2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 7 - TRAFFIC TICKETS
Section 56-7-10. Use of uniform traffic ticket; vesting of jurisdiction; forms; utilization of electronic devices.

(A) There will be a uniform traffic ticket used by all law enforcement officers in arrests for traffic offenses and for the following additional offenses:

Offense Citation Interfering with Police Officer Serving Process Section 16-5-50 Dumping Trash on Highway/Private Property Section 16-11-700 Indecent Exposure Section 16-15-130 Disorderly Conduct Section 16-17-530 Damaging Highway Section 57-7-10 Place Glass, Nails, Etc. on Highway Section 57-7-20 Obstruction of Highway by Railroad Cars, Etc. Section 57-7-240 Signs Permitted on Interstate Section 57-25-140 Brown Bagging Section 61-5-20 Drinking Liquors in Public Conveyance Section 61-13-360 Poles Dragging on Highway Section 57-7-80 Open Container Section 61-9-87 Purchase or Possession of Beer or Wine by a Person Under Age Section 63-19-2440 Purchase or Possession of Alcoholic Liquor by a Person Under Age Twenty-One Section 63-19-2450 Unlawful Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Liquors Section 61-5-30 Sale of Beer or Wine on Which Tax Has Not Been Paid Section 61-9-20 Falsification of Age to Purchase Beer or Wine Section 61-9-50 Unlawful Purchase of Beer or Wine for a Person Who Cannot Legally Buy Section 61-9-60 Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Beer or Wine, Giving False Information as to Age, Buying Beer or Wine Unlawfully for Another Section 61-9-85 Employment of a Person Under the Age of Twenty-One as an Employee in Retail or Wholesale or Manufacturing Liquor Business Section 61-13-340 Failure to Remove Doors from Abandoned Refrigerators Section 16-3-1010 Malicious Injury to Animals or Personal Property Section 16-11-510 Timber, Logs, or Lumber Cutting, Removing, Transporting Without Permission, Valued at Less Than Fifty Dollars Section 16-11-580 Littering Section 16-11-700 Larceny of a Bicycle Valued at Less Than One Hundred Dollars Section 16-13-80 Shoplifting Section 16-13-110 Cock Fighting Section 16-17-650 Ticket Scalping Section 16-17-710 Domestic Violence, second and third degree Section 16-25-20 Glue Sniffing Section 44-53-1110 Trespassing Section 16-11-755 Trespassing Section 16-11-600 Trespassing Section 16-11-610 Trespassing Section 16-11-620 Negligent Operation of Watercraft; Operation of Watercraft While Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs Section 50-21-110 Negligence of Boat Livery to Provide Proper Equipment and Registration Section 50-21-120 Interference with Aids to Navigation or Regulatory Markers or Operation of Watercraft in Prohibited Area Section 50-21-170 Operation of Watercraft Without a Certificate of Title Section 50-23-190 Parking on private property without permission Section 16-11-760 Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; Requirement for Out-of-State Livestock or Poultry Section 47-4-60 Inhibition of Livestock Inspection Section 47-4-120 Imported Swine Section 47-6-50 Operating Equine Sales Facility or Livestock Market Without Permit Section 47-11-20 Liability of Person Removing Livestock for Slaughter Section 47-11-120 Notice to Disinfect Section 47-13-310 Quarantine of Livestock or Poultry Section 47-4-70 Unlawful for Horse to Enter State Unless Tested Section 47-13-1350 Quarantine of Exposed Horses Section 47-13-1360 Proof of Test Required for Public Assembly of Horses Section 47-13-1370 False Certificates Section 47-13-1390 Unlawful to Feed Garbage to Swine Section 47-15-20 Notification Required from Certain Persons Disposing of Garbage Section 47-15-40 Sale of Uninspected Meat and Meat Products Section 47-17-60 Sale of Uninspected Poultry and Poultry Product Section 47-19-70

(B) In addition to the offenses contained in subsection (A), a uniform traffic ticket may be used in an arrest for a misdemeanor offense within the jurisdiction of magistrates court that has been freshly committed or is committed in the presence of a law enforcement officer.

(C) No other ticket may be used for these offenses. The service of the uniform traffic ticket shall vest all traffic, recorders', and magistrates' courts with jurisdiction to hear and to dispose of the charge for which the ticket was issued and served. This ticket will be designed by the department and approved by the Attorney General within thirty days of submission by the department. A law enforcement agency may utilize computers and other electronic devices to issue uniform traffic citations and store information resulting from the issuance of a traffic citation if this method of issuing a citation has been approved by the Department of Public Safety.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-871; 1967 (55) 203; 1971 (57) 474; 1980 Act No. 353, Section 1; 1984 Act No. 467; 1985 Act No. 158, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 185 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1468; 1996 Act No; 459, Section 214; 2003 Act No. 54, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 68, Section 1, eff May 23, 2005; 2013 Act No. 78, Section 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt II, Section 8, eff June 4, 2015.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the internal cross-reference to Section 61-5-20 has been changed to Section Section 61-6-20, 61-6-1600, 61-6-1610, 61-6-1620, 61-6-2200, 61-6-2210, 61-6-4020, and 61-6-4710, the internal cross-references to Section Section 61-13-340 and 61-13-360 have been changed to Section Section 61-6-4140 and 61-6-4720, the internal cross-reference to Section 61-9-87 has been changed to Section 61-4-110, the internal cross-references to Section Section 20-7-370 and 20-7-380 have been changed to Section Section 20-7-8920 and 20-7-8925, the internal cross-reference to Section 61-5-30 has been changed to Section Section 61-6-1800, 61-6-2220, and 61-6-4710, and the internal cross references to Section Section 61-9-20, 61-9-50, 61-9-60, and 61-9-85 have been changed to Section Section 61-4-20, 61-4-60, 61-4-80, and 61-4-100, in accordance with 1996 Act Nos. 383 and 415.

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the references to Sections 20-7-370 and 20-7-380 as contained in the 2005 amendment were changed to Sections 20-7-8920 and 20-7-8925; and in accordance with 2008 Act No. 361, they were changed to Sections 63-19-2440 and 63-19-2450.

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference to Section 23-35-120 was deleted. This section was repealed by 2010 Act No. 196, Section 2.

Effect of Amendment

The 2005 amendment rewrote the fourth sentence of the final undesignated paragraph, substituting the clause following "agency may" for "automate the issuance of a uniform ticket if approved by the department".

The 2013 amendment added the subsection designators; added "Shoplifting" and "Criminal Domestic Violence, First Offense and Second Offense (B)(1) and (2)" to the list of offenses; and added subsection (B).

2015 Act No. 58, Section 8, in (A), substituted "Domestic Violence, second and third degree" for "Criminal Domestic Violence, First Offense and Second Offense (B)(1) and (2)".