South Carolina § 56-1-200 - Duplicate for lost or destroyed license; fee.
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§ 56-1-200. Duplicate for lost or destroyed license; fee.
(A) If a driver's license is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the license was issued, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, may obtain a duplicate or substitution of it upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles that the license has been lost or destroyed.
(B) Three dollars of the revenue from each fee collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Department of Transportation State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund based on the actual date of receipt by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(C) The balance of the revenue from each fee 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 46-168; 1952 Code SECTION 46-169; 1942 Code SECTION 5995; 1933 (38) 554; 1947 (45) 74; 1959 (51) 421; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, SECTION 55C; 2005 Act No. 176, SECTION 7, eff June 14, 2005; 2008 Act No. 353, SECTION 2, Pt 13E, eff July 1, 2009; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 15, eff July 1, 2016.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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