Whenever the Department of Motor Vehicles, under any law of this State, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon receiving a record of conviction or forfeiture of bail and in all cases where the Department suspends or revokes the driver's license of any person under lawful authority possessed by the Department, except in those cases provided for in Section 56-1-270, in which case the license only shall be suspended and not the registration, the Department shall also suspend the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of that person, except that it shall not suspend the registration, unless otherwise required by law, if that person has previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility with respect to all motor vehicles registered by him. The license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed nor shall any license be thereafter issued to that person nor shall any motor vehicle be thereafter registered in the name of that person until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this State and not then until he shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.
When such responsibility is provided for under the provisions of Section 56-9-550, certification shall be furnished by the insurance company to the Department within fifteen days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-744; 1952 (47) 1853; 1958 (50) 1662; 1962 (52) 1975; 1974 (58) 2718.
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.