Whenever any person fails within sixty days to satisfy any judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any judgment is rendered within this State to forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles immediately after the expiration of sixty days a certified copy of the judgment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-9-410
Courts shall report nonpayment of judgments to Department of Motor Vehicles
Known as the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (51 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Sanford (1995)
Most recently applied in Newton v. Progressive Northwestern Insurance (October 2001)
1962 Code SECTION 46-735; 1952 (47) 1853.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.