2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 21 - OFFENSES INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES
SECTION 16-21-20. Permitting misuse of certificate of title, registration card or license plate; failing to deliver certificate or application; fraudulent application.


SC Code § 16-21-20 (2013) What's This?

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

(1) with fraudulent intent, permits another to use or have possession of a certificate of title, registration card, or license plate who is not entitled to it;

(2) wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application to the department within forty-five days after the time required by Chapter 19 of Title 56;

(3) wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within forty-five days after the time required by Chapter 19 of Title 56; or

(4) commits a fraud in an application for a title or registration.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.82; 1957 (50) 595; 1995 Act No. 42, Section 1.

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