It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one to operate or ride upon a two-wheeled motorized vehicle unless he wears a protective helmet of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety. Such a helmet must be equipped with either a neck or chin strap and be reflectorized on both sides thereof. The department is hereby authorized to adopt and amend regulations covering the types of helmets and the specifications therefor and to establish and maintain a list of approved helmets which meet the specifications as established hereunder.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3660
Helmets must be worn by operators and passengers under age twenty-one; helmet design; list of approved helmets
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56-5-10 to 56-5-990 (418 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Cone v. Nettles (1992)
Most recently applied in AAKJER v. City of Myrtle Beach (June 2010)
1962 Code SECTION 46-631; 1967 (55) 199; 1980 Act No. 514, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1422.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.