2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 10 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY
Section 56-10-40. Providers of insurance or security to notify Department of Motor Vehicles of termination or lapse; notice to person holding registration.

Every insurer writing automobile liability insurance in this State and every provider of other security approved and accepted by the director or his designee in lieu of such insurance shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles in a manner prescribed by regulation of the lapse or termination of any such insurance or security and shall notify the department of compliance transactions required of vehicle owners under Section 56-10-650 as prescribed by regulation. These notifications must be made in a manner prescribed by the working group.

Upon receipt of any such notice of lapse or termination the department shall make a reasonable effort to notify the person that his certificate of registration and driving privileges have been suspended and shall recover the certificate from such person and the motor vehicle plate from the vehicle concerned.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 56-11-220 [1962 Code Section 46-750.122; 1974 (58) 2718] repealed by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 25, and recodified as Section 56-10-40 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 9; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1475; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 220; 2002 Act No. 324, Section 5; 2004 Act No. 241, Section 2.

Code Commissioner's Note

2002 Act No. 324, Section 12, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect July 1, 2002; provided, however, that Section 56-10-650 and Sections 5, 6, and 9 are effective one hundred eighty days after the latter of certification by the department to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that the program has been implemented and is fully prepared to accept data transmitted by the insurers or publication of final regulations by the department."