's name, address, and the intended use of the report in sufficient detail that the law enforcement agency may ascertain that the intended use is not for commercial solicitation purposes. A person who knowingly makes any false statement in any written request under this section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 56-3-2520.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-1275
Requests for accident investigation reports; dissemination of reports
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (418 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Walker v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation (1995)
Most recently applied in Walker v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation (December 1995)
1991 Act No. 155, SECTION 2.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.