(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon request and the payment of a fee, shall furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract must also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of that person, and, if there is no record of any conviction of that person for violating any laws relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by that person, the department shall so certify. The department, upon request and the payment of a reasonable fee, shall furnish a monthly listing by magnetic or other electronic media of all driver's license numbers that had driving violations posted on their records during the previous month. These abstracts are not admissible as evidence in any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of motor vehicle accidents.
(2) The department shall, upon request, and the payment of a fee furnish any person a copy of a vehicle accident report. Revenue generated by the fee 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: 1962 Code Section 46-717; 1952 (47) 1853; 1976 Act No. 738 Section 9; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 57; 1989 Act No. 148, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 216; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 77.A, eff July 1, 2016.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act
Section 56-9-30. Chapter inapplicable to certain motor vehicles.
Section 56-9-40. Rights of conditional vendors, chattel mortgagees, or lessors not affected.
Section 56-9-50. Sale of vehicle when registration suspended not affected.
Section 56-9-60. Self-insurers for motor vehicles; determination of financial responsibility.
Section 56-9-80. General penalties for violations of chapter.
Section 56-9-90. Chapter as no bar to other remedies.
Section 56-9-100. Chapter is supplemental and cumulative.
Section 56-9-120. Construction.
Section 56-9-340. Surrender of license and registration; failure to surrender.
Section 56-9-353. Type and terms of policy or bond.
Section 56-9-358. Limit on security required; deposit.
Section 56-9-359. Reduction of amount of security.
Section 56-9-410. Courts shall report nonpayment of judgments to Department of Motor Vehicles.
Section 56-9-420. Report to home state of nonpayment of judgment against nonresident.
Section 56-9-460. Permitting driver subject to suspension to operate vehicle of employer.
Section 56-9-480. Satisfaction of judgments; payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
Section 56-9-490. Installment payment of judgment; effect of default.
Section 56-9-540. Methods of proving financial responsibility.
Section 56-9-550. Certificate or notice of insurance as proof; contents, terms, and cancellation.
Section 56-9-590. Owner may give proof for employee or member of household; restrictions on license.
Section 56-9-600. Substitution of other adequate proof.
Section 56-9-610. Other proof may be required; suspension pending filing of proof.
Section 56-9-620. Cancellation or return of proof; waiver of requirements of filing proof.
Section 56-9-630. Re-establishment of cancelled or returned proof.