(A) The division, for a fee as prescribed and promulgated by regulation, shall disclose an individual's reported database information upon request by the following individuals and agencies only:
(1) the individual;
(2) the parent or legal guardian of an individual who is an unemancipated minor;
(3) the legal guardian of an individual who is legally incapacitated;
(4) a person who has power of attorney from the individual;
(5) a person who submits a notarized release from the individual that is dated no more than ninety days before the date the request is made;
(6) a person suffering loss or injury or against whom a claim is made for loss or injury in a motor vehicle accident in which the individual is involved, but only as part of an accident report authorized in Section 56-9-351;
(7) a state or local government agency investigating, litigating, or enforcing the person's compliance with the financial security requirements; or
(8) persons regulated under Title 38 of the 1976 Code for the purposes of paying or adjudicating claims and preventing fraud or abuse.
(B) The funds collected from this fee described by subsection (A) must be placed by the Comptroller General into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray its expenses.
(C) The State is not liable to any person for gathering, managing, or using information in the database pursuant to this article.
(D) No insurer is liable to any person for performing its duties under this article unless, and to the extent, the insurer commits a wilful and wanton act or omission.
(E) Insurers shall be required to pay only those actual costs attributed to the transmission to or retrieval of their records from the Department of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Department of Insurance. The funds collected from the insurers pursuant to this subsection must be placed by the Comptroller General into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray its expenses.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 324, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 30, eff June 10, 2005.
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.