South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 19 - Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles
Section 56-19-420. Fee; allocation.

(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall charge fifteen dollars for:
(1) the issuance of a certificate of title;
(2) the transfer of a certificate of title; or
(3) the issuance of a duplicate certificate of title.
(B) Five dollars of the fee contained in this section must be placed in a special earmarked account by the Comptroller General and must be distributed in the following manner:
(1) the first one million dollars must be credited to the general fund of the State to offset a portion of state individual income tax revenue not collected pursuant to the subsistence allowance allowed pursuant to Section 12-6-1140(6); and
(2) the remainder must be allocated to the Department of Public Safety and used to support highway patrol programs.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, five dollars of the fee contained in this section must be placed in the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167 by the Comptroller General.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-150.21; 1957 (50) 595; 1972 (57) 3013, 3088; 1976 Act No. 738 Section 6; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, Section 42C; 2002 Act No. 349, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 51, Section 16; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12C.2, eff July 1, 2008; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 83, eff July 1, 2016.

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