The director, upon receiving notice at the time of application or at any time during participation in the fund that a titled owner of a motor vehicle has been convicted of one of the following violations: disobedience of any official traffic device; failure to stop for law enforcement officer when signaled; disobedience to any officer directing traffic; failure to stop for a school bus; leaving the scene of an accident where injury to a person or damage to property results; theft or unlawful taking of a vehicle; racing on public highways; driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs or where injury to a person of over six hundred dollars per person or damage to property of the insured or other person of over one thousand dollars results; reckless driving where injury to a person of over six hundred dollars per person or damage to property of the insured or other person of over one thousand dollars results, homicide or assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle; any felony involving the use of a motor vehicle; the transporting of illegal whiskey or unlawful drugs or other controlled or narcotic substances; reckless homicide; wilful making of false statements in the application for license or registration; impersonating an applicant for license or registration or procuring a license or registration through impersonation whether for himself or another; any three or more moving traffic convictions; any two or more accidents for which the owner is responsible and where injury to a person of over six hundred dollars per person or damage to property of the insured or other persons of over one thousand dollars results, or if any household driver has been licensed for less than three years; then the director shall require the owner to furnish proof of financial responsibility in the manner prescribed by the director.
However, when three years have elapsed from the effective date of any conviction for the above offenses, the director may relieve such person of the requirement of furnishing proof of future financial responsibility.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 154, Section 2.
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.