Whenever a person furnishes proof of liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the Department of Motor Vehicles receives notice of the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a lapse in the required coverage, the department shall assess, in addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem fine in the amount of five dollars. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 of the 1976 Code must not be assessed if the person furnishes proof, as documented by his sworn statement, that the motor vehicle upon which the coverage has lapsed or been terminated has not been operated upon the roads, streets, or highways of this State during the lapse or termination, and the lapse or termination is due to military service or illness as documented by a signed physician's statement. The total amount of the fine provided for in this section may not exceed two hundred dollars for a first offense. Revenue generated by the fine imposed pursuant to this section must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 148, Section 36; 1990 Act No. 324, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1480; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 79, eff July 1, 2016.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 10 - Motor Vehicle Registration And Financial Security
Section 56-10-10. Security required on registered vehicles.
Section 56-10-20. Type of security required.
Section 56-10-30. Automatic suspension of registration upon lapse or termination of security.
Section 56-10-45. Confiscation of registration certificates and license plates.
Section 56-10-46. Enhanced proof of insurance requests following lapse or termination.
Section 56-10-50. Suspension of registration not to affect title to vehicle.
Section 56-10-210. Definitions.
Section 56-10-220. Requirement that vehicle sought to be registered be insured; proof; regulations.
Section 56-10-225. Proof of insurance and financial responsibility in vehicle; penalties.
Section 56-10-230. Notice of termination of insurance.
Section 56-10-245. Per diem fine for lapse in required coverage.
Section 56-10-250. Unlawful to sell vehicle with suspended registration to family member.
Section 56-10-550. Deposit of funds collected in Uninsured Motorists Fund.
Section 56-10-552. Uninsured Enforcement Fund; use of reinstatement fee.
Section 56-10-553. Collection data and maintenance of statistics.
Section 56-10-610. Short title.
Section 56-10-615. Information regarding cancellations; requests for proof of insurance.
Section 56-10-620. Definitions.
Section 56-10-630. Purpose of article.