South Carolina § 56-5-4540 - Motor vehicles must be equipped with rear reflectors.
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§ 56-5-4540. Motor vehicles must be equipped with rear reflectors.
Every new motor vehicle sold after June 7, 1949 and operated upon a highway, other than a truck tractor, motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of this article, and every such motorcycle and every such motor-driven cycle shall carry at least one such reflector, except that vehicles of the type referred to in Section 56-5-4570 shall be equipped with reflectors as required in the sections applicable thereto.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-529; 1952 Code SECTION 46-529; 1949 (46) 466.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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