South Carolina § 56-3-16010 - Catawba Nation special license plates.
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§ 56-3-16010. Catawba Nation special license plates.
(A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Catawba Nation" special license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period that expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued.
(B) The Catawba Nation shall submit to the department for approval the design, emblem, seal, logo, or other symbols it desires to be used for this special license plate. The department may issue this special license plate six months following approval of its design.
(C) This special license plate is exempt from the provisions contained in Section 56-3-8100.
(D) The biennial fee for each special license plate is forty dollars plus the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. The forty-dollar fee must be distributed to the Catawba Nation.
HISTORY: 2024 Act No. 178 (H.4674), SECTION 5, eff November 20, 2024.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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