South Carolina H 3516: Motor vehicles, newly acquired and tagless

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2025-2026 Bill 3516 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3516

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-3-212, RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH A 
NEWLY ACQUIRED VEHICLE OR VEHICLE MOVED INTO THIS STATE MUST BE REGISTERED AND 
LICENSED, SO AS TO PERMIT THE OPERATION OF SUCH VEHICLES WITHIN THIS TIME 
PERIOD SO LONG AS THE BILL OF SALE AND PROOF OF INSURANCE ARE MAINTAINED IN THE 
VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-212(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (B) A person who newly acquires a 
vehicle or an owner of a vehicle registered in a foreign jurisdiction that is 
being moved into this State, that is required to be registered under this 
title, and that is not properly registered and licensed, before operating the 
vehicle on the state's highways during the forty-five-day period contained in 
this section, must:

 (1) 
transfer a license plate from another vehicle pursuant to Section 56-3-1290;

 (2) 
purchase a new license plate and registration;

 (3) 
purchase a temporary license plate from the department; or

 (4) 
purchase a temporary license plate from the county auditor's office in the 
county in which the person resides.; or

 (5) maintain in the vehicle at all 
times proof of insurance and the bill of sale to verify the vehicle's date of 
purchase to a law enforcement officer.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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