Applicability of chapter to vehicles operated upon highways; exceptions
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (418 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Stone v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in State v. Miller (May 2018)
1962 Code SECTION 46-288; 1952 Code SECTION 46-288; 1949 (46) 466.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The provision of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways, except:
(1) When a different place is specifically referred to in a given section; and
(2) That the provisions of Articles 9 and 23 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.