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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 19 - PROTECTION OF TITLES TO AND INTERESTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS- Section 56-19-10 - Definitions.
- Section 56-19-20 - Administration and enforcement.
- Section 56-19-40 - Department of Motor Vehicles shall examine all applications; investigations; rejections.
- Section 56-19-50 - Department of Motor Vehicles shall seize expired, fictitious and certain other certificates, cards, permits, licenses and plates.
- Section 56-19-60 - Method of giving notice; proof of service.
- Section 56-19-70 - Refunds of fees.
- Section 56-19-80 - Disposition of fees and penalties.
- Section 56-19-90 - Forms.
- Section 56-19-110 - Judicial review of Department of Motor Vehicle's acts.
- Section 56-19-210 - Certificate of title required to sell or mortgage vehicle or mobile home; exception.
- Section 56-19-220 - Exemption of certain vehicles.
- Section 56-19-230 - Owners shall apply for certificates.
- Section 56-19-240 - Application for certificate; form and contents.
- Section 56-19-250 - Department of Motor Vehicles shall check application against list of stolen and converted vehicles.
- Section 56-19-260 - Filing application; issuance of certificate.
- Section 56-19-265 - Electronic liens; transaction fee for transmission or retrieval of data.
- Section 56-19-270 - Refusal of certificate.
- Section 56-19-280 - Refusal of certificate; vehicle reported stolen or converted.
- Section 56-19-290 - Contents of certificate.
- Section 56-19-300 - Contents of certificate for vehicle last registered where lienholders not named on certificate.
- Section 56-19-310 - Numbering certificates issued to successive owners; two transfers when auctioneer gives title.
- Section 56-19-320 - Certificate as prima facie evidence of facts therein.
- Section 56-19-330 - Record of certificates issued.
- Section 56-19-340 - Certificate mailed to first lienholder or, if none, to owner.
- Section 56-19-350 - Duplicate certificates; surrender of recovered original.
- Section 56-19-360 - Procedures for voluntary transfer; duties of transferor and transferee; effective time of transfer.
- Section 56-19-370 - Procedures for voluntary transfer; dealer purchasing vehicle for resale.
- Section 56-19-380 - Procedures for voluntary transfer; issuance of new certificate.
- Section 56-19-390 - Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession.
- Section 56-19-400 - Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; issuance of new certificate.
- Section 56-19-410 - Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; surrender of old certificate; effect of surrender and issuance of new certificate.
- Section 56-19-420 - Fee; allocation.
- Section 56-19-425 - Fee for furnishing odometer reading.
- Section 56-19-430 - Assignment of new identifying number; issuance of new, or endorsement of, original certificate.
- Section 56-19-440 - Suspension or revocation of certificate.
- Section 56-19-450 - Effect of suspension or revocation on validity of security interest.
- Section 56-19-460 - Surrender of suspended or revoked certificate.
- Section 56-19-470 - Seizure of suspended or revoked certificate.
- Section 56-19-480 - Transfer and surrender of certificates, license plates, registration cards and manufacturers' serial plates of vehicles sold as salvage, abandoned, scrapped or destroyed.
- Section 56-19-485 - Designation of vehicles as "wreckage" or "salvage", etc.
- Section 56-19-490 - "Lemon Law" returns; notification; penalties.
- Section 56-19-495 - Establishment of working group to develop process for titling vehicles for which no title can be provided.
- Section 56-19-500 - Definitions.
- Section 56-19-510 - Owner affixing manufactured home to real property; Manufactured Home Affidavit for the Retirement of Title Certificate; recording and form of affidavit.
- Section 56-19-520 - Retirement of the title certificate to a manufactured home; release of lien; Satisfaction Affidavit.
- Section 56-19-530 - Records of retired title certificates; written confirmation to homeowner.
- Section 56-19-540 - Retirement of title certificate where lien reflected on affidavit but not evidenced by mortgage; separate Manufactured Home Lien Affidavit to be filed; form.
- Section 56-19-550 - Severance of manufactured home from real property when it will be affixed to real property in new location; filing of Manufactured Home Severance Affidavit; if not to be affixed to real property, Attorney Affidavit of Security Interests of Record reflecting liens to be filed.
- Section 56-19-560 - Manufactured home treated as real property.
- Section 56-19-610 - Chapter inapplicable to certain liens and security interests.
- Section 56-19-620 - Security interest invalid against third parties unless properly perfected.
- Section 56-19-630 - Perfecting security interest; time when effective.
- Section 56-19-650 - Procedure when owner creates security interest.
- Section 56-19-660 - Filing notices of security interests; record thereof.
- Section 56-19-670 - Assignment of security interest; perfection; filing.
- Section 56-19-680 - Satisfaction of security interest for which certificate is in possession of lienholder; filing release.
- Section 56-19-700 - Security interests in previously registered vehicles not needing certificates unaffected.
- Section 56-19-710 - Continuation of security interests previously perfected under other laws.
- Section 56-19-720 - Sale or security interest not created by terminal rental adjustment clause in motor vehicle or trailer lease.
- Section 56-19-810 - Peace officers shall report theft or recovery of vehicles.
- Section 56-19-820 - Owners of lienholders may report thefts or conversions; Department of Motor Vehicles may disregard report; recovery shall be reported.
- Section 56-19-830 - Liability of officer or agency for acting on false theft report.
- Section 56-19-840 - Unclaimed vehicles in garages and certain other places shall be reported; loss of storage lien for failure to report.
- Section 56-19-850 - Records of reports of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles; distribution of lists.
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