2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
Section 56-3-1370. Defacement of license plates; seizure of misused, altered, or defaced plates.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 56-3-1370 (2017)

No person shall, with intent to defraud, deface or cause to be defaced in any manner any vehicle license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Any duly authorized agent of the Department may take up, repossess or recover any license plate if it is being improperly used or if it has been altered or defaced, and the Department may revoke the registration and license of the vehicle involved.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-84; 1952 Code Section 46-84; 1949 (46) 342; 1957 (50) 595.

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