2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 56 - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 9 - MOTOR VEHICLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Section 56-9-354. Conditions for renewal of suspended license, registration, and operating privilege.
The license and registration and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in Section 56-9-351 shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 56-9-361, remain suspended and shall not be renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to him until:
(1) He shall deposit or there shall be deposited on his behalf the security required under Section 56-9-351;
(2) Two years shall have elapsed following the date of the accident and evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles has been filed with it that during that period no action for damages arising out of the accident has been instituted; or
(3) Evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it of a release from liability, a final adjudication of nonliability, a warrant for confession of judgment or a duly acknowledged written agreement, in accordance with item (7) of Section 56-9-352; provided, however, in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any confession of judgment, then, upon notice of default, the Department shall suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person defaulting, which shall not be restored until the entire amount provided for in confession of judgment has been paid; and provided, further, that in the event there shall be any default in the payment of any installment under any duly acknowledged written agreement, then, upon notice of default, the Department shall suspend the license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person defaulting, which shall not be restored unless and until (a) he deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under Section 56-9-351 in the amount the Department may determine or (b) two years shall have elapsed following the date when the security was required and during that period no action upon the agreement has been instituted in a court in this State.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 467 Section 1.
