South Carolina § 56-3-12810 - Gadsden Flag special license plates.
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§ 56-3-12810. Gadsden Flag special license plates.
(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Gadsden Flag" motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630 and motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20 registered in their names. The fee for this special license plate is twenty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and shape of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued.
(B) The design of the license plate must replicate the color, layout, and design of the Gadsden flag and contain the words "Don't Tread on Me" below a coiled rattlesnake.
(C) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of producing the license plates must be distributed to the State Museum. The State Museum must use the fees only to help fund programs and exhibits dedicated to the Revolutionary War and our state's role in the Revolutionary War.
(D) The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for this license plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100.
(E) If the department receives fewer than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for this special license plate, it may not produce additional special license plates in this series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of this series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 272, SECTION 25, eff December 26, 2012.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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